FEXVEUUUIEPY DD _ PENGUIN READERS PUL anba Gate son nex CMO JE Engin and Anecated Compan rt the wo ‘Thiceon Fis publ by Peon Edin Lal 2008 ss79mH642 “ext coprigh © Stephen ably 2108 nos by Lar ei Sein 12/2 etn swreaa Produce or the publiber by Ken Graph Design A as ard pon of aio ey epee sod ciel pple imal heyhey ea + hl phy rego thee th he (rowenta: bled by Peason Eduction Lined in tocaton with Penguin Book Li, both compan beings of Peron PLC ra Fors comple roe ade wae the engin Renn eri pln wre youre Pearson Langan ce oro Pein Reales Marketing Deparment Peason Edson. Ebr Git Har Ee CMO JE ph DD IF 12.0.99:92)Kate Grant is fifteen and comes from Canada. She is visiting the Netherlands with her mother and father. On June 8th, the Grants are ata museum in The Hague. This is very good,” Mr. Grant says. He is looking at a picture of an old man. “Yes,” Mrs, Grant says. “What do you think, Kate?” “Its OK," Kate says, She looks at her watch. It is 4.45,‘Two minutes later she sees a picture of a young girl with an ear-ring, Kate smiles, She loves ear-rings. She looks at the girl’ face. “Who are you?” she thinks.""What are you looking at?” “That's a very famous picture,” Mrs. Grant says. A sign next to it says," J with a Pearl Ear-ring.” “It’s beautiful,” Kate says. 2At 4.58 the Grants are drinking coffee near the museum “Julia, do you have the guide book?" Mr. Grant asks. “No, Carl. You have it,” Mrs. Grant says. ‘They look for the guide book in their bags, then Mr. Grant says,“Oh no, I remember now. It's on a chair near ‘Girl with a Pearl Ear-ring’. My passport is in that book!” Kate gets up quickly. “Stay here.” she says.""I can find it””Kate runs to the museum. A guard is closing the door. “Stop!” Kate says.“My father’s passport is in the museu “I'm sorry, but we close at five o'clock,” the guard says. A sign on his shirt says,“Paul Van Dyck.” “Please,” Kate says."It' very important.” The guard looks at his watch, then at Kate “OK," he says and smiles.“Come with me.” 4Kate goes into the museum with Paul Van Dyck. It is dark and there aren't any people in the rooms, “Where is the passport?” Paul asks. “Do you know?” “Yes. Its on a chair near that picture of a girl with an ear-ring,” Kate says They walk for a minute, then Paul Van Dyck stops. “Sshh!” he says, can hear voices.”Kate looks at Paul He isn’t smiling now. Then she hears voices, too. “Be very, very quiet,” Paul says. He takes a phone from his coat pocket, but suddenly there are two men in the room. One is tall and has a big, black bag in his hands. The short man has a gun. They look at Kate and Paul. Kate and Paul look at the men. Time stops. 6“Put your phone on the floor,” the short man says. “Now!” His voice is cold, “No,” Paul says. Suddenly there is a bang! Paul falls down and says,“ My leg!” Kate looks at him. “Get the girl,” says the tall man. The short man puts his cold hand across Kate's mouth. She is very scared.“*Come with us,” he says.A minute later Kate and the thieves are in a small street behind the museum. They get into a car, and the tall thief, drives very quickly for thirty minutes. The men don’t talk Kate is on the floor. She can see a picture in the black bag, Ic is “Girl with a Pearl Ear-ring”” “Where are we going?” she thinks. Then she looks up and sees a sign. It says,"Amsterdam 10”, 8At 5.40 the car stops. “Get up,” the short thief says. His voice is very quiet. He opens the car door. The gun is under his coat. “Smile,” he says. Kate is scared but she smiles. There are people in the street. She can see a boat. Its name is the Black Dog. The cold gun is next to her back. The tall thief is behind them with his black bag“Sit down and be quiet!” says the short thief. They are in the Black Dog’s kitchen. It has one small window. Kate sits on a chair, and the men close the door and go, Later, Kate hears their voices. “What do we do now?” the short man says. “We send a note to her family,” the tall thief answers. “They want the girl back. We want money. It isn’t difficult.” 10Kate is very scared. She looks round the kitchen. Suddenly, she sees a ship in a bottle. There is a pen next to it. Quickly she writes a note, It says:“I’'m on the Black Dog with two thieves. They have ‘Girl with a Pearl Ear-ring’. Call the police! My name is Kate Grant.” Then she puts her note in the bottle. She opens the small window and throws the bottle into the canal reAt 9.15 that evening the bottle is a kilometer from the Black Dog. An old man is walking next to the canal. He stops.“A ship in a bottle!” he thinks.““That’ interesting.” He picks the bottle out of the water. Then he sees Kate's note and reads it.