Reading Comprehension

Don’t be late!

He was late. He was always late. Why did time always go

so fast? Time always went too fast. He looked at his
watch. He looked at the clock on the wall. They both said
6:10.

He had to leave in 10 minutes. But first he had to shave.

Then he had to brush his teeth. Then he had to get
dressed. Shaving took time. Brushing his teeth took time.
Getting dressed took time. But he had only 10 minutes. So
he turned off the TV. He turned off the radio, too. He
turned off the table lamp. He went into the bathroom. He
shaved. He brushed his teeth. He went into his bedroom.
He got dressed. He looked at his watch. He looked at the
clock on the wall. They both said 6:25. He had to hurry.
He went out to his car. He drove fast. He slowed down at
a stop sign. A cop saw him. The cop wrote him a ticket.

“Why didn’t you stop at the stop sign?” the cop asked. “But
officer, I was in a hurry,” he said. The cop gave him the
ticket. The cop said, “Leave home earlier next time.”