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This book of 12 detective short-stories is the result of the E-

Twinning project:

“ Creative Writing”.

Three schools worked together in cooperation, two in Greece and

one in Reunion Island (France):

FRANCE - REUNION ISLAND

Collège Simon Lucas - Etang-Salé les Hauts

GREECE- PERDIKKAS, KOZANI

Highschool Perdikkas, Kozani

GREECE-LEFKOPIGI, KOZANI

Highschool Lefkopigi, Kozani

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FRANCE - REUNION ISLAND

Collège Simon Lucas - Etang-Salé les Hauts

English teacher: Mrs SEIGNOUR

Pupils:

CADET Marine

CELESTE Florian

DENIS Roméo

FERRERE Sasha

GENCE Ilhan

LAMOLY Chloé

LOSFELT Emma

LOSFELT Quentin

NOBLECOURT Thaïs

PAYET Myriam

PAYET THay-Chris

STAQUET Hugo

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GREECE- PERDIKKAS, KOZANI

Highschool of Perdikkas, Kozani- Greece

Teacher of Religion Education: Konstantinidou Sevasti

Pupils:

ARVANITAKIS Alexandros

BAXEVANI Louloudia

FILKAS Michael

KOTTI Ioanna

MITKAS Christos

MOKANOU Alberto Stefan

PAPAGRIGORIOU Xanthippi

TRAIANOS Perdikkas

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GREECE- LEFKOPIGI, KOZANI

Highschool of Lefkopigi, Kozani- Greece

Literatur Teacher: Moschou Vassiliki

Pupils:

GAKI Sophia

ETSIROGLOU Christina

ZABAKA Irene

ZABAKAS Raphael

ZERVAS Ioannis

KALABOUKAS Vaggelis

KONTOS Grigoris

MASTORAS Dimitrios

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

STORY 1 - Under the London Eye

STORY 2 - A Terrible Secret

STORY 3 - A Mysterious Disappearance

STORY 4 - The Secret of an Oak

STORY 5 - A Dangerous Relationship

STORY 6 - Kidnapping in London

STORY 7 - Behind the Bars

STORY 8 - The Assistance of the Older Woman

Seemed Useful

STORY 9 - Grandma’s House

STORY 10 - A Secret in the Cellar

STORY 11 - Mysteries in the Library

STORY 12 - A Watch on the Floor

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STORY 1

Under the London Eye

Oliver is a young man. He is 15 years old and he is very intelligent and nice. He

has brown hair and brown eyes. Oliver studies in a famous college. He likes

reading and walking in the street with his friends. One day, with his class, he went to the London Eye.

Before going back to the bus to return to school, Oliver went to the toilets. It

was time to leave but Oliver never came back. His best friend, Tom, was

worried so he went to find him but he wasn't there!... There was only his cap

on the floor near the toilets...

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Tom picked up the cap from the floor. Oliver's mobile appeared under it. A

woman with a strange limp passed him by as he was walking away. He ran

towards the bus holding the cap and the phone. Everybody was shocked. Two

teachers went to the toilets and informed immediately the security about the

incident.

The inspector, Jim Dimitriou, and his assistant Clouzo Renau took up the case

and started questioning the people.Tom mentioned the woman with the

strange limp and the two men who were waiting outside the toilets. The

detective spoke to his schoolmates. All of them seemed to like Oliver.

- He is wealthy, he has a big house with a lot of housemaids. His parents are

divorced, Terry said.

- Oliver lives with his mother. His father is from London but he lives in

Reunion Island. They don't have any relationships, Tom said.

- Aha... the detective said.

- I haven't spoken to him for two weeks... we had a fight, Jack said.

- Why? Jim asked.

- Oliver always wants to be the first... to decide for us. I don't like that, Jack

said.

Clouzo found Oliver's bag on his seat and took it . He fished into his bag and

found a small diary. Oliver had been writing a diary... Some photos appeared

among the pages.

- Look at this, Clouzo said. These two men are always on his photos.

- What is that? detective Jim said. Well, here is a small map of London's

centre.

- Why is this address underlined? Clouzo wondered.

- His father is from London, remember that! Jim said.

His assistant looked at him curiously.

- Just a minute! I have an idea, I think I know what happened.

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What on earth did he mean? After a little time they talked to Tom.

- Hey Tom, come here. We've found Oliver's diary in his bag, Jim said.

- Oh, just a minute, Tom told them. This is not Oliver's diary, he doesn't write

like this. There's no way!

- Really? Let's read it, Clouzo replied.

As they saw, the diary wasn't Oliver's but someone else's called David Brown

who had just gone out of prison and who was looking for someone.

- I wonder how David's diary ended up in Oliver's bag, Tom wondered.

- I don't know but I'm sure that it is linked to Oliver's disappearance, Clouzo

announced. I think that we should visit that house at the underlined address:

22 Wallstreet . We are so close to solve the case.

The next morning Jim, Clouzo and Tom went to 22 Wallstreet and asked

the neighbours who had been living there. They answered that a man from

Reunion Island had come to live there. When they went closer to the door they

heard a woman talking:

- Stop, David! If you continue like this, the police wiil discover us and then we

will lose both Oliver and his father and all their wealth.

Right then they called the police. They arrived quickly. Jim explained to the

policemen what had happened and they opened the door of that mysterious

house. All of them saw Oliver sitting in a chair near another man who looked

like him. Both of them were injured. Suddenly a woman and a tall man

appeared, who looked surprised and scared.

- Both of you are arrested because you've kiddnapped innocent

people , the policeman said, holding his gun.

- You are David, aren't you?, Tom asked. I remember you standing

out of the toilets with this woman and another man. Oh, and we

have your diary too!

- I would have done it, replied David, if you hadn't found my diary

and if I hadn't lost it.

Later, Oliver and the other man went to the hospital and then Tom asked

Oliver who that man was.

- My father! I've found my father! These people had made him come

to England and then they found us. But thank you for everything!!

THE END

Myriam, Irini, Rafail, Haralabos , Sasha, Lilian

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STORY 2

A Terrible Secret

Jeanne Leroy is a woman, she is 22 years old, she is a journalist, she has

brown hair and blue eyes. She loves dancing with her friends. One day, she was going to the London Eye to meet Emma Watson for her

newspaper article when a man ran towards Jeanne and kidnapped her, ...

...according to Emma Watson. Detective Wilston had untertaken the case of

Jeanne's disappearance. He tried to learn everything about her job and her

personal life. He began questioning the people who had seen Jeanne recently.

First of all, he talked to Emma Watson. He thought that Emma was very calm

and she seemed not to worry about the incident.

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- I saw a car: the driver stopped and a man pushed her in... In front of

this mini market... I informed the police immediately, Emma said.

- What was the subject of your meeting? the detective asked.

- She wanted an interview about my last work... I am a painter, she

said.

Then Wilson visited the owner of the mini market on the road to the London

Eye.

- Did you see anything strange yesterday? he asked. A woman has been

missing.

- No, nothing at all. I’ve been tidying bags of chips all afternoon, and I

haven't finished yet. Here is the last one, the owner said and he opened the

bag.

- What's this? the detective said as he took something out of the bag...

It was a message. " Everything ok",

- What is this? the detective asked.

- I don't know, detective, I don't know! the guy exclaimed, suprised .

In the afternoon, Wilston visited Bob, Jeanne's boyfriend.

- Where were you yesterday afternoon? he asked.

- I was watching TV in my house. It was evening when Jeanne's boss called

me. He wanted the article for the newspaper and he couldn’t find Jeanne. I

started worrying. You know, we’ve been living together for four months...

- Could I have a look at the house? the detective asked.

He entered the bedroom and then he saw...

...a newspaper open on the bed. Some words were circled.

- What’s that? the detective asked.

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- It is an article that Jeanne wrote. My little nephew made circles on it.

At that moment Bob's mobile phone rang. Bob was really upset.

- Turn it up, the detective said.

Then they heard someone shouting "Help". It seemed to be Jeanne. Someone

else was laughing badly. Bob fell down as he had fainted. The detective picked

up the mobile phone, read the recent messages and laughed.

He was so close to solve the mystery of Jeanne's disappearance. Next morning

the detective went back to see Bob to know how he was and he saw a glove

under his cupboard. He asked Bob why this glove was there. Bob remained

quiet and said it belonged to Jeanne. They went back together to the scene of

the kidnapping and they saw Emma there, with a suspicious man.

The detective followed the man. He stopped near a lake and found a ring.

Detective Willston brought the ring to Bob, and Bob recognized it. "This ring

belongs to Jeanne". The next day, Willston went to Emma's house and saw

another glove: it was the same as the one he had found at Bob's. He

understood that Emma was the author of the kidnapping and that the man

was her accomplice.

The next day, the detective told Bob about what he had discovered. Bob was

suprised to learn that about Emma. They decided to go and question Emma.

On the road, they met the mysterious man and asked him :

"- Hey! You ! What's your name?

- Arthur! Why ?!

- You are Emma's accomplice. I arrest you for your complicity in the

kidnapping of Jeanne!

- But it wasn't me, sir !

- If you don't tell me the truth, you'll go to jail.

The detective took Arthur to the police station to question him. Arthur said

everything he knew about the kidnapping. Bob and the detective went to

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Emma's house, but she wasn't there... so much better!! Arthur said that

Jeanne was in the basement of Emma's house... but was it true or was it a

trap?

Then he opened the door to the basement and discovered … Jeanne . There

she was , her hands tied with a rope. Detective Wilston called the police

station .

- This is detective Wilston on the phone , I need some policemen to come and

arrest a kidnapper .

- Ok ! I send you a police team !, the chief of police replied .

Emma came back home . A few minutes later , the police arrived at Emma's

house and arrested her .

The detective made sure that Jeanne was well and took her back home . When

she arrived , Bob gave her a big hug and a tender kiss , then the detective left.

Bob told him :

- Thank you for having found her !

- Yes , thank you ! Jeanne said

- You 're welcome , the detective replied .

THE END

Marine, Chloé, Ioanna, Peris, Michael, Myriam, Christos,

Alexandros

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STORY 3

A Mysterious Disappearance

Charles Dekervelec is a small man, he has short hair and blue eyes .

He is stubborn and all that matters in his life is money .

He is a lawyer and he has a big family but his children don't like him .

Charles Dekervelec has many enemies and everyone wants his death .

He manipulates people for money and when someone annoys him, he kills

him.

But Charles Dekervelec disappeared last night. He was in a bar with his best

friend, and they had drunk a lot .

A man was watching them in front of the bar before they went back home.

Tom said : " see you tomorow at 10 at the office ".

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But the next day Charles never came .

Mrs Dekervelec, Charles's wife, called detective Edward Perrailer to take over

the case. He was a peaceful human being, often inexpressive. He visited Mrs

Dekervelec in her stone house in the wood. She was beautiful, well-dressed

and ready for a trip.

- I'm leaving for a while on a bussiness trip to Paris and I'll be back in three

days. Whatever information you want, you can ask my elder son. He knows

everything I do, said Katherin, and now will you excuse me? Mary, I want to

talk to you, she said to the nanny of the house.

Despite her age, Mary had always held her head high, and was sweetly

smiling.

As Edward was walking away, he listened to the nanny's voice:

- My resignation is final, Madam, I'm not gonna change my mind. I'll be

waiting for you to come back from your trip.

In the garden, he met the twenty year-old son of the family, Mark. A few steps

besides, his little sister, Jane, was playing.

-Dad and mom had started to be alienated. They were behaving strangely

lately. He was often talking to Tom, his friend, of all the business matters. He

definitely trusted him. One day I heard them arguing. Mother was saying that

he had told many bad things about her, said Mark.

Edward decided to visit Dekervelec's company. He hadn't even left the car

when he saw two persons getting into the next car.

-Certainly. I'm not gonna change my mind, he heard the man saying to the

woman.

He went back home, he wanted to put his thoughts in a row. He was preparing

dinner when he heard the news:

"An air accident has just happened; the airplane of the flight from London to

Paris has crashed. There is probably no one alive".

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The phone rang at that precise moment.

- My mother seems to have been killed in a flight accident. My father

disappeared. Mary is leaving... And I, Mr Perrailer, I am ready to confess you

whatever I know, Mark said.

Mark had discovered that his father had an affair with another woman and

that Mary, the nanny, and Garrett, the policeman, had decided to blackmail

Charles Dekervelec because they had discovered it and they wanted some

money. Mark had started investigating the case by himself. He quickly

understood that his father had refused to pay and was going to tell everything

to the police.

That's when the kidnapping happened, a month before, and that's when Mrs

Dekervelec had decided to hire detective Edward Perrailer. The detective had

found proofs that the policeman was involved in the kidnapping. Mary had felt

trapped and had decided to resign as soon as Mrs Dekervelec was back from

Paris...

The discussion the detective had heard at Dekervelec's company was between

the policeman and the nanny...In fact, Mary had tried to convince Garrett to

stop everything and to free Mr Dekervelec but he had refused. Because she

was in love with Garrett, Mary had decided to accept his decision. But that's

when the plane accident happened, and Mrs Dekervelec died. Mary suspected

Garrett to be responsible for the accident. She started being scared...

The day after the plane accident, Mark Dekervelec tried to convince Mary to

tell him where his father was but she wouldn't because Garrett had threatened

to kill her if she said anything. Mark promised to protect her so she decided to

tell the whole truth: Mr Dekervelec was held in a flat in Oxford.

As soon as Mark had finished telling his story to Edward, the two men took

their car and drove to Oxford. When they arrived at the flat, Garrett was there.

They entered silently and managed to arrest the policeman before he could

shoot at them with his gun.

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Garrett and Mary were taken to prison. Mr Dekervelec offered a big sum of

money to the detective to thank him and he decided to give several thousands

of pounds to charities. He was not stingy anymore. This story had transformed

him into a very generous man indeed!!

THE END

Emma, Thaïs , Sasha, Rafail, Grigoris, Dimitris

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STORY 4

The Secret of an Oak

Our story took place in the nineteenth century, in 1888, in London. One day, a

young woman disappeared from her bedroom in Buckingham Palace. The

victim's name was Clara Anderson. She was twenty. She had been working as

a nanny for two months in Buckingham Palace. She was beautiful with blue

eyes and long brown hair. She was nice and the children loved her. She never

had any problems before.

She disappeared one day at night. The window was opened. The cook

discovered that she had disappeared only the next morning. Indeed, he was

worried because she didn't get up to prepare the children's breakfast. He was

scared because there was a lot of blood in the room and on the bed and he had

never seen so much blood before.

The cook woke everybody up in Duke Charles's wing with his screams. The

Duchess herself walked into the room and inspected the situation. She was

shocked. Blood, all over, there was only blood!

A few minutes later, detective Patrick Lemark was entering Buckingham

Palace. He had to solve the case as quietly as possible. First, he spoke to the

cook.

- She was late to prepare the children's breakfast so I got worried and I went

upstairs to see what had happened.

The detective asked specifically everybody to stick around. He spoke to

everybody and afterwards he inspected thorougly the room with the gardener.

- Nothing odd, he said, only that now I recall that a stranger had asked to see

the Duke. The Duke had a conversation with him in the garden. He seemed to

be annoyed, the gardener said cowardly.

The detective was gathering information about the former nanny, Mrs

Stevenson. She was now taking care of the Duke's father, Mr Henry. Although

they had been looking for her, they couldn't find her anywhere.

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- Who could ever do something like that?, the detective wondered.

In the morning the sheets had already been removed. The Criminological

Agency asked for blood tests.

The detective was wandering through the garden and he was trying to put his

thoughts in order. He raised his head up to the window of the room where the

crime had been committed. He thought that he saw someone inside.

But he had locked it up himself and had the key in his pocket. He ran up the

stairs .

As soon as he got to the room he didn't see anyone. It was actually locked.

A maid was walking through the hall. She hesitantly looked at him.

- Who's got the key to this room? he asked her.

- I don't know.

- No one will find out about this, so to speak.

- Oh, by the way, last week I saw the Duke's son unlocking it after midnight,

she said whispering and checking right and left.

The detective was really confused. He decided to stay in Buckingham Palace in

order to be close to the case. He wanted to put his thoughts in order so the

same night, as he was sitting on a bench in the garden, he heard something. It

seemed to him that someone was walking among the trees. He left his seat and

carefully followed a dark figure walking silently in the night. The figure

entered the forest nearby and kept on walking. Suddenly he stopped in front

of a tree - an oak. In the moonlight the detective saw the figure entering his

hand in a hollow in the tree.

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When the figure put his hand out, the detective lighted up his lens and aimed

at the face.

- Don't move! he shouted and then he stayed speechless. What on earth..! he

whispered...

The light focused on the face of a man.

- You? the detective asked. The figure was holding something, it seemed to be

a pouch.

- Well, my dear gardener, it is time to tell me everything you know! the

detective said. And first of all, what is in this pouch?

- It is ... it's my payment...

- Payment? the detective asked.

- It is my payment... for my assistance.

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Detective Patrick Lemark learnt all he wanted to know. Clara Anderson was a

very ambitious person. She had run away after having stolen the Duchess's

gold jewelry. She wanted to go to America, start a new life as a rich young lady

far away from this country. The gardener had helped her disappear in this

way.

- Well, let's go! the detective said, and he lighted the path.

THE END

Hugo Ilhan Christina Irini Roméo

Michael Peris Sofia

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STORY 5

A Dangerous Relationship

BBC latest news : A girl was abducted in Baker Street! We do not know who

the suspect is, but we know that the victim is a girl, her name is Julie, she is 17,

she is tall and thin, she has blue eyes and long, straight blond hair. Here is a

picture of her.(see picture)

Julie's parents decided to hire detective Nick. They asked him to take over the

case. Nick talked to the people Julie had seen the day before. First, he talked to her best girlfriend, Nicko.

- There has been a misunderstanding, but all is well now, she said.

- What happened? the detective asked.

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- Julie has been avoiding me for a long time. She didn’t return my calls last

month. She said she was busy, but I saw her with our classmate, Rita.

- I see, the detective said.

In the afternoon, he spoke to her boyfriend, Jack.

- Look, we had an argument the day before yesterday. I saw her in the arms of

her former boyfriend . They were just friends, she said.

- And?

- I do not like things like that. I don’t know...

The next day, the detective met his parents and his brother, Peter.

- Well, Julie was a very good sister. She always wanted to be the girl who

knows everything. She thought she was always right. A lady!

- We had not noticed anything strange, her parents declared.

- Her picture will be shown again on TV, maybe someone saw something.

Could I have a look at her bedroom?

The detective entered the room. There were pieces of paper above her bed

with thoughts and feelings. Some letters were not clear. As he was looking

around her bedroom, his cell phone rang . - What? Did you find her mobile phone? In a shack in the desert among the

trees? Just look at her messages, he said, I'm coming, and he ran out of the

house.

Detective Nick went to the cabin and met his colleague. They read the last post

and noticed Julie's ex-boyfriend had called numerous times. His name was

Charlie. Detective Nick met Jack in a café the next day to gather information

about Charlie.

- Hello! Do you know Charlie?

- Yes, it is Julie's ex boyfriend ...

- Where does he live?

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- He lives in Baker Street.

- Ok, thank you.

Nick Went to see Charlie and asked him questions. Charlie told him that he

was with Julie 2 hours before the kidnapping. Charlie showed him a photo he

had taken with Julie 2 hours before she was kidnapped, on which the date and

time were mentioned.

Nick suddenly understood that Jack was the kidnapper. He ran back to the

café to arrest Jack but he was gone. The detective used Jack's GPS information

to find him: he was in a deserted factory, outside London.

