... colour as they danced from room to room until the minute-hand on the clock came up to the hour And then, when they heard the first sound of the clock, everything stopped as before. The dreams ... easily. Then, on the fourth day, the police came. I was not worried when they searched the house. They asked me to come with them as they searched. They looked everywhere, several times. Then they ... stones and made a hole in the earth that filled the middle of the wall. I put my wife there, put back the stones, made some new plaster and put it on the wall. Then I cleaned the floor, and looked...
... very rich and since ruined. To tell the truth, without false modesty, they pursued me and finally captured me. The mother (the father was away) laid all sorts of traps, and one of these, a trip ... thousand.) " ;And all know it, and pretend not to know it. In all the novels are described down to the smallest details the feelings of the characters, the lakes and brambles around which they ... cases—in reality, they are innumerable—where they have killed, now a child in its mother's womb, asserting positively that the mother could not give birth to it (when the mother could give...
... sons and Wilde wrote a book of stories for the boys. The book was called The Happy Prince and Other Tales (1888). Three of thestories in this book are taken from there. Theother four stories ... for you. Ask my mother to speak to me.’ The star child’s mother put her hand on his head and said, ‘Stand up’. He stood up and looked at them. Now they were a king and queen. The queen said, ... Pearson Education 2001 The Young King and other Stories – 2 – The Young King and OtherStories Level 3 Retold by Sue Harmes Series Editors: Andy Hopkins and Jocelyn Potter...
... why the criminals were interested in the cellar of the bank. What was the reason?Why were three policemen waiting at the front door of Wilson'sshop?7Watson andthe others waited in the ... o'clock. Then Juliawent to bed.'All the bedrooms at Stoke Moran are in the same part of the house. They're all next to each other, on the ground floor.&apos ;The door of each ... for? I walked round the corner,saw the City and Suburban Bank and knew that I had solved the problem. When you went home, I visited Jones and MrMerry weather and asked them to come with us...
... reached the next station. There the lawyer andthe lady went out, as well as the clerk. We were left alone, Posdnicheff and I. "They say it, and they lie, or they do not understand," ... them, and then not love them; and when they love, they do not wish to feel fear for the child's health and life. That is why they do not wish to nurse them. 'If I nurse it,' they ... very rich and since ruined. To tell the truth, without false modesty, they pursued me and finally captured me. The mother (the father was away) laid all sorts of traps, and one of these, a trip...
... about their lives? Will they be happy? The Dream andOtherStories Language in use Look at the sentence on the right. Then make these sentences into one in the lime way. Use who, whose and ... ã the Andes ã the River Amazon 2 Discuss in pairs why these are important in the story. Miami Portugal the Yucatan The Dream andOtherStories Language in use Loок at the sentence on the ... very fast. Then the front of the lorry just touched the back of the car. It was only a light touch, but it knocked the car towards the side of the road and the woman at the table. The driver...
... while the canaries in the dining-room chirped their hardest, exasperated by the hissing of the smouldering mint. I was fatherless and motherless, and my aunt spoiled me. She placed the whole ... fright, and to tell Siliavka to hold his tongue, but now the affair had become public, and could not escape the cognisance of the authorities.’ The Jew andOtherStories 3 ‘But what’s the ... said the same evening to Fustov, on the way home with The Jew andOtherStories 2 calm morning; the long lines of our fortifications were lost in the mist; I gazed till I was weary, and then...
... of the room to the other, on which baby-clothes and a pair of big black trousers are hanging. There is a big patch of green on the ceiling from the ikon lamp, andthe baby-clothes and the ... on the stove, on the cradle, and on Varka. . . . When the lamp begins to flicker, the green patch andthe shadows come to life, and are set in motion, as though by the wind. It is stuffy. There ... clouds chasing one another over the sky, and screaming like the baby. But then the wind blows, the clouds are gone, and Varka sees a broad high road covered with liquid mud; along the high road stretch...
... too. His father‟s pain subsided, andthe car moved once again toward the Flushing Y pool. They said nothing. Once at the Y, his father parked the car. They walked inside together. As their paths ... country. Now he was forgetful, weak, and unwilling to give away the little time he knew was left to him. AFTERLIFE AND OTHER STORIES AFTERLIFE AND OTHER STORIES He hoped that when he ... arms still hurt. “Let‟s go,” his father said. They walked to the door, and each in turn kissed his mother good-bye. She gave his father a hug, and father and son walked AFTERLIFE 9IN MEMORIAM...