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    32 ACTIVITIES After Reading 1 Put these sentences in the correct order. a O] Sam and Bill write a ransom lecter. b I Mr Dorset does not pay the ransom. ¢ O They run out of town, 4) Sam and Bill take Johnny home. ¢ Ky Johnny says that he is called Red £ Sam takes the letter to own, LI They kidnap Johnny Dorset. i (Sam and Bill arrive in Summit hI They pay money to Mr Dorset. 2. Match the names and pictures with the words, Sam Bill Jobuny Mr Dorset Tean hold him for about ten minutes, He's only alitie boy. Play with him, My name is Red Chief. Come here, you little monster! OBI06 acrivrrtes: After Reading 33 3. Complete this summary of the story. Use these words: afraid arrive boy escape fight give hits money name spider stays ransom Sam and Bill only have $200 when they inthesmall town of Summit, They want to kidnap the son of the richest man in town, Johnny Dorsetis a small but he gives Sam and Bill a good ‘They take him into the woods. Bi with Johnny, while Sam takes the horses back to town. Johnny says that his is Red Chief now. He plays and plays with Bill! him on the head. Soon Bi Bill and Sam write letterto Johnny's father. They ask for a But when Mr Dorset answers, he says no. He tells I to give him ‘Then they €4M se from 1 Sam and Bill say yes. They’... the money and then of Summic, Write or draw a new ending for the story. Johnny escapes from his father and runs after Sam and Bill. What happens when he catches them? 34 ABOUT THE AUTHOR wil #m Sydney Porter (O. Henry) was born in North Carolina, USA, in 1862. When he was twenty, he went to Texas where he worked in different offices and then in a hank. In 1887 he mattied a young woman called Athol Estes. He and Athol were very happy together, and at this time he began writing short stories. His most famous story is The Gift of the Magi, and many people think that Della inthis story is based on his wife Athol. You can read this story n New Yorkers~ Short Stories (Oxford Bookworms Stage 2); here itis called The Christmas Presents, In 1896 Porcer ran away to Honduras because people said hestole money from the bank when he was working there in 1894. A year laterhe came backto'Texastosee Athol, who wasdying,and in 1898 hhewas senco prison. Duringhistime therehe published many short stories, using the name“O. Henry’, and when he left prison in 1901, hhewas already a famous writer. He thew lived in New York i death in 1910. 35 OXFORD BOOK WORMS LIBRARY Classes + Crime 6 Mystery + Facfiles + Fantasy & Horror interest «Playscripts « Thriller & Adventure ‘Tre Stories * World Stories All Stage 1 ticles are available as audio recordings, as les from Starter co Stage 6, AIS ‘The oxtoan sookworvs unnaky also offers extensive support. Each book trodvetion to the story, notes about the author, a glossary, rs, and ‘There is advice on runninga classibea yy waysofusing Oxford Bookworms in ceading programmes. Resource materials are available onthe website . ‘The Oxford Bookworms Collection is a seies for advanced learners. Ie consists of volumes of shore storiesby well-known authors, both cassicand modern. Textsarenot abridgeslor adaptedin any way,butcaef tw beaccessible to the advanced scent. You can find details and a full list of titles in the Oxford Bookico Library Catalogue and Oxford English Language Teaching Catalogu and on the website . 36 THE OXFORD BOOKWORMS LIBRARY GRADING AND SAMPLE EXTRACTS STARTER * 250 HEADWORDS present simple — present conti jsimperative—

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