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Illustrated by D a11iele I)ick_rr1ar1n.

English language consultant: Peter Viney

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Contents

The Hound of the Baskervilles

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About Sir Arthur Conan ·Doyle

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Activities

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'Good 11101:ning, H~ln1es ," said Dr. Watson .
He was JUSt clos1ng the door to 221B Baker
Street when the fa111ous detective said , "Wait ,
Wa tson . I' 111 expecting a visitor. "
Another n1an can1.e in. "Mr. Holmes , I'rn
glad to 111.eet you ," he said. "My nan1.e is Dr.
Mortin1.er. I hope you can help me ."

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250 yca rs ago . I-Ie was a terrible n1an .

Onc night h e kidnapp cd a farmer ' s daught er,
took h er b ac k to Baskerville Hall and locked h er
in a b edroorn . The poor girl clirnbed out of th e
\vindow and esca p ed . When Hugo found out, h e
ju111ped on hi s hors e and rode after her. ,_.
"\ Vhat happened? " asked Holn1es.
"Flugo ' s horse carne back - without Hugo .
His servants found the girl ' s dead body on t he
moor, with Hugo ' s body nearby. And th ere ,
in the 111oonlight , standing over hin1 , was an
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a news pa per s tory, '' Dr.
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"S ir Charles Baskerville ,
of Baskerville Hall, has
died. His body was found
by his servant, Barrymore .
Sir Charles used to walk in
the Hall gardens every evening,
but that evening he didn' t return . Barry1nore
followed his 1naster · s footprints to a gate on to
the 1noor. Sir Charles had obviously waited
bes id e the gate. After that , his footprin ts were
further apart. Finally Barry1nore found his body.
Dr. Ja1nes Mortiiner, a f amily friend , has said
that Sir Charles had a weak heart. "
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"Is that all? " asked Holm es .
'' No ,'' sai d Mortirner. ''S ir Charles really
b eli eved th e old lege nd . Just befare he died , I
visit ed him. We were speaking at the door when
h e saw something behind me. He was terrified .
I turned and saw a large black animal. Then it
ran away. "
"I see , " sai'd H o lmes .
"There ' s something else," said Mortimer.
"When Sir Charles died , Barrymore called me
irnmediately. I saw Sir Charles ' s footprints , but
there were sorne others beside them. "
"A man' s, or a woman' s? " asked Holmes.
Mortimer whispered. "They were the
footprints of a giant hound! "

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believe this hound is re al? "
"There are stories ," said Mortimer. "Local
people have seen a strange animal on the moor.
I t sounds like the hound in the legend. They
say it glows with pale light. "
"Who li ves a t Baskerville Hall now? " asked
Holmes.
"N obody," said Mortimer. "Sir Charles had
two brothers, but they ' re both dead. One was
Rodger Baskerville. He was not a good man . Th e
other brother died in America , years ago. Hi s son
Henry is the new owner. I ' m meeting hirn t od a y. ''
"T' d like to meet him , too ," said Holm es .
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"Wha t do yo u think? "
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a letter on the table. "This arrived at rny hotel
this n1orning. "
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Holn1 es put on his coat. "flurry, Watson! " h e
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Sudd enly Holrnes point ed at a cab just b ehind
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Henry, I think you should go to Baskerville Hall.
I'111 afraid I must stay in London , but Mortimer
and Dr. Watson will travel with you. Watson
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 Later, another visitar arrived at Baker Street.
It was the driver of cab 2704.
"I heard someone wants to speak to me,"
he said.
"Yes," said Holmes, "This morning, was there
a man wi th a black beard in your cab?"
"Yes," said the driver. "He said he was a
detective. He asked me to follow two men."
"Did he tell you his name?"
"l t was Sherlock Holmes," said the driver.
Holmes laughed. "Watson," he said. "We are
looking for a clever man indeed!"

