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THE ELEPHANT MAN

A h

undred

ycars ago, the world was very different.

P

oo

r

people

lived

in

cold , dark h

omes,

and never

saw

a

doctor when

they

were

ill.

And

if you

wc

rc poor and

very, very ugly ...

T h

is

is

th

e

story of

a p

oor,

ugly man.

Nobody

loved

him, cveryonc laug hed at hi

m.

T h

ey

put h im

in

a cage,

like an anim al at the zoo. T hen one day a doctor

saw

him and thought,

This

poor ma n is intercsting. I

want

ro

study him.

Sl

owly,

the

Elephant Man became

famous,

and everyone

wanted to

meet him . Even thc

Queen vis

ited

him

But w h

at

was the Elephant Man rea

ll

y like?

Did

he

thin k and fcel likc o the r pcopl

e

Was he a

sad,

an

gry

man? Co uld he cvcr smile and laugh, and fo rget his ugly

fa ce and bis strange, ugly body?


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NTRODUCTION

The

Creature in the Shop

1

2

Thc

Card

8

3

A Lctter to

The

T imes'

3

4

Mcrrick's First

Home

16

5

An

Important

Vi

sitor

22

6 Outs

i

de

rhe

Hosp

i

ta

l

29

7

The

Last Letter 35

GLOSSARY

39

AC T l

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44

AC T

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hapter

TH

CRE TURE

IN TH

SHOP

My

name is

Dr

Frederick

Trev

es. 1 am a

doctor at

the

London

Hospital. One day in 1884 I

saw

a picture n

th

e wind

ow

of a s

hop

near the h

ospita

l. I stopped in

fro

nt of

the shop

and

looked

at the

picture.

t

first

felt interested then I felt angry

th

en

af

raid . t

was

a

horr

ible ugly picture.

Th

e

re was

a

man

in

the

picture

One day

Dr

Treves

saw

a picture in a shop

near the hospital.


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The Elephant Man

but

he did not look like you and me. He

did

not look

like a man.

He looked

like

an

elephant.

I read the writing under the picture. It said:

Come in and see the Elephant Man. Two pence.

I opened the door and went in.

There

was

aman in the shop. He was a dirty

man

in

an old

coat

with a cigarette in his

mouth.

What

do

you

want?

he asked.

' I'd like

to

see the elephant

man,

please,' I said.

The man looked at me angrily. 'Well, you can t, he

said. The shop's closing now. You can come back

tomorrow.

I m

sorry,' I said. But I would like

to

see im

now.

I have

no

time

tomorrow-

I have a lot

of work

todo.

But I can give you more than two pence.'

The man looked at me carefully. Then he took the

cigarette out of his mouth

and

smiled wi

th

his yellow

teeth.

'All right, sir,' he said. 'Give

me

twelve pence

then.

Iga ve him the money and he opened a door at the back

of the

shop.

We went into

a little

room

.

The room

was

cold and

dark,

and there was a horrible smell in it.

A creature sat on a chair behind a table. I say a

creature, because it

was

not a man or a woman, like

you

or

me.

The

creature

did

not move

or look at

us. It

sat very quietly on the chair in the cold,

dark,

dirty

2

The


room,

and looked

at

the ta ble. The creature had a cloth

over its head, beca use

of

the cold. On the table in

front

of

it,

there was

a dead flower.

Stand

up ' said the shopkeeper, loudly.

The creaturestood

up

slowly. It took th e

old

cloth off

its head, and

put

it on the chair.

It

sat very quietly

on the

chair in the cold dark dirty

room

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The Elephant Man

1 l

ooked

at

th

e creature and fe

lt

sad . I ama d

octor,

so

know

a

lot about

accide

nt

s and

ill

peo

pl

e. see

horrible, ugly things every day. But thi s creature, this

thing, was the worst of all.

There

were no men or

women in the hospita

ll

ike him.

He wore some old trousers, but no shirt, coa t,

or

shoes, so I cou ld see his body very well. His head was

thc most interesting thing.

t was

very, very big -

ke

an enormous bag with a lot of books in it. The head did

not have much hair, and tb ere was anoth

er

bag of

br

ow n, d irty skin at tbe back

of

it. T his skin ca

rn

e

clown bel

ow hi

s neck. could no t see

one

of bis eyes

very

we

ll, because a

lot of

s

kin

came clown in fr

on

t

of

his face, too.

An enorm ous red tooth carne out of his mouth,

und

er

his nose . It looked like an elephant s to oth. The

mouth and nose were like hales in th e face. The face

co uld not smile or laugh

or look

angry

or

sad, because

the skin co uld

not

move. lt

was dead

, like an ele

phan t s

fa

ce.

T here were

more bag

s

of

dirty s

kin

on the

front

and

back

of

the creature's body. These bags ca

rn

e

ow

n t o

bi

s legs.

The

right

arm was enormous,

a

nd

there were

bag

s of skin

on it,

too. The right

hand was

likc a m

an s

foot.

But thc left hand - the left arm and the left hand

4

The


were

beaut

iful The left

arm had

wonderful skin, and

th e fingers of the left

hand

were

long an

d bea uti ful. lt

was like a young woman 's hand

Walk, M err ick ' sa id the shopkeeper angrily. Come

on, quickly, move' H e hit the creature wit h his hand.

Sl

ow

ly, the cr

eature wa

lked across the r

oo m

. But he

cou Id

not wa

lk wel l

His

legs were very big and fat,

and

he had a bad back . He

co

uld not walk far without a

stick .

All right, thank you, said. Let him sit clown. J

don t

want to see any more. felt ill, and the smell in

the room was very bad.

Yes, sir, said the sho pkeeper. 'Sir clown,

Merr

i

ck.

The

le t hand was like a

woman s

hand; the fmgers

were long and beautiful.

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heElephant Man

We went o

ut

of the room and closed

th

e

do

or. The

s

hopk

eeper smiled

at

me with his yell

ow

teeth.

'\Vonderfu l, sir, isn't it?' he said.

The

best Elepha

nt

Man

in

England

Hundreds of

people come

to

see him,

yo l know, hundreds I take him all over the country, I

do '

'Yes, very

int

eresting , I said.

Can

I sit clown?'

Yes, sir, of course. Here s a

chair.

He lo

oke

d at me,

smiling.

Wo

uld you like a glass

of

water, sir?'

'Yes, please,' I said .

Then

I l ooked at

th

e

thin

gs

in

the dirty sh

op.

There we re t

wo

or three bad app l

es

and

sorne old black bananas:

th

at

was al .

E

r, no

...

no,

thank yo u. I m all

rig

ht ,' I said. Did you .

..

did you

ca ll the creature Merrick?'

Th a

t's ri ght, sir. Joseph

Me r

rick.

The

best Elepha

nt

Man

in England I take him a

ll

over the country, you

know. Lots of people want

to

se e

him

.

Yes, I see. Do you get a lot of money

?

'Well, sometimes

we

do, sir, yes. But it s difficult,

you see, sir, beca use of

th

e police.

Th

e

pol

ice

don t

like

us, you see, sir. So

we

can't stay in a

town

very long.

We

usually move every week

.

'Yes, I see. Well, anyway, Mr ... er?'

'Silcock, si r. Simon Silcock.'

'Yes, well,

Mr

Silcock,

I m

a doctor at

th

e London

Hospital. My

nam

e is

Dr

Treves. 1

think

this ... er . ..

6

he


hen

1looke d at the things in the dirty shop

this m

an

J oseph Merrick is very

in t

erest ing,

and

I

wou ld like to see him at the hospital. I want to look at

him mor

e carefull

y,

you see.

Yes sir, I see. But how can he get to the hospital? It s

goi

ng to

be difficult.

Why, man?

The

hosp ital s

not far

from here.'

We

ll

, yes, sir. I

know.

But

, you see,

Merrick

can t

wa

lk very well. He needs help.'

You can

come

with him. Do you want m

ore

mon

ey? Is that it?'

'Well, yes, sir, I

do

. But, you see,

pe

ople are afraid of

hirn too

...

In

th

e

road,

little boys always

run

after him

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The

Elephant Man

and hit him. Then the po lice get angry because people

are afraid . Sometimes

th

ey take us

to

prison.

1

see,' l said. 'Well, how can he

cometo

th e hospital ,

then?'

'Br ing a cab, sir,' said Silcock. 'You can take hi m to

the hospital in a cab.

hapter 2

THE

C RD

So next day, at seven o 'clock, 1 carne

to

the sh

op

in a

cab. There were

not

very many people in the roa

d,

because it was early

in

the morning. In

No v

ember it

is dark at seven o'clock in the morn ing, and 1 could

not see the shop very well. 1

wait

ed

fiv

e minutes. A

postm an walked past. Then the door of th e shop

opened, and the creature, Merrick, ca rne

ou

t.

I could

not

see his face

or

his body. H e had

an

e

normou

s black

hat on

hi s he

ad

, like a big box. A gr

ey

cloth carne down from the ha t, in front of his face.

T here was a hole in the cloth in

front

of hi s eyes. He

co uld see out of

th

e hole but 1 could not see in. He

wore

a long black

coat,

too.

The coat

began at his

neck, and ended

at

his feet, so could not see his arms,

8

The

Card

his body, or his legs. On his feet he wore big shoes, like

old bags.

He had a stick in his left

hand,

and he

wa

l

ked

very

slowly. I opened the

door of

the cab,

and

got

out.

Good morning, M r Merrick, 1 said. ' Can you get

m.

'Elpmyupasteps,' he said.

I m sorry,' I said.

I do n

t understa

nd.

For

a minute he stood by the d

oor

of the cab and

said nothing.

Then

he

hit th

e cab with his stick.

'STEPS' he said loudly. Help me up the steps '

'Help

me

up the steps '

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Th

e Elephant M an

Then

1 understood.

There

were

th r

ee steps

up

int

o

the

cab, and

he could

not

get

up th

em.

Y

es, I see. l 'm

sorry,

1said. 'Let me help you

.

1

took

his left hand and began

to

help him.

My ri

ght

hand

was

behind his back. 1 felt very strange.

His

left

hand

was

like a

young

woman s,

but hi

s back, under

the

coat,

was

horrible. 1 could feel the bags

of

old skin

on

hi

s back under the coat.

He

put one

enormo

us

foot

on

the

firsr step,

an

d then

he

stopp

ed . After a min ute, he moved his second foot

slowly.

Then

he stoppcd

and wait

ed aga

in

.

'H ell

o,

sir. Can 1 help you?'

I l

ooked

be

hind

me. t

was

the pos

tm an.

And behind

him

, 1 could see three

yo

ung boys. One of the boys

laughed.

Th

e

po

stman s

mil

ed. 'Is

the

gentleman ill ?' he as ed.

I

thou

g

ht qu

ickly. 'Yes. But this is a lady,

not

a

gent

leman.

l m

a

do

ctor,

and

she's ill.

Take

her ha

nd,

so I can help her better.

The postman took

Merr

ick 's left

hand,

a

nd

1 helped

him

with two hand

s f

rom

behind. Sl

ow

ly, very slowly,

Merrick went

up

th

e steps

and

in t

o the cab.

One boy was very ne

ar

the cab.

He

called

to

his

friends.

Co me

and

see this, boys A

fat

lady in a bl

ack

coa

t

And look at

that enor

mou

s hat '

10

The ard

T he boys laughed. Th ey were

ve

ry near the

cab

too,

now.

I closed the door

qu

ickly.

T

h

ank

you,'

T

said to the

postman.

T

h

at s

all right, si

r,

he sa id. 'She's a strange lady,

sir ,

isn t

she?'

'She's ill,

that s

all,' I said quickly.

We re

going

to

the

hospital.

Goodbye, and thank you.

The cab drove

clown

th

e

road

to

the

hospital. I

l

ooked at Merrick.

That was difficult,

wasn t

it?' 1

said.

Here is

y

card.

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The

Elephant

Man

At

first he said nothing,

but

then he spoke.

His

voice

was vcry s

tr

ange,

but

I listened to him carefu lly, and

could

und

ers

tand

him.

The steps were very d.ifficult , he said . But most

things are difficult forme.

Yes,

J

sa id. Nothing is easy for you, is it?

No,

he

said. H e

was

very quiet for a m

inut

e. Then

he said, Who are you, sir ?

W

ho am 1?O h, Im sorry. My name is

Dr

Treves.

Here, this is my card.

I gave him a card with my namc on.

Then T

thought,

T

h

at

was

no

goo

d.

This

ma n

ca

n

t

r

ead. But Merrick

took

th e card and l

ooked

at it very carefully. Then he

put it in his trou sers pocket.

1 did no t talk

to

him very much at the hospital. I

looked at his head and arms and legs and body very

carefully. T hen I wrote the

important

things about him

in a li ttle book. A nurse helped me. Merrick l

ooked

at

her

sometimes,

but

she did

not sm

ile

at

him or

ta

lk to

him. I think she was afraid of him. I think Merrick was

afraid

too

, because

he was

very quiet.

At four o clock I took him back to the shop in a cab.

Th e n

ext

day I l

oo

ked in the shop

window

aga in,

but

the picture

was

n

ot

there.

12

hapter 3

A LETTER

TO TH

TIMES

I did

not

see Merrick aga in for two years.

Then,

one

day, the police found him. He

had

my card in his

hand,

so they

brought

him

to

the

London Hospital. He was

very tired, hungry, and dirty, so I put him to bed in a

quiet lit tle room . But he could not stay at the hospital.

He was not ill,

and

of course the beds in the hospital

are for ill people.

We

have no beds for hungry people,

or

ugly p

eop

le.

One day the po/ice brought Merrick to the hospital

13


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--

T he l phant Man

1

told th

e Hospital

Chairman

Mr

Ca

rr Gomm

a

bout

Merrick.

He

lis tened carefully and

th

en he

wrot

e a le

tter

to

the e

ditor of The Times

new

spaper.

From Th e Times Dece

mber

4th, 1886

A Letter to

th

e Edit or

Dear Sir,

1a m

writing

to yo u about aman in

our

hospital.

He

needs your help. His na me is Joseph Merrick, and he

is 27 years old. He isnot ill, but he cannot go out ofthe

hospital

beca use he is very,

very

ugly.

Nobody

likes

to

look at

him

, and sorne people are afraid

of

him. We

call him the Eiephant Man .

Two years ago, Merrick lived in a shop near the

London Hospital. Fortwo pence, peoplecould see him

and laugh at him. One day Dr Frederick Treves- a

hospital doctor- saw Merrick,

brought him

to

this

hospital, and looked at

him

carefully. DrTreves could

not

help Merrick,

but

he gave

him his

card.

Then the shopkeeper, Silcock,

took

Merrick

to

Belgium. A lot of people in Belgium wanted to see

him, and so after a year Merrick had f:50. But then

SilcocktookMerrick s f:50, left Merrick n Belgium, and

went

back

to

London.

4

A Letter to Th e Times

Merrickca me back to London

by

himself. Everyone

on

the

train

and the ship looked

at him,

and laughed at

him.ln London, the police

put him

in prison.

Butthen

they saw DrTrevess card, and

brought

Merrick to the

London Hospital.

This man has no money, and he cannot work. His

tace

and

body are very, very ugly, so of course

many

people are afraid of

him.

But he is a very interesting

man. He can read and

write

, and he

thinks

a lot.

He

is

a good,

quiet

man. Sometimes he makes things with

his hands and gives them to the nurses, beca use they

are kind

to him.

He

remembers

his

mother,

and he has a picture of

her. She

was

beautiful

and

kind, he says. But he never

sees her now. She gave him

to

Silcock a long time

ago.

Can the readers

of

he imes help us? This

manis

not

ill,

but

he needs a

home. We

can give him a

room

atthe

hospital,

butwe

need sorne money. Pleasewrit e

tome at the London Hospital.

Yours faithfully,

F C

Carr Gomm

Chairman ofthe London Hospital

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Sometimes he makes things with his hands

and

gives

them

to the nurses.

The readers of

The

Times are ve ry kind people. They

gave us a lot of money. After one week we had

f 50000

so

Merrick could live in the

ho

spital for all hi s

life. We

cou

ld gi

ve

him a home.

hapter

MERRICK S FIRST

HOM

We gave Merrick two rooms at the back

of

the

hospital. One room was a ba throom so he could have

a bath every day . Soon his

sk

in was much better and

th

ere was no horrible sme ll.

16

Merrick s First

Home

The second room had a bed tabl

e

and chairs.

visited him every day and talked

to

him. He loved

reading and talking about books.

At

first he did

no

t

kn

ow

many books: the Bible and one or two

newspapers that s all. But I gave him sorne books of

love stories and he liked them very much. He read

thcm again and again and talked about them oftcn.

For him

th

e

men

and women in these

books

were alive

like you and me. He was very happy.

But sometimes it was difficul t for him. At rst one

or

two people in the hospi tal laughed at Merrick

beca use he was ugly. Sometimes they

brought

their

frie

nd

s to look at him. One day a new nur

se

carne

to

the hospital a

nd no

body

to

ld her about Merrick. She

e gave Merrick

two

rooms at the back of he hospital.

17


15/33

1was very angry with the nurse.

took

his food to bis room, and opened the door. Then

she saw him. She screamed, dropped the food on the

floor, and ran out of the room.

I

was

very angry

with

the nurse, and

went to

see

Merrick. He

was not

happy

about

it,

but

he was

not

very angry. I think he felt sorry for the gir l.

'People

don t

like looking

at

me. I know that,

Dr

Treves,' he said. They usually laugh or scream.'

'Well, 1

don t want

nurses

to

laugh

at

you,

Joseph,

1said angrily.

1 want them to

help you.

T

h

ank

you,

doctor,

he said, in his strange slow

voice. But it's not

important.

Everyone laughs

at

me. l

understand

that.

1 looked

at

him sad ly. In his

one

good hand, his left

18

Merrick s First ome

hand,

he had the litt e picture of his mother. He looked

at

the picture for a minute, and then

put

it by a flower

on

the table. A

tear

ran out of his eye and clown the

s

kin of

his enormous, ugly fa ce.

Dr Treves,' he said, slowly. You and the nurscs are

very

kind,

and I m very

happy

here. Thank you very

m uch.

But

... I know 1 can t stay here long, and ... 1

would like

to

live in a lighthouse, after the hospital,

please. A lighthouse,

or

a

home

for blind people. I

think

those are

the

best places

forme.

In his one

good

hand he had

the

picture

of

his mother.

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16/33

The Elephant an

What

do

you mean? I asked. Why?

He did not l

ook

at me. He put the flower on the

pictu re and looked

at

it carefully.

Lighthouses have sea all round

th

em, don t they?

he said.

Nobody cou

ld look

at

me in a lighthouse, so 1

would be happy there. And blind people can see

nothin

g, so

th

ey couldn t see me, could they?

But Jo seph, I said, thi s is your home. You live here

now. You aren t going

to

leave the

hospita

l.

No t

to

day,

perhaps,

he said. But

soo

n. You are a

kind man,

Dr

Treves. But can t stay here very l

ong

. 1

ha

ve

no money.

1 smiled. Joseph, I said.

T

his is your home now .

Do n

t you understand? Yo u can stay here all your lif

e.

Very carefully , 1 old

him about

the l

etter to The Times,

and

the

mone

y.

I don t think he understood at first, so 1 to ld him

aga in. He

was

very quiet for a

minut

e Then he stood

up

, and

wa

lked up and clown

th

e room very quickly A

strange sound ca rne from

him

, like laughing.

20

A beautiful young woman came to the hospital

and

shook

Merrick s

hand

.

21


17/33

Chapter

5

N

IMPORT NT V S TOR

I did not

want

Merrick

to

live by himself, like a man in

a lighthouse.

He

read his books, and talked to me, but

I

wanted

him to talk

to

more people And I wanted him

to

talk

to

women.

Merrick

read about

women

in his books,

but

he did

not often talk

to

women. He met the nurses every day,

but th

ey did

not

talk to him

very much. For them, he

was

always a creature,

nota

man.

One day, one of my friends, a beautiful young

woman, carne

to

the hospital. I told her

about

Merrick,

and

took

her

to

his room. She opened the

door,

and

smiled

at

him.

Good morn

ing, Mr

Merrick,

she said.

Then

she

shook

his hand.

Merrick looked

at

her for a minute

with

his mouth

open.

Then

he

sat down on

his bed, with his head in his

hand, and cried. He cried for nearly

five

minutes.

The

tears ran clown his face, between his fingers,

and onto

the floor.

My friend sat on the bed beside

him

and put her

hand

on his arm. She said nothing, but she smiled

at

22

n

Important

Visitar

Por

the

first

time

in his life Merrick

had some

friends.

him and shook his hand aga in before she left.

Dr Treves,' he said

tome

that night. That lady

was

wonderful My

mother

smiled

at

me once, many years

ago,

bu

t

no

women smile

at me

now.

But

this lady

smiled

at

me

too

,

and

she

shook

my hand A bea utiful

lady smiled at me and

shook

my hand '

My young lady fr i

end

carne again the next week,

and

talked to Merrick

for half

an hour. The

week after

that,

she came again with a friend.

They

gave him sorne

books, and hada cup

of

tea with him. t

was

wonderful

for him. For the first time in his life, he

had

sorne

friends .

He

was a ve ry happy man. He sat in bis

room,

and read bis boo ks, and said no more a

bou

t living on a

lighthouse.

23


18/33

]oseph, t

hi

s

is

Her Majesty Queen

l

exandra,

the Queen

of

ngland.

People began

to

read about

Merr

ick in the

newspapers, so he had a lot of visi

to

rs. Everybody

wanted

to

see him. A

lot of

imp

ortant

ladies and

gentlemen visited him. They smiled at him, shock his

hand, a

nd

gave

him

books. Merrick liked talking

to

these people, and he began

to

forget a

bout

his ugly

body. His visi

tors

never laughed

at

him. He began

to

feellike a man,

nota

creatur

e.

One wonderf

ul

da

y, a very i

mportant

lady carne

to

the

ho

spital

to

visit him. I met

th

e lady, and took her

to

his r

oo

m. Then 1opened the

do

or, and smiled at him.

Go

od

morn ing,

Josep

h, 1 said. There IS a new

vis

it

ar

to

see you

toda

y. A very famous lady.

24

n

lmportantVisitor

Merrick

stood up

beside his tab le. He did not smile,

because his face could

not

smile,

bu

t his eyes looked

happy.

That s go

od

, he said. Who is it?

1 moved away from the door, and

th

e visit

ar wa

lked

in.

Yo ur

Majesty,

th

is is Jo seph

Merrick,

1 said.

Joseph, this is

Her

Majesty, Queen Alexandr

a,

the

Queen

of England.

Queen

Alexandra smiled at him. How

do

you do,

Mr Merrick, she said. l m very pleased

to

meet you.

Then she shook bis hand.

Merr

ick did

not

move.

For

nearly half a minute he

stood

and loo ked at her with his

mouth

open.

Then

he

spoke, in hi s strange, slow voice.

How ... bow do you do, Your Majesty, he said.

But I clon t

th

ink the

Queen

understood him, because

he tr ice

to

get own

on

his knees

at

the same time. lt

was

very

cliffi

cult for him, because of his cno

rm

ous

legs.

No, please, Mr

Merrick,

do get

up,

said the

Queen

.

'1

wou l

like

to

talk

to

you .

Can we

sit

at your

table?

Yes . .. yes, of course, he said. T hey sat

at

the

tablc. She

took

his left h

and, th

e good hand, in hers.

