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\nRetold byPieter Koster  \nLEVEL6  \nSeries Editor:Ken Methold  \nCompass  \nPublishing  \nClassic British Short Stories  \nRetold by Pieter Koster  \n◎2009 Compass Publishing  \nAll rights reserved.No part of this book may be reproducedstored ina retrieval system,or transmitted in any form by any means,electronic,mechanical,photocopying,recording,or otherwise,without priorpermission in writing from the publisher.  \nSeries Editor:Ken Methold  \nAcquisitions Editor:John Thomas  \nContent Editor:Stephen Taylor  \nCopy Editor:Kelli Ripati  \nCover Illustrator:Eric Freeburg  \nCover/lnterior Design:Design Plus  \nhttp://www.compasspub.com  \nemail:info@compasspub.com  \n456789101112-BA-2017201620152014  \nISBN:978-1-59966-334-0  \nPrinted in Korea  \nContents  \nThe Storyteller /Saki)  \nCHAPTER ① Railway Carriages………………………………………………………………………5  \nCHAPTER ② The Mouse ……………………………………………………………………………9  \nCHAPTER③ The Name-Day…………………………………………………………………………13  \nThe Secret Garden (GK Chesterton)  \nCHAPTER ② Dinner with the Chief of Police ………………………………………18  \nCHAPTER ② A Mysterious Murder…………………………………………………………22  \nCHAPTER ② A Discussion in the Drawing Room…………………………………………26  \nCHAPTER ④ Father Brown Answers Some Questions……………………………30  \nCrowley Castle (Elizabeth Gaskell)  \nCHAPTER ① The Residents of Crowley Castle…………………………………………34  \nCHAPTER ② Marriage,Property, Birth,and Death……………………………39  \nCHAPTER ③ Theresa Comes Home……………………………………………………………43  \nCHAPTER ④ Victorine's Secret…………………………………………………………………47  \nThe Bottle Imp (Robert Louis Stevenson)  \nCHAPTER ① Keawe Buys a Dangerous Bottle…………………………………………51  \nCHAPTER ② Keawe Marries a Beautiful Girl…………………………………………5  \nCHAPTER ② Kokua Makes a Brave Plan…………………………………………………59  \nMalachi's Cove (Anthony Trollope)  \nCHAPTER ① When Neighbors Quarrel …………………………………………………64  \nCHAPTER ② Gathering Seaweed in the Cove ………………………………………69  \nCHAPTER ② The Great Hole ……………………………………………………………………73  \nCHAPTER ④ The Big Kitchen………………………………………………………………………77  \nThe Man Who Would Be King (Rudyard Kipling)  \nCHAPTER ① The Plan…………………………………………………………………80  \nCHAPTER ② To Kafiristan and Back…………………………………………………85  \n③ Carnehan Tells How He Became a King…………………………………89  \nCHAPTER  \nCHAPTER ④ Kings, Gods,and Men………………………………………………………………9.3  \nCasting the Runes (M R James)  \nCHAPTER ① The Secretary Is Worried……………………………………………………97  \nCHAPTER ② Mr.Dunning Is Worried……………………………………………………………100  \nCHAPTER ③ Mr. Henry Harrington Is Worried………………………………………104  \nCHAPTER ④ Casting the Runes………………………………………………………………………108  \nAmy Foster (Joseph Conrad)  \nCHAPTER ① The Shipwreck………………………………………………………………………………………12  \n② At the Farm…………………………………………………………………………………116  \nCHAPTER  \nCHAPTER ② The Marriage……………………………………………………………………………………………120  \nNew Words ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………124  \nPlaylet……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………127  \nThe Storyteller  \nRailway Carriages  \n# Preview 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