Dialogue:

M: Something very unusual happened to me this morning.

W: Really? What was it?

M: I was studying in the classroom when Tom came rushing in.

W: Yes?

M: He told me there was a telegram for me at the gate house! Someone was ill in my family.

W: Goodness me! I hate telegrams. They seldom bring any good news.

M: Yes, that's just how I felt. My legs turned to water, so I asked Tom to accompany me to the school gate.

W: I can imagine how you felt.

M: On my way to the school gate I was thinking terrible things. What could have happened at home, you know, and all that.

W: Yes, of course. I understand.

M: So when I tore the telegram open, my fingers were trembling.

W: Dear me!

M: But when I read the telegram, I just couldn't make heads or tails out of it.

W: How strange! What did it say?

M: It said: Return immediately. Uncle seriously ill.

W: Oh, I am sorry to hear that.

M: But the surprising part about it is that I have no uncle.

W: Indeed!

M: I could hardly believe my own eyes. But it was written there in black and white. Then I happened to glance at the address to a "Carl", not "Carol".

W: Well, I never!

M: You can never imagine how relieved I was.

W: Yes. What a relief! But what did Tom have to say?

M: Tom was so embarrassed. He kept apologizing all the way back.

W: He has always been quite careless.

Question: What does the telegram say? 

- Return immediately for somebody was seriously ill at home.

- Return immediately for his aunt is expecting him.

- Return immediately for something unusual happened at home.


Return immediately for somebody was seriously ill at home.