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Level 1   brown eyes - penguin readers
Brown Eyes
‘A man is pretending to be me,’ I said. ‘Why?’
   Every year, Peter and Susan Reed go to Lea-on-
Sea for their holiday; every year they stay at the
Hotel Vista.
   This year things start to go wrong. A man there is
pretending to be Peter. But why? Is he friendly or
dangerous — what does he want?
   Will this, their thirteenth visit to Lea-on-Sea, be
their last visit?

Paul Stewart lives with his family in Brighton, and
writes books for children and young people. He has
one son - his name is Joseph, and one daughter - her
name is Anna.
  He was a teacher of English in Greece, Germany
and Sri Lanka. He went to Kenya, India, Australia,
Malaysia, America and all over Europe, too - but
never to Lea-on-Sea!
Dictionary words:
• Some words in this book are dark black. Find them in your
  dictionary or try to understand them with no dictionary first.
Brown Eyes

      PAUL STEWART
                   Level 1

Series Editors: Andy Hopkins and Jocelyn Potter
Pearson Education Limited
                      Edinburgh Gate, Harlow,
                     Essex CM20 2JE, England
           and Associated Companies throughout the world.

                           ISBN 0 582 40110 0

                First published by Penguin Books 1996
                    This edition first published 1998
                        Second impression 1999

                   Text copyright © Paul Stewart 1996
               Illustrations copyright© Ian Andrew 1996
                            All rights reserved

The moral right of the author and of the illustrator has been asserted

      Typeset by Datix International Limited, Bungay, Suffolk
                Set in 12/14pt Lasercomp Bembo Printed in
      Spain by Mateu Cromo, S.A. Pinto (Madrid)



  All rights reserved; no part of this publication may be reproduced, stored
      in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means,
  electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the
                  prior written permission of the Publishers.

    Published by Pearson Education Limited in association with
Penguin Books Ltd., both companies being subsidiaries of Pearson Plc
We arrived at our hotel in Lea-on-Sea early on
Saturday morning. The Hotel Vista. Susan and I always
stay there. It is very quiet, very friendly and the food is
good. I opened the door, and we walked in.
    ‘Good morning, Mrs Brown,’ I said.
    ‘Mr and Mrs Reed,’ she said. ‘It’s good to see you
again.’
    ‘It’s good to be here again,’ I said.




                             5
‘Cup of coffee?’ she said. ‘Before you go up to your
room.’
   ‘Thank you,’ I said.
   ‘Where’s little Mary?’ asked Susan. Mary was Mrs
Brown’s daughter.
   ‘She’s in the garden,’ said Mrs Brown and laughed.
‘But she’s not little! Mary’s a tall young woman now.
    ‘How old is she?’ Susan asked.
    ‘Fifteen,’ said Mrs Brown.
    ‘Fifteen!’ I said. ‘Time goes quickly!’
    ‘1 know,’ said Mrs Brown. ‘Now, coffee! Before I
forget again.’ She walked to the kitchen.

                            6
Susan looked at me. ‘I love it here, Peter,’ she said.
  ‘I know,’ I said.
  ‘When did we first meet?’ she asked. ‘Eleven years
ago? Twelve?’
  ‘Wrong,’ I said. ‘It’ll be thirteen years on Tuesday,’
I said. ‘In the cafe.’
  ‘Ah, yes,’ said Susan, and shut her eyes.




                          7
The door opened, and Mary Brown looked in. She was
 tall.
   ‘Hello,’ she said to Susan. ‘And hello again,’ she said
 to me.
   ‘Again?’ I said.
   ‘Yes. Don’t you remember? Yesterday. You said
 “hello” in the bank.’




   ‘Oh, y. . . yes!’ I said, and pretended to remember.
  ‘That was you!’
   Mary smiled. ‘I’ll see you later,’ she said. ‘Goodbye!’
 ‘Goodbye,’ we said. She shut the door. Susan
turned to me.
   “Why did you pretend?’ she asked me.
   ‘I don’t know,’ I said.
                              8
The sun was hot in the afternoon. After lunch, Susan
and I walked down to the sea. We swam. The water
was cold.




   After that, we walked across to Connor’s Coffee
 House. It was a small, quiet café near the sea.
 The café! The place Susan and I first
 met. We went back there every year.
    I opened the door and looked
in. John Connor smiled.
   ‘Hello again!’ he
said to me.




                          9
10
11
It was our fourth night at the Hotel Vista. We were at
a table in the restaurant, but I did not want to eat. I
was afraid. Very afraid. Things were not right in Lea-
on-Sea.




On Sunday, it was the old         On Monday, the man in
man in the newspaper shop.        the bank . . .




. . . and the woman in the        Yesterday, the girl in the
cinema.                           shoe shop.




And this afternoon, the woman in the Italian restaurant.
All of them smiled at me and said, ‘Hello again!’



                             12
‘A man is pretending to be me,’ I said. ‘Why?’
   ‘I don’t know,’ said Susan. ‘But it’s not important.
We’re . . .’
   ‘Not important?’ I shouted. ‘I think it is. I . . . I’m
going to the police!’
   ‘No,’ said Susan. ‘They’ll laugh at you. We’ll find
the man. Lea-on-Sea isn’t very big. It’ll be easy.’
   I looked down. I didn’t want to meet the man!
   Susan looked into my eyes. She took my hand. ‘I’m
afraid, too,’ she said.




                            3
Later that evening, we walked down to the sea. The
sun was red and yellow. The water was light blue.
   ‘Today is an important day,’ said Susan.
   ‘Important?’ I said.
   ‘Thirteen years,’ she said. ‘You and me! Did you
forget?’
   ‘I? . . . Yes, I forgot,’ I said quietly.
   ‘Do you love me?’ Susan asked.
   ‘Oh, yes,’ I said, and turned to her.
   ‘Good,’ she said. ‘I love you, too.’
   We kissed. And for the first time on our holiday, I
was happy!




                         14
Suddenly, Susan moved back.
    ‘Look!’ she was right. ‘It’s him! At the café!’
    She was right. There was a man with a big nose and
black hair. He shut the café door and turned right. At the
cinema, he turned right again, and walked quickly
away.
     ‘Run!’ said Susan. ‘We don’t want to lose him.’
We arrived at the cinema and looked down the
road.
    ‘Where is he?’ I said.
‘There!’ said Susan.
I saw him turn left at the bank.
‘Quickly!’ I shouted.


                             15
We ran across the road after the man.
   ‘Don’t go!’ I shouted.
   But he didn’t hear me. We ran to the bank. There,
we stopped. I looked up and down the road.
   The man was not there.
   ‘Where is he?’ I said.
   ‘I don’t know,’ said Susan. ‘But we’ll see him again.
I know we will. Come on,’ she said. ‘We’ll have a
drink at the hotel.’




                           16
We walked back to the Hotel Vista slowly. Susan
looked in the cafés and restaurants but she didn’t see
the man again. Luckily!
   ‘Perhaps we’ll never see him again,’ I said.
   ‘Perhaps,’ said Susan quietly.
   We arrived at the door of the hotel at ten o’clock.
We heard the television. We walked in. We saw Mrs
Brown, but she didn’t see us.
   I smiled. ‘Sleeping,’ I said.




                          17
18
19
I walked over to the bed. On it, face down, was a
photograph. Who was the picture of? I was afraid to
look. I took the photograph in my hand and slowly
turned it over.
   ‘What the . . . ?’ I shouted.
   ‘What is it?’ said Susan. ‘Can I see?’
   ‘You can,’ I said. ‘But it isn’t good!’
   I gave her the photo. Susan looked at it, and jumped
back. ‘But it’s you and me!’ she said.




                           20
‘I know,’ I said, and looked again.
     It was Susan and me. Down at the sea.
     ‘That man!’ said Susan, excitedly. ‘He was there. It’s
 his photo!’
     Suddenly, we heard a noise. The door opened. And
there he was, the man with my face. And he had a gun
in his hand.




   ‘Very clever!’ he said quietly. ‘It was me.’
   He shut the door.
   ‘Don’t move,’ he said. ‘Or I’ll shoot.’



                            21
I looked at the man in horror. I wasn’t afraid of his
gun - I was afraid of his face! He had my nose, my
mouth, my ears, my hair . . .




                          22
23
‘You know him!’ I said.
 ‘Yes,’ Susan answered. ‘His name is Stephen Griggs. I
worked with him fifteen years ago.’
 ‘I loved you,’ said the man. ‘We were happy.’




 ‘You’re a bad woman, Susan Barker,’ he said. ‘You
pretended to love me.’
 ‘I did not! And my name is Reed now.’
 ‘Stay back!’ he shouted.
 Susan stopped.
 ‘Those cold brown eyes,’ she said. ‘Ugh!’



                           24
‘Did he always have my face?’ I asked.
   ‘No,’ said Susan. ‘I don’t know the game he’s
playing.’
   ‘You will,’ said the man. ‘You will.’
   He looked at the photograph in my hand.
   ‘That’s for you,’ he said. ‘You can look at it, and
remember.’
   ‘Remember what?’ I said.
   He smiled. ‘Your last walk with Susan,’ he said.
‘Before you go to prison.’




                          25
‘Prison?’ I said. ‘Why?’
   Because you shot Susan,’ he said
   ‘I didn’t . . .’
   ‘You will,’ he said. ‘Watch!’ And he turned and put
the gun to Susan’s head.
   ‘NOOOOOO!’ I shouted, and jumped at him.




                                    The man shot. I shut
                                my eyes. When I looked
                              again, Susan was on the
                            floor. Dead.
                        Then, suddenly, the man turned
                    and hit me on the head. It all went
black — and I fell down, down, down.




                         26
After some time, I opened my eyes again. I remembered.
   ‘You shot her!’ I said.
   ‘No,’ the man smiled - with my smile! ‘You shot
her. My plan is going very well.’
   I tried to get up, but it was difficult.
   ‘I loved her,’ I said, quietly.
   ‘I, too,’ he said. ‘But she was with you. All those
years. Now . . .’ He smiled again and looked at the gun.
   ‘Do you plan to shoot me, too?’ I said.




                           27
‘Oh, no,’ he said. ‘I said, you’re going to prison.
Perhaps there, you’ll understand. For me, Susan was
dead before I shot her. Now she’s dead for you, too.’
   He came over to me, and put his hand over my
mouth. Then I heard Mrs Brown at the door.
   ‘What are you doing in there?’ she shouted.
   ‘Mfff. ... mmwff!’ I said.
   ‘I shot Susan!’ the man answered for me. ‘And now
she’s dead. Dead! DEAD! Oh, Susan, I’m sorry!’




                          28
‘There,’ he said. ‘Now she’ll phone the police. And
they’ll come — for you!’
   He walked over to the window and looked out.
   ‘Remember,’ I said. ‘You’ve got my face, too.’
   ‘Not for long,’ he said. In horror, I watched him
slowly take the mask from his face.




    ‘Now there’s only one Peter
Reed again. You!’
    ‘But. . .’
    ‘Oh, and one more
thing. Here you are . . .’
   Before I knew it,
the gun was in my
hand!
    ‘You can give it
to the police ‘ he
laughed.


                           29
I watched the door. It opened and four policemen
walked in. They looked at the dead woman. They
looked at the gun in my hand.
   The first policeman walked over to me. ‘You come
with us,’ he said.
   ‘I didn’t ... It isn’t . . . I can’t . . .’ I said. I didn’t
want to go to prison.
   ‘Come with us,’ he said again. ‘You can talk later.
We’ve got all night.’

                                30
EXERCISES


Vocabulary Work

Look at these words:
   ago           forget       year     laugh      afraid
   pretend      restaurant     kiss      turn        shoot
   prison        in horror     last    shout      mask
Do you understand them? Find them in a dictionary, then write
sentences with the words.

Comprehension

Answer these questions.
Pages 5-9
1 Why do Susan and Peter Reed like the Hotel Vista?
2 When did they first meet?
3 Where is Connor's Coffee House?

Pages 10-15
4 Why did Peter pretend the car was a Citroen?
5 Why did Susan not want to go to the police?
6 Who did Susan see near the cafe?

Pages 16-21
7   At what time did they arrive back at the hotel?
8   Susan and Peter thought that a man or woman was in their
    room. Why?
9   Who was in the photograph?

Pages 22-25
10 Why was Peter afraid?
11 Why were the man's eyes important?
12 How did Susan know Stephen Griggs?



                                31
Pages 26-30
13 Stephen did not shoot Peter. Why?
14 Peter did not answer Mrs Brown. Why?
15 What can Peter say to the police?


Discussion

1   Is thirteen an unlucky number for you? Are some things
    lucky/unlucky?
2   Would you like to have a holiday in Lea-on-Sea? Why? If not,
    where? Why?
3   The police think that you shot someone! Where were you at
    7.30 yesterday evening? Who was with you?

Writing

1   You are Peter. Write a letter to your best friend (in 100 words).
    Tell him/her why you are in prison.
2   A policeman stays and questions Mrs Brown. Write down their
    questions and answers (80 words).
    Example:
    Policeman:     What did you hear?
    Mrs Brown:     I heard a noise.
    Policeman:     At what time?
Every year, Peter and Susan go to Lea-on-Sea. Every
year it is the same. But this year there is a man
pretending to be Peter. Why? What does he want?
Will this be their last visit?

Penguin Readers are simplified texts designed in association with Longman,
the world famous educational publisher, to provide a step-by-step approach to
the joys of reading for pleasure. The series includes original stories,
contemporary titles based on today's best-selling media hits, and easily
accessible versions of the literary classics published by Penguin around the
world. Each book has an introduction and extensive activity material. They are
published at seven levels from Easystarts (200 words) to Advanced (3000
words).

Series Editors: Andy Hopkins and Jocelyn Potter




Cover illustration Dianne Fawcett

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Level 1 brown eyes - penguin readers

  • 2. Brown Eyes ‘A man is pretending to be me,’ I said. ‘Why?’ Every year, Peter and Susan Reed go to Lea-on- Sea for their holiday; every year they stay at the Hotel Vista. This year things start to go wrong. A man there is pretending to be Peter. But why? Is he friendly or dangerous — what does he want? Will this, their thirteenth visit to Lea-on-Sea, be their last visit? Paul Stewart lives with his family in Brighton, and writes books for children and young people. He has one son - his name is Joseph, and one daughter - her name is Anna. He was a teacher of English in Greece, Germany and Sri Lanka. He went to Kenya, India, Australia, Malaysia, America and all over Europe, too - but never to Lea-on-Sea!
  • 3. Dictionary words: • Some words in this book are dark black. Find them in your dictionary or try to understand them with no dictionary first.
  • 4. Brown Eyes PAUL STEWART Level 1 Series Editors: Andy Hopkins and Jocelyn Potter
  • 5. Pearson Education Limited Edinburgh Gate, Harlow, Essex CM20 2JE, England and Associated Companies throughout the world. ISBN 0 582 40110 0 First published by Penguin Books 1996 This edition first published 1998 Second impression 1999 Text copyright © Paul Stewart 1996 Illustrations copyright© Ian Andrew 1996 All rights reserved The moral right of the author and of the illustrator has been asserted Typeset by Datix International Limited, Bungay, Suffolk Set in 12/14pt Lasercomp Bembo Printed in Spain by Mateu Cromo, S.A. Pinto (Madrid) All rights reserved; no part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the Publishers. Published by Pearson Education Limited in association with Penguin Books Ltd., both companies being subsidiaries of Pearson Plc
  • 6. We arrived at our hotel in Lea-on-Sea early on Saturday morning. The Hotel Vista. Susan and I always stay there. It is very quiet, very friendly and the food is good. I opened the door, and we walked in. ‘Good morning, Mrs Brown,’ I said. ‘Mr and Mrs Reed,’ she said. ‘It’s good to see you again.’ ‘It’s good to be here again,’ I said. 5
  • 7. ‘Cup of coffee?’ she said. ‘Before you go up to your room.’ ‘Thank you,’ I said. ‘Where’s little Mary?’ asked Susan. Mary was Mrs Brown’s daughter. ‘She’s in the garden,’ said Mrs Brown and laughed. ‘But she’s not little! Mary’s a tall young woman now. ‘How old is she?’ Susan asked. ‘Fifteen,’ said Mrs Brown. ‘Fifteen!’ I said. ‘Time goes quickly!’ ‘1 know,’ said Mrs Brown. ‘Now, coffee! Before I forget again.’ She walked to the kitchen. 6
  • 8. Susan looked at me. ‘I love it here, Peter,’ she said. ‘I know,’ I said. ‘When did we first meet?’ she asked. ‘Eleven years ago? Twelve?’ ‘Wrong,’ I said. ‘It’ll be thirteen years on Tuesday,’ I said. ‘In the cafe.’ ‘Ah, yes,’ said Susan, and shut her eyes. 7
  • 9. The door opened, and Mary Brown looked in. She was tall. ‘Hello,’ she said to Susan. ‘And hello again,’ she said to me. ‘Again?’ I said. ‘Yes. Don’t you remember? Yesterday. You said “hello” in the bank.’ ‘Oh, y. . . yes!’ I said, and pretended to remember. ‘That was you!’ Mary smiled. ‘I’ll see you later,’ she said. ‘Goodbye!’ ‘Goodbye,’ we said. She shut the door. Susan turned to me. “Why did you pretend?’ she asked me. ‘I don’t know,’ I said. 8
  • 10. The sun was hot in the afternoon. After lunch, Susan and I walked down to the sea. We swam. The water was cold. After that, we walked across to Connor’s Coffee House. It was a small, quiet café near the sea. The café! The place Susan and I first met. We went back there every year. I opened the door and looked in. John Connor smiled. ‘Hello again!’ he said to me. 9
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  • 13. It was our fourth night at the Hotel Vista. We were at a table in the restaurant, but I did not want to eat. I was afraid. Very afraid. Things were not right in Lea- on-Sea. On Sunday, it was the old On Monday, the man in man in the newspaper shop. the bank . . . . . . and the woman in the Yesterday, the girl in the cinema. shoe shop. And this afternoon, the woman in the Italian restaurant. All of them smiled at me and said, ‘Hello again!’ 12
  • 14. ‘A man is pretending to be me,’ I said. ‘Why?’ ‘I don’t know,’ said Susan. ‘But it’s not important. We’re . . .’ ‘Not important?’ I shouted. ‘I think it is. I . . . I’m going to the police!’ ‘No,’ said Susan. ‘They’ll laugh at you. We’ll find the man. Lea-on-Sea isn’t very big. It’ll be easy.’ I looked down. I didn’t want to meet the man! Susan looked into my eyes. She took my hand. ‘I’m afraid, too,’ she said. 3
  • 15. Later that evening, we walked down to the sea. The sun was red and yellow. The water was light blue. ‘Today is an important day,’ said Susan. ‘Important?’ I said. ‘Thirteen years,’ she said. ‘You and me! Did you forget?’ ‘I? . . . Yes, I forgot,’ I said quietly. ‘Do you love me?’ Susan asked. ‘Oh, yes,’ I said, and turned to her. ‘Good,’ she said. ‘I love you, too.’ We kissed. And for the first time on our holiday, I was happy! 14
  • 16. Suddenly, Susan moved back. ‘Look!’ she was right. ‘It’s him! At the café!’ She was right. There was a man with a big nose and black hair. He shut the café door and turned right. At the cinema, he turned right again, and walked quickly away. ‘Run!’ said Susan. ‘We don’t want to lose him.’ We arrived at the cinema and looked down the road. ‘Where is he?’ I said. ‘There!’ said Susan. I saw him turn left at the bank. ‘Quickly!’ I shouted. 15
  • 17. We ran across the road after the man. ‘Don’t go!’ I shouted. But he didn’t hear me. We ran to the bank. There, we stopped. I looked up and down the road. The man was not there. ‘Where is he?’ I said. ‘I don’t know,’ said Susan. ‘But we’ll see him again. I know we will. Come on,’ she said. ‘We’ll have a drink at the hotel.’ 16
  • 18. We walked back to the Hotel Vista slowly. Susan looked in the cafés and restaurants but she didn’t see the man again. Luckily! ‘Perhaps we’ll never see him again,’ I said. ‘Perhaps,’ said Susan quietly. We arrived at the door of the hotel at ten o’clock. We heard the television. We walked in. We saw Mrs Brown, but she didn’t see us. I smiled. ‘Sleeping,’ I said. 17
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  • 21. I walked over to the bed. On it, face down, was a photograph. Who was the picture of? I was afraid to look. I took the photograph in my hand and slowly turned it over. ‘What the . . . ?’ I shouted. ‘What is it?’ said Susan. ‘Can I see?’ ‘You can,’ I said. ‘But it isn’t good!’ I gave her the photo. Susan looked at it, and jumped back. ‘But it’s you and me!’ she said. 20
  • 22. ‘I know,’ I said, and looked again. It was Susan and me. Down at the sea. ‘That man!’ said Susan, excitedly. ‘He was there. It’s his photo!’ Suddenly, we heard a noise. The door opened. And there he was, the man with my face. And he had a gun in his hand. ‘Very clever!’ he said quietly. ‘It was me.’ He shut the door. ‘Don’t move,’ he said. ‘Or I’ll shoot.’ 21
  • 23. I looked at the man in horror. I wasn’t afraid of his gun - I was afraid of his face! He had my nose, my mouth, my ears, my hair . . . 22
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  • 25. ‘You know him!’ I said. ‘Yes,’ Susan answered. ‘His name is Stephen Griggs. I worked with him fifteen years ago.’ ‘I loved you,’ said the man. ‘We were happy.’ ‘You’re a bad woman, Susan Barker,’ he said. ‘You pretended to love me.’ ‘I did not! And my name is Reed now.’ ‘Stay back!’ he shouted. Susan stopped. ‘Those cold brown eyes,’ she said. ‘Ugh!’ 24
  • 26. ‘Did he always have my face?’ I asked. ‘No,’ said Susan. ‘I don’t know the game he’s playing.’ ‘You will,’ said the man. ‘You will.’ He looked at the photograph in my hand. ‘That’s for you,’ he said. ‘You can look at it, and remember.’ ‘Remember what?’ I said. He smiled. ‘Your last walk with Susan,’ he said. ‘Before you go to prison.’ 25
  • 27. ‘Prison?’ I said. ‘Why?’ Because you shot Susan,’ he said ‘I didn’t . . .’ ‘You will,’ he said. ‘Watch!’ And he turned and put the gun to Susan’s head. ‘NOOOOOO!’ I shouted, and jumped at him. The man shot. I shut my eyes. When I looked again, Susan was on the floor. Dead. Then, suddenly, the man turned and hit me on the head. It all went black — and I fell down, down, down. 26
  • 28. After some time, I opened my eyes again. I remembered. ‘You shot her!’ I said. ‘No,’ the man smiled - with my smile! ‘You shot her. My plan is going very well.’ I tried to get up, but it was difficult. ‘I loved her,’ I said, quietly. ‘I, too,’ he said. ‘But she was with you. All those years. Now . . .’ He smiled again and looked at the gun. ‘Do you plan to shoot me, too?’ I said. 27
  • 29. ‘Oh, no,’ he said. ‘I said, you’re going to prison. Perhaps there, you’ll understand. For me, Susan was dead before I shot her. Now she’s dead for you, too.’ He came over to me, and put his hand over my mouth. Then I heard Mrs Brown at the door. ‘What are you doing in there?’ she shouted. ‘Mfff. ... mmwff!’ I said. ‘I shot Susan!’ the man answered for me. ‘And now she’s dead. Dead! DEAD! Oh, Susan, I’m sorry!’ 28
  • 30. ‘There,’ he said. ‘Now she’ll phone the police. And they’ll come — for you!’ He walked over to the window and looked out. ‘Remember,’ I said. ‘You’ve got my face, too.’ ‘Not for long,’ he said. In horror, I watched him slowly take the mask from his face. ‘Now there’s only one Peter Reed again. You!’ ‘But. . .’ ‘Oh, and one more thing. Here you are . . .’ Before I knew it, the gun was in my hand! ‘You can give it to the police ‘ he laughed. 29
  • 31. I watched the door. It opened and four policemen walked in. They looked at the dead woman. They looked at the gun in my hand. The first policeman walked over to me. ‘You come with us,’ he said. ‘I didn’t ... It isn’t . . . I can’t . . .’ I said. I didn’t want to go to prison. ‘Come with us,’ he said again. ‘You can talk later. We’ve got all night.’ 30
  • 32. EXERCISES Vocabulary Work Look at these words: ago forget year laugh afraid pretend restaurant kiss turn shoot prison in horror last shout mask Do you understand them? Find them in a dictionary, then write sentences with the words. Comprehension Answer these questions. Pages 5-9 1 Why do Susan and Peter Reed like the Hotel Vista? 2 When did they first meet? 3 Where is Connor's Coffee House? Pages 10-15 4 Why did Peter pretend the car was a Citroen? 5 Why did Susan not want to go to the police? 6 Who did Susan see near the cafe? Pages 16-21 7 At what time did they arrive back at the hotel? 8 Susan and Peter thought that a man or woman was in their room. Why? 9 Who was in the photograph? Pages 22-25 10 Why was Peter afraid? 11 Why were the man's eyes important? 12 How did Susan know Stephen Griggs? 31
  • 33. Pages 26-30 13 Stephen did not shoot Peter. Why? 14 Peter did not answer Mrs Brown. Why? 15 What can Peter say to the police? Discussion 1 Is thirteen an unlucky number for you? Are some things lucky/unlucky? 2 Would you like to have a holiday in Lea-on-Sea? Why? If not, where? Why? 3 The police think that you shot someone! Where were you at 7.30 yesterday evening? Who was with you? Writing 1 You are Peter. Write a letter to your best friend (in 100 words). Tell him/her why you are in prison. 2 A policeman stays and questions Mrs Brown. Write down their questions and answers (80 words). Example: Policeman: What did you hear? Mrs Brown: I heard a noise. Policeman: At what time?
  • 34. Every year, Peter and Susan go to Lea-on-Sea. Every year it is the same. But this year there is a man pretending to be Peter. Why? What does he want? Will this be their last visit? Penguin Readers are simplified texts designed in association with Longman, the world famous educational publisher, to provide a step-by-step approach to the joys of reading for pleasure. The series includes original stories, contemporary titles based on today's best-selling media hits, and easily accessible versions of the literary classics published by Penguin around the world. Each book has an introduction and extensive activity material. They are published at seven levels from Easystarts (200 words) to Advanced (3000 words). Series Editors: Andy Hopkins and Jocelyn Potter Cover illustration Dianne Fawcett