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READING & WRITING

1 READING

a Answer the following question.
After reading “The Cat Among the Pigeons Part A”, can you guess
who the murderers are? Who are the cats among the pigeons?

b Now, read Part B of the detective story and find out who the
murderer is.

The Cat Among The Pigeons - B

1 Detective Hercule Poirot had to solve the
chain of crime at school. He believed that the
attacker was among the staff. According to his
research, the kidnapped princess wasn’t the real
princess. Fake princess ran away from the school
but, The real Princess Shaista was kidnapped a Springer's life
year ago before the summer term in Switzerland. while Miss.
Was the attacker Eileen Rich? Miss. Rich was in Springer was looking for the jewels in the gym.
Ramat at the time of revolution. Ann Shapland kidnapped Miss. Blanche because
Miss. Blanche knew that Shapland threatened
2 Detective Hercule Poirot asked Mrs. Upjohn Miss. Springer's life and that’s why Miss. Blanche
to return from her holiday for an interview. That was always trying to blackmail Ann Shapland.
day Mrs. Upjohn identified the attacker’s face This situation was disturbing Ann Shapland
among the staff’s photographs in Mrs. Bulstrode’s deeply.
room (Mrs. Upjohn had warned Miss. Bulstrode
about the same person before but Miss. Bulstrode 3 Shapland did nothing to Miss. Vansittart
wasn’t able to focus on the issue). The attacker although the way of crime was the same. Miss.
was Ann Shapland, Miss. Bulstrode’s secretary. Chadwick attacked Miss. Vansittart with a rabid
When Mrs. Bulstrode heard this, she began to squirrel in the gym because Miss. Vansittart was
glare at everybody in her room. Shapland was an searching for jewels in Shaista’s cupboard in the
gym when they met. In fact, she hated Miss.
agent of a foreign country but she was the member Vansittart. It was impossible for Miss. Chadwick
of the British Intelligence too. Everybody knew to accept her as a headmistress. Committing
her as a merciless and a cruel woman. She knew crime made Miss. Chadwick unhappy. The feeling
where the jewels were, because Ann Shapland of guilt began to annoy her, so she jumped forward
was the woman nextdoor to Bob Rawlinson. She to protect Mrs. Bulstrode from shooting. In truth,
saw while Bob Rawlinson was hiding Prince Ali Miss. Chadwick didn’t want Miss. Bulstrode to
Yusuf’s fortune in the luggage of his sister Mrs. retire. She said this to Miss. Bulstrode before
Joan Sutcliffe. That day, Ann Shapland wanted to fainting and passing away. Miss. Bulstrode didn’t
shoot Mrs. Sutcliffe. Miss. Bulstrode tried to keep retire. She explained that Miss. Rich was going
Mrs. Joan Sutcliffe safe from Shapland’s attack. to be the headmistress after her.
At that moment Miss. Chadwick wanted to 4 Detective Hercule Poirot found the family
defend Miss. Bulstrode but that time Shapland’s jewellery and he returned them to the English
attack caused Miss. Chadwick’s to faint on the woman. She was Prince Ali Yusuf’s wife to whom
ground in her room and Shapland locked her he got married secretly when he was a student.
in a room. Through Hercule Poirot research, it Prince Ali Yusuf’s wife gave an emerald to Julia
became clear that Ann Shapland threatened Miss. Upjohn for her good work.

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