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London Thursday July 26(Reuters)--Ian Johnstone missed his girlfriend so much that he flew back to Britain from Australia to propose to her.The problem is that she flew in the opposite direction.

He and Amy Dolby even managed to miss each other when they sat in the same airport waiting-room in Singapore at the same time to wait for connecting flights.

Dolby,heartbroken when she arrived at Johnstone's Sydney apartment to find he had flown to London,told the Times:"It was as though someone was playing a cruel joke on us.He is the most romantic person I have ever known.I think our problem is that we are both quite impulsive people.We are always trying to surprise each other."

After an 11,000-mile flight across the globe,she was greeted by Johnstone's astonished flatmate asking what she was doing there.

"The terrible truth dawned when I found that Lan's rucksack and most of his clothes were missing.I sat on the end of his bed and cried my eyes out.And that really annoyed me,"she said.

Johnstone,a 27-year-old bricklayer,had taken a year off to travel round Australia.But he was missing Dolby,a 26-year-old secretary,so much he got a job on a Sydney building site and started saving for a surprise.

He then flew home to Britain and went to her apartment armed with an engagement ring,champagne and flowers.

"I really missed Amy and I'd been thinking about her all the time.I thought she was winding me up when she phoned me from Australia."he said.

Johnstone then asked Dolby to marry him on the phone."I didn't know whether to laugh or cry but I accepted,"she said.

Dolby was given a short tour of Sydney by Johnstone's friends and Johnstone had to stay in Britain for two weeks because he could not change his ticket.

1. How old was Ian?
2. Who did he miss?
3. Who was she?
4. Where did he travel from?
5. To where?
6. What was the reason?
7. What was the wrinkle in the situation?
8. How did Amy feel at realizing this?
9. How far was her flight?
10. What was Ian's occupation?
11. Was Amy a bricklayer also?
12. What did she do?
13. How did Ian save extra money?
14. How did he actually propose?
15. What was the result?
16. What did Amy do while in Australia?
17. What did Ian do during his time in Britain?
18. How long was he there?
19. Why?

Numbered answers:

A: 1. 27
2. Amy
3. his girlfriend
4. Australia
5. Britain
6. to propose to her.
7. she flew in the opposite direction
8. annoyed
9. 11,000 miles
10. bricklayer,
11. no
12. she was a secretary,
13. he got a job on a Sydney building site
14. Jon the phone
15. she accepted
16. she was given a tour of Sydney
17. He went to her apartment
18. two weeks
19. because he could not change his ticket.

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Brownie and Spotty were neighbor dogs who met every day to play together. Like pairs of dogs you can find in any neighborhood, these two loved each other and played together so often that they had worn a path through the grass of the field between their houses. One evening, Brownie's family noticed that Brownie hadn't returned home. They went looking for him with no success. Brownie didn't show up the next day, and, although they made their efforts to find him, by the next week he was still missing, Curiously, Spotty showed up at Brownie's house alone, barking and jumping. Busy with their own lives, they paid no attention to the nervous little neighbor dog. Finally, one morning Spotty refused to take "no" for an answer. Ted, Brownie's owner, was continuously disturbed by the angry, determined little dog. Spotty followed Ted about, barking all the time, then rushing toward a nearby empty lot and back, as if to say, "Follow me! It's urgent!" Eventually, Ted followed Spotty across the empty lot as Spotty stopped to race back and barked encouragingly. The little dog led the man to a deserted spot a half mile from the house. There Ted found his beloved Brownie alive, one of his legs crushed in a steel trap . Frightened, Ted now wished he had taken Spotty's earlier appeals seriously. Then Ted noticed something. Spotty had done something else besides leading Brownie's human owner to his trapped friend. In a circle around the injured dog, Ted found some food remains of every meal. Brownie had been fed that week! Spotty had been visiting Brownie regularly, in the hope of keeping his friend alive. Spotty had actually stayed with Brownie to protect him from hunger and other dangers, and keep his spirits up. Brownie's leg was carefully treated and he soon got well again. For many years thereafter the two families watched the faithful friends chasing each other down that well-worn path between their houses.

1. Who loved each other and played together?
2. Who noticed that Brownie didn't return home
3. Who arrived to help look for Brownie
4. And who was getting mad about it?
5. who was led by spotty to an empty lot
6. and who was there
7. who kept brownie alive
8. how?
9. what body part of brownie was cared for
10. did their owners remain in contact after

Numbered answers:

A: 1. Brownie and Spotty
2. Brownie's family
3. Spotty
4. Spotty
5. Ted
6. Brownie
7. Spotty
8. fed him and protected him from hunger and other dangers to keep his spirits up
9. Brownie's leg was carefully treated
10. yes

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Michelle Obama made a daring decision to return to the same designer who created her Inaugural Ball dress four years ago --- and the risk paid off.

The First Lady looked extremely attractive in a thin, sweeping, and ruby-colored dress by designer Jason Wu. She teamed the dramatic dress with heels by Jimmy Choo and a diamond ring by Kimberly McDonald.

She surprised the fashion establishment by returning to a Wu design which had been the custom made for her.

Four years ago at her first Inauguration Ball, Michelle shimmered in an off-white, one-shouldered floor-length dress by the designer.

Wu, who was 26 at the time and had only been working in fashion for three years, saw his career take off after the First Lady's surprise decision to wear one of his dresses.

He said at the time that he was unaware she had chosen the dress and had been watching at home on his couch and eating pizza when she appeared.

After her 2013 decision, Wu told Women's Wear Daily: "Mrs Obama likes to keep her secrets. She fooled me again."

Wu released a women's clothing and accessories collection at Target last year and continues to be popular with the First Lady for official engagements.

The sleeveless, cross-halter neck dress with low-cut back flattered 49-year-old Michelle's arms and neat waist.

It had been created especially for her by Wu and was a departure from the dark and plain colour tone she stuck to at earlier inauguration events.

Mrs Obama's new hairstyle -- she had bangs cut on her birthday last week had been loosely tousled for the special night.

Vice-President Joe Biden's wife Jill also looked attractive in a blue silk dress by Vera Wang at the Inauguration Ball.

1. what did Michelle do with her hair for her birthday?
2. who did she choose as her designer?
3. Was Jason expecting it the first time?
4. how did he say she fooled him?
5. what kind of a dress did she wear when she was 49?
6. what part of her body looked good?
7. were the shoes designed by Wu?
8. who were her heels by?
9. what year did she first wear his design?
10. how old was wu then?
11. how was the dress different?
12. what kind of dress did she wear 4 years ago?
13. Which retailer does he work with?
14. who designed Jill's dress?

Numbered answers:

A:
1. she had bangs cut
2. Jason Wu
3. no
4. By wearing the dress
5. sleeveless, cross-halter neck dress with low-cut back flattered 49-year-old Michelle's arms and neat waist.
6. arms and neat waist
7. unknown
8. Jimmy Choo
9. 2013
10. 26
11. departure from the dark and plain colour tone she normally wore
12. off-white, one-shouldered floor-length dress
13. Target
14. Vera Wang