She l

oo

ked at

the

ha

nd

carefully, a

nd

then smi led

at

Merrick

again.

J

often

read

about you in the newspape rs, she said .

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19/33

The Elephant Man

You are a very

in t

eresting man, M r Merrick. You ha

ve

a very difficult life, but people say you're happy.

ls

it

true? Are you h

appy

now?'

Oh, yes, Your Majesty, yes ' said Merri ck. l m a

very

happy

man 1 have a

hom

e here n

ow,

and friends ,

and my b

oo

ks.

I m

happy every h

ou

r

of

the

da

y '

W

hat a wonderful story' she said.

l m

very p leased

to hear

it. Now, tell me about your reading. I see you

ha ve a lot of books here .'

Oh, yes, Your Ma jesty. 1 love my

books,

sa id

Me r ri

ck. A

nd

for nearly half an

hour

they

sat and

talked ab

out

books.

Th

e

Qu

een gave

him

a little

book,

and sorne red flowers, before she left.

After her visit,

Merrick

began

to

sing. He co uld not

6

n

lmportant

Visitar

sing easily,

of

course, because

of

his

mouth, but

all

that day there was a strange, happy noise in his

room.

He looked

at

the flowers carefully, and put them on

his table.

He had many visits from the

Queen, and at

Christmas she sent

him

a Christmas card .

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20/33

e bought

tickets for a

box

at the side of he theatre

wa

nted

to

lea ve the th eatre, but 1stopped him. Then he

was very angry with thi s bad man in the play. He hit his

hand on his chair,

and stood up

and talked

to

the man .

But

nobody hea

rd

him.

When

the bad man

went

to

pri son, Merric k laughed.

Merrick thought the beautiful young lady in the play

was wonderf

ul. He wanted

to

talk to her too. At the

e

nd

of

th

e play he was very happy because she married

a

goo

d yo

un

g man.

H e remembered this play for a lon g

tim

e, and he

talked a l

ot

about the people in it. Wh

at do

you think

they did

af

ter we left? he asked me.

W

here

do

the

young

lady and the

young

man live? What are

th

ey

doing now?

30

Outside the Ho spital

1 don t know, 1 said. Perhaps they li

ve

in the

country.

M erri ck

th

oug

ht

about this for a l

ong

time.

Then

he

said:

Dr

Treves, can I go to the country, please? I saw

the co untry once f

rom

a train, b

ut

1 never went

th

ere . I

often read about it in books . lt s very beautiful, i

sn t

it ?

I wo uld like to see it.

The visi t

to

the theatre was difficu lt but a visit

to

the

country

was more difficult. But again,

one of

his new

frie

nd

s helped us She h

ada

small

ho

use in the country,

an

d Merric k could stay in it for th e summer, she said.

I t

ook Me

rrick

to

th

e

country

in a train

wi

th

dar

k

windows, so

nobody

could see him. Th en

we

went in a

cab

to

thc country house.

There were a lot

of

trees n

ear

the house, but no

people lived

near

it. A countryman

bro

ught food t o the

house every day, bu t no people camenear t.

I stayed

with

him that night. At night, it was very

dar

k and quiet. In the morning, hundreds of birds sang

in the trees, and everything outside the house

was

green.

Merr

ick walked

under

the big trees, looking at

things happily, and singing his strange song.

1went back

to

London,

but

Merrick stayed there for

six weeks. He

was

won derfully happy. Every week, he

wrote me a letter.

31


21/33

The

Elephant

Man

1

watchedthefish

in

the

stream

too. Theywerevery

exciti ng beca use they m ove very fast. One

minute

they

were there and the next minute 1

couldn't

see them.

But 1waited quietly,

and

they always c me back. 1put

my hand in the water, but 1couldn't touch

them

.

1meta big dog

yesterday.lt

m ade a

very loud

noise

but 1was

not afraid.l

sat

down

quietly and looked at t

and it carne and

smelt

my hand. 1

saw

it again today,

and gave it sorne bread. lt likes me now.

1a m going to put sorne flowers from the country

in

this letter. There are hundredsofflowers here. Did

you

know

that?

llike

the little

blue

ones

best

but

they

are

all beautiful. 1

have

lots of

them

in my room. 1

give

them

water every morning. Little flowers are very

thirsty, you know

1a m very happy he re doctor, but 1want to see yo u

again

soon, too.

With love from yo u r

friend,

Joseph Merrick

t th

e e

nd

of

th

e

summer

he carne

back to

London. H e

was

very well

an

d his s

kin

loo ked

much

better. H e

talked about the

country

a lot but he was happy to see

his friends

an

d his books again too.

4

hapter 7

THE

LAST

LETTER

Six

month

s

la t

er in

pr

il 1890 I found him dead in

bed. H e

was

on his back in bed so at first I

thought

he

was

asleep . I talked

to

him

bu

t he did

not

move.

Then

I

saw

that the skin on his face was blue so I knew he

was dead.

He

could only sleep

with

his arms around his legs

and

his head

on

his knees.

35


22/33

The Elephant Man

He did not usually sleep

on

his back. Hi s enormous

head was very heavy so he usua lly sa t up in bed with

his arms round his lcgs and his head on hi s knees. H e

could sleep welllike this.

But he wanted to sleep on hi s back like you and me.

H e tried to sleep on his back that night but his hea

vy

head ca rne

of

f the bed and he broke his neck. H e died

ve ry quickly.

Ncxt day the Chairman

of

the London H ospital

Mr

arr Gomm wrote to the editor of he Times again.

l found

him

d d in bed

6

T he Last Letter

The Times

Ap

r

il16th

, 1890

Dear Sir,

Three anda

half

years ago

1

wrote to

you about

a

man

called Joseph Merrick. This

man was

called

the

Eiephant

Man

beca use he

was

born

with

a

very ugly

body.

Merrick was not

ill,

but

he

could not

work, and

he had

no money

.

The readers of The Times

felt sorry

for him , and

they

gav

e

me

a

lot

of money

for

Merrick. Because

of

this money

,

we cou

ld give

Merrick

a

home

in

the

London

Hospital.

lt was his first good home, and

for

t hree and a

half

years he lived here happily. The

doctors

and nurses

of the

hospital helped

him,

and

many

important people v isited him .

He

read

many

books, he

went to the

theatre, and in

the

summer

he

stayed in

the country for six

weeks. Because

of your

readers

money,

we cou ld

give him

a happy l ife.

Last night Joseph

Merrick

died quietly in his bed .

He was

a

man with

a

very ugly body

,

but

he

was

a

good,

kind

man,

and he

hada

lot

of

friends. We liked

to

talk

to him, and we are all

very

sorry because he is

dead. A l

ot

of people are going to

remember

him for a

long time.

There is sorne

money

eft,

so 1

a m

going to

give

i tto

the

hospital.

Thank yo

u

sir,

for your

help.

You

rs

faithfully,

F.

C.

Carr

Gomm

Chairman

ofthe London

Hospital

37


23/33

GLOSSARY

bath when you

want to

wash all your body, you sir in a

bath

full of water

below undcr

beside ncxt to

Bible che

most

important book for Christians

box (in a theatre) a small room ; you can watch thc stage from

a box,

but

other people

can t

see you

ca

b an old word for

ta x

i

card a piece of paper with your na me and address on it (a

visi ting card);

ora

ca rd wi th a picture

anda

greeting on it

e

.g. a C hristmas card)

chairm an an important man in the hospital

cloth trouscrs, coats, dresses, etc. are made from cloth

co

untr

y (th

e)

no t the town

creatute a living an imal

drop

u) to Jet something fall

editor the most imporca nt person in a newspapcr office

elephant a vcry big grey an imal with a long nose and big ears

enormo

us very b ig

faithfully (

Your

s faithfully) you write Yours fa i

th f

ully at the

end

of

a

formalletter

fingers you have five fingers on each hand

fish fish live in ri vers and in

thesca

food

what

yo u

cat

gentleman am a n from an impor tant family

glass n) you drink tea from a cup; you drink water from a

glass

39

-------------------------------


24/33

ossary

h

eavy

it is d ifficult to carry heavy thin gs; 1,000 ki l

os

is vcr y

hcavy

himse lf (by

him

self) no body

was wit

h hi m

hip thc pl

ace

whcrc

yo ur

leg joi ns

yo

u r

bo

dy

holc an em

pty

space o r

opcnin

g in s

om

erh ing

horr

ible not nice; p

cop

lc are

ofr

en

afra

id of

h

o rr ibl

e th

ings

k

in

d nice, good ; a ki nd person often helps p

eo

ple

kn

ee

the

midd

le of your leg w here it bends

l

ady

a

wom

an from an import a

nt fa

mily

li

fe yo u r life stops when you d ie

lig

ht

ho use a

ta l

buildi ng by or in the sea, wirh a strong

li

ght;

the

li

g

ht

te

ll

s ship s rhat

there

are d

ange

ro us

rocks

like prep) no t different: a river is like the

sea,

beca use it is

mad e of

wa

te r

l

oudly

w ith a lo t

of

no ise

Ma jes ty (

He

r i

s/Yo

ur ) when you speak toa queen or a k ing,

yo u say ' Yo ur

Majcs

ty'

ma

rr

y ro t

ak

c som

cbo

dy as your husba

nd

o r

wif

c

mi rror a piece of spcc ia l glass ; you can see your facc in a mirr or

neck your

neck is bcrween y

our

head

and

y

our

bod y

n

ewsp

a per you read a news

papcr

ro know what is

hap

pe

nin

g in

th

e wo rld

n

ose

yo

ur nos

e is be

tw

e

en

yo

ur

eyes a

nd yo

ur mo

uth

pla

ce

w here

so

mething o r s

om eo

nc is (a

room

, a ho use, a

town

,

etc.)

pla y n) you go to the

th

ea tre to see a p l

ay

po

lice th e p olice hep

peo

ple; thcy al

so

put

bad

p

eop

le in p

rison

prese nt so mething th a t yo u g ive ro o r get fr o m som ebod y (e .g.

a b i

rthday

prese

nt

)

pr

i

so

n a building for b

ad

peoplc; they

mu

st sr

ay

rhere a

nd

ca nn

o t leave

40

Glossary

Queen (

th

e) the mos t i

mp

o rtant wo m

an

in Bri

tai

n

s

ad no

t happy

scr

eam

v)

ro

ma

ke a

loud

high

cry beca

u

se

you are

af

raid

or

ang

ry

sh

ake

hands (pa

st te

nse shoo k)

to

hold so mebod y's hand a nd

movc it

up

a nd d

ow

n as a g r

cct

ing

shopkeeper a

pcrso

n who has a small shop

si de

thc

pa

rt of so

mething tha t is not thc

top,

bo tto

m,

front

or

back

skin yo u ha ve sk in a l o ver your bo

dy

; p

coplc

ha ve d ifferenr

skin

colours

'

smell (

past

tense smel t ) yo u scc w i

th

your eyes;

you sme

ll wit h

your nose

step a p lace

to

p

ut

yo

ur foot

when

you go up

or

d ow n

stick n) a long

pi

ece o f

wood;

Me rrick wa lks with a srick

s trange diffcrent

s

tre

am a

sma

ll river

te

ars water

fr

om your

cycs

whe

n

yo

u cry

theat re a b uildin g wh

ere yo

u go to sce pl

ays

touch v) ro fee l

somcth

ing wi th your

han

d

ugly not bca

ur

ifu l

voice yo u ta lk w ith yo ur voice

41


25/33

The lephant

Man

CTIVITIES


26/33

ACTIVTTTES

Befare Reading

1

Read the story introduction on the first page of the book,

and the back

cover.

How much do

you

know now

about the

E

lephant Man?

Tick

one

box

for each sentence.

