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Let's go and listen.” ‘They walk across the street and watch the man. A few people are There aren't a lot there isn’t much money in his hat - only three or four Pete and Carla listen to the flute player. The tune is Greensleeves and Carla sings it with him. ‘Then she puts a coin in the man’s hat. Pete pulls her arm. He's tired of the tune and he wants to go on. “Come on, he says. “Let's seo the shops in the next street.” “All right,” says Carla. ‘They walk away. The flute player watches them but his tune, Greensleeves, doesn’t stop. 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The shopkeeper doesn’t answer it for a minute, then he looks at the girl and she looks me © at him. They don’t speak but Carla understands: he is telling the girl, “Watch these students.” “Excuse me,” he says, and he goes through the curtain Pete is still looking at stamps. “Como and see these stamps, Carla,” he says. “They're from South America. I'd like to start a collection with them. But Carla doesn’t like the people in this shop. They aren’t very friendly, and she wants to look at some more of the city. “They are very expensive,” she says. “Let’s go, Pet ‘The girl watches them, and then she smiles. Pete and Carla go back into the crowds of tourists. Carla is happy outside the shop, but the sun is hot and Pete wants a drink, “Lot’s go to a café," he says. “There's one near tho Abbey.” He wanted the stamps from South America, but he says nothing ‘There are tables outside the café and Pete and Carla sit down at one of them. There are a lot of people in the café and the ‘waiter doesn’t come to their table for a minute or two, ‘an we go into the Abbey?” asks Carla. She knows he wanted the stamps, but they were very expensive. “Twant a drink first,” says Pete, “OK,” says Carla, and she smiles at him. Pete smiles at her, too. They are very happy together “Hey! I want you two!” Pete and Carla look up. It’s the old man from the shop. and he’s shouting at them. ‘What does he want?” says Pete. “[ don’t know,” says Carla, “but something is wrong.”“sut0o Tears },118e0p ayg doys Aur ur siom oy “Sov, ‘Aquo sem a1ou, -aqdoad samo Aue 1.taxam ara, -rodaaydoys .Sauaddey s,reqyy,, ‘ses oy uayy ‘amar » soy Jodaaydoys ar pue dteg pue PD sayy, 9H 9729 orp OF Jans arp BuOpR syEM uELUdDTIod V “YMSUB 7,USOOp UPL pjO oy, “olod sivs ,,,Y0M 80 sUOPNYs ox 968 NOA PICT, 4°00} "WL9T Pey, sjuapms ows yurp | yoo ysey Sursstur azoar surOD awog “OUT ISIY ou },UST I pur “Burssrur are surOD ur a]dood somo a1emp ax, -suToo ‘out 821 1,UpIp aM, ‘Weuaorod amp sqjay ayog , SutyyAue Trals .UPIP aAA,, «sduieys - uf} 18 Oo] oF pores aa,,, ‘des preg ,‘doys arp, UT 08 PIP OM, “syse oy gu []9) NOK Wes YM, “BD, pur ated ye Soo], weutoorfod ay, doys ayy ut you azam syuapnys omy ayy pue “Surssiut o18m Suto erqenjea awios yeu) es | doys ay) OJUT Yoeq quam | UAT, “euoYdoTs) oy] paromeue pue woos Youq eq 0} JUaM J, ‘sdvs odeaydoys ayy ,"doys Sur oyut ours syuspmys omy osou.,, / oY, tedooydoys omp sinoys ,,;w9Mp [PAIS PrP NoA,, “mou (afte sf ay ,,{8urKes nok are Ey, ; aied shes , Surméue TP1s 1,UPIP aM, “par pue OT] St 808 zap] “BEI sXes N gsttt09 sno [eays,, “weur plo op pure spusny omy ary ore WoT] Tew Se[quy ayy ye afdoad oy, :pesudms are ajog pute B10 «Aura [rays NOX pig jBursstu ae Aay,,, ‘SNOYs ay ,,{8U09 2 Aurore oro, “A8ue S108 St 9H “9Jv9 Omp 01 ssoIDe settion sodooydoys oq,“How do you know’ she does steal the coins. “No,” says the shopkeeper. “I looked in her bag and pockets today, and I looked in thom last wook. "You can look in my bag,” says Carla. “And you can look in my pockets,” says Pete. The shopkeeper is surprised. “Can I?” he says. “Please look... please look now,” says Carla, “We didn’t steal anything and we want you to know that.” She gives him her bag, asks the policeman, “Perhaps 10 The shopkeeper looks in their pockets and in Carla's bag. The people at the other tables watch him, Ts he going to find the coins?” they think. But he finds nothing. “What did we tell you?” says Pete. “[-I'm sorry,” says the shopkeeper. “I was wrong. But I don’t understand it. Where are the coins? No other people came into the shop.” In the end, he goes back to his shop. “He doesn’t look very happy,” Pete says to the policeman. “It’s easy to lose coins,” says the policeman, “They're only small things.” 1“unese wry sdoys uewoorfod omy ing Aeme uns 0} SIRI oy “ueMr amp Kes , iON, adeyd ainyy aq 0} sdes epreg q'sm109 ay} aaey NOK, “epeg Je syoo] ay “ueutaorod amp shes ,omuTUTe Uy, “sAvs oy 08 y),ueo—]- 1," uns 0} sjueM WeUL OU, «004 0} pads 1nq ‘Aeme yyea 07 Bu108 st sofeyd ony oy, ‘dogs roo pure dureys ap Jo / yovq op 0} uns ueTOTTOd uoY “UN s{j91 o1¢ “weumootod oxy sAvs erp st ueUE EEA, any ayy yy wet amp pay 0) Su108 a3,8q\,, -uwestod oy pur a7eq ST[®1 ays {UO euT0D,, ay) pur ajag *epres) | ze OME otf} MOU | — SUL 0} pauoddey yoyan,, ‘shes oys ,jMou Mowry [, a1eyp oy] Surjooy nos ore AYAA,, “BED, SE TPYAL,, “9¥) so BuIYOVEM st oIeg “suequietier ays oun, wy poserd of, ‘doys dueys pue moo ayy wwou JoARpd any omp stoquiaurar oys wo puy ‘sya os JIM AeAY | PIp aloy,, ‘soagaystiaaig Burceyd axe OY], “suaIst] EpED pue APjd oF sues oTsNUL OW, 0 shes ay « TYBI Te 8p, “weutaorfod amp ses ,.“mouy J, “weuraotod “Burpdue [e038 1.upIp oM,, vom e Burkerd st wom 40 8uQ “oISnUH Avpd 0} ouroo o[doed Sunos swog ayy 0) shes epeei “How did he do it?” Pete asks Carla. “It was the girl in the shop,” says Carla. “We looked at some stamps. Remember? The shopkeeper was on _ the phone. The girl took the coins then. “How did the flute player get the coins?” asks the policeman. “The girl dropped them out of the window,” says Carli “Didn’t people see her?” says Pete. “Yes, they saw her, But she dropped them into the flute player's hat with the other coins,” says Carla “They didn’t know the coins were valuable. ye] : Acar takes the flute player “The policeman gets the coins from the flute player. to the police station, and the girl in the shop goes with them, “Thank you,” the shopkeeper says to Carla “Those coins are valuable. Can I give you something?” Carla smiles. “Give Pete tho stamps from South America,” she says. “Then he can start his stamp collection! 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