“ Thieves!” he thinks. “This is important.” He makes a call.“Hello? Polic he says. He is talking very quickly.“Listen to this.” 2At 11.25 Kate is trying to sleep in the Black Dog's kitchen. Suddenly her eyes open. She can hear a woman’ voice. “POLICE!” the woman says."Put the gun on the floor That's right. Now put your hands on your head. Quickly!” Then the kitchen door opens. Kate sees three policemen and two policewomen. “It’s OK," one of the policemen says.““"We're here now.”‘Two days later Kate is in The Hague again with her mother and father. Some TV people are there, tov. The museum's director and Paul Van Dyck are standing next o her. The director smiles.“ Thank you very much, Kate,” he says. Then he gives her a small bag. Kate opens it and smiles, In the bag there are two beautiful pearl ear-rings.ACTIVITIES ~ Pages 1-7 Before you read 1. Read the Word List at the back of this book. What are the twenty ‘words in your language? Find them in a dictionary. 2 Look at the pictures in the book, then talk to a friend about the story ‘a Where is Kate Grant on page 17 'b What is the name of the famous picture on page 2? ¢ Is the building open or closed on page 4? 7 Who are the two men with Kate and the guard on page 6? While you read 3 Hore are eight sentences. Are they right (¥) or wrong (x)? ‘a. Kate Grant lives in San Francisco. 2 b She loves ear-rings. © After his visit to the museum, Carl can't find his ~ passpor. d_ The museum closes at six o'clock. @ The guard's name is Peter Van Dyck. . {Inthe museum, Kate and the guard meet two thieves. g The shor thief has a big, black bag in his hands. hh The guard puts his phone on the floor. After you read 4 Kate Grant is your friend. She calls you on June 7th. Ask 7 ‘questions about her vacation. Is her hotel OK? Does she like 7 the food? Do people understand English? 15Pages 8-14 Betore you read 5 Look at the pictures, What do you think? ‘8 Wher is Kate on page 8? b_ On page 9 what is Kate doing? © What is Kate doing on page 117 4 Who is talking to Kate on page 13? While you read 6 What comes first? And then? Write @ number from 1 to 10 after ‘every sentence. Kate writes a note. ‘An old man finds the bottle. ‘The museum director says, “Thank you, Kate.” ‘The thieves take Kate to Amsterdam. ‘The police visit the Black Dog. Kate walks from the car to the Black Dog. ‘She throws a bottle into the canal ‘At 5.40 the car stops. He calls the police, The tall thiof says, “They want the gir back. We want money. Its not difficutt “sere aoce After you read 7 A famous picture, a passport, a boat, and a bottle are all important in the story. Why? Write your answers. 8 Whatis the story of The Pear Girl? Write one sentence for every picture in the book.9 WORD LIST with example sentences ‘canal (n) The water in the canal is cold and dark. director (n) Steven Spielberg isa famous movie director. ‘ear-ring (n) I like your earrings. Are they new? ‘guard (2) You often see guands at the doors of an airport ‘guide book (n) Visitors to a new place sometimes buy’ a guide book. {gun (2) Put your hands up! I have a gun! Kilometer (n) It is two kilometers from here to the airport. minute (n) Can you wait a minut, please? I can't find mny coat, museum (n) The Louvre is a famous museum in Pars, next to (prep) My father is standing next to me in the photo. ‘note (n) A letter is usually long, but a note is short. Passport (n) I can't go to Japan tomorrow! I don’t have a pasport! pearl (2) Pears are small, white, and very expensive ‘seared (ad) I'm always scared on airplanes. ship (n) Boats are small, but ships are big. sign (n) Can you see that sign? It says, Drive slowly"! thief (n) That isn’t your money. You're a thi! ‘throw (v) I can catch things, but I can’t throw very well voice (n) I can’t hear you. Your voice is very quiet. watch (n) You have a watch, What is the time, please? "Ann forthe atc nth ook ae ae the Regu Reales web "tee Acny Worksheet sun wale om te bite, Acta Werke ae ptt Rin ec Spy Prgms tno Page TeThe Pearl Girl ant comes from Canada. She is visitng Europe with he 1d father. One evering she sees two men in a museum They are taking avery famous picture... "Gil with a Pear Penguin Reoders ore simpified texts which provide a step-by-step ‘proach tothe joys of reading for pleasure. Easystarts Level 1 300 headwords Beginner Level 2 600 headwords Elementary Level 3 1200 headwords Pre-Intermediate Level 4 1700 heaéwords Intermediate Level 5 2300 hesdwords Upper intermediate Level 6 3000 headwords Advanced Ongina “American Engish ton by Pip Bannister / wwe com e err tr Ca Cy e a td Ld td e . td Cd CJ s es tf td e i id ®@ oe MNPENGUIN READERS Marcel and the White StarMarcel