Red Line 3, Coursebook

thir ty-nine 39 Stapleton laughed. “Why share the Hall with you when I can have it all?” The sound was very near now. When Sir Henry turned he saw the most terrible hound, the size of a horse. It was sniffing the grass where Sir Henry had walked. Its huge body glowed and its eyes were like fire. It ran towards Sir Henry and jumped. Sir Henry closed his eyes. H BANG! A policeman shot the terrible hound and it fell in a cloud of white powder. Stapleton could not believe what he was seeing. Two more policemen came out of the bushes with guns. Behind them came Sherlock Holmes and DrWatson. “Arrg! Holmes!” cried Stapleton. “I thought you had gone to the station!” “Yes,” Holmes said. He was smoking his pipe. “But only to meet three of Her Majesty’s best policemen.” He turned to the policemen. “Arrest him.” The policemen took Stapleton away. “You solved the mystery, Sherlock Holmes!” said Sir Henry. “The Hound of the Baskervilles is dead. Now I can live here again!” “But how did you know that it was Stapleton?” askedWatson. “Elementary, my dearWatson,” said Holmes. 125 130 135 140 145 150 2 The ending This is a picture of the end of the story. What’s wrong with the picture? Sä 4 Your turn: A report Write a short newspaper report about what happened at the Stapletons’ house. Look at the newspaper report on page 32 for ideas. To find the clues in a story like this, you need to read some parts of the text very carefully. a) How did Holmes do it? Look at parts B–G again in small groups. Make a list of the clues. b) Nowlisten to Watson and Holmes. Finish these sentences to explain the mystery. Did you find all the clues? 1. Someone stole … 2. So then he stole … 3. Barrymore had a … 4. Stapleton had … 5. The hound glowed … READING SKI LLS C g 3 How did Holmes do it? ➝ WB 23, 1 – 2 Text 2 Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv