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The Ring

Bernard Smith

The Ring

BERNARD SMITH

Level 3

Series Editors: Andy Hopkins and Jocelyn Potter

Pearson Education Limited Edinburgh Gate, Harlow,

Essex CM20 2JE, England

and Associated Companies throughout the world.

ISBN: 978-1-4058-8202-6

First published 2008

This edition first published 2008

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Illustrations by Nick Harris

Typeset by Graphicraft Ltd, Hong Kong

Set in 11 /14pt Bembo

Printed in China

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Contents

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Introduction

Chapter 1

The Madman on the Beach

Chapter 2

Rafael’s Father and the Sharks

Chapter 3

Anita, the Shopkeeper’s Daughter

Chapter 4

The Soldier

Chapter 5

The Gold Ring

Chapter 6

The Night When Rafael Danced

Chapter 7

Two Visits

Chapter 8

The Young Princess

Chapter 9

The True Prince

Chapter 10 ‘The Ring of the Golden Fish’

Chapter 11 Rosa’s Promise

Chapter 12 A Terrible Secret

Chapter 13 In the Hospital

Chapter 14 The Murder

Chapter 15 The Truth, at Last

Activities

Introduction

The people in the village told me what they knew, Their stories were all true. Every word. My uncle, his wife, Rodrigo the shopkeeper – nobody lied to me. Nobody. Not even poor Clara, Rafael’s mother. And she was already dead when I went back to the village. Their stories were all true.

But they didn’t know what really happened.

Rafael is a poor, crazy man who lives in an old boat-house on the beach in a small fishing village. What happened to him all those years ago? One day Rafael was well; the next day he was completely mad.

The writer is a doctor. He tries to find out what happened to Rafael. What made him mad? What happened to the beautiful Anita, the girl that he loved? What happened to the soldier, the stranger who came to the village? The people of the village all try to help. They tell the doctor everything they know. But only Rafael knows what really happened that night. And Rafael is mad.