0.1.the Man From Peru

 

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The Man from Peru It is 1870 1870 – in Parkg Parkgate ate,, a little little village village in in the north of Ireland. Ireland. The people people fr from om the village villa ge are are very very excite excited. d. They They know know that thee Man th Man from from Peru wan wants ts cat cats. s. He is coming com ing to to visit visit Parkg Parkgate ate.. All the the peopl peoplee comee with their com their cats. cats. Their Their cats are are very very fat. But where where is the Man Man from from Peru? Peru?

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Arthur McKeown comes from Northern Ireland. He works at the Ulster Business School in the University of Ulster. Arthur is marr married ied an and d has tw two o child childre ren. n. He li liv ves with his family in Belfast. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Richmond Publishing 19 Berghem Mews Blythe Road London W14 OHN © Arthur Arthur Mckeown, Mckeown, 1998 Published by Richmond Publishing® 1998 First published 1998  All rights ri ghts reserve rese rved. d. No part par t of this book may be reproduced, repro duced, stored stor ed in a retrieval system or transmitted transmitted in any form or by any means means,, electronic, electronic, mechanical, photocopying photocopying,, recording recording or otherwise, otherwise, without the prior   permiss  per mission ion of the publishers. publis hers. ISBN: 84-294-5383-0 84-294-5383-0 Printed in Spain by Cover Co ver Desi Design: gn: Blue Pig Design Cover Illustration: Cover Illustration: Richard Richard Adams Illustrations: Illustra tions: Richard Richard Adams

 

CHAPTER   ONE

In the Village

He is going to work in the fields.

It is early in the morning morning in Parkgate Parkgate.. Parkgate arkgate is a village in the north of Ireland. It is 1870 - a long time ago! The sun sun is out. out. The sky sky is blue blue.. Everything Everything is very very quiet. Everyone in the village is sleeping. Then the birds begin to sing. An old man leav leaves his house. house. He closes the door. door. He is wearing wearing gre g rey y trousers trousers and a green green coat. He is carrying carr ying a small small bag. He walks walks slowly slowly along the road. His little bro brown dog runs in fron frontt of him. He is going to work in the fields. 5

 

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She puts them in a bucket and begins to wash them.

Then a young woman comes out of her house. She is carrying carr ying some some clothes. clothes. She puts puts them them in a bucket and begins to wash them. 

Some minutes later more people come out of  their houses. houses. Some of them them go to to work work in the fields. It is another busy day in the village. 6

 

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She is carrying a walking stick in her left hand.

In the middle of the morning an old woman comes slowly slowly out of her house. house. She is wearing wearing a blue bl ue coat, coat, a bl black ack skirt skirt and and bro brown shoes. shoes. She has has got grey grey hair. hair. She is carr carrying ying a walking stick stick in her left hand. A young girl is with her. 

‘Oh,, eGran ‘Oh Gryou othe her  r  ,’ the girl you?’ ‘You must look wher where yandm oudmot walk. walk. Can I help ysays. ou?’‘You 7

 

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‘You are a good girl, Maria,’ ‘You Maria,’ the old woman woman sa says. ys. ‘I am not strong.You always help your old grandmother.’ Maria says nothing. ‘Your brother, ‘Your brother, Tom, is a bad boy, boy,’ Grandmother  says. sa ys. ‘He nev never helps me. me. He alw alwaays plays plays with his never er helps helps your  your  friend frie nd,, Paul. aul. He is lazy lazy . He nev father with the work work in the fields. fields. He nev never helps  your mother mot her with wit h the work in the hou house. se.’’ 

The young girl and the old woman go slowly to the centre of the village.They sit on some old chairs under a big green tree. 8

 

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‘Look, there’ there’ss a piece of paper on the tr tree. ee.T Tell me what it says says..’

Grandmothe Grandmo therr sa says ys nothing nothing.. She is tire tired. d. She close closess her ey eyes. Soon she she is sleeping sleeping.. Maria sits with her grandmother and looks at the people who are walking in the streets in the village. Then Grandmother opens her eyes. ‘Look,, Maria, ‘Look Maria,’’ Grand Grandmo moth ther er says says.. ‘Look ‘Look,, th ther ere’ e’ss a piece of paper on the tree.Tell me what it says.’