He saw Julie on the floor: she was unconscious. Then he saw Jack with a gun

in his hand. Nick ran after Jack with a gun. They were suddenly face to face in

an office upstairs. They started shooting at each other, but they missed all

their targets. Because they had used all their bullets, they continued fighting

with knives. Nick managed to hurt Jack's shoulder, but Jack also managed to

hurt Nick on the leg. The police arrived just on time to stop Jack right before

he killed Nick. Julie awoke in hospital the next day, but she could not

remember anything at first. Nick told her the whole story and she gradually

recovered her memory.

Julie and Nick became best friends .

THE END

Xanthippi, Alberto, Thay-Chris, Quentin, Ilhan

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STORY 6

Kidnapping in London

John Cena is a tall and fat man, he has green eyes and he has short, black hair.

He is 22 years old.

He is a chemist.

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John has a lot of enemies, because he has a bad reputation.

John Cena loves going for a drink with his friends.

One night he has to join his friend Peter at 7pm to go to a pub but John never

arrives.

John has mysteriously disappeared.

The last person who saw him was a young boy who had asked John for the

time on his way to Peter's house. It was 6:40pm, as the detective later found

out.

Peter was waiting and waiting. He called him at about 7.40pm but John didn't

answer. Peter knew his friend very well, he was always on time at his

appointments. He decided to wait. The next day, as he still could not find him,

he decided to go to the police station.

Gregory Gregoriades, the detective who took over the case, was carefully

listening to the events.

- Well, I am going to visit his house and talk to the neighbours. Was he

married? he asked.

- No, he has been living alone, Peter said.

The detective arrived at his house at 11.00 am. His neighbour, Leo, was

digging his garden. He came as soon as the detective called him.

- We were friends with John. He was a nice guy, he always liked having a good

time. He was enjoying life. No,no, I had no problems with him. We talked last

morning. He was going to his hairdresser and then he would meet his partner,

Paris Kotsifides. They had to discuss something serious according to John.

The detective had to talk to Paris Kotsifides but he was not in town. He

decided to have a look at his lab as he had some time. He entered the

chemistry laboratory.

The phone rang. His assistant, Marie, gave him new information.

- Yes, a boy... He saw the photo on TV, yes. Aha! He asked John for the time?

Ok, thank you for calling, Marie!

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He looked around: there were many glasses and liquids in bottles all over the

shelves. He saw a notebook on the right side of his desk and a lot of papers. In

the notebook there was an appointment with three friends at 2.00pm. He

read: Paul Pollack, Nikola Monro, Cammilla Mitteran.

- Well, let's start, whispered Gregoris Gregoriades.

The three people arrived at 6.00pm at the police station. They looked worried

and surprised.

- We were talking about business, some experiments and the progress of his

work. We knew each other from college, Cammilla said.

- We had fun! I didn't notice anything strange, Nikola confirmed.

- I can't believe it. Where is he? Just a minute... Yes, I remember! He said

something about a fight, he had quarrelled with Simon Borovi, his assistant at

the lab.

- Thank you, the detective said. Keep in touch!

As they left the room, the phone rang.

- Yes, Mr Kotsifides, you are back. Could we talk at about 6.00pm? Thank you.

Paris Kotsifides was waiting in the café. He was wearing a black t-shirt, as he

had said. The detective sat on the chair.

- Well, big case! Nothing at all so far the detective said.

- I have to say that we didn’t actually meet with John. I had to leave

immediately to go and see my parents, so I postponed our appointment. I have

learnt about his disappearance just from you, Paris said.

- Did you know if he had any enemies? the detective asked.

- Enemies? A lot of enemies, my dear detective, Paris said, and laughed loudly.

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The detective asked Paris :

- How many enemies does John have ?

- I don't know precisely, but one of them is very dangerous : his name is Albert

Octopus.

- Who is this guy? the detective asked.

- He's a dangerous serial killer. He has already spent 20 years in prison for the

murder of a whole family, Paris said.

The detective went home and started investigating on Albert Octopus .

Detective Gregoriades discovered that both Paris and Albert Octopus often

went to a bar called "The Shakespeare", near Trafalgar Square, so the next day

he decided to go there. The detective went to the bar to ask the waiter if John

was much hated .

- John is a nice person who drinks a lot, often bets and spends a lot of money.

He often quarrels when he loses and when he is drunk. I witnessed an

argument with his colleague Borovi. One night John actually fought with the

Octopus band, the waiter answered .

- Octopus? Who is he excatly? Can you give me more details?, the detective

asked.

- Octopus is an evil guy. He is a terrible bookmaker to whom John owes a lot

of money. He is violent. He has already gone to jail. The whole city is terrified

because he has already threatened a lot of people, the waiter answered .

The kidnapper was Octopus, no more doubt about it. He was hiding in St

Paul's Cathedral. The kidnapper managed to escape in a big car, leaving John

unconscious in the cathedral. Three policemen went after Octopus. The

kidnapper killed a policeman but two other policemen arrived and they

arrested him.

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He was sentenced to a 5-year imprisonment.

John spent three months in the coma before he suddenly woke up one day.

His coma had totally transformed him: he was a very nice guy now!

THE END

Florian Romeo Hugo Giannis Vaggelis

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STORY 7

Behind the Bars

After having spent two years in prison, that was Sarah's first moment in the free

world. She was finally free. Sarah opened the door of a black car and after a few

minutes she entered the house. Suddenly, the phone rang and she took it. It was

her best friend Alice.

- Hello Alice! How nice to hear your voice!! Listen, I have just gone out of

prison. And now, they 're going to pay for everything they have done.Two years

in prison for money I hadn 't stolen. Will you help me?

- Yes, of course! How can I help you?

- Meet me near Big-Ben.

She hung up and left . A few hours later, Sarah was alone near Big-Ben. Alice

was not there . She started wondering what had happened to Alice . She picked

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up her phone and called her friend , but no answer . She decided to go back

down. Suddenly, in the stairs, she found Alice's bag. She opened the bag and

she saw the letter: it said " I have your friend "...

Sarah was surprised. She was trying to think what to do. Finally she drove to

the police station. She was ready to open the door of the car when a message

from an unknown number arrived on her mobile phone.

She read the message: " If you go to the police, your friend will die".

"Damn", she shouted and drove back to her house. She had to think: who was

behind all this? She entered her house when she felt something falling down

her leg. An envelope. She read the paper inside:

" we want 500.000£ for your friend or she will die. Wait for our call". Sarah

was very confused.

In fact, Alice knew a lot of things about her case. She had made a lot of research

while Sarah was in prison. Alice had actually managed to find who had accused

Sarah of stealing the money.

She was in danger, and Sarah knew they would kill Alice even if she gave the

money. She should talk to the police.

The telephone rang. " Meet us in two days in Central Park, near the statue of the

Grey Woman, alone, at 8.00 in the morning".

Sarah dialed the number of the prison. " You told me to call in case of troubles.

I have to get in touch with the police; I need to talk to a detective but secretly".

After a while a 60 year-old lady rang the bell to Sarah's house. She entered the

house and sat on the couch. Sarah opened her eyes as the old woman started

talking with a very young voice. " I am detective Roza".

They had made a plan. Sarah explained everything to detective Roza.The day of

the meeting arrived. Sarah walked to the statue and left the suitcase with the

money near it. As she was looking right and left, someone moved between the

trees. She ran away as the first shots were fired.

The policemen appeared a few minutes later with three men and a woman

whose hands were tied.

"Alice! ", Sarah whispered. Then she looked suprised. One of the men was the

manager of the bank where she was working before she had been accused of the

holdup .

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"You, here ! You are behind all this!" she shouted. Alice confirmed her. " I found

everything while you were in prison. He was the thief."

The policemen took them away. Sarah went with Alice in the park. " How did

you find out all this?" Sarah asked.

" Well, it is a long story and I need a strong coffee" she said and they both

laughed.

THE END

Irini, Sofia, Christina, Chloe, Ioanna, Christos, Alexandros

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STORY 8

The Assistance of the Older

Woman Seemed Useful

TV flash, recent news:

Yesterday evening N.K escaped from the police station

where he was held on charges of stealing his neighbour

M.L. He has been living in Pentavryssos. A woman told

the police that she had seen him in Perdikkas. He was

holding a knife and was heading to the old deserted hotel of

the village.The police are looking for him. Any information

would be very helpfull.

TV flash, recent news from Perdikkas - Evening news:

NK is a famous actor . He has already played in a lot of

blockbusters . He is an alcoholic and a drug addict . He

already went to jail a few years ago because he had fought

with his rich millionaire neighbour ML . NK had then

confessed that he was in love with ML's wife. ML was very

jealous .

Today, NK stole a car in front of the old deserted hotel of

the village but the police chased him . He drove too fast

and he missed a bend and the car fell from the cliff into the

sea .The police didn't find NK's body . A few hours later,

the police announced that ML's wife was missing too .We

heard that 500 000 euros were missing from the safe .

Interpol issued an international arrest warrant against NK .

If you see these 2 persons (pictures with NK and ML's wife

on the screen),call that number immediately: 02 83 41 67

98 .

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TV Flash, latest news:

Two days ago NK was seen in a supermarket in the area of

Kozani. The police were called immediately but

unfortunately they couldn't find him. He had managed to

escape. Yesterday evening an old lady could not sleep so

she came out in the yard of her house. As she was looking

around she saw a light in the abandoned factory at the end

of the village.

The light was moving from one place to another. She entered the

house and dialed the number of the police station.

A group of policemen circled the building, entered the factory and

finally caught NK - yes, he was the person with the light- and ML's

wife.

They were taken to the police station where they waited for their

lawyers. The woman claimed that she had been kidnapped. As it

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seems the case is still open. The police thanks everybody for their

help. Especially, the old lady.

THE END

Lilian Haralabos Hugo Florian Romeo

Giannis Vaggelis

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STORY 9

Grandma's House

Matt was very excited. He was looking forward to the school party.

He and his friend, Taylor, arrived by seven o'clock. All the

classmates were there.The party had begun, with music and lights.

One hour later, Matt went to the kitchen for a little more juice. He

took time to return so Taylor went to look for him.