is a French mouse. He lives on a beautiful old boat in Paris. (His home is under the kitchen floor.) He likes books, restaurants and old films. He likes the ~ opera, too. ~ One evening in June; Marcel finishes a detective story. Then he goes to have dinner with some friends. They’ live in the metro station at the Louvre. -After dinner, Marcel waits at the station. He sees two ~ men standing next to him. The tall one is reading a magazine, “Look,” he says, “here she is: ‘Opera star Miss Zaza Dupont with her beautiful one million pound diamond ring - the White Star.” ‘Her’ beautiful diamond ring?” The short man looks at the photo and laughs. “Not after tonight,” he says. 2Marcel’s mouth opens. “What?! Are the men going to steal Zaza Dupont’s diamond?” He remembers an evening at the opera two weeks before. Zaza’s green dress. The music. The beautiful White Star on her finger. No! They can’t steal it! The train comes and the men get on. Marcel pulls down his hat and follows them.Half an hour later he gets off again at La Mouette station. But there are hundreds of people, and Marcel loses the two men, Then he sees an old mouse. “Excuse me,” he says. “Do you know where Zaza Dupont lives?” But when Marcel finds Zaza’s house, it is too late. “Yes — two men,” she is telling the police on the telephone. “And they've got the White Star.” 4‘At that moment Marcel hears a motor start. “Where’s that coming from?” he thinks. Then he sees something at the end of the road. It’s them! It’s the thieves and they’re stealing a car! He runs across Zaza’s garden and down the street. He can see the car’s number- plate. It’s near. Very near. “Can I.. .?” he thinks, and he jumps.Yes!! Marcel sits on the number-plate. “Good,” he thinks. Then, after a second or two... “But what happens now?” The thieves drive across Paris very fast. Marcel can hear them in the car. They are laughing and talking. But Marcel is not laughing. He is very, very angry. After half an hour the car stops next to a café. 6It is late and the café is quiet. In one corner there is a woman. The thieves sit at her table. Marcel sits under the table and listens, “Have you got it?” the woman asks. The tall man takes a box from his jacket. Then he opens it. “Look,” he says. “Ahhh!” The woman puts a hand to her mouth, “What a beautiful diamond!” “This is it,” thinks Marcel. “This is the moment.”He bites the tall man’s leg very hard. “Aiiieee!” The tall man throws up his arms. The box and the White Star fly across the room. “What's that on the floor?” one waiter asks. “I don't know,” says another. “Is it...? No, it can't be a diam ...” But before he can finish, Marcel - runs across the room. He puts the White Star around his neck. Then he runs to the door.Oo 3 e e Y e 2 re J i F@eeeoeoooeo The thieves jump up and follow him, Suddenly there are tables and chairs everywhere. “What's happening?” an old man asks. “I don’t know,” his wife answers. “Who can understand young people these days?” “Stop that mouse!” says the tall man, “Shut the door!” says the short one. But they are too late. Marcel runs out of the café and does not look back.After ten minutes he stops. There is nobody following him, but... where is he? Marcel looks right and left. Then he sees a big, white church. “Ah! ~ the Sacré Cocur,” he thinks. "Now I know where I am.” It is late and there are no metro trains, but Marcel is not tired. He walks back to Zaza’s house. When he gets there, she is asleep in bed. 10There is a table next to the window. On it Marcel can see lots of photographs, boxes and perfume bottles. He runs across the floor and up one leg of the table. he thinks, *... it's time to take off the White Star, In the morning Zaza is going to be very...” “Now. Then Marcel stops. Oh, no! He cannot take the ring off. He pulls and pulls, but nothing happens.“Now what?” he thinks. Then . . .“Of course! Some soap!” He runs down the table leg and across the floor. Zaza’s bathroom door is open. Marcel goes in and looks up. A soap-dish is above his head. Ten seconds later he is sitting in it. He puts some soap on his neck. Then he closes his eyes and pulls again. Yes! This time the diamond ring comes off. 2In the morning Zaza finds the White Star. It is on her bedroom table between two perfume bottles. “But... 1 don't understand,” she says. “Thieves don’t bring ” She looks at the ring. Then she looks at her face in the mirror, Then she looks at the things back. How. ring again. “And why is there soap on it?” She telephones the police.Next day, Zaza’s story is in all the newspapers. “OPERA STAR’s £1,000,000 RING IS SAFER’ says one. : “THIEVES BRING BACK DUPONT DIAMOND” says another, "NOW POLICE ASK, “WHY?” ” And there are lots of photos of Zaza with the White Star. At home. At the opera house. Standing in front of the Eiffel Tower. She looks very happy in all of them, 4Eide Marcel is happy, too. Back on his boat he reads the newspaper stories. Then he looks in the mirror. There is a thin, red line on his neck. “What a night!” he says. After that, he washes, has breakfast and opens the window. It is beautiful, warm morning. Marcel looks up at the blue sky and smiles. “Now...” he thinks, “what's going to happen today?”Pag Before you read ACTIVITIES 7 ead the Word List at the back of the book. What are the twenty words in your language? Find them in a dictionary. 