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CHAPTER   TWO

‘Peru needs cats’

She goes to the tree and looks at the paper.

Maria stands up. up. She goes goes to the tree tree and lo looks oks at the paper. paper. She reads it slowly slowly.. ‘Maria, what ‘Maria, what doe doess it say? say?’’ Gran Grandm dmot othe herr asks. asks. ‘I am old. My ey eyes are are bad. I hav haven’t en’t got my my glasses glasses here.. You go to school. here sch ool.Y You can read. So you m must ust read the paper for me.’ Maria takes the piece of paper.Then she comes back and sits down with her grandmother. ‘Grandmother, it is about a man from from Peru, Peru,’’ Maria says. ‘He is going to visi visitt our village next next week.’ ‘What is he going going to do do here?’ here?’ Grandmother  Grandmother  asks. 10

 

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‘He wants wants to buy buy cats,’ cats,’ Maria says. ‘He wants wants our  cats.’ ‘Cats, ‘Cat s, Maria, Maria, cats cats?’ ?’ Gr Gran andm dmot othe herr asks asks.. ‘Doe ‘Doess he want to buy our cats?’ ‘Yes, Grandmother ‘Yes, Grandmother,, he wants wants to buy our cats,’ cats,’ Maria answ answers. ‘He wants wants to give give us a lot of  money for them.’ Grandmother says nothing for a minute. ‘This is a big surprise.Why does he want our cats, Maria?’ Grandmo Grandmothe therr ask asks. s. ‘Look ‘Look at tthe he paper  paper  again.Tell me why he wants our cats.’ Maria looks at the the piece piece of paper paper again. again. She rreads eads it slowly.

The mice eat the food and run everywhere.

‘There is a big problem problem in Peru, Peru, Grandmother, Grandmother,’ Maria says. ‘Ther ‘Theree are a lot lot of mice. mice. Ther Theree are thousands of mice in every village.The mice eat the food and run everywhere. everywhere. It is a big prob problem. lem.’’ 11

 

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‘Peru? ‘P eru? Where Where is Peru?’ Grandmother Grandmother asks. ‘Peru is in South America,’ ‘Peru America,’ Maria answers. answers. ‘It is far  away from Ireland.’ ‘What can we do?’ do?’ Grandm Grandmother other asks. ‘How ‘How can can we help?’ ‘We can give our cats to the man from Peru,’ Maria says. ‘He is visiting ev every village in the country cou ntry.. He want wantss big, fat cats. cats.’ ‘Maria, we must help the people people in Pe Peru, ru,’’ Grandmother Grandm other says. says. ‘Mice don’t don’t like cats. The people in Peru can have our cats.’ ‘Yes, Grandm ‘Yes, Grandmother other,,’ Maria says. ‘W ‘Wee can get a lot of cats for the man from Peru.’ Two boys are in a house in the village.They are standing near the window. One boy is Tom. He is Maria’ Mar ia’ss brother brother.. The other  boy bo y is Paul. He is Tom’s om’s friend. fr iend. They are watching Maria and her grandmother. ‘Look, Paul!’ ‘Look, aul!’ Tom says. says. ‘Mar ‘Mar ia is telling telling Grandmother about the piece of paper!’ Paul laughs. Tom laughs too. The two boys boys are laughing.

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CHAPTER   THREE

Fat Cats

Grandmothe Grandmo therr is at home home.. It is six o’clo o’clock. ck. Maria is sitting near her. Maria’ss father, Maria’ father, Jack, ack, is with with his mother mother.. ‘Listen, Jack, Jack,’’ Grandmother Grandmother says. says. ‘You ‘You must must get all the cats in the village.Tell everyone to bring their  cats here next week.The man from Peru is going to pay us a lot of money for them.’ 14

 

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 Jack is sta standin ndingg unde underr the big gree green n tree in the cent centre re of the  village.

