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Learn English Through Story

Island for Sale

By Anne Collins

Level 1

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There are many islands in the sea near Scotland. This story is about one of these
islands. The name of the island is Lana.
Lana isn’t big, but it’s very beautiful. It’s very quiet, too. There are no houses
or roads or cars on Lana. But there’s a castle. The castle is very old.
A young Scotsman lives in the castle. The Scotsman’s name is Duncan
McTavish. Duncan lives in the castle with his dog, Jock.
Duncan is very happy on his island. He likes going for walks with Jock. He
likes swimming and fishing in his little boat.

There are many big rooms in Duncan’s castle. They have a lot of old things in
them — pictures and heavy tables, chairs and beds.
In winter the castle is very cold and dark. Duncan puts on a lot of electric lights
in all the rooms.
One Monday morning in April, Duncan gets a letter.
‘What’s this?’ he asks.
He opens the letter. It’s from the electricity company. Duncan reads,
Electricity from October to March: £5,000.
‘Oh,’ Duncan says. ‘I haven’t got £5,000. What can I do?’ He’s very unhappy.
‘I can do only one thing: sell my island and my castle.’
Duncan telephones a man in London. The man’s name is Mr. Moneybags. Mr.
Moneybags sells houses and castles.
‘I want to sell my island and my castle,’ Duncan says. ‘OK,’ Mr. Moneybags
says.
Two days later, he telephones Duncan.
‘Leaping Larry wants to buy your island,’ he says. ‘Leaping ... who?’ Duncan
asks.
‘Leaping Larry. You know - the famous American rock star. He wants to buy
your island for his girlfriend.’
‘A rock star,’ Duncan says. ‘Oh.’
‘He wants to see the island tomorrow afternoon,’ Mr. Moneybags says. ‘Is that
OK?’
‘Er ... yes,’ Duncan says. ‘Yes, of course.’

Leaping Larry and his girlfriend are coming to the island by helicopter. They’re
very late. Duncan and Jock wait a long time.
Then the helicopter arrives. A tall man with long dark hair gets down from it.
He’s about forty-five years old. There’s a girl with him. She’s about twenty and has
long yellow hair. There’s a small animal with her. The animal has long white hair.
‘Hi,’ the man says. ‘I’m Leaping Larry. And this is my girlfriend, Roxanne.’
‘Hi,’ Roxanne says. ‘This is my dog, Bobo.’
Larry looks at the castle.
‘Look at that old castle, Roxanne,’ he says. ‘Don’t you love it, honey?’
Roxanne doesn’t smile. It’s only an old castle.
Leaping Larry and Roxanne go into the castle. It’s very dark. Leaping Larry
can’t see. He falls down.
‘Where are the lights?’ he asks.
‘I’m sorry,’ Duncan says. ‘There isn’t any light. The company stopped my
electricity this morning.’
‘I want some hot food,’ Roxanne says.
‘I’m sorry,’ Duncan says, ‘but I can’t make hot food. I haven’t got any
electricity. But there is some cold food.’
‘Cold food!’ Roxanne says. ‘No, thank you! I’m going to bed. But first I want a
hot bath. And Bobo wants a bath, too.’
‘I’m very sorry,’ Duncan says. ‘But there’s no hot water.’
‘No lights! No food! No hot water!’ Roxanne says. ‘I don’t like this place!’
‘Now, honey ...’ Leaping Larry says.
‘Don’t call me “honey”!’ Roxanne says. ‘Let’s go, Bobo!’
Roxanne and Bobo go to bed. Larry and Duncan eat cold food and talk. Jock
watches them.
Suddenly Roxanne screams. Duncan, Larry and Jock run to her room. Roxanne
is in bed with Bobo.
‘Honey, what’s wrong?’ Larry asks.
‘There was a noise in the room,’ Roxanne says. ‘What was it?’
Duncan starts to smile.
‘Why are you smiling?’ Roxanne says. She’s very angry.
‘Look at Jock,’ Duncan says.
Jock is under the bed. He has a mouse in his mouth.
‘A mouse!’ Roxanne says. She screams again.

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