| A journey to adventure |
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| Escape from the fire |
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| Chapter 1: Grandad |
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| Robert was excited. He was going to stay with his grandfather at the weekend. |
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| Lucy, his cousin, was going to stay too. |
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| She was the same age as Robert and they were good friends. |
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| While Robert was packing his bag, the telephone rang noisily. |
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| Robert answered it. It was Lucy. |
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| "I hope we have a great weekend," said Lucy. |
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| "So do I," said Robert. "It's always good fun at Grandad's." |
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| While Robert was travelling on the bus, he thought about Grandad. |
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| There were two things about him that Robert and Lucy really liked. |
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| First, he was very, very clever. He was an inventor |
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| He invented lots of things, but mostly he invented new kinds of mobile phones. |
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| The other thing they liked was that Grandad loved history. |
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| His house was full of history books. |
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| When Robert and Lucy came to stay, Grandad told them exciting stories from history. |
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| The cousins loved the stories because they were true. |
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| They loved Grandad's tales of explorers who used to sail across the oceans and travel across deserts to distant lands. |
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| Robert knocked on Grandad's door. Mrs Green, the maid, opened it. |
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| "Hello, Robert," she said. "Come in." |
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| "Hello, Mrs Green," Robert said. "How are you?" |
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| "I'm fine," said Mrs Green. She took his bag from him. "Your grandfather is in his study." |
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| Robert hurried into Grandad's study. "Hello, Grandad," he began. Then he stopped in surprise. |
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| Grandad was sitting in an armchair. There was a big bandage on his foot. |
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| Grandad, what happened?" Robert asked. |
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| "I've hurt my ankle," Grandad said. "The doctor says I mustn't walk on it for a few days." |
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| "Poor Grandad. Does it hurt? I'll help you and so will Lucy. Where is she? Has she arrived yet?" |
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| Grandad looked worried. "I'm not sure," he said. "I think she has disappeared." |
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| "Disappeared?" said Robert. "What do you mean?" |
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| Grandad leaned towards him and whispered, "I think she has travelled back in time." |
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| Chapter 2: The time-travel phones |
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| Robert looked at Grandad, amazed. "How could Lucy have travelled back in time?" he asked. |
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| Grandad showed him a mobile phone. "Look at this," he said. "This is not an ordinary phone. This is my newest invention." |
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| Robert thought the mobile phone looked ordinary. "What's special about it?" he asked |
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| "Do you promise not to tell anyone?" |
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| "Not even Lucy?" |
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| "Lucy knows already." |
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| "Not even Mum and Dad?" |
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| "I'll tell them soon." |
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| "Okay. So what does it do?" asked Robert. |
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| "With this mobile phone you can travel back in time." |
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| "Wow!" Robert exclaimed. " Can you really do that?" |
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| Grandad nodded proudly. "I've worked on this invention for two years," he said. "It's ready now." |
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| Robert's eyes widened. "How does it work?" |
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| "Let me show you. You put in the date you want to visit. Then you put in the place you want to visit. Then you put in the password, Adventure." |
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| "Did you tell Lucy this?" |
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| "Yes. And now one of the time-travel phones is missing." |
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| "How many time-travel phones have you made?" Robert asked. |
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| "Four,"Grandad shook his head. "I'm worried, Robert. I think Lucy has used the missing phone to travel back in time." |
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| "Wow!" Robert exclaimed. "Where do you think she has gone?" |
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| Listen 5 times |
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