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The journey from Mt Hagen to Kundiawa and onward to Goroka is interrupted by a masked gang at Mune Bridge, where the uncle is threatened and questioned about the container. While the boy experiences confusion and fear, they are forced to hand over coffee beans, shaping his perspective and decisions after the hold-up. The workbook section tests comprehension.","I Never got to Lae  \nSchool Journal Senior 1, 2009 V1 .1  \nEnglish Story Book  \nOne of my friends had asked me to go down to Lae. My uncle is a truck driver, and he was going to Lae that day. I asked him if I could have a ride with him.  \nWe left Mt Hagen at nine o'clock at night and arrived in Kundiawa at three the next morning.  \n\"Have a sleep,\" said my uncle.“We'll have to wait till the mist clears in the morning, anyway. But after a few hours he got tired of waiting. \"Let's  \nA few kilometres out of Kundiawa, I asked my uncle,\"Do you think we will have any trouble on the way?\"  \n\"Don't worry,\" said my uncle.\"We'll be all right.\"  \nAt the Mune Bridge, the road goes down a slope, over the bridge, and up a hill. Just as we crossed the bridge, some masked men jumped out onto the road. They signalled us to  \nMy uncle stopped the truck in front of the men. The leader of the gang climbed up beside the cab. \"Give me the keys,\" he ordered.  \nMy uncle shook his head.  \n\"What's in the container?\" the leader asked.  \n\"Bags of coffee beans,\" my uncle said.  \n\"Give us the key so we can open up the container,\" the leader  \n\"Well then, we'll break it open with our axes.\"  \nWhile they were breaking open the container, my uncle and I were held at gun point. \"Don't try anything silly,\" one of the rascals told us.  \nI felt as if the person inside me had left. I don't know if I was scared or confused. For some reason, I was smiling.  \nAfter they had got the coffee,  \nOn the way to Gorokawe hardly said anythingto each other. Tomy uncle,it was nothing new, but to meit was totally strange.All the way, I kept thinking about the hold-up.  \nIn the early hours of the morning we reached Goroka.“Uncle, drop me at the bus stop,\"I said. I jumped down from the big truck. \"Thanks, Uncle. Enjoy your trip to Lae.\" And I got into  \nCheck Your Understanding  \n1) Why did they stop in Kundiawa?  \n a) They were tired  \n b) That was their destination  \n c) There was thick fog  \n d) It was getting late  \nCheck Your Understanding  \n2) How long did it take to travel from Mount Hagen to Kundiawa?  \n a) 3hrs  \n b) 6hrs  \n c) 9hrs  \n d) 5hrs  \nCheck Your Understanding  \n3) Why couldn’t his uncle give the rascals the keys for the container?  \nCheck Your Understanding  \n4) Why do you think the boy went back to Mount Hagen instead of to Lae?","cbCaiuXB4CU0clvz","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiuXB4CU0clvz","pdf",2694612,2,21,"English","en",105,"# Story: I Never got to Lae\n## Check Your Understanding","[{\"question\":\"Why did they stop in Kundiawa?\",\"answer\":\"They stopped while waiting for the mist to clear in the morning, and later after a few hours the uncle and the boy had been tired of waiting.\"},{\"question\":\"How long did it take to travel from Mount Hagen to 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