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7.3 Finders keepers!

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Girls solve jigsaw puzzle and become rich!

One moming in December last year, schoolgirls Rachel Aumann and Maisie Balley were on their way to school when they saw lots 5 of pieces of paper on the ground. They picked up some pieces and looked at them: they were tiny pieces of banknotes, but where did they eonie from? Rachel and 10 Maisie noticed a bag in a rubbish bin - it had thousands of pieces of banknotes in it. The two 12-year-olds went to school and told their teachers, then, after school, they 15 took the bag to the police station and handed in the money.

The police kept the money for six

months. During Ihat timc no owner asked for it, so the police gave back 20 the money to the girls. For the next few months the girls, with RacheFs stepfather Peter, spent time every evening matching the numbers on the pieces, and they put together a 25 lot of the banknotes. They now have £1,200 in £10 notes, but they think there’s another £800 in the pieces of £5 and £20 notes. Whose money

was it? The girls have no idea, but

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30 theyTe happy that it belongs to them now! Rachel wants to keep her money for when she goes to university, but Maisie wants to go shopping right now!

1 Look at the headline. Discuss.

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1    What is a jigsaw puzzle?

2    What games and puzzles do you like?

Read the text. What was the jigsaw puzzle?

Find words in the text with these meanings.

1    smali parts of something {linę 5)

2    paper money (ilinę 8)

3    saw (ilinę 10)

4    mother’s husband {linę 22)

Read the text again. Put the events in the

correct order.

a The police returned the banknotes to the girls.

b They handed the banknotes in to the police.

c They noticed a bag in a bin, with thousands of banknotes in it.

d The girls now have £1,200.

e Rachel and Maisie were on their way to school.

f The girls matched the pieces of £10 notes.

5 Answer the questions with a few words only.

What did Rachel and Maisie see on the way to school?

pieces of banknotes

1    What was in the rubbish bin?

2    Who did the girls tell about the money?

3    Where did they take the banknotes?

4    How long did the police keep the money?

5    Why did the police give it back to the girls?

6    How did the girls put together the notes?

7    Whose money was it?

6 Look at Exs. 3-5 and put the strategies in the

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