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1. Edmund Questor awoke with a splitting CEPHALALGIA. "Help! My head has fallen off!" he groaned. "I need something for this CHRONIC PAIN." He found an aspirin and went outside for some fresh air.
2. As he stood in the doorway of his hut, gazing at the sea, Ed noticed a light aircraft circling above the nearby PROMONTORY. The plane appeared to be in difficulties. "There's no proper airfield around here," Ed mused, aghast. "Where will it COME TO REST?"
3. Pausing only to collect his thoughts, Ed rushed IN A PRECIPITOUS MANNER towards the village EXTENDED house to alert the inhabitants.
4. Ed quickly found the CHIEF MALE PERSON. "Every MASCULINE ADULT must help," decreed the chief. "Women and children, too - we may need them all!"
5. Meanwhile, in the circling plane, the pilot had problems: she had lost her protective CRANIAL COVERING and was also experiencing difficulty with the landing APPARATUS.
6. Ed and the villagers made good PROGRESS towards a large clearing near the shore. "We will need some METHOD of attracting the pilot's attention!" he shouted.
7. Luckily, the villagers had brought along an old FRONT LANTERN from an abandoned Landrover, some cabling, and a hand-operated generator. "We can use this THING THAT GIVES ILLUMINATION to signal the pilot!" yelled back the chief.
8. The keen-eyed pilot spotted the signal and made a beeline for the clearing, touching down safely. Ed was astounded to see his old SENIOR FEMALE TEACHER, Dame Gwladys Gwlobal, step down from the cockpit. "I'm glad all over to be on the ground at last," she sighed. "I hate it when that pesky machine plays up and I'm no longer the FEMALE IN CHARGE of my own destiny!"
9. Back at the village, Dame Gwladys thanked everyone profusely for their gallant help. "I really thought I was heading for an early TOMB MARKER," she said, gravely. "Now, I must reward everyone for their bravery and quick thinking." She reached into her handbag and withdrew a sparkling SMALL BOULDER.
10. The villagers gasped with wonder and delight: the whole affair would surely make the FRONT PAGE NEWS in the media, and Dame Gwladys' generosity would enable them to afford better RAILROAD TRACKS of communication to the rest of the world.
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Mistigris
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