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Others said it looked more like an elephant. I saw an old picture in the newspaper of something in the water in front of Urquhart Castle, but it wasn’t very clear. The newspaper called it ‘The Loch Ness Monster!’, but no one really knows. It’s a mystery. put prisoners there.” Mr Muir started to walk away. “Do you want a hand, Angus?” asked Dad. “No, no, thank you, Tom, I have my workmen. And there’s a lift down to the castle storerooms. It’s old and slow like me, but it works.” Sandy and I watched the workmen put some chairs into the big lift. Mr Muir was right. It was old and slow. And it made a terrible noise. 50 55 60 65 70 Is there a creature in Loch Ness? One Saturday evening, our family went to a concert at Urquhart Castle. We heard some great Scottish bagpipe music. After the concert, old Mr Muir came to talk to us. He’s the really nice caretaker at the castle. “Well, did the young McArthurs like the concert?” he asked Sandy and me. “It was great,” I said. “I love the bagpipes.” “And I love the drums,” said Sandy. “Ay, they all like the castle concerts,” Mr Muir laughed. “There were more than three hundred people here tonight. Well, I just hope nobody tries to go down into the dungeons. Kids always like to, but they shouldn’t. It’s dangerous.” “The dungeons?” said Sandy. “I didn’t know the castle had dungeons.” “Oh, yes, there are dungeons, my boy. Deep under the castle. In the old days they one hundred and fif teen 115 75 80 85 90 95 When we got home, there was an old black van outside our B & B. There were a lot of boxes on its roof, but they didn’t look like the normal things that tourists take on holiday. The van had no windows so we couldn’t see inside, but there were strange white letters on the doors: S.A.M. “S.A.M. What does that mean?” asked Sandy. “It means we’ve got guests!” said Dad. Mum and Dad were always happy when new guests arrived. A woman and a man were waiting in front of our house. The woman was very tall with small crocodile eyes and red lipstick. She was carrying a strange black bag and was wearing a big black winter coat. Alle neuen Wörter findest du im Dictionary ganz hinten im Buch. A story e Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv