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VOODOO ISLAND

Haiti is an island where people do not always die - they

only sleep. Voodoo can bring dead people back to life.
Voodoo can speak to the spirits of all things, alive or
dead. Voodoo is the magic of Haiti. There are still
people, today, who use voodoo magic to speak to the
dead. Or perhaps you don'r believe in magic . . . ?

This is a story about the fight between the old world

and the new world. James Conway wants to bring the
new world to Haiti. He wanrs to build new houses,
shops, and hotels. Most of all, he wants to make
money. Kee is an old man who understands and loves
the old world. Kee has very little money; he is not an
'important' person in the new world. But Kee
understands people. Kee understands James Conway
better than James Conway understands himself. And
Kee understands voodoo.
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 Island in the Sun

James Conway put away his business papers and sat

back in his seat. He looked out of the aeroplane
window down at the warm blue sea below. Far away,
in the bright sun, there were the long white beaches of
the island of Haiti. Behind them, he could just see the
small wooden houses and the deep green leaves of the
coconut trees, which were moving lazrly in the soft
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afternoon wind.
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'[t looks beautiful, doesn't it?' Conway looked at the

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woman sitting next to him. 'Very nicer' he answercd.

'Is this your first visit to Haiti?' the woman asked.
'Yes, but I'm not here as a visitor,' said Conway. 'l
have a building company it's called Conway
Construction. My company has offices all ovcr thc
'§7e're
world - America, Europe, Africa. very big in
Australia too - everyone in Australia has hcarcl the
name Conway. I'm coming to get an office hcre, buy
some land, build a few hotels, you know. Thc land is
very cheap here - you can buy a piece of land to build a
small town on, for a few thousand dollars. Sorry, I
don't know your name. I'm Mr Conway, .falnes
Conway. Just call me Conway.'
'I'm Karen Jackson.'
'Nice to meet you, Karen. \What do y«ru rkr? Have
you got a job, or are you married?'
'I'm at Harvard University.'
'From the University? Are you a sccr('tary tlrcrc:?'
'No, I'm a doctor. I'm teaching mcdicinc.'
'A doctor! That's interesting. \íhat are you doing
hére in Haiti? Are you on holiday? I know you teachers
get long holidays.'
Karen Jackson was beginning to dislike the man.
'No,' she said. 'l'm going to work in the hospital at
Port au Prince. And while I'm here, I'nr going to do
some work for my book.' 'Voodoo works, and it can be uery dangerous.'

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'Are you writing a book? What is it about?'
'Voodoo.'
'Voodoo!'laughed Conway. 'Are you telling tttc tltat
someone is paying you to come here and writc rtbout
voodoo? I know Haiti is not America, but vootloo! I
thought people stopped believing in that yclrs rrgo.'
'Oh, no,' said Karen. 'People still believc irr it. You
see, it works, and it can be very dangerous.'
'Surely you don't believe in voodoo, do y«rtr?'
'We
'Yes, I do. don't really understand vo«rtloo in
'The doll's face is a coconut, and there's a pin in its stomacb.'
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Island in the Sun
America. Most people think it's magic. They think it
can kill people.'
'That's right. I remember hearing about it. People
who use voodoo get a picture of a person or make a
doll, don't they? Then they put pins or knives into it,
and the person feels terrible pain.'
'Yes, that's rightr' Karen answered. '[ have a
photograph here in one of my books about voodoo.
Look, there's one of the dolls. It's not a child's doll -
it's made from coconuts. You see, the face is a coconut'
and someone has drawn eyes, a nose, and a mouth on
it. And look, there's a pin in the doll's stomach. A few
days later the man came to hospital because his
stomach hurt. He knew that someone was using
voodoo against him. The pain was terrible, but the
doctors couldn't find anything wrong with him. In the
end, he died.'
Conway was surprised. 'So you think that was magic
because there,was no reason for itr' he said. 'But you're
a doctor, aren't you? You don't believe in magic, do
you?'
'Voodoo is more than magic. I don't believe in
magic, but I know that voodoo can be very dangerous.
I want to understand how it works. Here in Haiti there
are still a few people who know how to use voodoo.
They are called "houngans". There are still a few
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"houngans" in the villages in the country. Arrtl thet's

why I'm here. I want to meet some «rf thcrrr anrl talk to
them. Of course they aren't all bad peoplc. 'l'hcy crrn
use voodoo to help people, like doctors. Iilrt tlrey crn The Book of Baron Samedi
use it to hurt people too.'
'But we're living in the modern world!' Vhile she was away) Conway looked at the open book
'Yes, but the people here are very sure thrrt vo«rtl«ro is on her seat. There was a picture on the page which
real. Teachers, business people, doct«rrs, (.vcryonc showed a black man with open eyes and bright white
believes in it . . . or they are afraid of it. Arrtl pr.rlraps teeth. He was laughing, but he looked frightening and
that's why it works. After all, if you belicvt' yorr urc ill, dangerous. Conway read the words below the picture:
you can be ill. And if you really think you'rc Hcrring 'Baron Samedi, the strongest and most dangerous of
better, you can get better. If you think thet sorrrt.«rrre is all the uoodoo houngans. No one knows who Baron
trying to kill you, then you can die . . . bccurrst' y(!u ere Samedi is, but they belieue he is both dead and aliue.
so afraid.' He liues in two differcnt w<trlds. Many people Are so
''§íell, that's a good story,' laugheci (.orrw;ry. 'lf I frightened of him that they are afraid to say his name.'
need some voodoo, I'll come and sec yorr.'
'OK,'said Karen. 'Excuse me for a rrrirrrrtt..' Slrt.got
up and walked to the back of the planc. Slrc wrrs lxrrcd
iYjijtXffiËr
and angry with Conway, becausc hc tlrought he
understpod everything and he never listencd to other
people.

Baron Samedi, the strongest of the uoodoo h<-rungans.

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 Voodoo Island The Book of Baron Samedi

Conway looked at the picture. 'Baron Sarnccli!' he {: i::..-"-.: . :

laughed. 'How can these people be so stupid? Still, it

will be easy to make money if they think likc clrildrcn.'
A few minutes later, Karen came back. Shc prickcd
up the book and put it in her bag. As she wus siming
down, the lights in the aeroplane came on.
''We are going to arriue at Port au Print't airltt»t in a
few minutes. Please stay in your sedts and put ortt yrsur
cigarettes. The time in Haiti is 3.15. lt is tt tudrm day
and it is 30"C. We hope you haue enjoyed llyin,q ruith
Air Haiti, and we hope that you will fly with us d1(tin.
Thank you.'
rs.,§:=..s-
Down below them, in the village of Bussy, rror lur frorn '
':;,r,1a;r,;,,'
Port au Prince, Kee was in his small woork.rr h«ruse ..ilf,if"'
among the trees. Outside, a few brown clrick,.rrs were
trying to find something to eat in thc grrrtlerr. 'l'here
was not much rain in the summer ancl tlrc grornrcl was
dry and dusty. The old man Kee was sitting by the
window in the front room. Suddcnly he felt that
something was wrong. In the garden the wind blew
harder, and the dust from rhe dry ground flew into
the air. He stood up, went to the window and looked
out.
'l can f'eel danger,' he thought. 'someone bad is
coming.' He looked out into the trees, but he couldn't Kee was in his small wooden house among the trees.

