Richard MacAndrew Dan and Sue are in London with their parents when they see two men acting in a very strange way ‘outside their hotel. They decide to follow them and find out that the men are stealing handbags. ‘What happens when the men discover that Dan and Sue know their secret? ‘And what can their parents do to help? Join Dan and Sue in London and find out. 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Write the name and draw arrows. What are the other people called? 3 Look at the picture of the London Underground and match the letters with the correct words. | rah | yi Clpassengers Clescalator []train Clplatform (station 4 Use Exercise 3 to complete the sentences. a TheLondon Underground is also called the b Thepicture shows a vow Called Tower Hill, ¢ The. d The stand on the . goes up and down to the Underground. ‘to wait for the [ij 5 Work in pairs. Discuss these questions. a What different ways can you travel in the capital city of your country? b Arethere underground trains? If so, are they good to travel on? B ° 2 Which people are the thieves (people who: tale P (people who steal things)? Do th ¢ Which way do you prefer to travel? Why? look like thieves? Why?/¥ 8: ey @ thieves? Why?/Why not? d What problems are there travelling in the capital? 10 u ieBefore Reading [1 Work in pairs and answer these questions. Tick (V) the correct, answers. How much do you know about ondon? a Whatis the population of London? 100 about 7 million | 20 about 8 million 30D about $ million > Which of these sights can you see in London? | 10] Tower Bridge 5. Windsor Castle 2C, the British Museum 60 Central Park 3(0 Buckingham Palace 7.0 the Houses of Parliament (0 St Paul's Cathedral 810 the Golden Gate Bridge ¢ Which river runs through London? 10 theRiver Avon 2C. the River Severn 300 the River Thames How many bridges are there over the river? 1010 2019 3033 ! @ Which of these can you see in London? ——— 2 Match these verbs from the story with their definitions. al pat 1 take quickly with your hand dO hold 2 touch lightly with an open hand Cl bite ‘3mave your hand backwards and forwards tosay hello or goodbye 40 fight 4 take in your hand eC wave Shit, kick and attack Cl grab 6 cut with the/your teeth 3 Complete these sentences with the correct form of the verbsin Exercise 2. a [thought they were friends. But they started shouting at each other and thenext minute they b When she arrived at the restaurant, she didn't see me so stood up and ¢ Canyou -»-tny bag while I put my coat on? d He played so well that everyone him on the back ashe ran back to the changing room. e Iwaslatesol. my coat and ran out of the front door, £ You can give food to the horses if you like, but don't give any to that black one, He 4 4 Workin pairs. What do you think is happening in each picture? Whats the same in each picture? What is different? Bj cm i | iH 9 What's happening in the street? (‘What's happening down there?’ asked Dan. He was halfalking to himself. ‘Where?’ asked Sue. She got up from the sofa in front of the television and went over to the window. They were in London, in Dan’s parents’ hotel room. Dan’s parents, the Parks, and Sue’s parents, the Barringtons, were spending a few days in London. They were shopping, visiting museums and art galleries®, going to the theatre, having a short holiday with their ‘teenage children. The parents were all good friends. Dan and Sue were good friends too. They went to the same school and spent a lot of time together. Dan and Sue looked down at the street below. ‘Aman just ran along the street and up the steps? into the house with the green door,’ said Dan. ‘That one over there.’ He pointed across the street, a wide west London Street with tall houses on each side. Once the houses were homes to rich Londoners, but now most of them were small inexpensive? hotels. ‘Look! Here comes someone else!” he said. Aman with red hair, in jeans and a blue jacket was running down the street, with bags in his hand. ‘He's carrying two handbags,’ sald Sue. ‘That's strange.’ ‘Yes, itis,’ agreed Dan. ‘The other man had a backpack.” The man arrived at the top of the steps, the green door was open. “There’s the other one,’ said Dan. “The first man?’ asked Sue. ‘Yes,’ replied Dan. Cx am © SR SS ae es ae A re * galleries: rooms or buildings with «steps: you walk on these when you go ‘works of art upordown stairs + inexpensive: not expensive: cheap 1sThe first man was tall with long blond hair, wearing black trousers, a black T-shirt and a black jacket. He was smiling and laughing. He took a handbag with one hand, and patted® his friend on the back with the other. He looked like he was saying, ‘Well done!” Then they both went inside and closed the door. Dan and Sue watched all this. Then they looked at each other. ‘1don’t understand that at all,’ said Sue, ‘What are those men doing?” ie no idea,’ replied Dan. Ve ‘They looked out of the window and the green door opened again. The man with long hair came out with the backpack in his hand. There was a grey rubbish® bin® further down the street. The man opened the bin; then he opened the backpack. He started taking handbags out of the backpack and putting them in the bin, Finally he went back into the house, came out with a bag of rubbish and put that in the bin as well. ‘That's very strange,’ said Dan, again half-talking to himself. ‘lwant to know what they’re doing. | really do,’ Sue said nothing. Dan didn’t really have to know. But, well, he was Dan. Dan and Sue looked out of the window for a few minutes longer but nothing else happened. ‘Why do you think he sane now what the: menaredoing? __ Do you often want to find out what people are doing and why? . / | DQ Tellaftiend. <* — 7 * bin: place to put things you don't want * rubbish: things you don't want * patted: hit lightly with an open handSue went back to watching TV. Dan sat down and started playing with his tablet. A few minutes later the door of the hotel room opened and Dan and Sue’s parents came in. ‘Are you two ready?’ asked May Barrington, Sue’s mum. May was Chinese. She was from Hong Kong. Peter Barrington, Sue’s dad, was English. So Sue was half-Chinese. Her real name was Su Fei, but everyone called her Sue. ‘We have to leave in five minutes,’ said Andrew Parks, Dan’s dad. ‘The play starts at 7.30 and we want to be at the theatre in good time.’ There was a new play at the National Theatre. Both families wanted to see it. ‘Tl just go to our room and get the tickets,’ said Peter Barrington. Sue turned off the TV and put her shoes on. Dan put his tablet away. ‘We saw the strangest thing,’ he said. ‘What was that?’ asked Janet Parks, Dan’s mum. ‘Well, | was looking out of the window...’ began Dan, and he told his parents what he and Sue saw out of the window. ‘Hmm,’ said Andrew. ‘It sounds very strange. But I’m sure there must be a simple answer to it all.” “Maybe there is,’ said Dan, ‘but I can’t think of one.” Janet took her coat from the back of the door and started to put it on. ‘Anyway,’ she said, ‘it’s none of our business®, is it?” “Maybe not,’ said Dan, * none of our business: here) nothing weneed to knaw 18 ——‘Uh-oh,’ thought Sue. ‘l was worried about this. | know what Dan is thinking. He wants to know what's happening and he’s going to find out.’ Dan liked to think that he was a detective. A few months ago ‘Sue’s dog disappeared® and Dan found it for her. But he did get into trouble® when he found the dog. Some men caught Dan and, well, Sue didn’t want to think about what they planned to do with him. ‘No, Dan,’ she said and looked him straight® in the eye. ‘it’s none of our business.’ She didn’t want him getting into trouble again. Dan smiled at her. But Sue didn’t smile back. She knew Dan. Just then Peter Barrington came back with the tickets. ‘OK,’ he said. ‘Let’s go.’ They all left the room and set off® for the theatre. aw * disappeared: got lost; was no longer ‘there + set off: started journey « straight: directly: honestly * getinto trouble: have problems 20 §) The next morning the Parks and Barrington families wer breakfast in their hotel, ‘What are you two going to do this morning?’ asked Andrew Parks. He drank some coffee. ‘The four of us are going to the National Gallery to see the Picasso exhibition’, but you said you weren't interested,’ ‘No,’ said Sue. ‘We went there last month on a school trip®.’ ‘|was thinking, how about the Museum of London?’ said Dan. ‘What do you think, Sue? There’s a lot of information there about the history of London. It looks really interesting.’ ‘That’s a great idea,’ replied Sue. ‘I want to know more about the Great Fire of London in 1666. We did it in history last year.’ ‘Do you know how to get there?’ asked Peter Barrington. ‘ve got some information about it and a map,’ said Dan. ‘We can get there on the tube®. ‘OK,’ said Andrew. ‘Well, here’s some money. You'll need it for the tube.’ ‘And for something to eat and drink,’ said May. Andrew took out his wallet and gave Dan some money. May gave some to Sue too. ‘OK. Thank you,’ said Sue. +> exhibition: event when paintings are shown to the public « trip: short journey ‘+ tube: system of underground trains in London al‘and be careful,’ said Janet. ‘London is not like Steeple Compton.’ “Yes, | know,’ said Dan, a bored look in his eye. Sue kicked® Dan under the table. ‘Dan,’ said Andrew. ‘Listen to your mum.’ Dan looked at his mum and smiled. ‘Sorry!’ he said. ‘Yes, | heard you. You said: “Be careful! ‘You go straight to the museum and then you come straight back here afterwards. OK?’ sald Andrew. ‘Sure,’ said Dan. ‘Of course,’ said Sue. ‘and be back in time for lunch,’ said May. ‘One o’clock at the latest.’ ‘Ok,’ said Sue. p> What advice does your mum give you when you go. somewhere new? Is your reaction similar to Dan's? Why?/Why nat? (Tell a friend. * Kicked: hit with a foot 23After breakfast Dan and Sue walked out of the front door of the hotel. At the same time the green door on the other side of the street opened and the two men came out — Long Hair and Red Hair. They were laughing and talking to each other. Red Hair had a backpack over his shoulder®, ‘tt’s them,’ said Dan. ‘The men from last night. Let's follow them. | want to find out what they are doing.’ ‘Dant’ said Sue. ‘You know what your dad said. Straight to the museum and straight back.’ ‘Well, let’s just see if they go to the tube station,’ said Dan. ‘Imean, we're going there anyway.’ ‘True,’ said Sue. ‘But after that we don’t follow them. OK? ‘Come on,’ said Dan. ‘They're walking quite fast.’ The teenagers walked faster and followed the two men. The men went into the tube station and took the escalator® down. Dan and Sue followed. ‘Which tube line do we want?’ asked Sue. “The Central Line,’ answered Dan. ‘Which station do we get off at?’ asked Sue. ‘St Paul’s,’ answered Dan. The men seemed to be following signs for the Central Line too. When Dan and Sue arrived at the Central Line platform®, they saw the men standing on the platform. “They're getting on the same train as us,’ said Dan. ‘Yes,’ said Sue. ‘I can see that. Just don’t get any ideas!” * escalator: moving stairs * platform: in a station you stand here ee ‘+ shoulder: part of your body at the top Ata FeAtrain came into the station. People got off. Dan and Sue got on. The men got onto the same carriage®. The train started, going In the direction of central London. One stop®. Another stop. People got on and off. The next stop was Oxford Circus. The train came into the station and the men stood up. The doors opened. The men got off. Suddenly, just before the doors closed, Dan took Sue’s hand and pulled her off the train. ‘Come on!’ he said. ‘Hey!’ What are you...?’ she started asking him angrily, but she stopped talking because she saw the men just in front of them. They heard the men talking to each other. Long Hair’s name was Leo; Red Hair was Frank. Two minutes later they were up in the open air. They followed the men along Oxford Street. ‘Dan,’ Sue was saying. ‘We can’t do this. It's none of our business. You know what your mum said,’ ‘Look,’ said Dan. ‘They're going into that café, Well, one of them Is.’ ‘They watched as Leo went into a café. Frank waited outside, with the backpack over his shoulder. He stood about ‘twenty metres up the road near the front door of Sparks ~ a big department store®. Dan and Sue went into a bookshop and watched through the window. After five minutes Leo came out. He had something under his coat. As soon as he was out of the café, he ran up the street to his friend. He took a pink handbag from under his coat. Frank put itin his backpack and walked into Sparks. * carriage: part ofa train * stop: place where people get on or off partment store: large shop selling public transport many different things 26 NN —Amoment later a woman came running out of the café. She looked both ways up and down the street. She saw Leo and looked at him. He just stood there, looking in the window of Sparks. She looked both ways again and then went back into the café. ‘Did you see what happened?’ Dan asked Sue. ‘Yes,’ said Sue. ‘I think they stole that woman’s bag.” Leo turned and walked into Sparks. ‘Exactly,’ said Dan. ‘We have to do something. We have to find them again.” He started to run out of the bookshop, but this time Sue caught his arm. ‘No,’ she said. ‘Sparks is huge®. It’s full of people and there are lots of different ways in and out of the store. We're not going to find them in there.” Dan stopped. ‘Hmmm,’ he said. ‘You're right. Anyway, now we know what. they’re doing. | think it is our business now. We have to do something. People can’t just go round stealing handbags.’ “Well, we can’t tell our parents,’ said Sue. ‘They told us to go straight to the museum.’ ‘No,’ said Dan, thinking. Sue looked at him. ‘Anyway,’ she said. ‘Let’s talk about it later. Come on! | actually want to go to the museum.’ Business Why does Dan think it is now their business? What do you think? 3 huge: very big 2g‘What are you planning to do today?’ asked Andrew Parks. He was looking at Dan and Sue over the breakfast table the next day. ‘We're going to Madame Tussauds,’ said Sue. ‘They've got a new exhibition there about Sherlock Holmes, the great detective. And Dan really wants to see that. Don’t you, Dan?” She laughed and looked at Dan. ‘Ah! yes,’ said Andrew. He was smiling. ‘Dan Parks. The great dog-finding detective.’ Dan’s face turned a little bit red, but he smiled back. He knew that the Barringtons were very pleased when he found their dog for them a few months ago. He had a dog too, but both his and Sue’s dogs were staying with friends in Steeple Compton. Big cities were not good places for dogs. ‘Well, | read a lot of Sherlock Holmes stories,’ said Dan, smiling. Everyone laughed. After breakfast Dan and Sue got some money from their parents. Again, their parents told them to go straight to Madame Tussauds and then come straight back. | Sherlock Holmes What do you know about: | Sherlock Holmes? -~ D4 Ask and tell a friend=~ ‘As they left the hotel, Dan took Sue by the arm. ‘Let’s go and wait In the park over there,’ sald Dan. ‘What do you mean?’ asked Sue. ‘Well, | want to stop those thieves®,’ said Dan. ‘So let’s follow them. Then, when they steal a bag, we can find a police officer and tell them what we saw.” ‘But...’ began Sue. ‘No,’ said Dan, holding up a hand. ‘| know what our parents sald. But we have to do something to stop these men.’ Sue thought about this for a moment. ‘OK,’ she said. ‘But | don’t want to get close to them. They don’t look very friendly.’ ‘No,’ said Dan. ‘Of course not.’ ‘And what about going to Madame Tussauds?’ asked Sue. ‘don’t know,’ said Dan. ‘We can go later maybe. This is more important.’ Sue looked at Dan. She wanted to stop him but she knew it was impossible®. ‘Maybe | can stop him getting into trouble,’ she thought to herself. ‘Maybe that is possible,’ But she was wrong. impossible: cannot happen: not possible * thieves: people who steal things a1Half an hour later the men came out of the green front door and started walking towards the tube station. Frank had the backpack again. Dan and Sue followed. They followed the men to the tube station and took the same train as them. The journey took about 45 minutes. Finally the men got out at Tower Hill, near the Tower of London. Dan and Sue followed. There were a lot of people, mainly tourists, on the streets around the Tower of London. ‘These men always choose busy tourist places,’ said Dan to Sue. ‘What do you mean?’ asked Sue. ‘Well, in a busy place people are often looking at the sights® or watching other people,’ said Dan. ‘They're not looking after their bags and coats and things.’ ‘see,’ said Sue. ‘So it’s easier to steal things in places like this.’ ‘Exactly,’ replied Dan. The men were walking along the street, chatting to each other, but also looking around, watching what was happening. They passed an open-air café. There were people sitting at tables outside, drinking coffee. The men walked past and stopped. They looked back at the café. They were talking to each other. * sights: places of interest, especially for visitors 32 —Dan and Sue stopped. They stood opposite the Tower of London but they weren’t really looking at it. They were continuing to watch the men. The men then went in different directions. Frank walked over and stood near a table in the café; Leo walked in front of the café. Suddenly, when he was right in front of all the tables, he fell to the ground. ‘Ouch!*” he cried. ‘My leg!” He was holding® his ankle. ‘Ouch! Ithurts®.” Everyone looked across at him. Dan and Sue did too. One or two people stood up. A young woman in a green coat ran over to help him. Suddenly Dan knew what was happening. He looked for Frank but he couldn’t see him. He looked at the people. No one was looking for their handbag — well, not yet. The woman in the green coat was helping Leo to his feet. He was thanking her. Then Dan saw another woman looking around. She looked under the table, then spoke to her husband. Dan heard her say: ‘tt was here a moment ago. On the back of my chair,’ They both looked round at all the people in the café. “They're looking for her handbag,’ thought Dan. And Dan knew where it was. ‘“What’s happening?’ asked Sue. She didn’t really understand what was going on. ‘Let me show you,’ said Dan. ‘Come on. We have to follow him. And he pointed to Leo. + holding: taking in hishané * Ouchi: noise you make when you are + hurts: feels pain hurt 35Leo started walking away from the café very slowly. It looked like his leg hurt a lot. Dan and Sue followed him. Then, Leo ‘turned the corner, and he started to walk normally®. Dan and Sue looked at each other. Dan smiled. ‘You see,’ he said. ‘He fell over. He didn’t really hurt himself, but everyone looked at him. That’s when Frank stole the handbag.” Leo turned another comer and smiled as he saw his friend holding a purple bag. He patted his friend on the back. Then Frank put the handbag in his backpack. They laughed and chatted, Dan and Sue did not get close but they watched everything carefully. The two men looked around, said something quietly to each other, their heads together, then they started walking quickly up the street. Dan and Sue followed, also walking quickly. A few hundred metres up the street there was an alley®, a narrow® opening between two houses, on the right. The men started to run Just before the alley and then they turned into it. ‘Quick,’ said Dan. ‘We mustn’t lose them.’ He started to run. Sue ran after him, They turned into the alley and suddenly stopped. Frank was standing in front of them. Leo moved out of a doorway behind them. ‘So who are you two?’ asked Leo. ‘Why are you following us? What do you want?” Dan’s eyes opened wide, his mouth too. Sue’s face turned white. 3——— rear * alley:smallstreet or passage between + narrow: opposite of wide buildings + normally: as usual 36 =Getting away © For a moment Dan wanted to turn and run, but he knew Leo was behind him. Taking Sue’s hand, he stood up straight and looked Leo right in the eye. ‘You're thieves,’ he said. “You steal handbags.’ ‘Hal Hal Hal’ both men laughed long and loud. ‘What gave you that idea?’ asked Frank. “You're a funny kid,’ said Leo. ‘We’re just tourists. We're in London for a few days to see the sights.” ‘Well,’ said Dan, turning to Frank. ‘You didn’t really hurt your ankle outside the cafe. It looked like it was hurting. But you walked round the corner and suddenly you started walking normally. But it was a clever idea. First you fell over and everyone looked at you. Then your friend here had time to steal ahandbag,” ‘Don’t be silly,’ said Frank. He held his hands wide. ‘A handbag? ‘What handbag? Where is it? | haven’t got it.’ ‘That's because it’s in that backpack,’ said Sue, pointing at the backpack. ‘We saw you put it in there a few minutes ago.’ Suddenly everything changed. The men were no longer smiling. They looked angry. They looked at each other and then back at the teenagers. ‘Right, you two,’ said Leo. ‘I’ve had enough of this. It’s going ‘to stop. Now.” Leo took Dan by the arm. Frank got hold of Sue. They started ‘to pull them further into the alley. ‘We're going to teach you both a lesson,’ said Leo. 38 bib deek. Ack noDan and Sue started to fight® back and try to get away but the men were too strong. Dan looked at Sue, sending her a message with his eyes. ‘Fight as hard as possible!’ said the message. Dan bit® the hand that was holding him. He bit it hard with his teeth, Sue shouted because the man was hurting her arm, but then she saw what Dan was doing. She turned and kicked Frank hard on the knee. Both men shouted. Frank let go of Sue and fell to the ground. He was holding his knee. Dan took Sue’s hand and pulled her. ‘Run!’ he shouted, They ran around Frank out into the street and turned right. Leo came out of the alley twenty metres behind them. Frank was further behind, Dan and Sue ran. Run Do you think Sue and Dan do the right thing? Is it a good idea to run away from a bad situation? DA Tell a friend. + bit: cutwith his teeth + fight: hit, kick and attace 40In front of them they could see Tower Bridge. Tower Bridge is, unusual. It is the only bridge in London that opens. It opens so ships can go through to the Port of London. Dan and Sue got closer; cars began to stop; there was huge red light and there was a lot of ncise. Leo was getting closer and closer. ‘Come on!’ shouted Dan to Sue. ‘Faster!’ As they got close to the bridge, the nolse got louder. The red light was still on and a gate was starting to close. There were two men with yellow jackets standing by the gate. Dan and Sue ran up to them. ‘We want to go across,’ sald Dan. ‘Quick then,’ said one of the men. ‘You're the last ones. We're closing the gate now.’ Dan and Sue ran past the men and started crossing the bridge. Dan looked back. The two men were arriving at the gate now. The men in yellow jackets were holding up their hands. Dan put a hand on Sue’s arm. ‘Look,’ he said. Sue stopped running and tumed round too. ‘Sorry!’ Dan heard one of the men in yellow say. ‘Sorry. You can’t go across now. The gate opens a; about 15 minutes. You can go then.’ Dan saw Leo looking angrily at him. He said something to his friend and they tured away from the bridge. “We're OK,’ he said to Sue. ‘They can’t catch us now.” The teenagers turned and started running across the bridge again, but more slowly than before. They arrived at the other side. ‘They stopped and turned as the centre of the bridge began to move up to let a ship through. ‘Wow!’ said Dan. ‘That was close. They nearly caught us.’ Sue put her hands to her face.6 Sue gets caught 2 Dan put his arms on Sue's shoulders. ‘Hey!’ he said. It’s OK. We're OK. Don’t cry.” ‘’m not crying,’ said Sue. She took her hands away from her face. ‘I'm angry. | was very frightened® back there. What do you think those men wanted to do to us?” ‘I don’t know,’ replied Dan. He wes worried. Sue never got angry. “Well, | don’t know either,’ sald Sue. She was looking straight at Dan, She was really angry. ‘But they certainly weren't thinking of buying us ice cream.’ Dan laughed nervously®. She was right. It was frightening®. He didn’t know what to say. ‘Well?’ asked Sue. She took Dan's hands off her shoulders. ‘Well, what?’ asked Dan. He wasn’t sure what Sue meant. ‘Well, are you going to say “sorry?” asked Sue. ‘Your parents asked us to go straight to Madame Tussauds and come straight back, and we didn’t. It was the same story yesterday.’ “But we did go to the museum yesterday,’ said Dan. ‘Not immediately,’ replied Sue. She walked over and looked down at the River Thames, its waters flowing® out to sea. ‘Iwas really frightened today,’ she continued. She looked round at Dan, ‘It was lucky | had these heavy boots on. | kicked him and it hurt him enough to let me go.’ Dan looked down at the ground. ‘’'m sorry, Sue,’ he said. ‘Very sorry. | mean, | really didn’t want to get close to those men. It was a bad idea to go after them when they started running.” "Yes, it was,’ said Sue. « frightening: making someone afraid « frightened: afraid * nervously: worriedly 44Dan walked over and stood beside her. He looked down at the l POU [ | oD Hn river, and then along to London Bridge on their left. He put a hand on her arm. ‘Really, Sue,’ he said. ‘'m very sory.” ‘OK,’ she said, and looked at him. ‘We haven’t got time to go to Madame Tussauds now. Let’s go back to the hotel.” ‘OK,’ said Dan. ‘And don’t do it again,’ said Sue. But she knew Dan well. She knew he wasn’t really listening. Back at the hotel Dan and Sue found their parents having lunch in the hotel restaurant. They were having salads and juice. ‘Do you want some lunch?’ asked May Barrington. ‘It’s OK, thanks,’ said Sue. ‘We had a sandwich on the way back here.” ‘How was Madame Tussauds?’ asked Peter Barrington. Dan didn’t look at Sue. ‘Oh! In the end we didn’t go,’ he said. ‘We got there about 10.30 but there were so many people waiting to go in that we decided not to wait.’ ‘Oh no!’ said Janet Parks. ‘How disappointing®!’ "Yes, it was,’ said Sue. ‘Very disappointing. But maybe we can try again tomorrow — perhaps get there earlier.” Sue looked at Dan, but he did not return the look. ‘Actually,’ said Andrew Parks,‘ think you can book tickets. Then you don’t have to wait at all.’ “That's a good idea,’ said Dan. ‘'ll try and book some online.’ Sue took a piece of tomato from her mum’s salad and ate it. ‘Hey, young lady!’ said May Barrington, ‘That's my lunch, You said you already had a sandwich.’ Sue laughed. <= —— * disappointing: sad LUN li 46“Yes, we did,” she said, ‘Actually, I’m still hungry. 'm going to walk down the road to the shop on the corner and get some biscuits. Does anybody else want anything?” “No, thanks,’ said Janet and Peter at the same time. “Back in a few minutes,’ said Sue and she left. “'m going up to our room to try and book tickets for Madame. Tussauds tomorrow,’ said Dan. ‘OK,’ said Andrew Parks. ‘We're coming up in a few minutes. Then we can decide what to do this afternoon.’ Dan left the restaurant and went up to his parents’ room. He took his tablet out and turned it on. The tablet took a few minutes to start up so Dan walked over to the window and looked out. The street was empty. But then Dan saw Sue walking back from the corner shop on the opposite side of the street to the hotel. She had a packet of biscuits in her hand. She was starting to open it. Dan smiled to himself. Sue loved chocolate biscuits. Hungry f When youre hungry what sort of snack do you buy? CO Something sweet like chocolate. 5 Something savoury like crisps. © Something healthy like an apple. DQ Tell a friend, + ed Se.As Sue got nearer the hotel, she took a biscuit out of the packet and started to eat it. She looked up and saw Dan at the window. Dan waved? at her. Sue smiled. Dan watched her turn to look behind her as she was walking. Suddenly she dropped the biscuits® and started to run across the street but she wasn’t quick enough. Dan saw the two bag thieves run up to Sue and grab® her. Leo put his arm around her and picked her up. He carried her to the green front door. Frank was just in front of him. Sue was fighting back, her legs kicking but not hitting anyone. Frank opened the door. They carried Sue inside and closed the door. Dan stood for a moment, his mouth open. He had to do something. And he had to do it quickly. But what? a —— «+ dropped the biscuits: thebiscuits fell + waved: moved your hand backwards fromher hands and forwards to say hello or goodbye «grab: take quickly with hishand sl© Dan ran out of his room and down the stairs, two steps at a [} Helping Sue ‘time. He rushed? into the hotel restaurant. His parents and Sue’s ‘tured to look at him as he came in. ‘Quick!’ he shouted. ‘Sue’s in trouble. She needs help. Come quickly!” He tumed and ran out of the room. The parents all looked at each other. Peter Barrington immediately jumped to his feet and ran after Dan. The others were close behind. They ran out of the hotel onto the street. ‘Over there,’ said Dan pointing to the house with the green door. ‘The men we told you about. They took her in there.’ He started off across the street. The others followed. Janet Parks looked right and saw a police car at the end of the street. ‘Look! There’s a police car!’ she said. ‘’m going to ask for help.’ ‘Yes,’ said Dan over his shoulder. ‘Good idea.’ Janet and May started running down the street towards the police car and waving their arms. Dan, Peter and Andrew ran over to the green door. There were three buttons by the door, a different name under each button. ‘There are three flats in this house,’ said Andrew. ‘Which is theirs?” ‘don’t know,’ said Dan. Andrew pushed the top button, then the middle one, then the bottom one. ‘Someone must be at home,’ he said. For a moment nothing happened. Then the door made a buzzing® noise. Andrew pushed it open. + rushed: ran; hurried1 mare Just inside the hall there was a door to the left and there were stairs going straight up in front of them. The door on the left opened. An old woman looked out. Her face was not friendly. ‘Who are you?’ she asked. ‘What do you want? | thought you were the postman®.” ‘We're looking for a young girl,’ said Peter. ‘Long black hair. Teenager.’ ‘Two men brought her in,’ said Dan. ‘One with red hair, the other with long blond hair.” ( ‘Those two!’ The woman opened the door wider. She didn’t like the two men. It was clear from her face. ‘They're in and out of here at all hours of the day and night, laughing, making noise, waking me up. They're up on the top floor® if you want them. I heard them come in a few minutes ago.’ Nel rs Who lives near you, in your building or near your house? Are they nice? Do they make noise or wake you up? 04 Tell a friend. it * postman: manwhobrngsetersto + top Moor highest part ofthe hose | your 54Just then Janet and May arrived with two police officers: aman and a woman. ‘Upstairs,’ said Dan. ‘Come on! Quick!” He tuned to run up the stairs, but the policewoman took hold of his arm. ‘Walt.a minute,’ she sald. Just tell us what exactly is happening here.” Dan looked at her. His eyes were telling her ‘Hurry! Hurry! Hurry!” ‘There are two men in the flat on the top floor,’ he said quickly. “They're thieves, My friend, Sue, and | saw them. They were stealing people’s bags. A few minutes ago they saw Sue outside on the street and they pulled her in here. You've got to help her. |‘m sure they're going to do something bad.’ ‘She's my daughter, said May. Her face a picture of worry. The police officers looked at each other. Then the policeman spoke. “OK. You stay down here,’ he said looking round at everyone. ‘in fact, wait outside the front door. PC Gray and | are going to deal with® this. ’m PC Dixon, by the way.’ Everyone moved outside the front door and stood looking into the house. Dan stood right next to the door. Dixon and Gray ran quickly up the stairs. When they turned the comer at the top of the stairs, Dan looked round at his parents. He put a finger to his lips®, telling them to be quiet, then he ran quickly and quietly into the house and up the stairs after the police. ‘Dan,’ said his dad quietly but angrily. ‘Come back!” Dan tured back to his dad. ‘It’s OK. I’m not going all the way up,’ he said. ‘just want to see what's happening.’ SEE aa i Ee + deal with: do something tosolve a * lips: outside part of mouth problem « silence: no sound 56 He stopped half-way up and looked up the stairs to the top floor. The police were outside the door to the flat. ‘Open the door. It’s the police,’ said Dixon, There was silence®. ‘We know you’ve got a girl in there,’ said Gray. ‘Don’t make things worse than they are. Open the door. You can’t get away.” Dan heard voices behind the door. The men were talking to each other. ‘Come on! Open up or we're going to break the door down,’ said Dixon.Gray was talking quietly on her radio. She was asking for more police to come and help them. Dan moved back down the stairs. He didn’t want to be in the way®. ‘Go away!’ said a voice from behind the door. ‘There’s no girl in here.” The police officers looked at each other. Dixon stepped back and got ready to run at the door with his shoulder. He started running, but then someone unlocked® the door and suddenly opened it. Dixon ran fast through the doorway. Too fast. Frank’s foot was waiting for him. Dixon fell over the foot and onto the ground. Leo came running out of the flat. He pushed Gray and she fell against the wall. Both thieves started running down the stairs. Halfway down the stairs they saw Dan. ‘Out of the way,’ shouted Frank. He pushed Dan to one side as he ran past. Leo was behind him, also moving fast but Dan jumped forward and caught Leo’s foot. Leo fell. ‘Let go!’ he shouted. He kicked at Dan’s hand but Dan didn’t let go. Frank continued down the stairs and out of the front door. He ran out of the door. He saw the Parks and Barringtons standing in the street so he turned to run the other way. May Barrington was the first person to see him. ‘Hey!’ she shouted. ‘You stop right there.” She took her handbag off her shoulder and swung? it at Frank’s legs. Frank fell heavily to the ground. swung: moved backwards and forwars 58a Ten minutes later everyone was out on the street. The old lady from the ground floor flat stood at her window, watching everything. The police officers caught both the bag thieves and took them to the police car. Gray and Dixon were standing and talking to the Barringtons and the Parks. ‘Are you sure you're OK? said PC Gray to Sue. ‘?m fine now,’ said Sue. ‘Just before they grabbed me, | saw Dan at the window and he waved at me. | was a bit frightened at first but | knew help was coming.” ‘You saw inside the flat,’ said Dixon. It was a question. ‘Yes!’ said Sue. ‘It was amazing.’ She looked at her parents. ‘There were wallets, passports, watches, phones, tablets. | don’t know how many handbags they stole. Lots and lots, | think.” ‘t looked like it,’ said Dixon. ‘Anyway, we are very pleased they're not going to be stealing any more.’ ‘Yes,’ said Gray. ‘Sometimes people don't look after their bags very well, especially tourists. There are quite a few bag thieves in London, well, in all big cities really, and they can be difficult to catch. So well done, you two!” Dan looked pleased. Sue gave Dan a dark look. ‘You two go back to the hotel,’ said Andrew Parks to Dan and Sue. We want to talk to the police a bit longer. ‘OK,’ said Dan, and he and Sue crossed the road back to the hotel. 62 POLICE] nce POLICE, 63)‘Hmm!’ said Sue as they climbed the stairs to their rooms. ‘I have to say — I’m glad we caught the thieves but | didn’t enjoy them running after us earlier or being in their flat just now,’ she gave Dan a long look. Dan tried not to look Sue in the eye. ‘Er... well... yes,’ he began nervously. Er... maybe we can be a bit more careful next time.’ ‘Next time!’ said Sue, ‘Next time! Next time | hope you listen to me. Actually | hope there isn’t a next time.’ But she knew Dan. After Reading Personal Response 1 Read each sentence and circle the number that is most true for you. 1=Notreally, 5 = Definitely. a [liked the story. ae 3 4 5 b Thestory was easy to understand. si 3 4 5 ¢ [think that the story was exciting, 1 2 3 4 5 d like to read another book about Dan, tS 3 4 5 DB 2 Workin pairs. Discuss these questions. a Which person in the story did you like the most? Why? b Which person in the story did you like the least? Why? ¢ Doyou think Dan was stupid or clever? Why? d Do you think Sue was angry with Dan or not? Why? How do you think Sue's parents felt about Dan at the end of the story? vakgauy ‘sng ain s (GE p ‘SeUIEUL JenRy aUp € “expaUAED syned JS ‘sok[ed WeYsUPAINg ‘WAWeILed JO SesnoH] ay) ‘umnasnh] Usaig aun ‘@8plig Jamal 2 uo} MU! g noqe T 6AflepReadiig | = =~» Comprehension 1 What happensin the first half of the story? Decide if these sentences are true (T) or false (F)? a. The Barringtons and the Parks are on holiday in London. b Dan sees something strange out of the hotel window. ¢ Hesees two men running down the street carrying handbags. 4 The two families go to the cinemain the evening, e Thenext day everyone decides togo to the National Gallery. f When Dan and Sue leave the hotel, they see the two men again. g. Dan and Sue decide to follow the men on the tube. h They gostraight to the Museum of London. i They follow themen into a café j Leo steals a handbag from a woman in the café. oOoeo © OD BO DpGeaod 8 of BO 2 Correct the sentences that are false. 3 What happensin the second halfof the story? Put these sentences in the correct order. a Cl Franksteals a woman's handbag. O Danand Sue run across Tower Bridge. ¢ C1 Dan and Sue follow the two men to the Tower of London. 4. Danruns toget help. e C1 The thieves catch Dan and Sue £ (0 Dan and Sue decide to go to Madame Tussauds, g Cl The police arrive and catch the thieves. hh Cl Dan and Sue fight the thieves and get away. i. Leo falls over and pretends to hurt his leg. jC The thieves catch Sue and take her to their flat. 66 4 PCDixon wants Dan to write down what happened after he and ‘Sue escaped from the thieves. Finish what Dan writes. EATS ya ‘Statement of Daniel Parks to Metropolitan Police e |The two men tried to pull us into the alley. I don't know what they planned to do but I was frightened. Sue and I fought them and got away, We ran .. j BQ 5 Workin pairs. Student A. Student B Youarea schoolfriend of Dan(or You are Dan (or Sue) Sue), ‘You are back in Steeple Compton ‘They are just back from a few after your trip to London. days’ holiday in London, ‘You meet one of your schoolfriends. ‘Ask them: of they had a good time Telltthem: © what they did in London © what you did © what else happened © where you went how they felt © anything exciting that happened how you felt e7Characters 1 Complete the sentences with the name of a person from the story. .. has the tickets for the theatre see BOBS into the café, ..Teads a lot of Sherlock Holmes stories. falls over near the Tower of London. kicks Frank on the knee sees the police car along the street. . Fadioes for more police to come. _». Swings her bag at Frank’s legs. zaroonge 2 Who said what? Match each quote toa person. ClAndrew Parks ClDan Cl MayBarrington [Sue O Leo == (—) ce) 68 ae 3 Allabout Dan. Answer these questions about Dan. a Why isDan in London? b Why does Dan want to follow the two men? ¢ Why does Dan want to wait in the park? d Why does Dan bite Leo? Why does Dan say ‘sorry’ to Sue? f Why does Dan run to get their parents? 4 Answer these questions with aname/names. a Who found Sue's dog when it disappeared? b Who stole a bag in the café on Oxford Street? ¢ Who grabbed Sue in the alley? d Whoran to the police car for help? e Who lived on the top floor of the house with the green front door? 69After Reading Plot and Theme 1 Complete the newspaper article below with the past simple tense of the verbs from the box. see-eateh- tell do try get be find watch have follow Police yesterday caught two thieves with the help of teenagers from the village of Steeple Compton in Oxfordshire. Dan Parks and Sue Barrington a ...on holiday in London with their parents when they b .. two men. acti strangely. The teenagers c the men to see what they were doing. They quickly d...... out that the men were stealing handbags from tourists in busy areas of the city. They € ‘as the men. stole handbags on Oxford Street and from an open-air café near the ‘Tower of London. Before the teenagers f..... time to call the police, the thieves, 8 to kidnap” them. The first time the teenagers F vnosunss away, but the second time the thieves took Sue Barrington to their flat in west London. Fortunately her friend, Dan Parks, saw the kidnapping, and immediately i his parents. His mother called the police and they caught the thieves. Police officer PC Gray said: ‘We would like to thank these teenagers. They j . a great job helping us catch these men! * kidnap: take someone away (sometimes for money) 70 [} 2 The thieves in this story steal people's bags. How good are you at looking after your bags and your money? Do the quiz and discuss the questions below. How Well do you look after your things? Answer these questions: 1 Where do you keep your money? 2 in my back pocket b in my bag ¢ ina money belt under my clothes 2 When you have a bag with you, where do you carry it? 2 in my hand b over my shoulder across my chest 3 You are in a restaurant. Where do you put your bi over the back of the chair on the floor next to my feet ¢ I tle the strap around the chair leg. 4 You are in a self-service café on your own. You go to get another coffee. What do you do with your bag? ‘2 leave it on my seat so no one takes my seat leave it on the table and check it every minute or two ¢ take It with me to the counterAevReaiee Language 1 Use these words from the story to complete the sentences. straight frightening inexpensive huge normally nervously a Tom knew he wasin trouble, He waited. outside the headteacher’ office, Susan's new dress looked asif tt cost a lot of money but actually it was quite ‘4 © Twn Walk to school but it was raining today so I caught the bus. d It was really....walking home through the forest in the dark @ You've got an eye test at four o'clock this afternoon so you must came = ome from school, f Did yousee the size of that ice cream? It was. 2 Complete these sentences with the correct prepositions from the box. in along to at behind off a The Parks and the Barringtons were spending few days...... London, b Dan took Sue's hand and pulled her ¢ Themen were walking...» the street. ‘the train. d Frank moved out of a doorway «0.0.0» them. e Sue put her hands ven. her face, May Barrington swung her bag... Frank's legs. Te 2 3 Words that go together. Match a word from Box A anda word from Box B. Then complete the sentences below. A rubbish @ There'sanew Van Gogh exhibition at the art Let's goand seit. ‘tube b Ohnol left my bag in my... . Can we goback and department getit? ae 4 ¢ [don't need these notes any more, Can you throw them inthe for me? B d Whatis the nearest . to the Tower of London? store e Let's goand have some lunch at that NeW w....-0 bY room the river, oe f Thatnew is wonderful. You can buy anything salew, there. bin station 4 Past simple or past continuous? Put the verbs in brackets in the correct tense. a When Dan first... (see)Leo, he sow (Fun) down the street. Db AsDanand Sue «0...» (leave) the hotel, the green front door ww. (open) and the men. 6 (come) out. © While the people in the café (watch) Leo, Frank nnn (Steal) a woman's handbag, When FRANK ons (GPA) Sue, She... _ (kick) him, e When Sue. (come) back from the shop, Leo (pick) her upand..... (carry) her into the house. f When Frank... (try) to get away, May Barrington conse (swing) her handbag at his legs. aAfterReading | == —————s—CS?; Exit Test () 1 Listen and tick (V) the correct picture. 74 (9 2 Read the sentences and choose the best answer or ending 1, 2or3. a Frank and Leo are stealing 1 tickets 2 handbags 3 rubbishbins b Dan and Sue's parents are going to .. 1 Madame Tussauds 2 the Museum of London 8 the National Gallery ¢ Leo steals froma woman...... 1 inacafé 2 atadepartment store 3 walking along Oxford Street d Dan and Sue follow the thieves into. 1 the Tower of London 2 analley 3 acafé e Danand Sue get away by running...... 1 across Tower Bridge 2 into the Tower of London 3 intoacafé f Whowas frightened? ........ 1 Dan 2 Sue 3 Danand Sue }.q 8 Look at the pictures on pages 19 and 33. 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