UNIT 3 – CREEPY STORIES

SLIDES INTERMEDIATE - UNIT 3 – CREEPY STORIES - EXERCISE KEYS
ACTIVATION 1 p. 17: Student's activity
ACTIVATION 2 p. 17: Student's activity
Ex 3 p. 19: Student's activity.
Ex 4 p. 19: A 5 first picture; B 8; C 1 fourth picture; D 3; E 2 fifth picture; F 7; G 4 third picture; H 6 second picture.
Ex 5 p. 19: 1 g; 2 f; 3 a; 4 c; 5 e; 6 h; 7 d; 8 b.
Ex 6 p. 19: 1. She felt excited because the new house looked pretty and cosy. 2. She had chosen a room at the back of
the house. 3. The girl's room got very cold even if it was the middle of summer. 4. She heard something move in the
wardrobe. 5. She found her wardrobe with the doors wide open even though she had shut them. It was as if someone
had flung her clothes off the coat hangers. 6. She heard a huge banging sound coming from her wardrobe. 7. She
screamed, then she leapt from her bed and ran out of the room. 8. Her Dad. 9. She moved into a bedroom at the front of
the house.
Ex 7 p. 19: Student's activity.
Ex 8 p. 19: Story 1: 1, 7, 5, 6, 2, 3, 8, 4. Story 2: 1, 3, 7, 4, 6, 8, 2, 5.
Transcript
Story 1: Max went to the cinema one evening and sat in an almost empty row. After a few minutes
a man entered his row and pushed past him mumbling and spluttering. It was most unpleasant as Max felt spots of
liquid like spit fall all over him and the constant mumbling "Abbey Hill, Abbey Hill".
The film began but the man near him continued to mumble and was truly restless. Suddenly he got up and stumbled out
spitting and mumbling in the same way as before. During the interval there was a news announcement about a murder
that had just taken place in the town at Abbey Hill. 'Abbey Hill' thought Max, 'that's what the man kept mumbling. My
God! He must be the murderer!'
Max rushed out and ran to the nearest police station to tell them what had happened. "Oh no Sir" replied the policeman
"we're not looking for the murderer. We've got the murderer. It's the body that's missing".
Max turned slowly round towards a mirror and saw there were spots of blood all over his clothes.
Story 2: A couple were returning home late one night when they completely lost their way. They were in the middle of
the countryside and it was very dark. The husband had seen a light through the trees and they found a sweet cottage in a
clearing. An old man and his wife met the couple at the door. They were in nightclothes and were obviously about to go
to bed, but they welcomed the travellers and offered them a room for the night. The old woman bustled about making
tea and offering freshly-baked cakes. The husband wanted to pay the old couple for their lodgings, but the old lady
shook her head and the old man refused any payment saying it was a pleasure to help them.
Next morning the travellers awoke early and tiptoed out of the house, leaving a shiny £20 note in the centre of the
kitchen table. The old man had given them directions the evening before and now they travelled on stopping for
breakfast at the first village they came to.
The husband mentioned the nice old couple to the owner of the restaurant and the man turned pale.
"You must be mistaken," said the restaurant owner. "That house was destroyed three years ago by a fire that killed the
O'Leary family.”
"I don't believe it," the husband said flatly.
"Mr. and Mrs. O'Leary were alive and well last night."
After debating for a few more minutes, the couple and the restaurant owner drove back out of town towards the cottage.
They turned into the lane, and found a burned out shell of a house.
"I must have missed the track," said the husband. And then his wife gave a terrified scream and fainted into his arms. As
he caught her, the husband looked into the ruin and saw a burnt table with a shiny £20 note lying in the centre.
Ex 9 p. 19: Student's activity.
Ex 10 p. 20: 1 e, 2 d, 3 b, 4 c, 5 a, 6 f.
Ex 11 p. 20: They had sent invitations cards. They had cleaned the house. They hadn't bought the decorations. They had
done the shopping. They had contacted the disc jockey. They hadn't made long drinks. They had baked the cake. They
hadn't chosen their weird costumes.
Ex 12 p. 20: 2. Jen went to bed early that night because she had worked all day. 3. The husband got lost because he had
forgotten his map at home. 4. When they arrived at the station, the train had left. 5. The wife fainted because she had
seen the new £20 note on the burned table. 6. My dad retired after he had worked for that company for thirty years.
Ex 13 p. 20: 1. received 2. had found 3. realized 4. was 5. lived 6. had come 7. had broken 8. arrived 9. had hidden 10.
realized 11. was 12. stabbed 13. had run 14. arrested 15. had told
Ex 14 p. 21: 1. The young girl fainted after seeing a ghost. 2. They had never been frightened of ghosts before living in
that house. 3. My mother screamed after seeing a spider. 4. I went to bed early last night after eating my supper. 5.
Before buying the new computer he had made sure he had the money. 6. We had tried to do the exercise by ourselves
before asking the teacher for help.
Ex 15 p. 21: a suspect / to suspect - an insult / to insult - a protest / to protest - a rebel / to rebel - a project / to project research / to research - an object / to object - a contract / to contract - a permit / to permit -produce / to produce
Ex 16 p. 21: a: a haunted house b: a vampire c: a graveyard d: a witch e: a werewolf f: a ghost g: a coffin
h: a
skeleton i: a creaking door
Ex 17 p. 21: 1. church graveyard 2. lucky 3. tapping 4. door creaking 5. vampires / haunted houses 6. terror door 7.
scream
Transcript - It was a dark and stormy night. Jeff had just come home and his bones were so cold that he decided to sit
by the fireplace to warm up. He closed the door to the large living room of the huge house he had just bought. It was an
old house, in a quiet, secluded area, not far from the church graveyard. He had paid such a small price for it. Jeff still
couldn't believe how lucky he had been. He took up a book to read while he was sipping his hot coffee. He had just
started to get into his book when he heard a tapping sound from the upper floor. Jeff brushed it off quickly, old houses
always make sounds like that in films. He went back to his book, but the sound started again, it seemed to be moving
across the room upstairs. Perhaps mice, thought Jeff. Then Jeff heard what sounded like a door creaking upstairs. He
tried to pass it off as his imagination running wild, but the footsteps started to sound like they were coming down the
stairs.
Thump, thump, thump, louder and louder. Jeff had put the book down now, feeling the chill run down his spine. What if
it's a ghost, he thought, or worse... He remembered the tales about vampires or haunted houses that he had read when he
was a little boy. He heard the footsteps finally coming towards the door. Thump, thump, thump... He stared at the door,
his fear increasing. Thump, thump, thump... the fire suddenly went out. The door handle started to turn, Jeff was stuck
in his place by terror. Slowly, the door creaked open, until a blinding light filled the room. A blood-curdling scream
arose from Jeff...
Ex 18 p. 21: Student’s activity
Ex 19 p. 22: Open answer. NOTE: Roald Dahl, born in Wales of Norwegian parents in 1916, was one of the most
popular writers of children's stories in the 20th century. His collections of short stories have been translated into many
languages and have been best-sellers all over the world. Among his works are Someone Like You, Sweet Mystery Of
Life, Kiss Kiss, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and James and the Giant Peach. Dahl wrote TV series like Tales of
the Unexpected and the novel My Uncle Oswald. His books are mostly fantasy, and full of imagination. They are always
a little cruel, but never without humour - a thrilling mixture of the grotesque and comic. A frequent motif is that people
are not what they appear to be. The landlady in the story The Landlady, for example, is not a friendly woman, but a
clever murderess who stuffs her victims.
Ex 20 p. 22: 1. positive 2. edge 3. sipping 4. puzzling 5. stared 6. patted 7. a trifle 8. blemish
Ex 21 p. 22: 1. Billy thought he had seen the name in a newspaper. 2. Billy thought he had been a school boy but the
Landlady said he was a university student. 3. She invited him to sit down next to her on the sofa in front of the fire. 4.
She offered him some tea. 5. She said Christopher Mulholland had really liked tea. 6. She said they were still staying on
the third floor. 7. He was seventeen. 8. He was the same age, but he was a bit shorter and his teeth were not as white as
Billy's. 9. No, he said they were not as good as they looked 10. He was older, he was twenty-eight, his body had no
defect and his skin was like a baby's.
Ex 22 p. 23: n. 1 Billy touches the unmoving dachshund. n. 2 Billy refuses a second cup of almond-tasting tea.
n. 3 Billy stares at the stuffed parrot. n. 4 The landlady’s visitors’ book. The other two pictures are not from the story.
Ex 23 p. 23: 1. F: he had taken another sip of his tea when the landlady had lapsed into silence. 2. T 3. F: he thought it
was alive. 4. T 5. F: Basil was a dog. 6. T 7. T 8. F: it tasted of bitter almonds. 9. T 10. F: she replied that Billy was her
only guest besides the other two young men.
Ex 24 p. 23: 1. The first suspicion is when Billy realises that the parrot in the window and the dog by the fireplace are
stuffed. 2. The tension increases when the landlady tells him that "I stuff all my pets myself when they pass away.” 3.
Another premonition arrives when the tea Billy is drinking has a faint odour and a slight taste of bitter almonds, a trait
present in the poison cyanide. 4. The landlady talks about intimate details of teeth and skin. 5. Tension reaches its
climax when the landlady uses the past tense speaking about Billy.
Ex 25 p. 23: Student's activity.
Ex 26 p. 23: Student's activity.
Ex 27 p. 24: 1. went 2. had died 3. had disappeared 4. had studied 5. decided 6. told / 7. had fought 8. capturing 9. had
decapitated 10. had committed
Ex 28 p. 24: 1.haunted house 2. witch 3. ghosts 4. coffin 5. skeleton 6. creaking door 7. werewolf 8. vampire
Ex 29 p. 24: 1. ghosts / haunted house 2. vampire 3. coffin 4. witch 5. creaking door 6. Werewolves 7. skeleton
Ex 30 p. 24: 1. After drinking 2. before entering 3. after seeing 4. before making
SLIDES INTERMEDIATE - PRACTICE BOOK - UNIT 3 – CREEPY STORIES
PB Ex 1 p. 13: 1 c; 2 e; 3 a; 4 f; 5 b; 6 d.
PB Ex 2 p. 13: 2. After the alarm clock had rung, I woke up. 3. After she had looked at her watch, she realised it was
late. 4. When I arrived at my office, I remembered it was Sunday. 5. After they had tried to phone Melanie, they
decided to send her a text message. 6. After we had parked our car, we went to the check-in desk. 7. After we had sat
down, we fastened our seat-belts. 8. After she had seen an advert in the newspaper, she phoned that travel agency.
PB Ex 3 p. 13: 1. had broken 2. reached / had already begun 3. I had taken 4. went / had already stopped 5. had made 6. had
already gone 7. knew / had met 8. got / had overslept
PB Ex 4 p. 14: 1. had seen / chose - When did they choose the winner? 2. ordered / had already - Why were you
surprised? 3. had heard - Who was frightened? What had he heard? 4. tried / had arrived - Who tried to get in touch with
Collie? When had George tried to get in touch with Collie? 5. had just taken / started - Who had just taken a medicine?
How did Louise start feeling after taking a medicine? 6. had left / arrived / didn't see them - Why didn't you see them?
7. had already given / got - Who had already given a quiz? What had already happened when I got into the classroom?
PB Ex 5 p. 14: 1. lived 2. looked 3. saw 4. was 5. rushed 6. was 7. had just got 8. said 9. has just phoned 10. died
PB Ex 6 p. 14: 1. running 2. had already heard 3. heard 4. are 5. said 6. is 7. will bring 8. had reached 9. stopped 10.
looked 11. was 12. was 13. has been / was 14. said 15. had asked 16. is 17. is 18. said 19. knew 20. thought 21. killed
PB Ex 7 p. 15: 1. flung off his clothes onto the floor. 2. weird 3. pretend 4. coat hangers 5. shake off the feeling 6. cosy
7. leapt 8. dozing off
PB Ex 8 p. 15: a 8; b 3; c 1; d 7; e 6; f 2; g 5; h 4.
PB Ex 9 p. 15: 1. skeletons 2. Witches 3. ghost 4. coffin 5. haunted / creaking door 6. vampire 7. werewolves
PB Ex 10 p. 15: 1. At first 2. Then 3. Next 4. After that / Later 5. finally 6. In the end
Miguel parlava poco inglese e sembrava non capire. All'inizio mi guardò, pensando. Poi guardò oltre me per controllare
l'auto. In seguito si fece da parte e mi fece entrare in un piccolo salotto dove una donna e il figlioletto erano seduti sul
divano. Più tardi / Dopo si aprì una porta e apparve una donna incinta, seguita da una donna più anziana. Si fermò e mi
guardò mentre Miguel finalmente spiegava alla famiglia. Alla fine annuì e mi disse: "Benvenuto. Si accomodi.”
PB Ex 11 p. 15: 1 b; 2 a; 3 d; 4 c.
1. First of all put two hands on the front of the machine at the top. Push back on the top so that the front legs of the
machine are lifted. 2. Then shake it a little. 3. After that gently bring the front legs of the machine back down to the
floor. 4. Finally your item should fall free; if it doesn’t, repeat the above.
PB Ex 12 p. 15: Suggestions: Save a wet cell phone: Get it out of the water as soon as possible. Remove the battery.
Remove your SIM card. Remove as much water as possible from your phone. Allow the phone to dry. Wait. Test your
phone. || Be a good son / daughter: Don't use bad language and talk back to your mom and dad. Try your best in school.
Be honest with your parents and don't lie to them. Be independent and take good care of yourself. Do as much
housework as you can when you're home. Love, help and be kind to your brothers or sisters. Don't be shy to show your
love to your parents. || Host and exchange student: Prepare a room for them. Learn about them before they come, for
example, through e-mail. Try to make them feel welcome, introduce them to your friends. Don't try and do too much.
Spend time with them.
PB Ex 13 p. 16: Monster House (2006) è un eccitante ed elettrizzante film di cartoni animati prodotto da Robert
Zemeckis e Steven Spielberg con un cast stellare di attori. I protagonisti sono tre bambini che devono risolvere un
mistero. Il dodicenne DJ Walters aveva iniziato a pensare che ci fosse qualcosa di strano nella casa del vecchio
Nebbercracker al di là della strada. Le cose continuavano a sparire nella casa cadente. Il giorno prima di Halloween DJ
e il suo amico Chowder incontrarono il signor Nebbercracker per caso dopo che il loro pallone da basket era entrato nel
suo giardino ed era misteriosamente scomparso all'interno della casa. Poi la casa cercò di inghiottire la loro nuova
amica Jenny, ma nessuno volle credere alle affermazioni dello spaventato trio che la casa era abitata da fantasmi. Alla
fine decisero di indagare. Si rivolsero per consigli a Skull, un pizzaiolo di vent'anni. Lui disse loro che l'unico modo per
far smettere la casa di inghiottire tutto ciò che era in vista era di colpire il suo cuore, che i bambini immaginavano fosse
una caldaia nel seminterrato. Usarono un aspirapolvere per spegnere la caldaia. Sfortunatamente il loro piano andò
terribilmente storto...
PB Ex 14 p. 16: 1. When Peter phoned to tell me he was moving to the USA, I wasn't surprised because I had expected
that decision for a long time. 2. He had come back from Spain two weeks before. 3. When the concert began, we had
been sitting in the sun for hours. 4. The next morning I told my mum about the cold I had felt, but she replied that my
dad had checked all the rooms before we moved in. 5. I had chosen a room at the back of the house because it was nice
and far away from
everybody else. 6. He couldn't deny that my room had become freezing cold. 7. I had just put out the light to go to sleep
and was dozing off, when I got the biggest fright of my entire life. 8. He had tried to get in touch with Sam when he
arrived in Edinburgh, but he had moved.
PB Ex 15 p. 16: 1. had been waiting 2. had been crying 3. had been drinking 4. had been playing 5. had been working /
had been standing
PB Ex 16 p. 17: 1. had invited / had already cooked / laid 2. had tried (tried) / had always been (was engaged) 3. had
visited 4. had just spoken / rang 5. had Meredith been cycling / decided 6. had left / started 7. had never seen 8. was he /
had been studying 9. had been looking 10. had solved / went
PB Ex 17 p. 17: 1. phial 2. Wan 3. soiled and ragged 4. manacles and rusty gyves 5. wrapper 6. divines 7. dashing 8. uttering
hollow groans 9. oak 10. whizzed 11. wing 12. Moonbeam
Traduzione del brano tratto da “The Canterville Ghost” di O. Wilde, p. 17: Poco tempo dopo Mister Otis venne però
risvegliato da un curioso rumore che proveniva dal corridoio, proprio davanti all'uscio di camera sua. Risuonava come
uno stridore di metallo che pareva farsi sempre più vicino ad ogni istante. Il ministro si alzò senza indugi, accese un
fiammifero e guardò l'orologio. Era l'una esatta. Si sentiva calmissimo, e si tastò il polso per accertarsi di non essere
febbricitante. Lo strano rumore continuava, accompagnato ora da un distinto strascicare di passi. Il ministro s'infilò le
pantofole, tolse dal cassetto del tavolino da notte una minuscola fiala di forma oblunga, e aprì la porta. Diritto davanti a
sé vide ergersi, nell'esangue luce lunare, un uomo dall'aspetto spaventoso. Aveva gli occhi rossi come due carboni
ardenti: lunghi capelli grigi gli ricadevano per le spalle in ciocche incolte, e le vesti, di foggia antica, erano tutte lacere e
imbrattate; dai polsi e dalle caviglie, infine, gli pendevano pesanti manette e ceppi arrugginiti.
"Egregio signore," incominciò Mister Otis "sono costretto a pregarla di oliare un po' come si deve quelle sue catene, e le
ho portato a questo scopo una bottiglietta di Lubrificante Solare Tammany. Me lo hanno garantito efficacissimo fin
dalla prima applicazione, e potrà leggere parecchie testimonianze AD HOC, riportate sul foglietto di propaganda, da
parte di alcuni tra i nostri più eminenti teologi. Glielo lascio qui per suo uso accanto alle candele della camera da letto, e
sarò felicissimo di fornirgliene dell'altro, qualora ne avesse bisogno".
Con queste parole, il ministro degli Stati Uniti posò la bottiglietta su un tavolo di marmo, chiuse la porta e si ritirò a
riposare.
Per un attimo il fantasma di Canterville rimase letteralmente paralizzato dallo sdegno; quindi, dopo aver gettato con
violenza la fiala sul lucido pavimento, svolazzò per il corridoio gemendo cupamente ed emanando una verde luce
spettrale. Proprio nel momento in cui giungeva al sommo della grande scalinata di quercia, ecco che un uscio si
spalancò lasciando intravvedere sulla soglia due figure biancovestite, e un grosso guanciale passò sibilando ad un pelo
della sua testa. Non c'era evidentemente tempo da perdere; perciò adottando in tutta fretta la quarta dimensione come
unica via di scampo, lo spettro svanì attraverso il rivestimento di legno della parete, restituendo alla casa quiete e
silenzio.
Come ebbe raggiunta una piccola stanza segreta, nell'ala sinistra del castello, si appoggiò a un raggio di luna onde riprendere
fiato e incominciò a riflettere sulla propria situazione. Mai, mai, nella sua brillante ed ininterrotta carriera tricentenaria, egli
era stato così grossolanamente insultato.
PB Ex 18 p. 18: 1. frightened 2. terrifying 3. horrifying 4. surprised 5. blood- curdling / spine- chilling
PB Ex 19 p. 18: 1. Friday, the 17th of August. 2. A large hat with a red feather, a white sheet frilled at the wrists and
neck, and a rusty dagger. 3. There was a violent storm of rain and the wind was high. 4. Washington Otis's room. 5.
Abject terror. 6. He wanted to place a cold hand on Mrs. Otis's forehead, while he hissed into her trembling husband's
ear the awful secrets of death. 7. At midnight. 8. He saw a ghost and ran back to his apartments. 9. Because he had
never seen a ghost before. 10. No, it was only a trick, that is a bed-curtain, a sweeping brush, and a hollow turnip.
Tapescript + traduzione
The ghost selected Friday, the 17th of August, for his next appearance, and spent most of that day in looking over his
wardrobe, ultimately deciding in favour of a large hat with a red feather, a white sheet frilled at the wrists and neck, and
a rusty dagger. Towards evening a violent storm of rain came on, and the wind was so high that all the windows and
doors in the old house shook and rattled.
In fact, it was just such weather as he loved. His plan of action was this. He was to make his way quietly to Washington
Otis's room, gibber at him from the foot of the bed, and stab himself three times in the throat to the sound of low music.
When he had reduced the youth to a condition of abject terror, he was then to proceed to the room occupied by the
United States Minister and his wife, and there to place a cold hand on Mrs. Otis's forehead, while he hissed into her
trembling husband's ear the awful secrets of death. As midnight sounded, he sallied forth. The owl beat against the
window panes, the raven croaked from the old yew-tree, and the wind wandered moaning round the house like a lost
soul; but the Otis family slept unconscious of their doom and high above the rain and storm he could hear the steady
snoring of the Minister for the United States. He stepped out of the wall with an evil smile on his cruel, wrinkled mouth.
On and on he glided, like an evil shadow, the very darkness seeming to loathe him as he passed. He went on, muttering
strange sixteenth century curses, and brandishing the rusty dagger in the midnight air. Finally he reached the corner of
the passage that led to luckless Washington's room. For a moment he paused there, the wind blowing his long grey
locks about his head, and twisting into grotesque and fantastic folds the nameless horror of the dead man's shroud. Then
the clock struck the quarter; and he felt the time was come. He chuckled to himself, and turned the corner; but no sooner
had he done so, than, with a piteous wail of terror, he fell back, and hid his blanched face in his long, bony hands. Right
in front of him was standing a horrible spectre, motionless as a carven image, and monstrous as a madman's dream.
Never having seen a ghost before, he naturally was terribly frightened, and, after a second hasty glance at the awful
phantom, he fled back to his room, tripping up in his long white sheet as he sped down the corridor, and finally
dropping the rusty dagger into the Minister's boots. Once in the privacy of his own apartment, he flung himself down on
a small pallet-bed, and hid his face under the cloths. Feeling braver next morning he determined to confront the visiting
phantom but to his horror and disgust when he reached the corridor all he found was a white bed-curtain, with a
sweeping brush, and a hollow turnip lying at his feet! The only sound was of two boys laughing...
Scelse il 17 di agosto, che cadeva di venerdì, per fare la sua comparsa, e passò quasi l'intera giornata a rivedere il
proprio guardaroba. Infine la sua scelta cadde su un grande cappello con la tesa all'ingiù ornato di una piuma rossa, di
un sudario arricciato ai polsi e al collo, e di una daga (pugnale) arrugginita. Verso sera scoppiò un violento temporale
accompagnato da pioggia, e il vento era così furibondo che tutte le porte e le finestre del vecchio castello tremavano con
gemiti e scricchiolii paurosi. Era un tempo infernale, proprio come piaceva a lui. Il suo piano d'azione era il seguente:
sarebbe entrato pian piano nella camera di Washington Otis, gli avrebbe borbottato parole sconnesse dai piedi del letto,
poi si sarebbe pugnalato per tre volte alla gola al suono di una musica in sordina. Dopo aver ridotto in uno stato di
indicibile terrore quel giovane incosciente e scapestrato, sarebbe passato nella stanza occupata dal ministro degli Stati
Uniti e da sua moglie, dove avrebbe posato sulla fronte della signora Otis una mano umidiccia, mentre avrebbe sibilato
nelle orecchie del suo tremebondo marito gli orrendi segreti della morte. Come scoccò la mezzanotte egli uscì dal suo
rifugio. Il gufo picchiava il suo becco adunco contro le vetrate, il corvo gracchiava appollaiato in cima all'antico tasso, il
vento errava gemendo attorno al castello come un'anima in pena, ma la famiglia Otis dormiva, inconsapevole della
propria sorte, e alto sopra i rumori della pioggia e della tempesta il fantasma poté distinguere il sonoro russare del
ministro degli Stati Uniti. Emerse cautamente dalla parete, con un sorriso malvagio sulla bocca avvizzita e crudele.
Avanti, avanti; egli procedette, scivolando silenzioso come un'ombra malefica, e la stessa tenebra parve inorridire al suo
passaggio. Avanzò borbottando strane maledizioni del sedicesimo secolo e brandendo la daga rugginosa nell'aria
notturna. Giunse infine all'angolo del corridoio che conduceva nella camera dello sfortunato Washington. Sostò per un
istante: il vento gli faceva svolazzare intorno al capo le lunghe ciocche grigie, e scompigliava in pieghe fantastiche,
grottesche, l'orrore senza nome del suo sudario. Quindi la pendola suonò il quarto ed egli comprese che l'ora era venuta.
Ridacchiò tra sé e svoltò l'angolo; ma subito cadde all'indietro con un gemito spaventoso di lamento e si nascose la
faccia sbiancata tra le mani lunghe e ossute. Proprio davanti a lui si ergeva uno spettro mostruoso, immobile come
un'immagine scolpita e allucinante come il sogno di un pazzo. Non avendo mai visto uno spettro in vita sua, era naturale
che il povero fantasma ne fosse terribilmente spaventato, e dopo un'altra fuggevole occhiata alla paurosa apparizione,
fuggì precipitosamente nella propria stanza, inciampando nel sudario mentre correva lungo il corridoio, e alla fine lasciò
cadere la spada negli stivaloni da caccia del ministro. Una volta al sicuro nel segreto del proprio appartamento, si lasciò
cadere sul letto, un modesto pagliericcio, e nascose la faccia sotto le coperte. Una volta ripreso coraggio la mattina
seguente, egli decise che sarebbe andato a parlamentare con l'altro fantasma in visita nella sua casa ma con suo grande
orrore e disgusto come fu giunto all'angolo del corridoio, tutto ciò che trovò fu una coperta da letto bianca con una
scopa e una zucca vuota ai piedi! L’unico suono che riuscì a sentire fu la risata dei due ragazzi…
PB Ex 20 p. 18: Student's activity
PB Ex 21 p. 18: Student's writing activity. Suggestion: There once was a little doll. The girl who owned it was easily
bored, so she took the doll and coloured all over her face. When the girl looked at the doll again, it looked sweet and
innocent no longer, it looked evil. She became so scared that she hid the doll in the trash can. Her mother found it and
took it back to her daughter. The girl cried because the toy looked so evil. Late that night the girl couldn’t get to sleep
because she was scared. She begged her parents to let her sleep with them, but they told her that she was silly. During
the night her father heard her scream. He rushed into her room and turned on the lights. On his daughter's neck there
were tiny wounds. It was only later that they noticed the blood on the doll's fingers.