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Leo
People often want me to tell them all about living on a houseboat,
so welcome to … Leo’s Houseboat Blog!
Here are some questions that people always ask me, and the answers.
1 _______________________________? When I was little we lived
in an apartment. My mum and dad wanted a house with a garden but couldn’t afford to buy one. Then we saw a houseboat
that someone was selling. We fell in love with it – me too, at first – and here we are.
2 _____________________________? It was special. Nobody
else had a home like this and everybody came to visit. We were docked next to a big playground and I could play outside all
day, and of course water is great for kids, if they can swim. When I was eight or nine, it was fun. However, I’m sixteen now …
3 _______________________________? There’s hardly any
private space. We have a beautiful kitchen and living room, but the bedrooms are tiny. I can’t invite my friends
home because there’s no place for us to go. I wish I could have a normal bedroom in a semi-detached house in the
suburbs. That might sound boring to some people but not to me.
4 __________________________________? There are things they
would like to have if we had more space, like a washing machine or a dishwasher. Mum and Dad hate going to the
launderette. We’re also very close to our unfriendly neighbours, which is a problem for all of us. But my parents love our boat.
5_______________________________ ? It can get very cold at
night but our heating is not bad. Actually, running water is more of a problem. We’re not connected to the town’s water
system, so we have to use a tank and it empties fast. We can’t have a bath and we have to keep our showers short.
6 ____________________________________? No, never! When we
go on holiday, we rent an apartment somewhere. A real apartment with normal bedrooms and a bath and a washing
machine. Wonderful luxuries!
CHOOSE THE CORRECT QUESTION FOR NUMBER 1