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long time of becoming a policeman. Sophia said lots of people had wanted to
find a way to make Chris’s dream come true — so, with everybody’s help,
Chris, only seven years old at the time, had been a “policeman” for a day,
“When people saw how delighted Chris was when his dream came true, they
decided to try and help other sick children too, and that was the beginning of
Make-A-Wish,” explained Sophia.

When we asked Sophia if she could explain how Make-A-Wish worked, she
told us the Poundation trics to give children and their families a special,
happy time. “Sometimes it’s hard for families with children who are really ill
to enjoy themselves and laugh together. They often feel sad a lot of the
time,” said Sophia. “A Make-A-Wish volunteer visits the families and asks
the child what they would wish for if they could ha ve anything in the world.”
Sophia said the volunteers were important because they were the ones who
helped to make the wishes come true. They do this either by providing things
that are necessary, like plane tickets or equipment, or by raising money or
helping out in vvhatever way they can.
We wondered what things tho children wished for. Did a lot of them want
to meet somebody famous? Sophia agreed that a lot of children did ask to do
this. But she said other children wanted to own something special or go
somewhere, and some children, like Chris wanted to be a different person or
do a different job for a day. “Whatever the child’s wish is, Make-A-Wish tries
to make it real for them ,” she said.
So, how did Sophia become a volunteer? She told us she’d had to ring the
Make-A-Wish ofíĩce in Athens to gct some more information. She said she’d
become a volunteer the following week and that she was glad to be doing
something to help make children’s wishes come true. Sophia suggested that
other young people could also volunteer.

Make-A-Wish says that without the help of volunteers like Sophia they
would not be able to pcrform thcse “miracles” for children. Why not see if
there’s som ethingyou can do to help?

1. How did Sophia find out about Make-A-Wish?
A. Her friend had volunteered to help.
B. Make-A-Wish had helped her friend.
c. It is a special organisation.
D. Her friend had dreamt about Make-A-Wish.

2. What did the pilot do when he was with Andreas?
A. He gave him lots of information he wanted.
B. He flew with him in a war plane.
c. He asked him lots of questions.
D. He reminded Andreas about his day.

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