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By 2040, automated beacons had replaced every lighthouse keeper on the coast — except one. Ruth Ellery, ninety-one, refused to leave Gull Point.
"The machine works perfectly," the inspector said, tapping the sensor on the tower. "You aren’t needed."
Ruth poured him tea. "The machine knows when it’s dark," she said. "It doesn’t know when someone is lost."
That winter, a solar storm knocked out satellite navigation across the region. The automated beacon kept blinking its correct, perfect signal. But it was Ruth, watching from her window, who saw the small boat drifting toward the rocks and rowed out with a lantern to guide it in.
The next spring, the inspector returned — not to remove her, but to ask if she would teach a class.
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Free Grade 8 English worksheet (Common Core RL.8.1): read "The Last Lighthouse" and answer questions about key details, characters and theme. Skill: Key ideas and details in literature. Level: Grade 8 — also suits Year 9 (UK).
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Key ideas and details in literature.
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