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see anything. Then he looked up at the sky, and saw
the plane just before it went behind a cl«rud t>n its way
to Port au Prince airport.
The Building Business
After nine months in Haiti, Conway was a happy rnan.
His business was going well, and he was makirrg a lot
of money. He had a large office in Port arr l)rince,
a big house, and hundreds of people wcrc w«rrking
for him. He had some land near Port uu l)rince,
and he was building a new town. Therc wcrc alrcady
hundreds of new houses, and many pcoplc kncw the
name Conway Construction. But (,ortwuy had a
problem, and he wanted to see a business friend,
Jacques Remy.
.The telephone on his desk rang. He picked it
'Yes?'
'Mr Remy is here to see you, Mr Conwayr'said
secretary.
'Send him in immediately.' A few moments later,
Jacques Remy came into the room.
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The Building Business
'Jacques, it's nice to see you. Thank you for coming.
Sit down.'
'Thanks,' said Jacques. 'You said on the phone that
you had a problem.'
'Yes,' said Conway. 'You helped me buy the land for
the new town when I first came to Haiti. Some of the
houses are ready, and people are living in them. But
now I need more land.'
'You can buy land anywhere,' said Jacques.
'I know, but I want a piece of land near my houses.
People will need shops, and perhaps I can build a hotel
too, and some more houses.'
''§7hat piece of land do you want?' asked Jacques.
''Well, that's the problem.' Conway took out a pencil
up.
his
'I can only build the shops and bouses on tbis hill.'
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and a piece of paper, and began to draw a map. 'Mosr
of the houses are here,'he said. 'Now, I can't build on
the south or the east side of the houses because «rf the
sea. On the north side the land is no good.'I'herc is roo
much water in it. So I can only build on the west side. I
can only build on this hill.'
'Good,' said Jacques. 'Buy the hill and thcn you can
build more houses on the other side too.'
'[ want tor' said Conway, 'but there's a problcnr.' He
went over to the desk and picked up a photograph. It
was a photograph of a graveyard. He gave thc photo-
graph of the graveyard to Jacques. 'You sec, ir wr)n't
be easy. I want to build on the graveyard.'
Jacques looked at the photograph carefully. 'lr'§ very
'I want to build on tbis graueyard.'
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The Voodoo Man
old,' he said, 'and that's good. If only a few people go
there, perhaps you can buy it. But if it is new and a lot
of people go there, they will be angry, and it will be
difficult to buy it. Go and look at the srones. Find out
how old the place is. I'll talk to some friends. Perhaps
they can help.'
'Thank you very much, Jacques. I won't forget this.'
'It's nothing,' said Jacques. 'Tell me how old the
stones are, and I'll.ring you again in a few days.'
The Voodoo Man
A big lorry drove pasr Kee's house. It was going very
fast and it made a lot of noise. Before Conway built the
new town, Kee's village was a quiet place. There were
only a few small cars. Now big lorries wenr pasr every
five minutes, carrying things for the new buildings. Kee
was a very unhappy old man. He was sitting in his
small house, looking our into the garden.
Another big lorry went pasr the window.
He heard the sound of a car coming down the road.
The car stopped near the house, and a woman got out.
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She was young and well dressed. She walked u[) to the
gate at the end of Kee's garden and waitetl. Kcc slw
her and went out of the house, down thc w«roclcn srcps
and into the garden.
'Hello,' she said, looking at the old nrarr. '(,en I
come in?'
'Yes, of course,' answered Kee. '\What crrrt I tl«r filr
you?'
The woman opened the gate and camc rrp to Kee.
'My name is Karen Jacksonr' she said, 'Dr.f irckson. l'rn
an American. I'm working at the big hospital in l)ort:.ru
Prince, and I'm doing some work for my ho«rk.'
'I see,' said Kee. 'But why do you waïlt t() trrlk t<>
Karen Jackson walked up to the gate of Kee's garden.
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'['m writing a book about voodoo,' she said.
'Everyone here talks about you. They all say you are
the best houngan in Haiti. They say you are a very
strong and good houngan, and that you always help
people.'
Kee smiled. 'I try to help good people,' he said.
'Come into the house, Dr Jackson. Let me get you a
drink and we can talk.'
Kee and Karen went into the house and began to
talk. Karen told him about her life and her work, and
why she was in Haiti. Kee told her about his life and
talked for a lorrg time about the old Haiti and the
people he remembered.
'Everything is changing,' he said. ''§íhen I was a
young man, we lived with our families. We worked in
the coffee fields. \We helped each other. Friends were
more important than money. People were good and
kind. But everything is different now. Business people
come from America and Europe and start banks and
big companies. All the young men go to Port au Prince.
They leave their villages and their families. They think
about money all the time. They don't think about
people.'
'Yes, I know,'said Karen. 'It's happening in America
too. But you can always find good people if you look
for them.'
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 Voodoo Island The Graueyard

'I know,' said Kee, smiling. 'Y«xl dorr't l)ilvc to l;o
back yet, do you?'
'No, not yet. '§7hy?'
'There's something that I want to slrow you. It's a
hill outside the village. I often go thcr(' wlrt'rr I'rn
unhappy, or when I want to think. It's a grrrvcyrrrtl, brrt
it's very beautiful there, when the warnr wirrrl blows
the leaves of the coconut trees.'
fhe Graveyard
lot of new people and busy, noisy roads. I don't want
to live in a place like that.'
'Can't you do anything? Can't you stop them?'
asked Karen.
'Me? No. \What can I do? Nothing. I'm an old man,
and nobody listens to me.'
They walked on through the graveyard, and Kee
said, 'My grandfather is here in this graveyard. He was
my mother's father. I remember the day when he died.
I cried for a long time when I saw that big dark hole in
the ground, and we put his body in the grave. It was
raining. I was twelve years old. My mother and father
were with me, ancl they wcrc crying too.'

They left his house and began to walk rrlonl', tlrt' r«rad
to the hill. When they arrived, tlrt'y w;rlkt'.| skrwly
through the graveyard. At the top «rl tlrt. hill, thcy
looked down at the fields below. 'l'lrt:y c«rrrltl scc l l«>t
of lorries, and a lot of mcn wcrc workirrg thcre,
bqilding the new town. Alrcady tht'rc wcrc lrunclrcds
and hundreds of new houses in thc fierlcl. "l'hc village is
changing very fast,' he said. 'Sr>olr thcrc are going to be
thousands and thousands of new houses. §íhat will
happen to our village then? Once it wils a cluict place
and the people were friendly. But soon there will be a Karen and Kee walked through the graueyard.

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'I'm sorryr' said Karen.

'Oh, it was a long time ago,' srritl Kcc. 'lirrt rny
grandfather's grave was the last on this hill- Aftcr hc
died, they made a new graveyard on tlrc otlrer siclc «rf
the village. That's why nobody corrrcs hcrc now.
Nobody remembers the old people hcrc.'
'But you do.'
'Oh, yes. I could never forget my grerrtlÍrrtlrcr. He
taught me about voodoo, about the spirit «rl llrc rain
and the spirit of the wind. You see, n«rtlrrrrg is rcally
dead. There's a spirit in everything, in evcry I rct', in the
sun, in the sea. If you understand voodo«r, y«rrr r;ur titlk
'Some people say be was the houngan, Baron Samedi.'
to these spirits. And there's a spirit under thrs t oltl grcy
stone.' They stayed on the hill and talked for a long time.
Kee showed her the stone on his grarrrllltlrt'r''s gmve Then Karen looked at her watch and said, ''§íhat? Is
and Karen read the words slowly. "l'irrr Atty. l|«rrn that the time? I'm sorry, Kee, but I must go now. I have
1845. Died 1906.' Kee looked at Krtrt'tt rrrrrl said to be at the hospital at four o'clock.' Kee got up.
quietly, 'Some people say he was thc str()nll('st lrouttgan 'Don't worryr' said Karen. 'l can find the car - it's
of all, the houngan we call Barort Sarrretli.' not far. Please stay if you want to.'
'Baron Samedi!' cried Karen. 'Y«rur grandfirther!' 'Are you sure?'
Suddenly she felt afraid when shc hcarcl thc tcrrible 'Yes, I know how to get back.'
name. She looked at the old man. ''Well, then, I think I'll stay a little longer. It was very
'I see you know more about voodoo than I thought,' nice to talk to you.'
he said. 'But don't be afraid of me. I'm just an old man 'Thank you for talking to me, too. I've learnt a lot
who doesn't like the new world.' He smiled at Karen today. I hope we'll meet again.'
again. 'I hope so too. Goodbye.'
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Kee watched Karen as she walkcrl rl«rwrr thc hill.
And then he saw two men. They werc younll, und tlrcy
were carrying lots of papers. They walk('(l rrroun(l the
graveyard for a short time, looking at tlrt' gr;rves rnd
then at the papers. Kee went over to thcrrr.
'Good afternoon,' he said.
'Good afternoon,'the men replied.
''§íhat are you doing here?' asked Kcc.
'We work for Conway Construction,' tlrcy said.
''Ví'e're building some shops here.'
'And a big hotel,' said the other man. Kct' wirs vcry
'My grandfather's graue is bere.'
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Tbe Graueyard
surprised. ''§íhat?' he said. 'You can't do that here.
This is a gÍaveyard. You can't builcl houses and shops
in a graveyard. It's a very important place.'
The rwo men laughed at him. 'Don'r be stupid, old
man,' they said. 'This graveyard is very old. Nobody
comes here now. The people in this graveyard died a
hundred years ago.'
Kee was angry. 'Don't talk to me like that,' he said.
'My grandfather's grave is here. You're not going to
build shops and houses on this land.'
One of the men said, 'Yes, we are. This is Mr
Conway's land. He bought it a few days ago. He's
going to build shops lrcrc encl we're going to help him.'
'No,' said Kee. 'T'het isrr't truc.'
'It is true,' replied tlrc rrrrrn. "Ví'e're going to start
next week. If you wrlnt to, you can go and see Mr
Conway. You can talk ro hirn. He'll tell you it's true.'
'W'here does he live?' asked Kee. The men gave him a
small piece of paper. He looked at it. The paper said:
'Conway Construction,16 Rue de la République, Port
au Prince.'
Kee said, 'Don't begin any work here" I
want to see Conway first. I'll tell him that he can't
build shops here.'
The rwo men laughed and said,'OK, old man.'§7e'll
wait for you.'

Conway has a Visitor
The next morning Kee got on the bus. Hc b«rught a
ticket to Port au Prince. During the jourrrcy hc lo«rked
out of the window. There were new houscs arrcl offices
all along the road from his village to Port ittt l)ritrce.
'§lhen
he arrived, he found a taxi and gavc tlrc clriver
the address. 'Do you know how to get thcrc?' rrsked
Kee.
'Oh, yes,' said the taxi driver. 'Mr Conway is a big
man round here. Very important. Rich, t«ro. Arrd they
say he has a lot of friends.'
'I know,' said Kee. He sat back in the taxi as it clrove
away.
After a long time, they arrived at tlrc ofÍice of
Conway Construction. Kee paid the taxi driver, and
went in. Conway's secretary, Marie, was sitting at a
desk. She looked at Kee.
'Good afternoon,' she said, 'Can I help you?'
'Yesr' said Kee, 'I want to talk to Mr Conway.'
''What's your name?' the young woman asked.
'Keer'he replied.
'Please sit down,' Marie said. Then she picked up a and you Americans do not believe in things like that.
Conway's Hopes
telephone and talked to Conway. 'There's a man here,'
she said. 'He wants to talk to you.' She waited for a
moment, and then said, 'Kee, Mr Kee. No, I don't
know who he is. He's an old man.'Marie put down the
telephone and looked at Kee. 'Mr Conway is waiting
for you,' she said. 'Please go in.'
Kee walked to Conway's door and went in. Conway
smiled and said, 'Good afternoon, Kee. My name is
Conway. Please sit down. Can I help you?' Kee was
surprised. Then he said,'Yes, Mr Conway. My name is
Kee. I live in the village of Bussy.'
'Do you?' said Conway. 'l know thc village of Bussy
well. It's very nice. 'We're building a ncw town there.'
'Yesr I knowr' said Kee. 'You're building some shops
and a hotel there too. But you must not build them on
the graveyard. It is a very important place.'
Conway's Hopes
Kee looked at Conway. He said,'I am a houngan, and I
understand voodoo. I know you come from America,
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But I can do many things that you do not understand. I
will help you if you are good to me.'
'You're very kind,' said Conway, [aughing at the old
man. 'But I really don't think your vood<x) can give me
all the things I want in life.'
'§íhat do you want?'
'I want a lot of things,' said Conway.
'Tell me.'
'l want to live in a big house, with lots of «r«rms.'
'That will not be difficult,' said the old man.
'Oh, but I want more than that. I hate housework. I
want lots of people to clean the rooms and bring me
food. I want to have a lot of money in the bank. Oh,
'I want to liue in a big house, with lots of rooms . . .'
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Conway's Hopes
and I don't want to work. I want a lot of things, y«ru
see.'
'All right,' said Kee. 'You crrn lravc tl-rosc tlrings.'
'That's very kind of yorr,' saicl (irnway, laughing.
'Now, I've got work to rkr.'
But Kee sat quietly on lris chair and smiled. 'l can see
that you do not belicvc rnc,' he said. 'You think I'm
just an old man wh«r docsn't want to see new shops
and houses. Just wait for a few days, and you will see.
I'llgive you cvcrything that you want. But you must
not build shops enrl lrotcls in tlrc graveyard. Do you
understand?'
'Yes, yes, ycs, of corrrsc I rrnclcrstandr' said Conway.
He was beginning to lt('t angry. 'l won't build shops
and hotels there, ancl you will give me everything I
want. Thank you very rnuch for your help. Now,
please, get out. I'm a busy mall.'
'Goodbye,' said Kee. 'Thank you for talking to me.
But don't forget, Mr Conway, you must not do these
things. If you do, you'll be sorry.'
'Yes, yes, yes, I understand. Now go!'said Conway.
Kee turned and went to the door. For a moment, as
the old man was walking out of the door, Conway
remembered the face in the book on the plane.
Suddenly he felt cold and aftaid.
'§7hen
Kee left the room, Conway picked up the
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telephone. He talked to Marie. He was very, very
angry.
'Marie!' he shouted. ''§(i'hy did you scnd that man to
my office? He's mad. Coming in here talking about
voodoo! Telling me he's going to give me a lot of
money! I don't want to see him again. Do you
understand? If you make a mistake like that again,
you'll lose your job.'
'I'm very sorryr' said Marie.
'Good. Now, I want to talk to Pierre and Henri. Get
them on the telephone for me.' He put down the
telephone and sat back in his chair. 'That man Kee is
_-lrtrdt"t
'I don't want to see that mad man again.'
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The Spirit of tbe Wind and the Rain
nrrrtl,' hc tlr«rught. 'l'hcn lrt' strrrtcrl to lirugh. 'Hc thinks
Itc crttt liivt'rnt't'vt'rythirr1,, I wrtltl!'hc tlrortght.'An old
! Il:r, lrlr, lut!'
lnlrrr Í.r«rrrr lr villlrlie
'l'hc tclcplr()n(' rrurli rt1,,rtitt. (Jottwey pickcd it up.
'Picrrc, l-lclrri, listt'rr,' hc said. 'A few minutes ago an
old rn:rn c.lrnc t() lrry oí'íicc. Hc doesn't want any shops
«rr h«ruscs in tht' grlvcyard. It's possible he'll try to stop
us. I don't know what he can do, but perhaps he'll go
to the police. Pcrhaps he has important friends. So you
must start building the shops and the hotel today. Take
away all the stoncs. (lut down all the trees. You must
work fast, do you rrntlcrstand?'
Conway put down thc telephone and thought, 'The
old man will be angry, but hc isn't important. I'll 6nish
my town and thcn I'll be a rich man.'
The Spirit of the §7ind and the Rain
For many weeks Kee did not go back to the graveyard.
He thought, 'I'm h"ppy that I went to see Conway.
He's a good man. He's not going to build shops and
houses in the graveyard. The people in the graveyard
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are dead, but their spirits are not dead. The spirits will
help him. The spirits will give him everything he wanrs.
The spirit of the wind will bring him good luck and the
spirit of the rain will make him happy.'
But one afternoon Kee went back to tlre graveyard
again. There were no trees. There were no stones.
There were no graves. But there were a lot of men in
the graveyard. They were from Conway Construction
and they were building the shops and the hotel. 'When
Kee saw what was happening, he becamc terribly
angry. His face went white and his hands lregan to
shake. Kee ran up to the men and saicl, 'What's
happening? Why are you building here in thc grevcyard?'
The men laughed at him and said, 'G«> nway, old
man. This isn't a graveyard any more. 'Wc'rc building
shops for the new town. Go back to your villagc and be
quiet.'
Night came, and the village was very c;uiet. Kee was
alone outside his house. In the garden there was a small
fire and the yellow and orange flames danced in the
dark, throwing strange black shapes across the ground.
Kee took a stick and drew a circle in the ground. He
walked round and round the circle, singing a strange
song. A long way away, he could hear the sound of
some dogs howling at the night sky.
Kee began to talk very quietly. He said, 'Spirit of the 'Spirit of the wind, something bad must happen to Conway.'

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wind, spirit of the rain, listen to me and help. His name
is Conway. I saw him a few weeks ago. He said some
things to me, but they were not true. Conway is
building the shops and hotels in the graveyard. \When I
saw him I said, "I will give you everything y«ru want.,'
Now I need your help, because the things I say are
always true. I do not want to give him cvcrything he
wants, but I must. That is the law of the houngan. But
something bad must happen to him too. Spirit of the
wind, spirit of the rain, help me, help me . . .'
§7hen Kee finished, a cold wind began to bl«rw. It
blew through the village, and then rhe trecs bcgan to
move in the wind. There were clouds in thc sky, and it
began to rain. Soon the wind and the rain ciunc to Port
au Prince.
drcams, terrible dreams. In his dreams he saw Kee's
grandfather and all the other spirits from the graveyard.
He was very frightened of the spirits and they ran after
him in his dreams. He saw their white faces and felt
their cold hands. He could hear strange music coming
from behind dark trees and could hear people screaming
and laughing, and shouting out his name.
RRRRING! It was seven o'clock. Conway looked
at his clock and got out of bed. He brushed his teeth.
He was very tired after his bad night. But he washed
his face with cold water, and he began to feel much
better. He soon forgot about his dreams of Kee and the
graveyard.

Conway was getting ready to go to bed. l-hcn the wind

began to blow and he began to feel cold and afraid. He
looked out of the window. It was very dark, and there
were a lot of clouds in the sky. He picked up his clock
and put it by his bed because he had to wake up ar
seven o'clock. Then he turned off the light. Just before
he went to sleep, he could hear the wind and the rain in
the garden, and he thought, for a moment, that he
could see the face of an old man at the window.
He did not sleep well that night. All night he had bad ln his dream, Conway saw the spirits from the graueyard.

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He got dressed, and then had some breakfast and

opened his letters. At eight o'clock hc got in his car and
went to the office. Marie was nor rhcrc, s«r he opened
the doors and made a cup of coffee. Hc wcnr into his
office and sat down. He was sitting behirrcl the big desk
in his office when the telephone rang.
RRRRRING! Conway woke up. He was irr bed. He
looked around the room. '§7hat's happcrring?' he
thought. '§7here am I?'He picked up his ckrck. It was
seven o'clock. Conway thought, 'That wlls rl dream
again. In my dream I got up and went ro rhc office. But
it was only a dream, and I'm still at horrrc. How
strange! I thought I was at the office.'
Conway got dressed and went to the officc. When he
went in, Marie was sitting at her desk.
tilas it tltt ttt
'Good morning, Marier' he said. f f rottr Ktrttt Jackson's book?
'Good morning, Mr Conway,' shc srritl. 'How are «ríÍicc. He looked lr Oonway and srarted laughing.
you?' 'l-lell«1, Conway,' said thc old man. 'Do you know
'l'm fine,' he said. 'But I had a strange dream last rrry name?' Conway looked at the old man and felt
night. In my dream, I woke up and came to the office. afraid. He knew the face. But where was it from?
Then I woke up and I was at home.' Whose face was it?'§ías it from the dream? . . . Or was
''Well,' she said. 'You're here now. This time you're it from a picture in a book?'§ías it the face from Karen
not dreaming.' Jackson's book?
Conway went into his office and started ro work. 'l am Kee's grandfather!'rhe old man said. And then
There was a knock on the door. he began to laugh and scream like a man who was
'Come in,' said Conway. An old man came into the mad.

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'I know,' said Kee, smiling. 'Y«xl dorr't l)ilvc to l;o
back yet, do you?'
'No, not yet. '§7hy?'
'There's something that I want to slrow you. It's a
hill outside the village. I often go thcr(' wlrt'rr I'rn
unhappy, or when I want to think. It's a grrrvcyrrrtl, brrt
it's very beautiful there, when the warnr wirrrl blows
the leaves of the coconut trees.'
fhe Graveyard
lot of new people and busy, noisy roads. I don't want
to live in a place like that.'
'Can't you do anything? Can't you stop them?'
asked Karen.
'Me? No. \What can I do? Nothing. I'm an old man,
and nobody listens to me.'
They walked on through the graveyard, and Kee
said, 'My grandfather is here in this graveyard. He was
my mother's father. I remember the day when he died.
I cried for a long time when I saw that big dark hole in
the ground, and we put his body in the grave. It was
raining. I was twelve years old. My mother and father
were with me, ancl they wcrc crying too.'

They left his house and began to walk rrlonl', tlrt' r«rad
to the hill. When they arrived, tlrt'y w;rlkt'.| skrwly
through the graveyard. At the top «rl tlrt. hill, thcy
looked down at the fields below. 'l'lrt:y c«rrrltl scc l l«>t
of lorries, and a lot of mcn wcrc workirrg thcre,
bqilding the new town. Alrcady tht'rc wcrc lrunclrcds
and hundreds of new houses in thc fierlcl. "l'hc village is
changing very fast,' he said. 'Sr>olr thcrc are going to be
thousands and thousands of new houses. §íhat will
happen to our village then? Once it wils a cluict place
and the people were friendly. But soon there will be a Karen and Kee walked through the graueyard.

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'I'm sorryr' said Karen.

'Oh, it was a long time ago,' srritl Kcc. 'lirrt rny
grandfather's grave was the last on this hill- Aftcr hc
died, they made a new graveyard on tlrc otlrer siclc «rf
the village. That's why nobody corrrcs hcrc now.
Nobody remembers the old people hcrc.'
'But you do.'
'Oh, yes. I could never forget my grerrtlÍrrtlrcr. He
taught me about voodoo, about the spirit «rl llrc rain
and the spirit of the wind. You see, n«rtlrrrrg is rcally
dead. There's a spirit in everything, in evcry I rct', in the
sun, in the sea. If you understand voodo«r, y«rrr r;ur titlk
'Some people say be was the houngan, Baron Samedi.'
to these spirits. And there's a spirit under thrs t oltl grcy
stone.' They stayed on the hill and talked for a long time.
Kee showed her the stone on his grarrrllltlrt'r''s gmve Then Karen looked at her watch and said, ''§íhat? Is
and Karen read the words slowly. "l'irrr Atty. l|«rrn that the time? I'm sorry, Kee, but I must go now. I have
1845. Died 1906.' Kee looked at Krtrt'tt rrrrrl said to be at the hospital at four o'clock.' Kee got up.
quietly, 'Some people say he was thc str()nll('st lrouttgan 'Don't worryr' said Karen. 'l can find the car - it's
of all, the houngan we call Barort Sarrretli.' not far. Please stay if you want to.'
'Baron Samedi!' cried Karen. 'Y«rur grandfirther!' 'Are you sure?'
Suddenly she felt afraid when shc hcarcl thc tcrrible 'Yes, I know how to get back.'
name. She looked at the old man. ''Well, then, I think I'll stay a little longer. It was very
'I see you know more about voodoo than I thought,' nice to talk to you.'
he said. 'But don't be afraid of me. I'm just an old man 'Thank you for talking to me, too. I've learnt a lot
who doesn't like the new world.' He smiled at Karen today. I hope we'll meet again.'
again. 'I hope so too. Goodbye.'
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 Voodoo Island
Kee watched Karen as she walkcrl rl«rwrr thc hill.
And then he saw two men. They werc younll, und tlrcy
were carrying lots of papers. They walk('(l rrroun(l the
graveyard for a short time, looking at tlrt' gr;rves rnd
then at the papers. Kee went over to thcrrr.
'Good afternoon,' he said.
'Good afternoon,'the men replied.
''§íhat are you doing here?' asked Kcc.
'We work for Conway Construction,' tlrcy said.
''Ví'e're building some shops here.'
'And a big hotel,' said the other man. Kct' wirs vcry
'My grandfather's graue is bere.'
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Tbe Graueyard
surprised. ''§íhat?' he said. 'You can't do that here.
This is a gÍaveyard. You can't builcl houses and shops
in a graveyard. It's a very important place.'
The rwo men laughed at him. 'Don'r be stupid, old
man,' they said. 'This graveyard is very old. Nobody
comes here now. The people in this graveyard died a
hundred years ago.'
Kee was angry. 'Don't talk to me like that,' he said.
'My grandfather's grave is here. You're not going to
build shops and houses on this land.'
One of the men said, 'Yes, we are. This is Mr
Conway's land. He bought it a few days ago. He's
going to build shops lrcrc encl we're going to help him.'
'No,' said Kee. 'T'het isrr't truc.'
'It is true,' replied tlrc rrrrrn. "Ví'e're going to start
next week. If you wrlnt to, you can go and see Mr
Conway. You can talk ro hirn. He'll tell you it's true.'
'W'here does he live?' asked Kee. The men gave him a
small piece of paper. He looked at it. The paper said:
'Conway Construction,16 Rue de la République, Port
au Prince.'
Kee said, 'Don't begin any work here" I
want to see Conway first. I'll tell him that he can't
build shops here.'
The rwo men laughed and said,'OK, old man.'§7e'll
wait for you.'

Conway has a Visitor
The next morning Kee got on the bus. Hc b«rught a
ticket to Port au Prince. During the jourrrcy hc lo«rked
out of the window. There were new houscs arrcl offices
all along the road from his village to Port ittt l)ritrce.
'§lhen
he arrived, he found a taxi and gavc tlrc clriver
the address. 'Do you know how to get thcrc?' rrsked
Kee.
'Oh, yes,' said the taxi driver. 'Mr Conway is a big
man round here. Very important. Rich, t«ro. Arrd they
say he has a lot of friends.'
'I know,' said Kee. He sat back in the taxi as it clrove
away.
After a long time, they arrived at tlrc ofÍice of
Conway Construction. Kee paid the taxi driver, and
went in. Conway's secretary, Marie, was sitting at a
desk. She looked at Kee.
'Good afternoon,' she said, 'Can I help you?'
'Yesr' said Kee, 'I want to talk to Mr Conway.'
''What's your name?' the young woman asked.
'Keer'he replied.
'Please sit down,' Marie said. Then she picked up a and you Americans do not believe in things like that.
Conway's Hopes
telephone and talked to Conway. 'There's a man here,'
she said. 'He wants to talk to you.' She waited for a
moment, and then said, 'Kee, Mr Kee. No, I don't
know who he is. He's an old man.'Marie put down the
telephone and looked at Kee. 'Mr Conway is waiting
for you,' she said. 'Please go in.'
Kee walked to Conway's door and went in. Conway
smiled and said, 'Good afternoon, Kee. My name is
Conway. Please sit down. Can I help you?' Kee was
surprised. Then he said,'Yes, Mr Conway. My name is
Kee. I live in the village of Bussy.'
'Do you?' said Conway. 'l know thc village of Bussy
well. It's very nice. 'We're building a ncw town there.'
'Yesr I knowr' said Kee. 'You're building some shops
and a hotel there too. But you must not build them on
the graveyard. It is a very important place.'
Conway's Hopes
Kee looked at Conway. He said,'I am a houngan, and I
understand voodoo. I know you come from America,
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But I can do many things that you do not understand. I
will help you if you are good to me.'
'You're very kind,' said Conway, [aughing at the old
man. 'But I really don't think your vood<x) can give me
all the things I want in life.'
'§íhat do you want?'
'I want a lot of things,' said Conway.
'Tell me.'
'l want to live in a big house, with lots of «r«rms.'
'That will not be difficult,' said the old man.
'Oh, but I want more than that. I hate housework. I
want lots of people to clean the rooms and bring me
food. I want to have a lot of money in the bank. Oh,
'I want to liue in a big house, with lots of rooms . . .'
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Conway's Hopes
and I don't want to work. I want a lot of things, y«ru
see.'
'All right,' said Kee. 'You crrn lravc tl-rosc tlrings.'
'That's very kind of yorr,' saicl (irnway, laughing.
'Now, I've got work to rkr.'
But Kee sat quietly on lris chair and smiled. 'l can see
that you do not belicvc rnc,' he said. 'You think I'm
just an old man wh«r docsn't want to see new shops
and houses. Just wait for a few days, and you will see.
I'llgive you cvcrything that you want. But you must
not build shops enrl lrotcls in tlrc graveyard. Do you
understand?'
'Yes, yes, ycs, of corrrsc I rrnclcrstandr' said Conway.
He was beginning to lt('t angry. 'l won't build shops
and hotels there, ancl you will give me everything I
want. Thank you very rnuch for your help. Now,
please, get out. I'm a busy mall.'
'Goodbye,' said Kee. 'Thank you for talking to me.
But don't forget, Mr Conway, you must not do these
things. If you do, you'll be sorry.'
'Yes, yes, yes, I understand. Now go!'said Conway.
Kee turned and went to the door. For a moment, as
the old man was walking out of the door, Conway
remembered the face in the book on the plane.
Suddenly he felt cold and aftaid.
'§7hen
Kee left the room, Conway picked up the
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telephone. He talked to Marie. He was very, very
angry.
'Marie!' he shouted. ''§(i'hy did you scnd that man to
my office? He's mad. Coming in here talking about
voodoo! Telling me he's going to give me a lot of
money! I don't want to see him again. Do you
understand? If you make a mistake like that again,
you'll lose your job.'
'I'm very sorryr' said Marie.
'Good. Now, I want to talk to Pierre and Henri. Get
them on the telephone for me.' He put down the
telephone and sat back in his chair. 'That man Kee is
_-lrtrdt"t
'I don't want to see that mad man again.'
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The Spirit of tbe Wind and the Rain
nrrrtl,' hc tlr«rught. 'l'hcn lrt' strrrtcrl to lirugh. 'Hc thinks
Itc crttt liivt'rnt't'vt'rythirr1,, I wrtltl!'hc tlrortght.'An old
! Il:r, lrlr, lut!'
lnlrrr Í.r«rrrr lr villlrlie
'l'hc tclcplr()n(' rrurli rt1,,rtitt. (Jottwey pickcd it up.
'Picrrc, l-lclrri, listt'rr,' hc said. 'A few minutes ago an
old rn:rn c.lrnc t() lrry oí'íicc. Hc doesn't want any shops
«rr h«ruscs in tht' grlvcyard. It's possible he'll try to stop
us. I don't know what he can do, but perhaps he'll go
to the police. Pcrhaps he has important friends. So you
must start building the shops and the hotel today. Take
away all the stoncs. (lut down all the trees. You must
work fast, do you rrntlcrstand?'
Conway put down thc telephone and thought, 'The
old man will be angry, but hc isn't important. I'll 6nish
my town and thcn I'll be a rich man.'
The Spirit of the §7ind and the Rain
For many weeks Kee did not go back to the graveyard.
He thought, 'I'm h"ppy that I went to see Conway.
He's a good man. He's not going to build shops and
houses in the graveyard. The people in the graveyard
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are dead, but their spirits are not dead. The spirits will
help him. The spirits will give him everything he wanrs.
The spirit of the wind will bring him good luck and the
spirit of the rain will make him happy.'
But one afternoon Kee went back to tlre graveyard
again. There were no trees. There were no stones.
There were no graves. But there were a lot of men in
the graveyard. They were from Conway Construction
and they were building the shops and the hotel. 'When
Kee saw what was happening, he becamc terribly
angry. His face went white and his hands lregan to
shake. Kee ran up to the men and saicl, 'What's
happening? Why are you building here in thc grevcyard?'
The men laughed at him and said, 'G«> nway, old
man. This isn't a graveyard any more. 'Wc'rc building
shops for the new town. Go back to your villagc and be
quiet.'
Night came, and the village was very c;uiet. Kee was
alone outside his house. In the garden there was a small
fire and the yellow and orange flames danced in the
dark, throwing strange black shapes across the ground.
Kee took a stick and drew a circle in the ground. He
walked round and round the circle, singing a strange
song. A long way away, he could hear the sound of
some dogs howling at the night sky.
Kee began to talk very quietly. He said, 'Spirit of the 'Spirit of the wind, something bad must happen to Conway.'