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wo dc1vs later, Watso n , Niortirner and Sir

T I:-íenr;., wc re on the train . I t \Vas a long,
slow jo urn ey. At las t they r eac hed their station .
f\ d rive r was waiting for th e m in a carriage .
Outside th e vill age the road b e came narrower)
and th ere \:vere almost no tre es or houses . They
were on th e moor.
The carriage dro ve through so rne gates to
Baskerville Hall . It was an old building, \Vith
high , dark windows. A tall man opened the
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J:v1ortimer, who was going to his own house .
Then they stepped into a large room full of old
paintings . There were candles on the table and
around the walls.
They ate sorne
dinner, then went
upstairs to their rooms.
Although Watson was
tired , he couldn't sleep.
He could hear the wind
on the moor. Then he
h eard another sound :
somewhere , a woman
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n th e n1orning, h e told Sir H e nry. "Let ' s ask

I Barryrnore about it ," Sir Henry said .
Barryn1ore frovvned . "Th ere are only two
\vo rn en h ere, '' h e said. "On e is the maidservant .
She sleeps on th e far side of the house . The
other is n1y wife , and it certainly wasn ' t her."
After breakfast , Watson noticed that Mrs .
Barryrnore ' s eyes were red . Was her husband
telling a lie?

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heard sornconc behind hin1. It was a sn1a lJ ,
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"How do you know n1y nan1 e ?''
"Our friend Mortitne r told rn e . So, how docs
Sir Ii e nry like his n ew hon1 e ? We were al] very
sorry about Sir Charles. You know thc legend
about the hound , don't yo u? I thínk Sir C~ harl.es
saw somet hing on th e night wh e n he died. I
believe h e died of fear, poo r nwn. ·''

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hon1 e, M err ipit Hous e, " sa icl Stapl eton . "I live
wi th n1 y s is t er. Corn e and 11.1.eet her."
"H ave yo u lived h ere for long?" Wat so n asked .
"For two years . I us ed to own a school , but
th e re were proble1ns and I had to close it . I had
no more 1noney. I am happy here , though . Look ,
do you see that wide , green part of the moor?
That ' s Grimpen Marsh. The ground is wet and
ve ry soft . If you walk across it , you might never
come back . Only I know a few safe paths ."
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"Thc local pcopk s;1y it 's t:hc Hound of
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\\/;1t son g u L" s sed t ha t s he w a s Sta ple ton ' s s i s ter,
ttlthough shc didn't look likc hirn.
"Ci-o back ! '' she said. "Go back to London
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"But why?'' asked Watson .
"l can't cxplain. Plcase , leavc thc 1T1oor!
Thcre is 111.y brother. Don' t tell hirn vvhat I said ."

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"Ye s ," said hi s sist er. '' I was t elling Sir H enry
a bou t ou r wild flov; ers ."
"Miss Stapl eton , you 've m ad e a 1nistake , ''
said W atson . "I'1n not Sir H e nry."
"Oh! " she said . H er f ace went re d . "I. ..
pleas e, forget what I said ."

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breakfast and thought hard. He didn' t
believe in ghosts - but what was the strange
sound? If it was a real hound, why had nobody
scen it during the day?
Sir Henry carne in . "Barrymore has something
to tell us, " he said.
·· I t ' s abou t Sir Charles ," said the servan t. "I
know why he was waiting at the gate that night.
He was n1eeting a woman. "
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"I don' t know, bu t her initials were L L.

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village of Coombe Trac ey, in a woman' s writing .
After he died, my wife was cleaning his roo1n
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"l want to ask about Sir Charles Baskcrvillc ,"
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"l did, '' she said. "Whcn n1y husband left ,
I had no 1noney. Sir Charles hel ped rne ."
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"No," shc whispercd .
 "You don 't rern e n1b er writing : Please destroy
this, and be at the gate by ten o'clock?"
H er face wcnt pal e . "Yes , I wrote that! " sh e
said . "I was d es p era t e . My own father wouldn' t
h e lp rn e. What could Ido? "

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"What happ ened when you went to the Hall?"