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As he entered the kitchen, he was suprised to see some muddy

footsteps. At the same time a message arrived on his phone. The

letter "h" was on the screen. Nothing else. The message had been

sent by Matt five minutes earlier.

Taylor called the police and the party ended. The police arrived 30

minutes later. They collected the footprints and the DNA and asked

Taylor for the telephone to know the place where Matt was thanks

to his message. The police followed the signal which led them to

the top of Big Ben. The police found Matt's telephone with some

blood and a message appeared: "If you want to see Matt alive

again..." but the telephone suddenly turned off.

After a wlile Taylor's phone rang. A voice said: "If you want to see

Matt again you have to pay me 500.000$".

Taylor freaked out and went to the bank. He was informed that he

had only one $. He went home and he had a bath to try and relax.

Although he went to bed, he couldn't sleep as he was thinking

again and again about Matt. In the afternoon he decided to go to

the cinema. He saw Star Wars in 3D. He was trying to relax and to

decide what to do. Suddenly an idea came up to him. He called

Matt's girlfriend, Jenna, and he asked her if she had seen Matt

recently. She had not seen him for a week...

Taylor decided to call the police and inform them about the

incident. Detective Harry, who was in charge of the case, had

already questioned most of the friends and relatives. He had only

one more call to make.

In the afternoon the phone rang in the Simpson's house. Mrs

Polyxeni, Matt's grandma, picked up the telephone.

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-Yes, Matt? He is here. Just a minute! Matt, someone wants to talk

to you.

Detective Harry had already solved the case. Matt had just made

another prank to his friends...

THE END

Peris - Quentin - Thay-Chris - Ilhan - Michael - Sofia -

Christina

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STORY 10

A Secret in the Cellar

Once upon a time, five friends were living in Perdikkas, a village in

Greece. They liked riding their bikes and making tours around the

village. One day they arrived in an old village of the region where

no one lived. A small chapel was at the end of the village. They left

their bikes and entered the yard. One of them stumbled and his

foot got caught into something. They looked carefully and they

discovered an old link. They pulled the handle and, surprise !, they

saw a cellar. They opened it and discovered a lot of corpses.

Terrified in front of these horrors, the 5 children took their bikes

and went back to Perdikkas.

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But the children met a man on their way. They told him not to go

to the village but the man didn't listen. Once in Perdikkas, the 5

children went to the police station. The policeman went to the

crime scene and discovered that the corpses belonged to English

tourists from London. Detective Papaya decided to go to London

with the 5 children.

“Children, I've conducted a research about the corpses and I have

discovered that, as tourists, they had ID cards with them in order

to travel. These are their ID cards. These are the reason we came

here, to learn information about the victims”, said detective

Papaya.

After a few days of research, detective Papaya and the children

learnt something very strange: the ID cards didn’t belong to

anyone. Neither now nor in the past. They didn’t belong to anyone

except for one: an ID card that had the face of a strange man. The

children, when they looked carefully at the man on the picture,

figured out that the face belonged to the strange man they had

seen while he was walking on the road to the abandoned village.

- But how can this man be both alive and dead at the same time?

one boy asked.

- Maybe this man… never died. Anyway, we have to go back to

Greece, immediately! I think I know what happened or what…

didn’t happen.

Within a few hours, they were back in Perdikkas.

- Children, I want you to call the police right now and to tell them

to come to the chapel of the mysterious village. I’m going there

right now…

Papaya entered the cellar where the corpses were and started

examining carefully the corners. Suddenly appeared the man they

had seen on the ID card.

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- Go away, or you will end up like these!, the man whispered,

aiming at Papaya with his gun and showing him all the corpses.

- I would be happy if someone made a… wax sculpture of myself!,

Papaya said with a cunning smile.

- What? Wht do you mean? , the man asked.

- And how do you explain this? , Papaya said, holding the wax

sculpture of a man. All these corpses are fake, made of candle! You

put them here in order for them not to melt. You made up all this

in order to terrify the residents of this village and to make them go

away so that you could live heren by yourself ! But now it’s over!

The man stared at Papaya; he was totally petrified. Then, the police

entered and arrested the man.

Since then, people have started to come back to their homes in the

village again. They've lived forever safe and happy, thanks to

Papaya and the courage of the five brave friends!

THE END

Lilian, Dimitris, Grigoris, Florian, Rafail, Roméo, Hugo

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STORY 11

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Mysteries in the Library

Ryan works in a small library in London. That night he decided to

stay at work late because he had a lot to do. Later, he thought he

should lock the basement door so he went downstairs. He noticed

that the door was half-opened and the light was on. He approached

quietly, he opened the door and all of sudden, the lights went off!

Then,

...suddenly, the lights went on again . Ryan saw a black shadow

jumping onto him with a dagger and hit him in the chest. Ryan

could only scream before he was stabbed. The shadow ran away,

leaving him dead on the floor. The scream was heard by the

neighbours. Immediately some of them called the police. After a

while the police arrived and discovered the weapon near Ryan's

body. They were able to collect some fingerprints.

