A market that opens at dusk
Match each paragraph to a heading. Use each heading once.
The heading must match the main point. Do not just pick a word you see in the paragraph.
The night market on Rope Street does not open at dusk because the organisers like atmosphere. Most of what is sold is cooked to order, and the cooks refuse to fire the grills while the afternoon sun is still on the metal. By seven the street is in shadow and the first oil goes on. Not everyone on the street is pleased. Residents above the bakery asked the council to end the market at nine. The organisers offered ten, then a trial of nine-thirty on weeknights. The bakery’s owner, who sells the last loaves to the cooks, asked the council to leave the hours alone. What does not survive the night is the noodle soup. The vendor will not pack it to travel. She says the broth turns dull in a box, and she would rather tip the last litres away than sell a worse bowl in the morning. A stall is charged by the width of its table, not by what it sells. A one-metre pitch costs the same for soup as it does for bread, and the fee is collected before the grill is lit.
- A Why the market waits for dark
- B A disagreement about noise
- C How stall fees are calculated
- D Food that cannot wait until morning