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Officer: Oh good, it looks so horrible at the moment. 
Worker: Well, we’ll certainly make it look good once again, and in the last hour of our 
working day, we’ll fix up that problem with the wiring. Apparently the power doesn’t go 
to one of the classrooms. Probably some water has gotten into the fuse box, so we’ll just 
change a few wires, and clean up the moisture, and it should be fine. 
Officer: I certainly appreciate all the effort you and your team are taking to fix things 
here, but I do have one request. 
Worker: And what is that? 
Officer: You said you’re going to paint the back wall in my office. Will it be the same 
colour as before? 
Worker: Yes, we’ll make it a nice white colour. 
Officer: Well that’s the point. I’d prefer it to be yellow, to match the furniture. The 
furniture is orange, actually, but I think yellow is a nice match. Can you do that? 
Worker: We can certainly do that. Yellow it is. Certainly a prettier colour than just plain 
white, or the blue in my kitchen at home for that matter. And we can leave the paint can 
with you, in case you need to do some touch-ups, or if the stain reappears. I’ll just leave it 
in the garden shed, the one next to the main classroom. And incidentally, about those 
birds in the ceiling. I was just investigating, and I heard the chirping of little baby birds in 
there, so there must be some young ones in a nest. I just thought you’d like to know that 
we can give them to a wildlife reserve. There’s one in the next suburb, so that should not 
be too much trouble. 
Officer: Or you could give them to one of our teachers. I have a colleague who can raise 
them. 
Worker: I would say the wildlife reserve is a better option, since the people there are used 
to dealing with animals, and as for that fallen tree, we’ll cut it up into small pieces and 
that can be firewoodin my house, so that won’t be wasted either—although the smoke 

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