2 Look at the pictures in the book and answer the questions. a > a Does Marcel lve in a house or on an old boat? ‘On page 2, who is Marcel looking at? ‘What is on the right hand of the woman on page 3? Who has got it on page 7? While you read 3. Are the sentences right (/) or wrong (x)? a h Marcel ives on a beautiful old boat in London. Zaza Dupont is an opera star Marcel gets on a train at La Mouette. He gets off the tran at the Louvre. ‘The thieves steal Zaza's diamond ring. She telephones Marcel The thieves steal a black car. ‘They go to a cinema. After you read 4 Work with a friend, You are the thieves in the black car. What do you say about the White Star? 16 How much money can you get for it? What can you do with the money?Pages 8-15 Before you read 5. Look at the pictures. What do you think? a How does Marcel get the diamond ring? 1b Whore does he take the ring to? © Does Zaza know about Marcel? While you read 6 Finish the sentences, a Marcol puts the White Star around his He takes the diamond to Zaza Dupont's © It's very late and Zaza is in... 1d First, Marcel can't get he fNg nseunnnne iS NECK. @ Inthe morning Zaza herring, 1 Alter that, her story isin all the 9 Zaza and the don't know about Marcel h Zaza ishappy and Marcel is too. After you read 7 Look at pages 8-9. You are in the Café Flo. You are talking to a fiend on your phone. Suddenly, two men are running across the room! What are they doing? What can you see and hear? Talk to your friend about it 8 Adiamond ring, a black car and some soap are important in the story. Why? Write your answers. 9 Write about the people in the story. a Zaza thetwothieyes © Marcel "Answer for dhe Actives inthis Book are aalable fom the Penguin Readers webs ‘ree Activity Workshees alo avaiable from the website. Actviy Worksheets ere Dart ofthe Penguin Teacher Support Programme hich also insades Progress Tests ‘nd Graded Reader Goines For more information plese Vs ‘evwepennreaders.comWORD LIST with example sentences around (prep) There are cight chairs around the table. bathroom (n) Wash your hands in the batlrroom. bite (v) Don’t put your hand near that animal! It bites people! box (n) She doesn't like banks. She puts her money in a box under the bed, café (n) Let's go to the café and have some coffee. diamond (n) Diamonds are very small, very expensive, and women love them, dinner (1) We usually eat dinner at 8 o'clock in the evening. finger (n) You have five fingers on your hand. follow (v) That man is always behind us. He's following us. jump (v) The children are running and jumping into the river. mouse (n) Marcel is a brown mouse. Some mice are white. neck (n) This animal has a small head on a long nec number-plate (n) Every car has two number-plates with letters and ‘numbers on them. ‘opera (n) The music from Mozart's operas is very famous. pull (v) He’s very strong, He can pull a big car behind him, ring (n) She has an expensive ring on her finger. ‘soap (n) Wash your hands with soap and water, star (n) At night, I go into the garden and look up at the stars, ‘Tom Cruise and Julia Roberts are famous film stars. steal (v) He s‘eals money from old people, and the police are looking for him. thief (n) This thief steals cars. There are many car thieves in the town.Pearson Edvsation Limited Edinburgh Gate Harlow Essex CMO FE, England sd Assciated Companies trouphent the world ISBN; 978.1-4058-69560 First plished 190 New eon fst published 1998 “This ete first plished 2008 5579108642 Copyright © Longman Grovp Ld 1990 ‘This eden cpsright © Pearson Education Ltd 2008 stations by Ign Moore ‘Typeset by Graphicraft Lid, Hong Kong ‘Set in 12/20pt Life Roman Printed in China SWTC/02 All rights reserved; no part of this publication may be reproduced, stored Ina revival system, or ranptied in any frm orb ony moans lecironic, mechanical, photocopying reonding ov eerie, without the Prior wrton peso ofthe Publishers. 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