READING 2 OF 23 focus words
The race course
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The race committee decided to divert the competitors around the nesting island. On the chart a red zigzag marked a course between five buoys.
Only the rescue launch could enter the quiet zone behind the ropes. From there the warden could see the nests through binoculars.
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