‘Yes, mother ‘Yes, mother,’ Jack Jack says. says. ‘Everyon ‘Everyonee in the village is talking about the news. It is very very exciting.’ exciting.’ It is eight o’clock o’clock in the eev vening. Jack Jack is standing standing under the big green tree in the centre of the village.. He is village is talking talking to two two of his his friends. friends. His friends are Pat and Harry. 15

 

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‘It is very exciting,’ exciting,’ Jack says. ‘W ‘Wee are all going to be rich.There are a lot of cats in our village.The man from Peru is going to give us a lot of money.’ ‘Yes, Jack, ‘Yes, ack,’ says says one of of the men. men. He is old old and and fat. His name is Pat. Pat. ‘You ‘You are right. I ha hav ve got a big black bl ack cat. cat. She is is very very good. good. She catc catches hes a m mous ousee every day.’ ‘My cat cat catc catches hes a lot of of mice, mice, too, too,’ sa says ys Harr Harry y. He is tall tall and and thin thin.. ‘My cat cat is whit whitee. He iiss small, small, but but he can run very fast. He catches catches tw two mice every every week.’ ‘I hav have a very very good cat, cat, too, too,’ Jack Jack says. says. ‘He is black black and white and and bro brown. wn. He catches catches a mouse ev every day - and sometimes two!’ ‘We must find all the cats in our village,’ ‘We village,’ Pat says. says. ‘We must get good cats for the man from Peru.’ ‘I am going to giv g ivee my my cat good food to eat, eat,’’ Jack says. ‘I want says. want him to be big and and fat next week. week. I’m going to give him a lot of milk.’ ‘I am going tto o giv g ivee my my cat a lot o off meat,’ meat,’ Harry Harr y says. sa ys. ‘I want want my my cat to be big big and fat, too. too.’ ‘Well, my cat ‘Well, cat is big aand nd fat,’ fat,’ Pat says. says. ‘But I’m I’m going to give her a lot of milk and a lot of meat to eat.’

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‘I’m going to give her a lot of milk and a lot of meat to eat.’

At nine o’clock in the evening they all go home. They are going to prepare for the man from Peru.

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CHAPTER   FOUR

Preparing for the Man from Peru

Pat gives his black cat a lot of milk. Harry gives his white cat a lot of meat.  Jack g ives his black and white whi te and brown cat a lot of milk and a lot of meat. All the cats are very happy.They purr and purr. It is Saturday morning.The weather is hot.The sky is blue. In every house in the village people are preparing their cats to go to Peru. Pat puts his his fat black cat into a little bag. bag. He begins to walk from his house to the village. 18

 

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Harr y puts his tall white cat Harry cat into an old box. box. He begins to walk along the road to the centre of the village.  Jack comes com es out of his house hou se in the vi villa llage. ge. He has his black and white and brown cat under his arm. The cat is heavy. heavy. Jack walks walks to the big green g reen tree. tree. A lot of people people are in tthe he village village.. Everyon Everyonee has a cat. Some people come in a pony and cart.

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Other people walk. One old man brings a cat and three kittens in a pram. He walks walks slowly slowly along the road road through through the village. Everyone meets in the middle of the village.The men and women women are are talking. talking. Grandmother Grandmother is sitting on a chair.The children laugh and play under the big green tree. The cats are hot inside the bags and boxes.They want to get out. Soon the village is full of people.They have a lot of cats. ‘We are going to be rich, ‘We r ich,’’ Pat says. says. ‘We ‘We have have got very good cats for the man from Peru.’ ‘You are ‘You are right, r ight, Pat,’ at,’ Harry Harr y says. says. ‘We ‘We are are going to to get a lot of money money for our cats. All the cats are are big and fat.’

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CHAPTER   FIVE

The Man from Peru

‘Where is the man from ‘Where from Peru?’ Peru?’ Pat says. says. ‘I hav have a lot of work to do in the fields.’ ‘I hav have work work to do, do, too, too,’ Harry Harr y says. says. ‘I don’t don’t ha hav ve time to stand in the sun.’ ‘Can I buy buy your your cats?’ cats?’ Jack asks. asks. ‘I know know I can get a lot more money for them from the man from Peru.’ 22

 

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Soon everyone in the village is busy buying and selling cats.

Soon everyone in the village is busy buying and selling cats. Ten minutes later, later, they stop buying buying and selling cats. Some people people hav have a lot of money money for their  cats. Other people hav have no money - but they they ha hav ve a lot of cats. 23

 

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Harry and Pat go to work in the fields.

‘Now I have ‘Now have got ten cats. cats. I am going to be a rich man,’’ Jack man, Jack says. says. ‘The man from from P Peru eru is going to give me a lot of money.’ Harry and Pat go to work in the fields. 24

 

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‘Look!’ ‘Loo k!’ one of the the little little girls girls calls. calls. ‘There ‘There he he is!’ Everyone looks down the road. Two men are coming along the road.They are in a pony pony and cart. cart. One man man is tall tall and and thin. thin. The other man is fat. ‘That’s the man from ‘That’s from Peru, Peru,’’ a little boy boy says. says. ‘He is here to buy our cats.’ The two men come into the village. ‘No,, it isn’t, ‘No isn’t,’’ a man says. says. ‘That’s ‘That’s not the m man an from from Peru. It is is Lord Lord North. North. He is going going hom homee from from town.’

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The two men are in the middle of the village. They get out of the cart. ‘What is happening happening here?’ here?’ Lord Lord North North asks. ‘Why ‘Why has everyone got cats?’ ‘We are waitin ‘We waiting g for the man from Per Peru, u,’’ Jack says. ‘He is coming to buy our cats.We give them a lot of food to eat every day.They are all big and fat now.The man from Peru is going to give us a lot of money.Then he is going to take them home to Peru to catch mice.’ But there is no man from Peru. Some people are happy.They go home with a lot of money in their hands. Other people are angry.They have not got any money.. But they hav money have a lot of cats which they do not want. They open the bags and boxes.The cats get out. They are happy to be in the sun. Two boys are standing quietly under the big green tree.They are next to Grandmother.They are watching and listening to the people with the cats. ‘Paul, ‘P aul, can we we tell them?’ them?’ Tom asks. ‘No,, Tom, we must not say anything ‘No anything,,’ Paul says. says.

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Next week the story is in all the newspapers.

The two boys walk slowly away from the centre of the village. Next week the story is in all the newspapers.The cats of Parkgat Parkgatee are famous. famous. Soon people people in every every town and village in Ireland are reading about the cats and the man from Peru.

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EXERCISES A

Comprehension

C omplete omplete the sen entence tence with the cor correct rect word( word(s s). 1 Parkg rkgate village is in ... a England. b Ireland. c A m erica.

2 M aria’ s bro b roth the er is ... a To m . b Jack. c Paul.

3 T he m an fro m Peru w ants ants to buy ... a m ice. b do gs. c cats.

4 Jack’ s cat is ... a black. b w hite. c black and w hite and and br b row n.

5 H arry gives ves hi his cat cat ... a a lo t o f m ilk. b a lot of m eat eat. c a lo t o f m ilk and a lo t o f m eat.

6 ...bu .b uys the cat cat fro m his tw o friends. a Jack b H arry c Pat

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7 Lo Lor rd N o rth com com es to Parkga arkgat te ... a by car. b in a pony po ny and ca cart. c by train.

8 Peo ple read abo ab o ut Parkgate arkgate ... a in the new new spaper papers s. b at school. c o n the tr tree in the village. age.

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Working with Language

1 W rite th the e op opp pos osite ite of ea each of the the word ords below low.. fat po o r happ ap py

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2 Com omp plete the senten tence ces s with th the e cor corrrect for form m of the verbs below. w o rk 1 2 3 4 5 6

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eat laugh augh

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Tom To m is lazy b be ecau cause he h e do d o es no t like to ...... Paul au l .....be .b ecau cause he he is happ ap py. M ary w ant ants to .....he .her gran grand dm o ther. Jack leave aves the vi village and .....to w o rk in th the elds. T he m ice .....th .the fo o d. H arry and and Pat .....their cat cats to Jack. ck.

Activities

1 G randm nd m o ther do es not no t unde under rstand w hy Tom Tom and Paul P aulare laugh aughi ing.T hey do d o no t w ant ant to explain.W rite a d di ialo gue gue betw bet w een G randm o ther and the tw tw o boy bo ys.

2 Jack arr arri ives ves ho m e w ith lo ts o f cats cats.W hat is he go goi ing to do w ith them ?W rite a par p aragr agrap aph h abo abo ut this.

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GLOSSARY  come out (v ) leave grandmother (n) the mother of your father or mother  lazy (adj ) a person who does not like hard work

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