The Contest

By Mara, 8B

Four girls, Alberta, Betsy, Carla and Dora had a contest: who is the first to get to the ski slope, leaving at 7 o'clock from the cottage they were staying at. Carla left at 7 from the "Three Pines" cottage, which was closer to the slope and walked with constant speed, reaching the slope the second. Alberta, Betsy and Dora were staying at the "Little Bear" cottage, farther away from the slope, so they had about 1 km to get there. They left at different times, on different tracks. Dora and Betsy woke up at the same time, but Dora managed to get equipped and left at 7 from the cottage. Being so far away from the slope, she took a snowmobile and went at a greater speed than Carla, until the first gas station. There, she stopped for 15 minutes to buy gas and rest, then she went on, but unfortunately she arrived the last. Betsy left at 7:15, taking the snowboard with her. While walking on the street, she saw Alberta passing her by in a taxi, but she failed to stop her. After a while, she found a sloping road and started snowboarding in speed. In the middle of the sloping road, she crossed roads with Dora on snowmobile. As the sloping road was a shortcut, Betsy arrived the 3rd, before Dora. Alberta woke up later, and of course she panicked, so she called a taxi. On the way, she didn't see Betsy, but she saw Dora at the gas station. She realised she's not the last to get to the slope but continued to go with the same speed. The taxi took her there quickly, so she managed to arrive the first, to her great joy.