"I didn ' t go. It's true!"
"Why not? " asked Watson .
"Somcone e lse h e lp ed 1ne inst e ad, " she said .
She refused to answcr any 1nore questions , and
finally Watson left .
O n his way back, Watson saw Mr. Frankland,
who was standing outside his house.
''The police haven't caught the murderer yet,"
said Frankland. "I could tell the1n something.
I know how he gets his food ."
"Do you?"
"A child takes it to him. He goes by the sain e
path every day. I watch hi1n through my
telescope . Come and see."
Watson followed
Frankland inside and up
to the roof. Through
th e t elescope h e
saw a boy. He was
carrying a bag and
climbing a hill. At thc
top, h e looke d around,
th c n disappcare cl .
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\ \ \.11 son wa s 1.. ' xci t l'J . Se Id e n · s Coo J ca n1c fron 1

thc Bnrryrnnrcs . so pcrhap s th c b oy was t akin g
fo o d to t h e 111 y s ter io u s 111 a n ? A s s o o n as h e le Ct
l..,' ra nkLu1d , Watson wa lk ed up th e hill . \\ .b e n
h e reac h ed the top , the s un was low in tb e sky.
Below him was a circle of old stone houses .
Watson walked clown t o the only h o u se with a
roof, and went inside .
No one was there , but there were blankets ,
plat es and a bowl of water, with bread , c h eese
and fruit on a big flat stone. Suddenly \\!atson
h ea rd footsteps. He stayed very still. The n a
shadow filled the doorway, and a well-known
vo ice sa id , "It 's a fine evening, rny d ea r \\-'atson .
Corne and sit outside."
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"I thou ght yuu we rc in Lond <.>n? " s(ii.~I ~at so n .
" ] w a n t e d l' ve rv
., o ne to t h 1n k t ha t , s a 1d

Hu l111 es. '' I \\'as s ta yin g h er e see r e t ly. so t ha t I

e o u Id fi n J out ffl ore . ,,
\Vat son to1d hin1 about L a ur a Lxon s . .J

·· M rs . Lyo n s is \·cry fri e n el ly w i t h Staplcton ,"

sa id 1-f ulrn cs . '' lf hi !-) w1fc kncw. shc W()uldn 't. be
pl casc d ."
·' r·li s wifc?" sai d \\\ 11 :-;o n .
''Yes, th iJt ' s a no1l1l'r thin g I'\·c di scovc rccl .
Tlh? \},'Orn an yu u call Mis s Stapletnn is hi s wifc ,
not hi~ si s t c r : a lth ou~h it 's true that he uscd to
h a\'c a sch oo l."

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c_itcli hi rn , a nd 1 hupe L ;-,ura Ly<Jn s v., ill helr U \ _..

Sudcknly t h cy h ca rd ,¡ s crca m . B rJth m e n

ju1npcd up . 'rherc w;is annth c r SCf C' rJffl , ]r)ud c: r
and closcr. 'Th cre was a 11 cw su uncl , t<J<1 - a lr}n '1 "')'

lo,v n1oan, becoming a howl.

'' 'Th e h o und! " s h o ut cd I-I0lm es . 'fh ey s téuted
runnin g. ln t h c <listancc, th ey cu ul d se e
so1nething on th e ground . l'hey ra n faste r. a n cl
found th e body of a m a n ]y ing fac e clo,vn .

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 "We 're too late," said Holrnes . "It's Sir Henry.
The hound has chased him to his death."
They turned the body over. Holmes shou ted
excitedly: "A beard , Watson! It' s not Sir Henry. "

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Watson recognized the face of Selden, the

murderer. Barrymore had given him sorne of Sir
Henry ' s old clothes.
"Remember, Sir Henry's boot was stolen from
the hotel ," Holmes said. "Stapleton probably
gave it to the hound so that it could follow Sir
Henry' s scent . These clothes have his scent, too .
That proves it , Watson - the hound is real!"

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 Si r ]-1 l, n r y l I o 1111 e s a t t he Ha j J.
\V; t s g ]; 1d Lo se e
During dinncr, Ho lm cs kcpt lookin g at th e old
r~nnil y picturcs on th c wall.
''\Vho is thc 111élll in bbck? " r--Joln1 cs asked .
''That 's th e 'vvickcd !-Jugo , fro111 th c lege nd , ''
id Sir 1-Icnry.
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f\ftcr Sir Henry had gonc upstairs , Holrn es

hcld a candle bes id e Hugo 's face .

''Does he rcrnind you of anyone?" h e askcd .

