Real or Fake #17

(1) Read the story. (2) Tell the story in your own words. (3) Ask the questions.
Tito and Amanda Watts were arrested over the weekend for selling “golden tickets to heaven”. The Florida couple, who sold the tickets on the street for $9.99 per ticket, told buyers the tickets were made from solid gold and each ticket reserved the buyer a spot in heaven.

A police spokesman said. “The tickets were just wood spray-painted gold. You can’t sell something as gold when it’s not.”

Tito Watts said in his police statement, “I don’t care what the police say. The tickets are solid gold. And it was Jesus who gave them to me behind the KFC and said to sell them so I could get some money to go to outer space. You should arrest Jesus because he’s the one that gave me the golden tickets and said to sell them.”
Vocabulary
spot = place

KFC = Kentucky Fried Chicken
Comprehension Questions
  1. How much did one ticket cost?
  2. What were the tickets for?
  3. Who did Tito get the tickets from?
Discussion Questions
  1. Would you buy this ticket?
  2. Would you like to go to outer space?
  3. When is the last time you ate at KFC?
  4. Should Tito and Amanda be punished?
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