Cambridge English Readers Level 1 Series editor: Philip Prowse Help! Philip Prowse "| CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESSPUBLISHED BY THE PRESS SYNDICATE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE The Pitt Building, Trumpington Street, Cambridge CB2 1RP, United Kingdom CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS The Edinburgh Building, Cambridge CB2 2RU, UK 40 West 20th Street, New York, NY 10011-4211, USA 10 Stamford Road, Oakleigh, VIC 3166, Australia Ruiz de Alarcon 13, 28014 Madrid, Dock House, The Waterfront, Cape Town 8001, South Africa ain hetp://www.cambridge.org © Cambridge University Press 1999 First published 1999 Seventh Printing 2001 This book i: to the provisions of relevant collective licensing agreements, in copyright. Subject to statutory exception and no reproduction of any part may take place without the written permission of Cambridge University Press. Printed in Italy by Rotolito Lombarda Typeset in 12/15 Adobe Garamond [CE] Ilustrations by Gary Taylor ISBN 0 521 65615 X Contents Chapter 1 “Every Morning” Chapter 2 The letter Chapter 3. Mel Parks Chapter 4 Chip Chapter 5 Help! Chapter 6 ‘Teresa comes backPeople in the story Frank Wormold: a writer. Teresa Wormold: a lawyer and Frank’s wife. Mel Parks: a Hollywood producer. Chip: a computer. A postman. Chapter 1 “Every Morning” ‘Tm leaving now,’ ‘Teresa said. I looked up from the newspaper. I was in the kitchen, at the table. ‘Tm leaving,’ ‘Teresa, my wife, said again. She stood at the kitchen table and looked down at me. I looked at my watch. It was eight o'clock in the morning. Time for Teresa, my wife, to go to work. She was a lawyer, a very good lawyer. And she was beautiful. “What are you going to do today?’ Teresa asked. ‘Don’t go back to bed! Why don’t you go out and look for a job?’ ‘Oh no,’ | thought. ‘Eight o'clock in the morning, and she’s telling me to get a job.’