Red Line 1, Coursebook

one hundred and twenty-seven 127 Dick: Wow! A gold coach! I want to ride in a gold coach, too. Stouty: That isn’t for people like you and me, Dick. That’s the Lord Mayor’s coach. Dick: Then I want to be Lord Mayor one day, too. Alice: You? But you can’t read or write, Dick. Dick: Yes, but I can learn. A, B, C … Hey! Watch out! Alice: (Dick pushes Alice away.) Arrgh! Stouty: Are you OK, my dear? Alice: Yes, I’m OK now. But these coaches are scary! Stouty: Can you get up? Alice: Yes. Thank you, Dick. You saved my life! Storyteller 2: Stouty and Dick bring Alice to her mother. Lady Anne has got a visitor. Lady Anne: Come in! Ah, hello children! Hello, Stouty. Buckingham: Alice! What … ? Alice: Hello, Uncle George! Mum, a fast coach came down the road. I didn’t see it, but Dick pushed me away from it and saved my life. Lady Anne: Oh, my poor Alice. Dick, how can we thank you? Alice: I’ve got an idea, Mum. Dick wants to learn to read and write. Can we help him? Lady Anne: Is that right, Dick? Dick: Yes, it is, Lady Anne. Lady Anne: Well, OK, we can help you. But first my brother wants to speak to you. Buckingham: Hello, young man. (gives him a bag and a box) Here’s your cat. Blacky caught a lot of mice. And I can sell my silk now for a lot of money. Your pieces of gold are in this bag. Dick: Blacky! Hello! Blacky: Purr! Purr! Purr!! Dick: (looks in the bag) Wow – there are a lot of pieces of gold in here. Buckingham: Yes, you are a rich young man. Scene Seven Storyteller 1: Dick uses his pieces of gold well, and in a few years he is very, very rich. He becomes Lord Mayor of London, and uses his gold to help people. Dick: I don’t want children in London to be poor or hungry. (gives gold to children) Storyteller 2: And this is where our story ends, of Dick and Blacky and their friends, Of how a boy whose luck is down, becomes Lord Mayor of London Town. Scene Eight 110 115 120 125 130 135 140 145 Alle neuen Wörter findest du im Dictionary ganz hinten im Buch. A play E Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv