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My nephew, George, has a money box but it is always empty. Very few of the fifty
pence pieces and pound coins I have given him have found heir way there. I gave him fifty pence
yesterday and advised him to save it. Instead he bought himself fifty pence worth of trouble. On his
way to the sweet shop, he dropped his fifty pence and it bounced along the pavement and then
disappeared down a drain. George took off his jacket, rolled up his sleeves and pushed is right arm
through the drain cover. He could not find his fifty pence piece anywhere, and what is more, he could
no get his arm out. A crowd of people gathered round him and a lady rubbed his arm with soap and
butter, but George was firmly stuck. The fire brigade was called and two fire fighter freed George
using a special type of grease. George was not too upset by his experience because the lady who owns