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wind, spirit of the rain, listen to me and help. His name
is Conway. I saw him a few weeks ago. He said some
things to me, but they were not true. Conway is
building the shops and hotels in the graveyard. \When I
saw him I said, "I will give you everything y«ru want.,'
Now I need your help, because the things I say are
always true. I do not want to give him cvcrything he
wants, but I must. That is the law of the houngan. But
something bad must happen to him too. Spirit of the
wind, spirit of the rain, help me, help me . . .'
§7hen Kee finished, a cold wind began to bl«rw. It
blew through the village, and then rhe trecs bcgan to
move in the wind. There were clouds in thc sky, and it
began to rain. Soon the wind and the rain ciunc to Port
au Prince.
drcams, terrible dreams. In his dreams he saw Kee's
grandfather and all the other spirits from the graveyard.
He was very frightened of the spirits and they ran after
him in his dreams. He saw their white faces and felt
their cold hands. He could hear strange music coming
from behind dark trees and could hear people screaming
and laughing, and shouting out his name.
RRRRING! It was seven o'clock. Conway looked
at his clock and got out of bed. He brushed his teeth.
He was very tired after his bad night. But he washed
his face with cold water, and he began to feel much
better. He soon forgot about his dreams of Kee and the
graveyard.

Conway was getting ready to go to bed. l-hcn the wind

began to blow and he began to feel cold and afraid. He
looked out of the window. It was very dark, and there
were a lot of clouds in the sky. He picked up his clock
and put it by his bed because he had to wake up ar
seven o'clock. Then he turned off the light. Just before
he went to sleep, he could hear the wind and the rain in
the garden, and he thought, for a moment, that he
could see the face of an old man at the window.
He did not sleep well that night. All night he had bad ln his dream, Conway saw the spirits from the graueyard.

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He got dressed, and then had some breakfast and

opened his letters. At eight o'clock hc got in his car and
went to the office. Marie was nor rhcrc, s«r he opened
the doors and made a cup of coffee. Hc wcnr into his
office and sat down. He was sitting behirrcl the big desk
in his office when the telephone rang.
RRRRRING! Conway woke up. He was irr bed. He
looked around the room. '§7hat's happcrring?' he
thought. '§7here am I?'He picked up his ckrck. It was
seven o'clock. Conway thought, 'That wlls rl dream
again. In my dream I got up and went ro rhc office. But
it was only a dream, and I'm still at horrrc. How
strange! I thought I was at the office.'
Conway got dressed and went to the officc. When he
went in, Marie was sitting at her desk.
tilas it tltt ttt
'Good morning, Marier' he said. f f rottr Ktrttt Jackson's book?
'Good morning, Mr Conway,' shc srritl. 'How are «ríÍicc. He looked lr Oonway and srarted laughing.
you?' 'l-lell«1, Conway,' said thc old man. 'Do you know
'l'm fine,' he said. 'But I had a strange dream last rrry name?' Conway looked at the old man and felt
night. In my dream, I woke up and came to the office. afraid. He knew the face. But where was it from?
Then I woke up and I was at home.' Whose face was it?'§ías it from the dream? . . . Or was
''Well,' she said. 'You're here now. This time you're it from a picture in a book?'§ías it the face from Karen
not dreaming.' Jackson's book?
Conway went into his office and started ro work. 'l am Kee's grandfather!'rhe old man said. And then
There was a knock on the door. he began to laugh and scream like a man who was
'Come in,' said Conway. An old man came into the mad.

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Srrtltlcrrly tlrc tclephone rang.
l(l(ltl(l(ltlNG! Conway woke up. He looked round
tlrt' r«r«rrn. He was in bed. He looked at his clock - it
wrrs scvcn o'clock in the morning. He thought, 'l was
tlrcarning again. But what's happening now? Am I
slccping or am I awake?' He was very frightened now.
Hc got up and went to the bathroom to wash his face.
llc looked into the mirror and screamed. In front of
him, in the mirror, there was the head'of a dead man.
'Ihere were no eyes, and no nose, just deep black holes.
A long thin red snake was moving slowly in and out
«rf the holes. The snake looked at him with its two
srlall cold eyes, and moved through the open mouth
ancl went round and round the neck, and stopped.
'l'hcrr suddenly the head came alive. It had bright white
tcctlr, tlrcrc were fires in the eyes, and it bcgan to laugh
rlncl scrcrrrrr. Then Conway rememberccl the face. In
front of lrirn was the face of Kee's grandfather, the
face of the terrible voodoo houngan, Baron Samedi,
laughing at him.
I{RRRRRRING! Conway woke up again. He was in
bed. He looked at the clock. It was seven o'clock.
He started screaming.
9
Vootloo l,;tw
A lrw wn'Lr l.rtr,r Kr.t,w.rs ln tlrc g,arcL:rr outside his
lrurnr'. llrt' vrll.rpr. w.r§ (lluct ;rrrtl therc were no lorries
nr r,nr. lt w.rr r.,rrly r.vorirrll rrrrtl Kee was giving the
,lrt, l.r'n,i r,unll loorl .ls llrc slul wcnt down. He heard a
r,rr r unttn!l ,tLrlrpl llrr. r'o;rrl. I lt, stopped and looked up.
h;rln f .rr l*r.urr rlr,lrl)(.(l llrr.r'lrr «rutside the gate and got
otll, K{'(' w('trl ov(.t l(, trtt.t.t lrcr.
'K;lrt'n!' lrt. s.rr.l. '( lrrrrc rrr. lt's very nice to see you
.lt1.lill.'
"l Jrlrrrk yorr,' slrt's;rrtl.
'l'lrt'y wclrt irrlo tlrt' lroust., rln(l
Kee gave her a drink.
'l'lrt'y s:tl rkrwn rirrrl trrlkcrl Íor e short time.
'ls s«rncrlring wrong?' askcd Kee. 'You look worried,
ttttltrrppy.'
'Ycs. Ycs, I arn,'said Karen. 'That's why I'm here. I
w,iult to ask you something.'
'Ycs, what is it?'
'Wcll, thcre's someone in the hospital who is very
sick. \)íc don't know what to do. Can you come to the
hospital and help us?'
Kee laughed. 'American doctors don't usually ask
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"l'hcre's someone in tbe bospital who is uery sick.'
«rl..l tnt'rt Í«rr help.'
Krrrcrr srrid, 'l know, but you're not an ordinary old
rrrJrr. Yotr'rt' tlifferent.'
'All right. I'll come. But I don't know if I can help.'
'You're very kind. '§7hen can you come?' asked
'Karen.
'Now, if you want. I'm not doing anything important.'
'Thank you,' said Karen. 'You're very kind. I've got
a caÍ. I can take you there.'
Karen and Kee drove out of the small village, down
the road, and soon came to the houses of the new
l()ui n. l'lrcy passed the hill, but she did not turn to look
.rt rlrr' 1gr',rvcyard. There were a lot of lorries at the side
,rl rlrt' roed. Karen looked at the names on the side of
tlrt' lorrics - Conway Construction.
''l'lrcy're building a lot more houses here too, aren't
tlrcy?' said Karen.
''l'hcy were,' said Kee.
'l'hey did not talk any more on the way to the
hospital. '§7hen they arrived, Karen drove into the
tl«rctors' car park and stopped the car. She got out and
clme rouncl t«r open Kee's door. Then they walked up
l«r the front door of thc largc hosl-rital. The glass doors
opcned and they went in. As they walked through the
lrospital, Kee noticccl flrc strangc smcll, the clean white
wrrlls, and the. big glass cl«rors. §íhen they came to the
.lt'sk, the nurse said 'hcll«r' t«r Karen. She went round
tlrc desk to look in a book.
'l{oom 473,' she said, looking at Kee. '[t's this
wly.'They walked to the lift and went up to the fourth
íLror. The doors opened, and Karen took Kee to the
r(x)rn. There rvï/as a small window in the door of the
t'0(,1n.
Keren stopped. 'Look!' she said. Kee looked through
tlrc srnall window into the room. There were no tables
or chairs in the room, and there were no other
wirrdows. Next to the wall there was a bed.

