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　　Mr and Mrs Jones were farmers. They had a small farm, on which they had worked very hard for ages, and they had five children. They had to look after their animals every day from sunrise to sunset, so they never had time for holidays.<注1>

　　But when Mrs Jones was sixty, and Mr Jones was sixty-five, they decided to let two of their children, who had stayed on<注2> on the farm after leaving school, run it for them for two weeks while they went off and had a holiday for the first time at the seaside.

　　They decided to go to Bournemouth in their old car, and to do some sightseeing<注3> in it if possible during their week by the sea. They booked<注4> a room in a nice hotel and studied maps to see where they would go for their sightseeing trips in the Bournemouth area.

　　They started out fairly early one Monday morning in the car, after milking<注5> the cows, and reached Bournemouth at eleven o'clock. There they stopped and asked a nice policeman who looked like their son the way to their hotel,<注6> and were soon registering at the desk<注7> there. Parking the car was no problem, because there was a car park just behind the hotel,<注8> and soon they were in a nice room from which they could see the sea and the beautiful sandy beach.

　　After they had unpacked their cases,<注9> they discussed what to do the rest of that day. The sun was shining brightly, and the sea was calm, so they thought they would go down on10 to the beach. There were already a lot of other people there, bathing, playing games or just lying in the sun.<注11>"We can wait till tomorrow for our first trip," Mrs Jones said. "Let's go and see Salisbury then, shall we? We've always wanted to go there."

　　"All right," said her husband, "that's a good idea." They changed into suitable cool cotton clothes for a walk by the sea, but as they were about to leave the room to go downstairs, Mrs Jones saw a notice on the inside of the door of their room. It said, "Breakfast 7.00-10.00. Lunch 11.30-2.30. Tea 3.00-5.30. dinner 6.30-12.00."

　　"Look at this, dear," she said to her husband. He looked for a few seconds and then said in a disappointed voice, "That doesn't allow us much time for sightseeing, does it?"-