Where are you going for your holidays, Charles?
To Australia. I'm going to visit my uncle in Brisbane for three weeks.
Good gracious! You certainly are lucky. How are you going there?
By air, of course. It takes over two weeks to go by sea.
I once went to Singapore by air. It was very exciting-but never again.
Why? Did you feel frightened?
For a short time. One of the engines caught fire.
What did the pilot do?
He put it out and flew back to the airport. Then he asked the people at the airport where the emergency runway was.
Did you land safely?