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Kcc kr«rkcd at the man in the bed. [t was Conway. t ng for him. Some of the nurses are saying he's
k r .r rr y I h r

llc was wearing a big white coaL and he was
scrc:.rming. While Kee was looking at the man, Karen
t'xplnined. 'His name is Conway, James Conway. [t,s
s(rilnge. §7hen I came to Haiti, we were on the same
plane. He sat next to rne. He wanted to start a busiÈess
lnd make money. I didn't like him very much, I can tell
you, but he wasn't madl Look at him now. He,s mad,
rtnd we don't know why. He doesn't talk to anyone
and he starts screaming when he hears a telephone or a
l
lrkc tlr;rt bccause of voodoo.'
'l't'rlulrs the nurses are right,' said Kee. Then he
tlrorrglrt for a moment, and began to smile.
'Oan you help him?' asked Karen.
'l'm sorryr' said Kee, 'I'm not a doctor. But perhaps
lrc's happy here. He has a big place to live in, with lots
of rooms. People come and clean the rooms and bring
hirn food. He doesn't have to work, and he's got a lot
of money in the bank. Perhaps he has everyrhing he

I
bcll ringing. He's afuaid of sleeping too, and we can,t wants.'
I' Karen looked at the old man and for a moment she
I
slw something cold and frightening in his smiling eyes.

'He has a big place to liue in, with lots of rooms

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 Gbssary

GLO SSARY
rrwake not asleep
bclicve to think that something is true
bell when a telephone rings, the noise is made by a bell
blow (past tense blew) when air moves, a wind is blowing
clcan (u) to work on something that is dirty and make it clean
coconut alarge brown hard fruit that grows on trees in hot
countries
company a group of people who work together to make money
construction building
doll a small model of a person; children play with dolls
draw (past tense drew) to make a picture with a pencil, pen,
ctc.
dream (z) pictures in your mind when you are asleep
d.y not wet
dust (n) dry dirt that is like powder
dusty covered with dust
tlame thc yellow/orange part of a fire
lorry a kind of very large car that can carry big things
mad ill in the mind (the head)
magic when somebody makes strange things happen and
nobody can understand or explain them
map a drawing of a town or country that shows roads, rivers,
hills, etc.
medicine something that can make ill people well again
ordinary not strange or special
pain when something hurts, you feel pain
park (car park) a place where you can leave your car
pick up to take something in the hand
pin (n) a very small, sharp piece of metal
problem something difficult to understand, or find an answer
for
snake a long thin atrimal without legs
spirit the part of a persorl that is not the body; some people
think the spirit lives after tl.re body dies
§teps stairs outside a housc, in a garden, a road, etc.
throw (past tense threw) to ntlkc something move through the
rt ir

frightened afraid university a place where people car.r study after they leave
frightening if something is frightening, it makes you feel afraid school
gate a kind of door in a wall or fence outside v«lodoo a special magic that is used in Haiti
grave a hole in the ground where the body of a dead person
lies
graveyard a place with many graves
hope (u) to want something that you think will happen
houngan a person in Haiti who can use voodoo
howl (u) to make a long loud cry (like a dog makes)
land (n) ground used for building, etc.
law a law says that a person must, or must not, do something

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ACTIVITIES
 ACTIVITIES ACTIVITIES

Before Reading . 'While Reading

Rcacl the back cover and the storyintroduction on the first Read Chapters 1 and 2, and then answer these questions.
page of the book. What do you know now about voodoo?
Who
[Isc the words below to complete these sentences from the
1 . .'. wanted to make a f ot of money?
story.
2 . . . was a young doctor who was interested in voodoo?
ufraid, dangerous, hurt, spirit, uoodoo 3 . . . lived in the worlds of both the dead and the living?

I 'Voodoo is more than magic. I don't believe in magic,

4 . . . felt danger was coming?

but I know that voodoo can be very

Read Chapter 3. Match these halves of sentences, and put
2 'Y«ru see, nothing is really dead. There's a in
-.'
cverything, in every tree, in the sun, in the sea. If you
Y them together using the words below.

trnderstand
-
you can talk to these spirits.' solbutlbecauseland
.l "l'hcy can use voodoo to help people, like doctors. But
-)
tltcy crtn use it to peoPle too.'
2 The first houses in the new town were finished,
4 't'lve ry«rrrc helieves in it . . . or ttrey are of it. And
3 He wanted to build on the hill to the west of the town,
perhaps thirt's why it works.'
-
4 He knew this was a problem,
Oan you guess who will say these things - Kee or Conway?
5 now he needed some more land.
I 'l'll tcll hirn that he can't build shops here.'
6 he called his business friend Jacques Remy.
2 'Now, please, get out, I'm a busY man.'
7 he was rnaking a Iot of money.
3 'You must not do these things. If you do, you'll be
8 there was an old graveyard on it.
s<lrry.'
4 'l'tl Íinish building my town and then I'11 be a rich man.'

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^(:

Read Chapters 4 and 5. Are these sentcnccs true (T) or false llefore you read Chapters 8 and 9, crur you gucss thc
(F)? Change the false sentences into truc ones. answers to these questions? The chapter titlcs arc:

1 Kee was happy about all thc brrilrlirrg work. Ohapter B: Tbe Spirit of the.Wind and the Rain
Z Karen came to ask Kec aborrt tlre rrcw lrorrses. Ohapter 9: Voodoo Law
3 Kee took Karen to scc lris grrrnrlí'lrtlrt'r-'s grrlve.
I \)fill Conway build on the graveyard?
4 Karen did not know tlrc nilnlc 'lirlr()rr Sarrrccli'.
I §íill Conway learn any more abour voodoo?
5 The men fronr (J<lnway (i»rstrtrcti«rtr liruglrecl rlt Kee.
t \)íill Kee give Conway all the things that he wants?
,+ \)íill Kee use voodoo ro do somerhing bad to Conway?
Read Chapters 6 and 7. Choose the bcst worcl to complete
t;
these sentences. 5 \X/ill Karen meer Conw ay agaín?

1 Kee went to see Conway because he was sad I angry I l(cad Chapter 8. Who said these things, and to whom?
afraid.
2 Kee said, 'You mustn't build on the graveyarcl. It's a
| '(lo back to your villagc irnd bc cluict.'
very beautifwl I old I important place.'
.l 'Now I need your hclp.'
3 'lil/hen
Kee left, Conway remembered the facc irr Karen's
I ' l'lris time you're not clrcarrrirrg.'
book, and he felt frigbtened I happy I angry.
, 'l 'l)o you know my nantc?'
4 Conway seÍ)t Kee away because he thought Kee was
ilArrr I sleeping or am I awake?'
stupid I mad I important.
l(crr«l Chapter 9, and then answer these questions.
Complete this text with words from Chapter 7 (one word I Wlr;rt wrrs l(cc's village like now? .

for each gap). ,' r,Vhytlitl Karcn come to see Kee for a second time?
Conway wants to live in a house with lots of I Wlro wrrs irr l(oorl 473 in the hospital, and why?
He wants lots of people to the rooms and bring him
.l Wlr:rt rli.l hc rl«r when he heard a tJephone or a bell?
-
. He wants to have a lot of in the bank, -.
and he 5 Wlt;rt wr'l'c tlrc nurscs saying about him?
doesn't want to
- tr Wlry tlrrl l(cc say, 'Ilut pcrhaps he's happy I.rcre,?

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A(]TIVIl'II]S Hcre is a ncw illustration for tlre story. liinrl tlrc bcsl plrrcc
in the book to put the picture, and answcr thcse (lucsti()ns.
After Reading
The picture goes on page
I §7here is Kee?
( llrr«rsc tlrc best words to complete this text about Kee. -.
2 §7hy is he angry?
lrct' rs tr ricb I poor manwho comes from Haiti / America. .3 \X/hy are the men laughing at him?
I lt' is rr ltusinessman I houngan, and he knows all about
Now write a caption for the illustration.
ut()u(y I spirits. He doesn't understand uoodoo I bwsiness,
,trttl I ltuthe understands I doesn't understand about
1,t'o1rlc. I(ee is I is not a kind man, and he always I neuer
listt'rrs t() other people.

Now rrsc the other words to write a text about Conway.

I What happened after Chapter. 8? Put these sct'ttctrces into

tlrt' right order, and rewrite them as a pirrrrÍ{raph. Use
lirrl<irrg worrls (and, bwt, so, tben) where p<>ssi[rle.

,l Slr. t'rrllr'rl tlrc police and an ambulrrncc.

