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\nSCOTTISH BORDERS COUNCILJEDBURGH GRAMMAR SCHOOLHIGH STREET—JEDBURGHTD86DQ  \nPublished in association with The Basic Skills Agency  \nHodder &Stoughton  \nAcknowledgements  \nCover:Fred Van Deelen/The Organisation.  \nIllustrations:Mike Bell  \nOrders:please contact Bookpoint LId,39 Milton Park,Abingdon,Oxon OX144TD.Telephone:(44)  \n01235400414,Fax:(44)01235400454.Lines are open from 9.00-6.00,Monday to Saturday,with a  \n24 hour message answering service.Email address:orders@bookpoint.co.uk  \nBritish Library Cataloguing in Publication DataA catalogue record for this title is available from The British Library  \nISBN0340742682  \nFirst published 1999  \nImpression number 10987654321Year200420032002200120001999  \nCopyright ◎1999 Brandon Robshaw and Rochelle Scholar  \nAll rights reserved.No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by anymeans,electronic or mechanical,including photocopy,recording,or any information storage andretrieval system,without permission in writing from the publisher or under licence from the CopyrightLicensing Agency Limited.Further details of such licences (for reprographic reproduction)may beobtained from the Copyright Licensing Agency Limited,of 90 Tottenham Court Road,London WIP 9HE.  \nTypeset by Fakenham Photosetting Lid,Fakenham,Norfolk.  \nPrinted in Great Britain for Hodder &Stoughton Educational,a division of Hodder Headline Plc,338Euston Road,London NW13BH by Redwood Books,Trowbridge,Wiltshire.  \nPage  \n1 A Basket of Figs12 Early Life3 The Carpet4 Antony5 True Love116 The Messenger147 Antony Returns178 Disaster199 Antony Dies2110Together Again25Key Dates28  \n3  \n5  \n8  \n# 1 A Basket of Figs\n\nThe soldier took the man by the arm.'Stop.Where are you goingwith that basket?'  \nI am taking it to my Queen.''What's in it?'  \n'Figs,'said the man.He opened the basket.  \nHe brushed the green leaves aside.Black figs filled the basket.'All right-take themto your Queen,'said the soldier.  \nThe man climbed the stairsof Cleopatra's monument.He entered her room.It was filled  \nwith the heavy perfume of flowers.Cleopatra stood between her two maids.She stepped forward.  \nHer dark eyes fixed on the basket.'Is it in there?'  \n'Of course,my Queen.Be careful.'  \nCleopatra opened the basket.Between the green leavesand the black figsa snake was curled.  \nCleopatra told the man to leave.She turned to her maids.  \n'Bring me my robes and my crown.'Her maids dressed her in robes of silkand a crown of gold.  \nCleopatra took a sip of red wine.She opened the basketShe took out the snake.  \n'Hurry,snake.  \nI hear my lover Antony calling.'She pressed the snake to her arm.The snake bit her.She did not cry out.  \nShe hoped the poison would act quickly.  \nOctavian,the ruler of Rome,was on his way.  \nHe wanted to take her prisoner  \nand lead her back to Rome.  \nBut Cleopatra was one step ahead of him.  \nShe had always been one step ahead,  \nall her life.  \n# 2 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