Watson lookcd . '' M b, S. . .
. c1y e:: lr H e nry, a l1ttlc? 'l

he su1d.
''Look again ,, ~nid H O 1111 -.
, . , __ ,__ · · es . 1-lc hcld onc hand
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Jovc thc facc .
Sudclcnly Wats o n .. .I
' s.,1w. " ·i c looks ex actl v Iik e
"Stétplcton ! " ~
 ''I think St;1plcton i~ a Baskcrvill c," said
I-Ioln1es, "t he son of Rodger Baskcrvill e. I-Ie
plans to kili Sir lienry so that he can have
Baskcrvill e I-Iall c1nd the Baskervill e n1oney. But
w e w il l stop h i111 . "
The ncxt rnorning. liolines told Sir Henry,
''I'1n afraid \\/atson and I n1ust go to London.
We e a n · t e o 111 e w i t h y o u to Me rri pi t H o use t h is
evening. Please tell Stapleton. Take the carriage ,
but send it back and say you ' ll walk home."

"Across the moor?" said Sir Henry.

"S tay on the path and you ' ll be safc - but you
mustn't lea ve the path."
H oln1es and Watson went to see L aura
Lyons . Th ey explained that Stapleton 's
sister was actually hi s wife . Mrs . Lyon s was
shocked . After a few rninutes , she said , "I 'll
tell you eve rything. Stapleton said h e wanted
to 1narry rne. I trusted him completely. I never
wanted to hurt Sir Charles - he had been very
goooJ to 1ne . "

"Did Stapleton tell you to write to Sir

Charles? " asked Holmes.
"Yes , he told me to arrange a n1e e ting that
night . After I sent the letter, he told m e not to
go . I--I e promiscd to give 1ne the n1on ey himself
Then , when Sir Charl e s died, Staple ton said I
would be in trouble if I told anyon e."
"Mrs . Lyon s," said r-Iohnes , "you 've hada
lucky e scape."
· ...Holn1.es ar1d Wat sb~.-r~turned secretly that
eveníng to Mcrripit_?,o~~e. Thick fog lay
over the rnarsh. \Vhe~·tney reached the house,
ihey hid in the garden and looked through the
,vindows . 'They could seé Stapleton and Sir
Henry, but Mrs. Stapleton wasn't there.
Suddenly they heard footsteps. Sir Henry
was leaving. He passed the place where they
were hiding.
"Is your gun ready?" whispered Holmes. Then
he shouted, "Look out!"
They heard something through the fog . An
animal was running towards them . Then they
sa\\, it : an enormous, black hound! Its eyes were
burning red, and blue flames glowed around its
body. It followed Sir Henry towards the moor.
 Holn1 cs and \Vc1t so n pointed th eir guns
a nd s h o t . The h o und gave a t e rribl e howl ,
but it didn 't stop . Sir I-I e nry look e d bac k and
screc1n1ed.
Holn1 es stc1rted running . Th e hound le a ped
on top of Sir Henry. I-Iol111 es shot again , fi ve
tin1es. The anirnal finally stopped moving . The
blue ílames were s till glowing .

"L oo k ' it
. ' s becn covered wi th ,·1 , " .• l
. . . e spcc1c1.
e 11en11Ct.d 1')a1nt ' '' ·said I-I o .lmes .
Sir Henry was. 'shr:ik1'11a
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J . l " . . ::-, · 1 Sclvcc n1y 1 -c.
1 e . sa1c . How can I thank you ?"

Holrn e s and \Vatson ran t-o . e l1ou

· tl1" . se bu t
Stap. leton J1ac
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d. re ady gon e.
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U p s t air s , th ey found a
locked d oo r. Th ey broke
it op en . and found Be ry l
Stapl eton . She was tie d
to a ch air and sh e had
a clot h o ve r h er 111ou th.
They untied her and
she asked , "Is Sir Henry
safe? ''
"Yes," said Holmes .
"And the hound?"
"It ' s dead ."
Holmes wanted to look for
Stapleton, bu t the fog was too thick .
The next day, Mrs. Stapleton showed them
the safe path across the marsh. They followed
her to an island in the middle , with a ruin ed
house. They could see where Stapleton had kept
the hound . It had been ti ed to a m e t al
ring. In on e corne r was
a bottl e of the ch ernical
paint. Apart frorn t h a t ,
the hous e was empt y.
"That evil 111 a n s urely
fe ll int o th e marsh ,))
sa id I-Iolmes . "W e'll
. . "
n eve r see l11111 agarn .
 orn e we eks later, Holmes and Watson were
S sitting by the fire in Baker Street.
"That was a clever idea of Stapleton' s ! He
used a real hound , but he painted it so that it
looked like a ghost ," said Dr. Watson.
"Yes ," said Holmes . "Laura Lyons ' s letter
brought Sir Charles to the moor gate that night .
Stapleton was waiting nearby, and he sent the
hound to frighten the poor man to death. "

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"And Sir J lcnry? "

askc·d \Vat son .
"Staplcll>l1 slari-ccl
following hi1n in London .
Pcrha ps be 111 c a n t to kill him
thcrc . He was wearing a false
bcard. }-fe stole the boot to give
it to the hound. The new brown
boot didn't have Sir Henry's scent ,
so Stapleton stole the old black one."
"Who sen t the letter to Sir Henry?"
''Beryl Stapleton. She was frightened of her
husband . She cut the words from a newspaper
so no one would recognize her wri ting. "
"Poor Sir Henry! He has had a terrible shock."
"He certainly has; but he is alive, Watson ,
and he is young, and he will have a good life,
I think. Now, shall we have sorne dinner? "
 About Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
t\rthur I)oyle was born in Edinburgh
in 1859. He studied medicine at
Edinburgh University, where one
of his teachers was Dr. Joseph
Bell. Dr. Bell's intelligence and
use of logic almost certainly
inspired the character of Sherlock
Holmes , n1any years later.

Dr. Conan Doyle, as he now called himself,

began his working life as a family doctor in the
south of England. He also began writing, first
about his travels to the Arctic, then a story about
a brilliant detective, A Study in Scarlet. The story
appeared in a Christmas magazine in 1887. The
characters of Holmes and Watson became more
and more popular, and hundreds of thousands
of readers bought The Strand magazine every
month to follow their latest adventures.

Conan Doyle didn't love Sherlock Hon1es

as muchas his readers, and in the 1893 story,
The Final Problem, 1-Iolmes seen1 ed to fall to Í1.is
death. Readers were delighted , then , to discover
a _ n ew Holmes story in the rnagazine in 1901:
1 he Hound of the Basl~ervilles.

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Activities
. The answers are on page 48. ·

Which two people?

Finish each sentence with names
of two people in the story.

Watson Sir Henry Barrymore

Holmes Stapleton Laura Lyons

1. ................... works for ..... ......... •.. ..

. 2 ....... ............. sees .................. . late one night with a candle .

· ·3.... .............. .. murdered ................... 's uncle .

·· 4.................... said he wanted to marry .................. ·

·"- :-: 5. .. ... · ............. says .. .. . .. .. . .. .. .. . .. has

r
. had a lu cky escape .
tr ·
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 What happen ed when?
C ,n1 yu u put Lh csc pi ct ur c s an d sc nt e nc es
1n thc ordcr th ,1t th cy h ap p en e d?
l. 3.

.. H l ' loo b lvcxé1ct "I was staying Sir Henry rec e ived
likc Stapkton!" · hcre secretly." a Ietter.

5. 6.

.. I \:..: as clc spc ratc . lt was Selden ,, "\ !

iou sa\'ed my lifc ...
\Vh a t co u lcl I do ?,. th e murd e re r!

7. 8 , - - - - - - - --- - -

--·~ -- .....:....;_...:..=:..:::...._'

arrymorc founcl 1
'' ~ liss Sléi pl l"~m . '' I watch hím through
Sir Charles ' body.
lrnnotSirJ-fo,_11 1-y. "
my telescope ."
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The Hound of the Baskervilles
Choose the right sentence for each picture.

2.
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A. Hugo Baskerville was A . The dog ran away from

not a good man . Sir Henry towards the moor.

B. Hugo Baskerville was B. The dog followed Sir Henry

not a bad man . towards the moor.

3.

A. The dog stopped moving, and A. Thc dog was there to frighten
the blue flames went out . Sir Charles to dcath .

B. The dog stopped rnoving, but th e B. Thc dog was there to frighten
1

f blue flames were still glowing . Staplcton to death .

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 Mystery words
Choose words fron1 the list to finish eac h scntence .
2.
l.

··\\·e · re I o o k in g fo r a ......... .. "TI1e mo o r 1s

. a ........ . .. p 1ac e. .,
m an ind ec d . ··

3. 4.

Suddenl y a man appeared - "''

v\el , re too .... .. ... . . ..
a man with an .... ....... face .

.J . 6.

Mrs . Lyo ns ,vas .. .. ...... . In one co rn e r ,,.· as a bottlc of

the ... ... . .... paint .

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 What do they want?
Match the speech bubbles with the characters.

ant tohave.
Baskerville
Holmes Beryl Stapleton Sir Henry money. .

D.

·1 want to solve
the myste.ry. , ·

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Mrs. Barrymore Laura Lyons Stapleton "
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Word list
blankct (n) ;i thin lwd et)ü' r madc nhvool.
buttcrfly (n) él 11ying in s cct with hright pattcrne d wings .
cab (n) anuth.1..:r \\·orcl for ~1 taxi . cspec ially in the t ime
\,-hcn ta~is \\ 'CTC carriagcs pullcd by horses .
candle (n) a wax stick that yo u burn to give light.
Bcf()rc people had electric li ght , they u scd ca ndles .
carriage (n) sornething that you ride in, u su ally pulled by horscs .

chemical (adj) made u si ng a scientific process .

collector (n) someone who collects things,
for exa mpl e coins or sta n1ps.
desk (n) a special table , u sed fo r work o r study.
detective (n) a detective 's job is to find things out.
a ncl particularly to find out about crimes and c riminals .

doorway (n) the opening around a door.

flame (n) a fire is made of many flarn.es.
footprint (n) the rnark made by a foot.
footstep (n) thc sound of someone walking.
friendship (n) ,vhcn you are fricnd s ,vith
sorn c body, yo u ha,·e a fricndship .

glow (,·) when som cthing glmvs, it givcs off a littlc ligh t .
hall (n) a largc ,md gra nd E ngli sh ho u sc .
1\ h,-d] can :ds u h e t hc first ruorn in a h ousc .
 hotel (n) a place \vh c re yo u p ay rno n cy to s t ay the ni ght .

hound (n ) an o ld wo rd tó r a d og. es pcc iall y a hunting clog.

howl (n , v ) wh cn d ogs h mvl, tlwy m ake a lon g, sad n o ise.

initial (n) thc fir st lett cr of a word , part icul a rly of so m eo ne's nam e.

kidnap (\') t o take so m e b od y away fr o m the ir ho m e or

famil y whe n thcy don't wa nt t o !cave. So rnet imes kidn a ppers
ck1n and rno n ey b efor c they will bring a pe rso n b ack.

leap (v ) to jump a lo n g way.

lock (\·) t o c lose \vit h a key. or t o close a room

with a key so th at a p erso n ca nn ot get o u t.

maid, maidservant (n) a fem. ale ser va nt .

marsh (n) an area of g ro und that is alway s soft and we t .

moor (n) a large area of o p e n land,

with rou gh gra ss and h ardly any trees .

murderer (n) a criminal who h as killed an other p erson .

net (n ) sorn ethin g made of thread , string o r ro pc. vvith

sm all h oles. Yo u ca n u se net s t o cat ch fi sh or insec t s.

scent (n) t he sm ell of so m ethin g, especially an anim al or a plant .

signal (n) a way of se nd in g a m essagl" u sin g li ght or so und .

telescope (n ) so rncthin g that you use to scc soml't hing a ln ng ,, ay
:.l\vay. Yo u mi ght u se a tc lcs corw to loo k at s t ars , l) r ~hip s at sea.

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 Answers
Wh at h appe n ed The Hound of the
v\' hi ch two p eo pl e? Baskervilles
wh en ?
1. Bar ry m o r e , Si r H e nr y 1. A
7, 3, 8, 4, <J ,
) \Va t so n , Ba rr y m o rc 2. B
3 . Sta pl eton , Si r H enry 2 , 5, l. 6
3. B
4 . St apl et o n , La ura Lyo n s 4. A
5 . Fi o lrn es . L 1urJ Lyo n s

What do they want?

Mystery words
1. cl eve r
A. Mr s. Ba rry m o re
2 . m ys t e n o u s B. Sir H enry
3. ev il C. St apl et on
4 . late D . H o lm e s
5 . sh ocke d E . L aura Lyo n s
6 . ch ern.ical F. Bery 1 St a pl eton

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