Zoe and Bob sit in a pub for lunch.
Photo: Ian Smith, The Province
Adapted from The Province by Nila Gopaul
Level 1
February 2012
Zoe and Bob Longshaw are in love.
The two married on May 18, 1946.
Bob is 87 years old. He was a mechanic.
Zoe is 86 years old. She was a hairdresser.
Together, they raised five sons.
Bob and Zoe like to go out.
They go to a pub for lunch in Surrey.
Zoe drinks coffee. She eats prawns.
Bob has beer and potato skins.
Bob and Zoe tell young couples:
- “Don’t try to change each other.”
- “Think before you speak.”
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