They discovered it was ...

...not too late. Ryan was still alive! However, in the library

basement, strange things had happened before the police arrived.

In fact I was there and I saw everything. The figure was looking for

a book, a specific book. One with comics and some heroes. He had

found it and he was turning the pages.

When Ryan entered the room, he was shot down. The shot

frightened Ryan and he fainted. The thief went near him to see if

he was alive. As he was touching his hand, he heard a dog barking.

He tried to leave the basement.

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He turned his head and realized that he was in a very difficult

situation. Someone was chasing him. In fact ...

...he was followed by Ten Ten, Superman and Indefix. In front of

him there was Little Red Riding Hood and Rapunzel. Rapunzel

threw her long hair to her friend and they both tripped the thief. He

fell down and injured his hand. Indefix started barking as he was

approaching him. I heard him barking louder and louder. Suddenly

as the police entered the library, I saw all the heroes running away

and hiding in the middle of the opened book, the one with the

comics. But I could still hear Indefix barking or…

...I opened my eyes! My dog, Ira, was pulling my leg. I looked at the

clock.

- It is time to get up, mum shouted!

- Oh, no, I whispered and I put my head under the pillow.

THE END

Rafail, Louloudia, Myriam, Chloé, Xanthippi, Marine

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STORY 12

A Watch on the Floor

The four friends entered the monastery after a several-hour trip. It

was evening. The monks welcomed them. They were very tired so

they went to bed. Joe was very thirsty and went to the kitchen for

water. As he returned to his room he saw a shadow in the hallway

and heard a door closing. He didn't see anybody. He was almost

near his room when he looked at his friend's room. The door was

open. He entered. The curtains were waving in the opened window

and down on the floor he saw his friend's watch. Michael was

nowhere.

Joe, who was very nervous, awoke his friends to tell them about

Michael's disappearance. They all got up and informed the abbot of

the monastery. Then they went to the police headquarters that were

nearby.

They explained the problem to the policemen. The group of friends

answered a lot of questions and the police investigation started. The

policemen asked them those questions:

- When did Michael disappear ?

- Who was he with last night ?

- Does someone hate him ?

- Who saw him for the last time ?

Joe said everything he knew to the detective. It must have been

9.00pm when he found the door of Michael's room open.

- We arrived at the monastery at about 8.00. One hour later I went

to the kitchen, Joe said.

- What about the other two friends? detective Leonis asked.

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- We are classmates and we are all good friends. Sometimes we have

problems but...Ok, Andreas and Michael actually had a fight

yesterday morning. They didn't talk to each other for the rest of the

day, Joe said.

- Aha, the detective said, and he had another look at Michael's watch

which was on his desk.

He had to talk to the other two friends. He had to go to the

monastery, too. A visit of his room and a conversation with the

monks were something that he could not avoid.

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The detective talked to the other two friends.

- We didn't go immediately to bed. We sat in the living room and

talked about our trip. We talked about football, too. Michael is an

excellent football player! Suddenly we felt very tired and we decided

to go to bed. It was 7.45pm. I remember it because Michael asked

me for the time. He had not his watch with, Andreas said.

- Is it true that you had a fight in the morning? the detective asked.

- Yes, it is true. That's why we were in the sitting room, talking

about that. I apolozised to him for my behaviour, Andreas said.

Paul had gone early to bed with Joe as he said to the detective.

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- I went to my room, I was very tired. I listened to music for a while.

It helps me relax, you know. I was trying to sleep when I heard a

noise outside the door. It seemed to me that someone was trying to

carry something heavy. Well, I opened my door just a little and I

saw ....

the back of a figure disappearing in the corridor, Paul said. I am so

upset about Michael's disappearance! He is such a nice guy!

Detective Leonis had to talk to the abbot of the abbey. A young

monk led him to the central hall. An old man, abbot Theodoros, was

waiting for him.

- I don't know what to say. We are all so confused! We didn't see the

visitors at all. They were so tired that they didn't eat last night.

They talked for half an hour and then the detective asked to see the

visitors' rooms. He entered Paul's room, a tidied and clear room. His

suitcase was locked. The detective wondered why. Then it was

Andreas' turn. A camera was on the table next to his bed. He

checked Michael's room, the opened window, his suitcase. Then he

walked to Joe's room. As he was entering his room, the sun was

shining. He felt that he had stepped on something.

- Have the boys ever come here? he asked adsend-mindedly.

- Only ... Andreas and Joe, the abbot said. Andreas' s cousin,

Patrick, is a monk here. But today he is in the city to buy some

colours. He paints saints.

- I think it is time to have a cup of coffee all together, the detective

said mysteriously.

After a while, detective Leonis looked at the three friends and the

abbot, drank a sip of his coffee and said:

- Well, it is time to learn where Michael is. You are going to tell us

everything, aren't you? he said and he looked at Andreas.

- I don't know anything! he shouted.

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- Of course you don't. I was talking to ...Joe! the detective said and

he took a metallic object out of his pocket . It comes from Michael's

watch and I found it in your room. Where is he?

- I don't know either, he said.

- