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This is Rosie Doyle $he's a journalist and she lives in london.

One day she goes to her office What happens? Tick the boxes.

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'I can't use this stoi'y,

Rosie,' says the editor.

'It's old news Bring me

something new and

exciting, Bring me a BIG

story!' He looks at her.

'You're tired, Rosie lfake

the afternoon off Go and

see a film, or something.'

"A big story"! That's not easy to find,' Rosie thinks 'But a film? Yes, that's a good idea.'

But a man and a woman in front of her on the river bus are not interested in the city's buildings They are Americans il'hev talk and Rosie beeins to listen.

Rosie goes to the River Thames and waits for

the river bus It's a cold Februarv afternoon.

'Fifty thousand Euros, Ms Yardley,' the man says 'l want fifty thousand Euros to get it.' 'I don't knoq Lezardo-' MsYardley begins 'It's worth half a million,'Lezardo says 'Fifty thousand is nothing.'

Rosie gcles ¿rller the wom¿Ill.

'Where's she going?' Rosie thinhs And who is she?'

Rosie goes to the house "'Julia Yarrdley"" shc reads 'She's an art dealer Art dealers buy and sell pictures Perhaps the man on the river bus is going to buy a picture' But why is that dangerous ?'

Suclclenly, thc wtltn¿ttl sttlps itttd lool's

b a c l < S h c lo o k s a t R o s i c f o r a s e c o n d o r two, then goes into a house.

T h a t o l d w o m a n c a n ' t s e e it , b u t t h a t b o y ' s m o n e y f r o m h e r b a f

' W h a t ' s t h e t o d a y ? '' E n f l a n d a r e p l a y i n g F r a n c e a t f o o t b a l l t h i s e v e n i n g '

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Very quietly, he goes upstairs.

He sees a door in front of him.

'That's Valmy's bedroom,' Lezardo thinks.

He goes into the room Valmy is in bed, asleep.

'Get up, old man!' Lezardo says.

'Who - who are you?' Valmy asks.

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Two nights later, on a mountain

in Switzerland, Roger Lezardo skis across the snow It is aiter midnight In front of him is a big chateau.

Valmy sees the gun in Lezardo's hand.

'Get the drawing, Valmy,'Lezardo says.

'It doesn't matter,' Lezardo says 'Get it!' Valmy gets a paper from the safe - a paper with a drawing on it.

In Valmy's bcdroom, Lczardo tahes

the paper fiom the old m¿rn Then

he ties him to a chair.

He looks at the drawing and laughs A million Euros for this littf e drawing?' he says 'You art collectors art: cra,¿y.'

In a diffcrent room, a

man gets out of bcd.

He is Hans, Pierre

Valmy's servant.

'What's that noise?' he

says 'Who's talhing?

Is it Monsicur Valmy?'

Lczardo leaves thc chateau with the drawing in his bag.

Hans finds Monsieur Valmy.

'Go after him!'Valmy shouts.

'Take the snowmobilc!' 'Yes, monsieur,' s¿iys ll¿rns.

And you call the policc,

m o n s i c u r '

Hans quickly gets thc snowmobile and goes after Lezardo Lczardo

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Lezardo sccs some trccs

in front ol him.

' W a i t ! ' he thinlis 'I c¿ur

g e t through there!'

The snowmobile is gctting nearer and nearer.

'What c¿rn I clo?'Lczarclo thinks.

Ilosie is eating brcahf¿rst in her London home.

Shc is w¿rtchins thc news on'l'V.

"fhe owner ol'the chateau is Pierre Vrrlmy.'

It crashes into the trees.

and l,ezardo escapes.

Pierre Vulrny is talking on the lfV now.

'The thief has the Pic¿rsscr drawing,' hc says 'But what can he do with it?'

'I know,' Rosie says excitedly 'He can give il

to Julial Yardlcy in Vcnicc tomorrow at lwo o'clock Ancl get fifty thousand Huros! 'l'lrt'

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f Valmy ftrÑftll knows about Julia Yardley, Venice and the fifty thousand Euros

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h Rosie wants t0 É0 to the police before Ei![ she gets her" big story

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F'irst Lezardo leaves the bridge Then, when Julia Yardley begins to walk away, Rosie follows her.

Some minutes later, |ulia Yardley

arrives at the Rialto Bridge.

"l'hcre she is!'Rosie thinks 'llut

whcre's the man?'

Lezardo isn't fhr away He's watching Rosie.

'Why is that woman watching Julia Yardley?'he thinks 'Docs she know something?'

Rosie suddenly sees the man from the river

bus He's meeting Julia Yardley on the bridge.

Lezardo givcs Julia Yardley a package.

'Is that the Picasso drawing?' Rosic thinks.

Rosie follows |ulia Yardley to a big hotel |ulia goes in but Rosie waits in thc street.

' N o w I can phonc thc policc,' shc s¿r\¡s.

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lJul l,czardo is behind Rosie

now ¿rncl hc grabs her phone.

' N o , y o n don't!' hc says.

'Wha1-?' Rosie begins.

From the hotcl, julia Yardlcy sces Roger Lcz¿rrdo with Rosic in the street.

Lez¿rrclo has llosie's ¿rrm in his h¿ind and she c¿rn't csc¿lpe

'What's happening?' shc thinks 'Wait!

I know that young wom¿rn's face?' Shc goes out of the hotel again.

'Leave her with me,' Lczarclo says Ancl he smiles nastily.

Now |ulia is with Lez¿rdo

ancl llosie Lez¿trclo pushes

Rosie into a darrli alley

oppositc thc hotel fulia

follows them.

' l ) o I hnow you?'Julia a s k s

Rosie, and shc looks into

Rosie's f ¿rcc Ah, yes Now I

remembcr! Outside my

London officc, on Monday!

Who arc you?'

A a a g h ! M y a r m ! Y t r u ' r c

h u r l i n g n r c ! ' R o s i e c r i e s

' O K , OK!My name's Rosie

Doyle I - I'm a journttlist.'

Five minutes later Rosie sees Julia Yardley on a hotel balcony Julia picks up a black book from the table and goes into her room.

'She's phoning Now we

go in,' Lezardo says And don't run away!

Remember the gun in

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'What are you going to do?'

fulia asks She is frightened.

Lezardo is a dangerous man.

'Don't ask questions,' Lezardo

tells her 'Phone your collector.

I want mv monev soon.'

'Tomorrow' fulia tells him.

And she goes into the hotel.

Lezardo gives some money to the man at the hotel desk.

'Well, Salvatore?' he says.

'She is in her room,'the man at the desk tells him And now she's making a phone call.'

'Right Who's she phoning?' Lezardo asks.

'Wait a minute,' Salvatore says, and he picks up the phone on his desk and listens.

Lezardo and Rosie wait in the alley Lezardo

watches one of the windows in the hotel.

'What are we waiting for?'Rosie asks.

'For Yardley to phone somebody,' Lezardo answers.

'Giovanni Piano,' Salvatore says

to Lezardo quietly.

Lezardo smiles 'So she's selling 1o him - one of the most imporl,anl collectors in Italy I know hinr.'

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'Giovanni Piano is crazy about collecting,' Lezardo says 'He buys important paintings and drawings, ancl he asks no questions.' 'What are you going to do?' Rosie asks.

H e la u g h s 'l ' m g o i n g to g e t back that Pic¿rsso drawing,'

he says "l'hen I'm going to

s e l l it t o G i o v a n n i P i a n o a n d get half a million Euros, not

Lczardo tells Rosie.

Rosie looks at his gun and ties Julia to the bcd.

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Use the words from Activity 1 to complete the sentences.

Some minutes later, thc young ll¿rn arrives

at room 301 with the hotel managcr.

After Lezardo leaves Rosic tries

to move her arms and legs.

' P e r h a p s I c a n g e t o u t on

to the balcony,' she thinks.

She begins to move her chair.

The young man unties Rosie and the hotel manager unties ]ulia.

' M y name is Bernardo,'the young man tells Rosie Are you

o K ? '

' Y e s , I ' m O K , ' s h e says T h e n s h e tells the hotel manager, 'Phone the police!Tell them, "Go to the Café Antonella".'

A young man sees the newspaper, then he looks up and sees Rosie.

He runs to the hotel.

Rosie tells Bernardo and the hotel manugt'r

a b o u t th e P i c a s s o d r a w i n g a n d C i o v ¿ t n l r i l ' i ¿ r r r o The hotel manager phones the polit'c.

-Suddenly, the two men see

a police boat on thc canal ' l ' h e n Lezardo s e e s R o s i c i n llcrnardo's boat He gets

up quickly.

'You!' ¿r policeman shouts at l,ezardo 'Stop!'

l l u t L e z a r d o r u n s t o llcrnardo's boat.

'Whcl are you?' he ashs Lezardo.

' Where's Signora Yardley?' 'Forget Signora Yardley,' Lezardo tells him 'Here's the drawing.'

Now Rosie is in the water by the gondola Bernardo's boat crashes into a bridge and starts to sink.

Lezardo falls into the water.

The police get Rosie out of the water first Then they get Lezardo 'Have you got the Picasso drawing?' Rosie asks a policeman.

'Yes, thanks to you,' he says.

The police take Rosie back to the hotel Bernardo is waiting for her.

'Well, I've got my big story,'Rosie says 'That's going to the editor of The Recordtonight!'

Are you a journalist?' Bernardo asks.

'Yes,'Rosie savs.

'Er * can you stay in Venice for

a day or two more, Rosie?' Bernardo asks.

Rosie looks at him 'He's nice,' she thinks And I can send my story to the editor from here

by email.'

'Yes, perhaps I can,'she says, and she smiles.

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Lezardo gets onto Bernardo's boat.

He knocks Bernardo into the canal.

Now Lezardo drives the boat away - fast!

Lezardo tries to get away from the police It is not

easy with gondolas and more boats on the canal.

Suddenly, there's a gondola in front of them, the boat turns

quickly, and Rosie falls into the water! She swims to the gondola.

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swim to go through the water

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2 Use the words from Activity I to complete the sentences

Complete the descniption of the picture by Picasso with the words in the box

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inthe foregrounil onthe left on the right

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