Robert is nine years old joanna is seven. They live at mountebenezer. Their father has a big property. In australia they call a farm a property.

Robert joanna like school very much. At school they can talk to their friends but robert joanna cannot see their friends. They live 100, perhaps 300, miles away like robert joanna, they all go to school by radio.

Mountebenezer is in the centre of australia not many people live in "the centre". There are no schools with desks blackboards no teachers in "the centre". School is a room at home with a two-way radio. The teacher also has a two-way radio. Every morning she calls each student on the radio. When all students answer, lessons begin...think of your teacher 300 miles away!

The children in "the centre" do not go to a school because ______.

A. they live too far away from one another

B. they do not like school

C. they are not old enough to go to school

D. their families are too poor