 28  By tte time he was seven, Johnny used to vanish from home two to three times a year. Sometimes he covered quite long distances on foot On other occasions he got cm a bus or even a train, and simply sat there until someone asked for his ticket Generally the police brought him home. "Why do you do ft?" they used to ask. "You aren't unhappy at home, are you?” "Of course not,” Johnny replied. "Then why?" "1 just like seeing places," Johnny told them. Johnny continued to ’see places' although everyone tried to stop him. His parents used to watch him closely, and so did his teachers: but sooner or later Johnny managed to slip away. As he grew older, Ms favourite trick was to hide on a long distance lorry. Sometimes he used to travel hundreds of miles before anyone discovered him. It is hardly surprising (hat me day Johnny managed to get on board a plane. He was twelve at the time. It was a cargo plane and, a few hours later, Johnny found himself in Cairo. How did he get on board? No one knows! According to Johnny himself, it was easy: he just went into the airport, walked along some corridors and got on board the nearest plane. In spite of all this, Johnny did well at school. He enjoyed maths and languages and, perhaps not surprisingly, he was especially good at geography. "What do you want to be when you grow up?" his teachers asked him. Johnny did not take long to answer that question. "An explorer!" he answered. "But Ifs difficult to. become an explorer this modem age," they tried to tell him, "unless )(OU go into spacel” But it was no use: Johnny knew what he wanted! Just before he left school, Johnny saw a notice in one of the daily papers. An expedition was abput to go to Brazil to travel up the Amazon. There were vacancies for three young people “wilting to work hard dnd with a sense of adventure.’ Johnny applied and, two months later, he was on his way to Brazil.  Johnny ran away from home because As he grew older, Johnny began to 1. stay at home. 2. hide in a car. 3. travel further. 4. hide long distance lorries. ш Johnny wanted to become an explorer, but his teachers said 1. "You're too young". 28 |
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