) 'l'lre rrnrbrrlrutcc f<lok Conw:ry to hospit:rl.
Slrc tlr«rvc to Oottwrry's h«ruse.
tl ()rrt'tlrry Oorrwey clicl rrot arrive at worl<.
I lrs st'r'rctrrry Maric r:rng him at home.
b 'l'lrt'1r«rliccrrren broke open the dooÍ..
7 N,,lr«rtly rurswcrcd the telephone.
l"i Slrc lrt'rrrcl scrcrrnritrg from inside the house.
(,,t1)lt(),1:

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4 Wlrctr (irtrway arrived at the hospital, Karen asked Marie t Wlrrrt rlu you thlnl hnppenr f,lia' (ilrnpter 9? Mrrkc s«rmc
§(rnlc qucstions. Complete Marie's answers. (Use as many iFttlFtlr'€tr ptltli,lg logellrer worrlr Írorrr A, ll, rrrrtl ( i.
wortls as you like.)
A lf t rrnwey gett lretter, , , ,

KntrriN: \tX/as Mr Conway unwell at work yesrerday? lf I ntttyar rfurerfr't gel hef ler', , , ,

M,ttttl: No, doctor, he But in the afternoon a

strxllgc old man and

H he ntll htr;rtt'rl , ,
neyer lFÉyë ,

KntrtiN: §7hy was Mr Conway angry? \X/hat happened? hs *tll gl lrarl tu wrrrli , , ,

Mnutt:: I don't really know. But when the old man left, Mr
-. tI ltul gttutlrer lrg*rll wtll lrrrrlrl orr tlrt'1.1,r'rrvcyrrrd.
Oonway shouted and said
-. etttl lte wtll rry lr huilrl urr tlrr. p,r;rvcyrrrcl rgain.
talk about? Do you know?
Kntrl:N: Mad?'§7hat did they lrttt lre wlll lr,rvt- lrrrrlrlrr.irrrrr,rll his lil'r:.
Mnutr: Mr Conway said that the old man was talking ntlrl tht'qltlltls ttt tlte gt.ltrt'ï',ll(l will 5c h"ppy.
and about giving ,tttrl lt,' rvrll ,li, ,là rt nlrtrl ,rl,l rrr,rrr,
K,ttrlr: Voodoo! Why voodoo? §íhat happened next? lrttt lr,' rvtll I'r' ,r rilr l'r l'r'rr(,il,
Mnutu: Mr Conway spoke to _ and told them to
start _. a ltr yrttt agrcc (A) or rllr,rgl'ec (l)) wirh these sentences?
KnntiN: 'l'he old graveyard? \X/as the old man's name Kee?
I À'torrcy (';tlttt()l ttl;rlrt' yr)ll lt;ll)l)y.
Mntrn: Ycs, it was. But why_?
J l\{,rgrr lrclorrg,s rr t lrrltlrcrr's storics, not in the modern
K,tttlN: Ilccirusc hc's a houngan. I think I understand now. wot'1.1.
MAlrtt: Understand what? And what's t l,ilc wrts ltrrlrpicr irr tlrc old days.
KAttt:N:Mr Conway is sick because Kee has used voodoo 4 lt tr wronll t() l)ut rr1'r rn«rclcru buildings in beautiful, old
"irgainst
him. And I'm afraid we can't help him.
ll l;t r'cs.
Mntttti: V<lodoo? You don't believe in -?
all that, do you, i 'l'lrc worltl clrrrrrges; pcoplc arrcl places must change too.
rkrctor? No, I know what's wrong with him - he works o lirriltlirrg in pr»or c()untries makes jobs and money for
t«r«r hard and drinks too much, that's all.
thc pe«rplc who livc thcre.
lnrirginc that you heard this conyersation. Who do you
agrcc with, Karen or Marie?

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N4 it lrrrcl l)uckworth is an experienced teacher and writer, who lr\l.illr D llililh \l'r,litu\ I I ilt(A t(\'
Irvt's ,rrrrl works near Oxford. He has written coursebooks for 1 laeelt e s | 111y \1ttt ts.= r l,lll,lrt tN l lur rtt r l lttttt,ttt lttlrt.,sl
tlrt' (lirnrhridge First Certificate and Proficiency exams, and I lllllr rt iltllery r I ltrtlle,t t, :\,lt,t,ttlt 1t,
Ir;rs rrlso written detective and adventure stories, and ghost
I hl tlrÈ*rftl $lllIl}rlàltt ltÉàrFï offetr * wlrle rarrBr. t}l' 0rigirrirl and
\l ( )t'i('S.
adaptrd Elsfl*Èr hrrth elaerlt Éttrl trrrrrlerrr, wlrrr lr t,rl<t, lcrrrrrcrs from
llc started writing when he was living in Malaysia. It was FIFËttttldtt lrt arlr*tttr+l ls*,1 tlrtrrrglr rtr r,rrr,lrrlly Flir(lc(l liullt,u:rgc stages:
thcrc too that he first became interested in old ghost stories
llitËts I l{lll ltt4tl*rrt,lil \Í'lttF .l ( l'l(}l} ltcrrtlworrls)
rrrrtl beliefs about magic and spirits, and these ideas are an
It*§r I r .tlt htsaJ*,r!rlÈt \trtBr' t (lli(X) lrrrrrlworcls)
inrp()rtant part of Voodoo lsland. Itagr I t ltlltt hra'l*ltrLt \l'tEe tr 1,t \(X) lrcirrlwords)

Àlrrtc llt,ttt ÍiÍtr ttth t ,itr dlrrr ,tr.,lil,rl,l,' rn r,tA\(.lr(., irrrcl there are many
dl \t,rgrr I trr I xlrtrÍr ,trc rqr,,,r,tlly rt.,otrrrrrcrrtlcd for younger
illltsÈ
lrattletr irr ,r,l,lttt,,rr trr tllË inilu{lrrrliorr: ,rntl activities in each
§r*rLwrlltti, rF{rnu* nratr:rlirl lnr lurleà Ilrutotopirrblc test worksheets
*rt*l lFgrltrt's ll,rtr,ll',,,'Ir, u,hirl! rrttliun;rtlvicc on running a class
lllrtatr atr,l u\iu!r, r,ihBr'rli, ,rrl rlr. ,llswrts lol tlrc lrctivities in the books.

letct'rl illltet rrtl|q itrr'lilrkr.rl t(r tllc ()Xt,()RI) IJOOKTíORMS I-trnanV. They
,dngr. lr.rl lriglrly rllrrrtr,rtctl rt.,r.lt.rs Íirr young learners, to playscripts,
ttrrl ltrllrtr tr,lrlr.l!,,rrrrl rrrrsitrrpliíit.tl tcxts for advanced learncrs.

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tttltr^trt(,rnlrt'lirrrrrrl inthc()xlimllt,nglishcarel()gucs.Asclectionof titles
Itottt lltr'oxl{)l(l) l()oK!í()t(Ms l.ttJt{At{y can be forrncl 91 thc 6cxt pages.

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 It()()KW()ltMS. lrAN'I ASY E( HOt{ROR'S1'AGE 2
It()()KW()l{MS' IANï'AliY & ll()l(l{()R' li',l',A(;li 2

'['he Mystery of Allegra Drrrculrr

PETER FOREMAN IrttAN4 \',I ()t(tilt
Atlcgrrr is unusual name. It means 'hrppy' in Italian, but the
ltr llttol,l lty 11,,,r,, M,t11,,11

littlc girl in this story is sometimes very sad. She is only five years
«rld, but she tells Adrian, her new friend, that she is going to die
soorr. How does she know?
And who is the other Allegra? The girl in a long white
ruightdress, who has golden hair and big blue eyes. The girl who
c«rmes only at night, and whose hands and face are cold, so
c«rld . .
.
Itt lltr ttrorrnl;rins ol.'l'r,rrr,rylvatrt,r llterF rlntt(lr n ('rrrllc. lt is the
Itntttr uí (lrurrt l)r',rrll,r rr rlruLl lutrrly 1rl,trc, rtttrl rrt rright thc
Wrrly6's ltowl rrt,rrrn,l tlrr wnllr,
Itt rhe ye,rr lH/r lorr*tlrnrr llnrlter rnlner lrnrrr linglrrntl r«r cl<r
Itttrltrerr witlr the ('lrrrrr, llrtt f onarh*n rlrer not leel conrfortable
et (lertle l)t''lul,r, \trdnËF tltlrrgr ltuppett ttiglrt, rlrrd very soon,
'tf
hF lteËlttr trr feel ,tfrrrlrl, Anrl lte tr rtght to be nfrnicl, because
( urtttl llrgrule ir nnc lrf thc I ltt l)cgtl n vÈtlpire thirt drinks the
lrhlrrl ll ltvlltg pnrple ,

BOOK§TORMS . FANTASY & HORROR . STAGE 2

The Year of Sharing

Itrlilll'lr[Ml t t HlÀlF f Àtïill,l{Y.§l'^(;t')2
HARRY GILBERT
l(iclr:rrd is bored with the quiet life of his village. He would like to
l)rrrth irr tlre lircczer
hrrvc a motor-car and drive it . . . very fast. But Richard lives in a ilÀt vtr 4111',
Íutrrre world where there are no cars, only bicycles and small I'llett §ltore'r lnrrrrly .rr orrlllrdry Arrrcricirrr family, and Ellen is
r,'
vill;rgcs irttrl green forests. rlt y.,nt! rr[l wltt'rr ltcr lrl,tlrt't'Al is lrorn, Her parents are very
Arr«l rrow hc is twelve years old, and likc thc other children, he ple'ue,l trr ltrrvc rr son, ltrrt lillcn is rr«rt plerrsed, because now baby
nrust cl«r his Ycar «rf Sharing. He must live alone in the forest with Al cotrter lirnt,
thc wilcl aninrals. He must learn to share his world; he must learn Arttl wltett they itrs irtlrrlts, Al stillcomes first. He begins a rock
h«rw animlls live and eat and fight . . . and die. hatrtl ,rttrl tttrtkcs rcc«rrrls. Soorr hc is rich and famous - very rich,
lrrrt lrr, givrs not lring to his sistcr l.lllcn. Slrc lras a difficult life, with
tlrrct'yorrtrg kirls lrrtl vt'ry littlc lnoncy. And she lcarns to hate her
l lr lr. larrrous, rrrrkirrel hrorhcr . . .

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l)ead Man's Island I

JOHN ESCOl',f
Mt'l{oss livcs on an island where no visitors come. He stops
pcr»plc from taking photographs of him. He is young and rich, but
lrc kroks sad. And there is one room in his house which is always
lockccl.
Carol Sanders and her mother come to the island to work for
Mr Ross. Carol soon decides that there is something very strange
itlxrur Mr Ross. '§flhere did he get his money from? How can a
y()ung man buy an island? So she watches, and she listens - and
«rncnight she learns what is behind the locked door.

LSY 6c HORROR . STAC;t: .l

The Picture of Dorian Gray

OSCAR \TILDE
Retold by JilL Neuile

'Wltt:tt Wc are hrppy, we are always good,'says [,ord Henry,'but

wlrcrr we arc good, we are not always hrppy.'
l,ortl llcrrry's lazy, clever words lead thc young Dorian Gray
irrto ir workl whcrc it is better to be beautiful than to be good; a
w«rrld wherc anything can be forgiven - even murder - if it can
.ntitkc pcople laugh at a dinner party.
rl

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 Exercises

(T) or false (F)?

Olrapter 9 Are these sentences true
Exercises I Karen came to Kee to ask Íor helP'
2 (,onway started """tit'g t"ty ii'nt
he saw a clock'
i Kee told Karen why Conway was crazy'
A Checking Your understanding + 1""*"v had everYthing he wanted'
I and2 Are truc ('l') or lilsr (l))l
these sentences li Working with language
Chapters
something from B' b make
six true
i èor,"", and Karen Ílew into Haiti in the afterrtoon' I Put something from A with 4 and 5'
2 K^rrn came to Haiti for a holidaY' Check your sentences in chapters
sentences.
dangerous'
3 ii;;;; thought that voodoo could be AB
+ p..pf. in H-aiti were afraid of voodoo' I lhey were building a lot of address of Conwav's

Write anstaers to tbese questions'

' ;;iÏ
Chapter 3 houses. . .
7 " ' that cvcrything was
i wn, was Conway happy after ninemonths? 2 Kee told Karen " '
changing in H'aiti'
2 Wh; did ConwaY want some more landi .l From the top of the hill, -, '
1 §uhv did Conwav n"". à U"ifa more houses on the
west side?
Karen and ft" t"'ii'"" " ' 8 " ' Kee stayed in the
; wh; was it diffiiult to build on the hill? 4 \ilil; *."t
r""r* t. back gravevard'
g " 'pÉt'plt buildingthe new
remember? Checkyour dnswers'
thehospital...
Chapters 4 and 5 How much canyou 5 The two men gave Kee ' ' '
1 §0hy was Kee an unhaPPY man? 10 ::ïÏ;r, Kee,s house.

2 \íhere did Kee go when he was unhappy?

3 \ího was Kee's grandfather? 2PuttbeseSentencesaboutChapterSintherightorder. there'
the men building houses
+ Wfr. were the two men in the graveyard? Kee was angry when he saw
r,.ità tr't *i"à "a rain outside the window'
questions' è;;;;
Chapters 6 ernd 7 Find answers to these In the end he went crazY' good man'
he thought Conway was a
1 How did Kee get to Port au Prince? At first Kee was h"p;;;;'*e
i tUfrt',", was the name of Kee's village? wanted?
'lhen he went to bed'
; wil;;*... th. five things that Conway llut one day he went back to the
graveyard'
spirits to help him'
4 §ího did Conway talk to after Kee left?
When night tu-t rt""l'it"í tnt uïodon
the rain'
ifr.' trrtiït Urought the wind and
Chaptert Which person in the story ' ' '
( ir»rtw:ry sr* B^tot' ï"*tii again and again in his dreams'
l. . . .laughed at Kee?
2 .. . sang a strange song? ( | Activitics
3 . . . t#À e facJ of "rr old man at the window? or Karen «rr Conway'
+ . . . said'Good Morning' to ConwaY? I Wrrtr ;t slrort description of Kee
5 . . . started laughing at ConwaY? . teeth? she took Kee to the hospital'
. I Wrrlc K;trctl's tliary for the day
; : . :;;;, to th; ba;hroom to brush his
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 tlt part tcnse of 'to f1y'
i! ht peat tense of 'ro forget'
Glossary i: Ëgtd psst tense of 'to find'
f,fltrnod aÍraid
I tf,lrtmlng if something is 'frightening,, it makes you feel afraid
awakc not asleep l
$B I 'door' in a garden, field, etc., not in a house (see the picture on
bcgan past tense of'to begin' p6ao 14)
bclieve to think that something is true !ïf paat tense of 'to give'
bcll when a telephone rings, the noise is made by a 'bell' t0l pmt tense of 'to ger'
blcw past tense of 'to blow' tffr I hole in the ground where the body of a dead person lies
blow (u) when air moves, a wind is 'blowing' !n$y!Íd a place wirh many graves (see the picture on page 12)
bought past tense of'to buy' Itd part tense of'to have'
built past tense of 'to build' hilrd past tense of 'to hearr'.
camc past tense of 'to come' @ (u) Í() want something that you think will happen
clcan (u) to work on something that is dirty and make it clean iounpan n person in Haiti who can use voodoo
coconut a large brown hard fruit that grows on trees in hot countries (see Itowl (r,; to mrrkc a long loud cry (usually by animals)
the picture on page 4) hsrt purt tense rlÍ'to hurt'
company a group of people who work together to make money lilew ;tarl lcrrsc «rf 't«r know'
construction building lrnel 1l; grourrrl rrsecl Íor building, etc.; rhe opposite of the .sea'
could pitst tcnsc of 'can' hw a 'law' rrry,r thirt il pcrson must, or must not, do something
cried pirst ttrt'tsc o[ 't«r cry' lelrnl grort trrrre oí 'to lcirrrr'
cut down to cut il trcc (rrrrd it í'rrlls to thc grt>trnd) lefl prtt tetue ol 'to lcrrvc'
tloll I srnirll rnoclcl oÍ a persop; childrcn play with dplls (see the picture on hrtry,t.very,ltrge'rrt,'tlrlt(.iut(.lr.ryhigthings(seethepictureonpagel4)
prrgc 4) nrtl ill in rhF rnllrl (tlre lrr,rrl)
draw (u) trl rnake a picture with a pencil, pen' etc' mtde llrltl leltre 1l 'l* tttalir'
tlrawn pitst p:trticiplc of 'to draw' nr;l+' wlrerr utuelrrrrly nraker rtrurrgc thinlls happcn and nobody can
dream )
pictttrcs someone sees when they are asleep
(n rrtlrlerrtattrl ur erplnirr llterr
(u) to sec pictures when you are asleep mrp É fii'iule that rhowr Ínnrlr, llrrrresr towns, hills, rrrountains, etc.
drcw past tense of 'to draw' mpdidne romcfhlnË thnt rart rrreke ill greoplc wcll nglin
drovc past tense of'to drive' onl, nu nlnr€ th6rt
dry not wet ordlnlry ilot rtÍdilHe or rpetlnl
dust (n) very, very small pieces of dry earth, etc" prld part lrnre uí'to p*y'
dusty if something (e.g. a table, a road) is dusty, there is a lot of dust on it plin wlrelr ulurrhin!l lrrrrtr, yorr lrel greírr
coch other when two or more people do something together, e.g. John and pnrk (cnr pErk) a placc wlrcrr yínr r..ln le*vc yorrr *rr
l)cter lo«lked at'each other' (: John looked at Peter and Peter looked plek up to tahr Ëornethinl{ il llrc lrarrrl
at John) pln (a) u vrry BttAllt rlrtrp pi«r.oí rrrerirl (rce thc picture on page 4)
Íclt prrst tcnsc of'to feel' problcnr sorrretlrirrg tlifíit-rrlt t(l un(l(.r!.lilll(1, or irnswer, or d<r
Ílumc the yelklw/orange part of a fire (see the picture on page 29)

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put past tense of'to put'

ron past tense of'to run'
rang past tense of'to ring'
read past tense of'to read'
replied past tense of'to reply'
said past tense of'to say'
sat past tense of'to sit'
§aw pa§t tense of'to see'
snake a long thin animal without legs
spirit the part oÍ a person that is not the body; some people think the spirit
lives after the body dies
steps stairs outside a house, in a garden, a road, etc.
stood past tense of'to stand'
taught past tense of'to teach'
thought past tense of'to think'
throw to make something move through the air
took past tense of'to take'
told past tense of.'to tell'
understood past tense of'to understand'
university a place where people can study after they leave school
voodoo a special magic that is used in Haiti
rvcnt pa§t tcnse of 'to go'
wokc past tense of 'to wake'
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