Red Line 1, Coursebook

one hundred and twenty-five 125 Storyteller 2: Dick walks for two days. Finally, he arrives in London. He is tired and hungry. He takes out his piece of gold, but suddenly … Dick: Hey – watch out! Pickpocket 1: Sorry! Pickpocket 2: We’re in a hurry. Dick: Wait!Where’s my piece of gold? Give it back! Pickpockets: We haven’t got your piece of gold! Stouty Burke: What’s wrong?Who has got a piece of gold? Dick: They’ve got it. But it’s my piece of gold. Pickpocket 2: We’re poor boys. We haven’t got a piece of gold. Stouty Burke: Show me your hands. Pickpocket 1: See! He’s right! Stouty Burke: (to the second pickpocket) Now your pockets. Aha! That’s funny. You say you haven’t got a piece of gold?What’s this then? (gives the coin to Dick) Here you are, boy. Pickpocket 1: We’re sorry. Pickpocket 2: Yes, but we’re poor and we’re hungry. Stouty Burke: Well, OK – here’s an apple for you. Pickpockets: Thank you very much. Bye. Dick: How can I thank you? Stouty Burke: Well, I work for a very rich family, the Fitzwarrens. You can come and help me in the kitchen. Tonight I’m cooking dinner for the Lord Mayor of London. Dick: The Lord who? Stouty Burke: The Lord Mayor of London. He’s a very rich and a very good man. Dick: Oh! Then I want to be Lord Mayor of London one day, too! Stouty Burke: What? You?With only one piece of gold? (laughs) Come on! Dick: I’ve only got one piece of gold today, but I’m young and I can work hard. Scene Two Storyteller 2: Dick helps in the kitchen all day and in the evening he is very tired. He wants to sleep, and the cook shows him his bed, in the kitchen. But there are lots of mice, and Dick can’t sleep. The next morning he is very tired, but he gets up and works in the kitchen again. He hears a noise. Blacky: Meow! Meow! Dick: Oh, it’s a little black cat! Hello! What’s your name? Blacky: Meow! Meow! Meow! Dick: Hey! Where are you going? Are you hungry? Blacky: Purr! Purr! Dick: What’s that in your mouth? Oh, it’s a big mouse. Clever cat. You can stay here and help us in the kitchen. But I can’t call you ‘Cat’. What about ‘Blacky’? Blacky: Purr! Purr! Scene Three 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 65 Alle neuen Wörter findest du im Dictionary ganz hinten im Buch. A play E Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv