بوابة الثانوية العامة المصرية - called to the rescue أولي ثانوي Mr. Nasser Abulazm

Called to the rescue

( A young man was sleeping in his room nearby a river when something strange happened . He heard a voice calling him to go down to the river at about 12 pm )

The voice : Go down to the ferry. Go down to the ferry

The young man: Ferry? How? After midnight? It only works from Sunrise till sunset

( He went to sleep again )

The voice: Go down to the ferry. The boatman waits!!

The young man: How?! Its midnight now. It's just an imaginary voice.

Wiats!! I can't sleep. Why don't I go to the ferry?Oh, what a foolishness !

The boatman: Come quickly! I have waited nearly an hour for you .

The young man: It seems that the ferryman had received his orders, too.

( After crossing the river, he heard the voice ordering him to go to Exeter )

The young man : How can I go to this town ? It's about 8 or 10 miles from Exmouth.

Second Scene

( It was early. He felt hungry, so he decided to have

his breakfast in the hotel then return to Exmouth in the same train )

The young man : Why are there a lot of people ?

The waiter : I apologize for the delay. They are

waiting for their cases in the law courts.

The young man: Courts !! here?

The waiter: Yes, there are a lot of strange and

interesting cases.

The young man: I'm keen on seeing that! I'll go to the Court to see

Third Scene

( In the court )

The Judge : From what the witnesses said, It seemed certain that you killed the person.

The prisoner: It is impossible to do that because

On the day and at the hour when it happened, I was sent to mend a window at Mr. G-`s house at M - .

The Judge: How to prove that ?

The prisoner: There is only one person who can prove I was with him

The Judge: Who is he ? or you are the criminal.

The prisoner: I don't know his address,but there is

A special reason that makes him remember me!!

The young man: ( to himself ) Yes, this is the person I met at Mr. G -`s house.

The young man : ( to the Judge ) I have a number of events . It may clear some facts.

The Judge : Are they very important facts

The young man : Yes sure.

The judge : Well. Say.

The young man : Once , I went to my friend Mr. G. but I didn't find him . I waited him in the library. There was a carpenter mending a window. I talked to him.

The judge : Then?

The young man : I asked that man to give me his pencile to write something in my diary.

The Judge : And then ?

The young man: Luckily, I wrote the date and the time on that paper.

The judge : You saved this innocent man.

The prisoner: Thanks God. Thanks God.

The Judge : The prisoner was found not guilty and set free.

Prepared by:

Mr. Nasser Abul-azm

Teacher of English

Hosni Mubarak secondary school For Boys

Cairo Governorate
Hadayek El-kobba

2008 / 2009