YES NO

1 P

eop

le l

aug

h

at

him .

o o

2

He is very old.

o o

3

Hi s moth

er

]oves him.

o o

4

P

eop

le

put

him

in

a cage, like an animal.

o o

5

Ch

ildren l

ik

e him.

o o

6

A

doctor wants

ro s

tudy

him .

o o

7

H is na me is ]oseph Merrick.

o

o

2

What is going

to happen

in

the

story? Can

you

gucss?

Tick

one

box

for each sentence.

YES NO

PERHAPS

1

The do ctor

helps th e Elepha11t

Man.

o o o

2

The Elepha11t

Ma11

kills somebody.

o o o

3

Th

e El

ep

ha

nt

Ma

n lives ro he a very

o ld man.

o o o

4 Th

e

Elephant

Ma n finds a

hom

e.

o o o

5

The

El

ephant Ma

fi11ds a wife.

o o o

6

Thc

El

ep

han t Ma11

make

s

some

friends.

o o

o

7

Somebody kills the Elephant Man.

o o o

44

ACTIV I

TIES

While Reading

Read Chapters l and 2, and answer

these

quest

ions.

What did

Dr

Treves see in the wi11d

ow

of the shop?

2

Who

did

Dr

Tr eves give twelve pence to?

3 How

did

Dr

Tr cvcs fcel when he saw the Eleph

ant Man?

4 Why

couldn

t

t

he Elephant Man walk

we

ll

?

5 How did Dr T reves and Me rri ck get ro the hosp ita l?

6 What did Dr Treves give Me rr ick?

Dr

Treves wrote about Merrick in

a little

book.

Use

the

se

wo rds

to co

mplete his sentences.

U

se

each

word once.

Then draw

a picture of the Elephant Man.

bag, big, enormous, fingers, hair, man s, nose, skin, tooth

His hea d is very

and

it l

ooks

like an

enormous

with

a l

ot

of

boo

ks in it.

2 T

he

re is not

mu

ch

11

his

head, an

d

the 11

his face can not

mo

ve.

3 An enor mous red omes out of his

mouth,

u11der

his

4

Th

e right

ar

m is

nd

the ri

ght hand

is like a

foot, but the of

the left

hand are long

and

beautifu l.

45


27/33

TIVITIES While Reading

Read

Chapters

3 and 4.

Choose

the best question-word

for

these questions, and then answer them.

Why

Who What

1 . . . did the

poli

ce b

rin

g

Merrick

to the hospital?

2 ... did

Mr

Carr Gomm write to

he

Times ncwspaper?

3 .. . did the readers of

he

Times do?

4 ... did Mcrr ick have a picture of?

5 ... did thc

nurse do when she saw Merrick?

6 ... did

Merrick

want

to

live

in

a lighthouse?

When the

police found

Merrick

(in Chapter 3), they asked

him

sorne questions.

Complete their

conversation. (Use as

many words as you Jike.)

PoucE: Now, Mr

Merrick. Where do

youlive, sir?

MERRICK :

Po u

cE : Do you ha

ve any

money, sir?

MERRIC

K

Po uCE:

Why

no t? Wh

at

happened to your money?

M ERRI

CK:

Po ucE: You can t s

tay

in prison. Where do

yo

u want ro go

now?

MERRICK

Po ucE: Why? Do you know somebody there?

MERR IC

K

POLICE Ah, 1see. A

ll

right, sir. L

et s go

and see him n

ow

.

46

ACTJVITJES While Reading

Before

you read Chapters 5,

6, and 7,

think

about

Merrick s

life. Is it go ing

to

be different now? Sorne of these things

are

going

to happen.

Can

you

guess which?

He never goes

ou t

.

He read

s a lot.

His mother visits him.

The Queen visits him.

He makes new friends.

He vis

it

s a lig

hth

ouse.

He

goes

toa

theatre.

A nu rse

wants to marry

him.

He is very happy.

He

gets ve ry ill.

Read Chapter

5. Who said or

wrote

this,

and to whom?

1 A b

eautifullady

smiled at me and

shook

my hand '

2 There

is

a

new

visitor

to

see you

today.

3 '1

often

read

about

you

in

the newspapers. '

4 'I m happy every hour of the da y'

5 1 do like visiting you very much .

6 It is th e best thing in rny

room,

the very be

st

...

Read Chapters 6 and 7.

Here

are sorne

untrue

sentences

about

them.

Change

them

into true sentences.

1

Merrick

often

went

out of

th

e hospital by himself.

2

Merrick thou

ght and played like aman.

3

Merrick wa

s very pleased with

the bad man

in the play.

4

Merrick

did

not

like stay

ing

in

the

co untry.

5

Me r

rick usually slept on his back.

6 Nobody was sorry when the Elephant

Man

died.

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1

AC T

I VIT I ES

fter

Reading

Can you

find

the

eleven words

from the story hidden

in this

word

search? Words go from left to right,

and

from

top

to

bottom.

N

V

F

I S H

K

w

D

p

u F L

o

D

o

e

T

o

R

R

G

H D T S D K

G

L

S D e

y

D

p

E u R F

E

V

o

J

F

I

N G E

R

S

Q

u H

K

T

E L R

1

S

z N w R A G

y p

E

w V T G G L M T F N

B

I R D S H M K

y

D

Q

E

y

J

Q

u

E E N

S

Now use ten of the words from the

word

search to

complete this passage.

J

oseph

Merrick,

the

Elephant Man,

lived in

the

Lond on

H e

was

a very

man

but

most

of

th

e

liked him. Alexandra was one o f his One

summcr he

staye

d in a ha use in

the

He saw

in a strea m, and talked to nda 'H e was very

h

appy there,' Treves

said.

48

2

T

IV ITI

fter eading

Here is a conversation

between

Dr Tr eves and the new

nurse

(see pages 17 and 18 ). The

conversatio

n is

in

the

wrong order. Write

it out

in

the

correct

arder

and put in the

speakers' names .

The

nurse speaks first (

number

2).

Y

es . I

sta

rted

wo

rk this

morni

ng .'

2 D r

Treves,

DrTreves Hel

p

'

3

1

dropped his food on the fl

oor

and ran out. I

was afra

i

d.

