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Describe the ‘Grand Prix’ at Cape Town’s Red Cross Children’s Hospital.

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Describe the ‘Grand Prix’ at Cape Town’s Red Cross Children’s Hospital.

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The author describes the event as “the Grand Prix of Cape Town’s Red Cross Childrens’ Hospital”. A nurse had left a breakfast trolley unattended. Very soon this trolley was commandeered by a daring crew of two, a driver and a mechanic. The mechanic provided motor power by galloping along behind the trolley head down. While the driver, seated on the lower deck held on with one hand and steered it by scrapping his foot on the floor. The choice of roles was easy because the mechanic was totally blind and the driver had only one arm. It was better than Indianapolis 500 car race. Patients shouted and cheered the boys. There was a grand finale of scattered plates and silverware before the nurse and ward sister took control of the situation.

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पाठ 3.1: In Celebration of Being Alive - Exercise [पृष्ठ ७१]

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पाठ 3.1 In Celebration of Being Alive
Exercise | Q 3. c. | पृष्ठ ७१

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