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story:Island for Sale ( Beginner)
This story is about a young man, Duncan McTavish, and his dog, Jock. They live in an old castle on an island called Lana, near Scotland.
One day Duncan gets a letter from the electricity company. He has to pay 5,000 dollars (they don't use dollars in Scotland), but he doesn’t have enough money. Duncan thinks that he has will need to sell the island and his castle to pay it.
Leapin Larry wants to buy his island and so he visits the island with his girlfriend, Roxane, and his dog, Bobo. But Roxane doesn’t like this place because there’s no hot water, no lights, no hot food, there’s a mouse in the room, and finally she jumps into the sea. She's very angry and she wants to return to California.
Leapin Larry thinks that he can build big new house and he knows people with film companies and they can make films.
But Roxane is very angry, she hates this place and they return to California.
One day, Duncan and Jock sees a girl, Jean. She's painting a picture. He likes her. They walk, talk and they visit the castle. . She likes him.
She thinks that people can visit the island for holidays, they can paint pictures and they can stay and eat in your the castle.
Finally, Duncan and Jean marry and they have two children. Now, they don’t have a problem with the electricity company.
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