Is

he

very i ?'

4 Oh , do ctor,

there's

a

horribl

e crea tu re

in Mr

Mer

r

ick's

room '

5 What's

th

e matter, nurse? Why are

you

s

cr

e

aming?'

6

A

right, doctor. Thank you.'

7 T hat

's Mr Merrick,

nurse H e looks like t

hat.

W h

at

d id you do in

the

room?'

8 lt's got

an

eno rmous head with

an

ele ph ant's

too th in its mouth, and a

big

ho rri ble arm '

9 No, Mr

Me

rrick isn 't ill ,

but

he' s very ugly.

Now

sit clown and listen

tome,

nurse. Ts this your

rst da y here?'

10 '

What does thi

s

horrible

c

reatur

e lo

ok

like?'

11 We ll, don't be

afraid

of

Mr

M errick. He isn't

horri b le. H e's a nice, kind man. Now go back in that

room,

and

talk ro him. All right?'

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CTI

VITl ES: fter Reading

3 Here is a new illustr ation for the sto ry. Find the best place

in the story to put the picture , and answer these ques tions.

Th e pictur e goes

on

page _ _ .

Where is the Elepha

nt

M an goi

ng in

th

is

p ictu re?

2 W here was he befare this?

3 W hat happened to hi m w hen he arr ived?

Now wri

te

a

captio

n

for the

illust ration.

Caption:

50

CTIVITlES: After Reading

4 He re is a newspaper story about the Elephant Man. Use the

link ing word s bel

ow

to complete the story.

U

se sorne

of

the

w

ord

s

more

th

an onc

e.)

but

and because so when

Last night Joseph Me rri ck, the famous

E

lephant Man ,

d ied .

Merrick

did not ha ve an easy life. His mothcr gave

h im toa

ma

n called

Si

lc

ock

, _ _ Silcock

too

k hi m

from

town to t

ow

n, to make money. _ _ Silcock left him in

Bclgium, Mcrrick came back to England. He was not ill,

e co uld not work, _ _ the London Hosp ital gave

h im a h

ome

. T herc,

pcop

lc were kind to him for the first

time in his life, e had many frie

nd

s.

He

hada

very

ug

ly b

ody,

sa id his fr iend Dr Tr eves,

_ _ we all liked him h

ew

as a good , kind man

.

5 The Elephant M anis a true story. Which of these sentences

do yo u agree (A) or disagree (D ) with? Can you say wh y?

1 It is a vcry sad sto ry.

2 It is asad sto ry, but a ha ppy one too.

3 sep h Merrick s mo

th

er was abad woman, beca use she

gave her

so

n

to

Silcock.

4 Very ugly people, like j oseph M

err

ick, can ncvcr have a

happy life.

5 Doctors and hospita ls can do wonderful things n

ow,

so

peop le 1kcJoseph Merrick don t ha ve unhappy

Ji

ves.

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BOUTTH UTHOR

T im Vica ry is an experienced teacher a

nd

writer,

and

h

as

w

ri t

ten severa]

stor

ies for the Oxford B

oo

k

worm

s Library.

Many of these are in tbe T hriller Adventure series, such as

Whit

e D

ea

th

(at Stage

1

or like

Th e

l

ephant Man

in the

Tr

ue Stories series, such as The

Coldest

Pla ce on a

rth

a lso

at

Stagc 1), which tells

the

story

of

the race

betwe

en Scott and

Amundscn

to

thc Sou

th

Pole.

He

has also published

two

long

no vels,

The Bl

ood upon the Rose and

Cat

and Mou

se.

Tim

Vi cary has two children and keeps

dog

s, cats, and

ho rses. He livcs

and

works in

York

, in the north ofEng

la

nd .

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canlcannot, must - go g to future - sim ple gcrunds ...

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build

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there .

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a

time

I was hi s

friend,

but

n

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for long. When he carne to Pars, I came after him -

I wanred to watch hi m.

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wa s a very clever, very

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simple i(

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was writ

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in my d iary, Idec

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high

above the ground , but I ha ve

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go

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conrinuous-

used to - pasr perfcct

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. . .

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, it

was

m

ost

important

that no one should

see

Co

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Mary

,

or

Dic

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thc sccrct g

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gave orders

to

the gardeners

that

they mu

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keep away

from that part of the garden in future. The Secret Carden

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the wo

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again.

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he did, every honest

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wo

uld be proud

ro

repo

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th

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and

Mr Hyde

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continu

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would haue condicional elauses - modals pcr fect in fin it

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lf he had spokcn Estella s name, I wou ld have hit him . I was so

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pectations

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elauses

of

concession, con dirion

When l stepped up to rhe piano, l was confident. Ir was as if I

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STAGE

Ned Kelly: A True Story

CH Rl ST l NE LI

NDOP

Wh en he was a boy, he was poor and hungry. When he was a

young man, he was still poor and still hungry. He learnt how to

steal horses, he learnt how to ght , he

learn

t how to live- ou t side

the law. Australia in the 1870s was a

hard,

wild place. Rich people

had land , p

oor

peop le d id nt. So t hc rich got richcr, and rhe poo r

stayed poor.

Some say Ned Kelly was a bad man. Some say he was a good

man

but

thc l

aw

was

bad. This

is thc truc story of Australi

a s most

f

amo

us o utlaw .

BOOKWORMS F NT SY HORROR STAGE

The

On ega

Files

Short Stories

J

ENNIFER BASSETT

In EDI (the European

Department

of Intclligcnce Brussels)

rhere are some very secret

fil

es - the Omega Files. Th ere are

st range, surp rising, and sometimes horrible stories in these

fi

les,

but not many people know about them. You never read about

them in thc ncwspapers.

Hawk

er a

nd

Judc

know

a

ll

abo ut the

Om

ega Files, bccause

they work for ED I. Th ey think fast, thcy mov e fast, and they learn

somc very st range things. T hcy go all over thc wor ld, asking

difficult q uest ions in dangerous places, but they

don t

always find

rhe answcrs ...

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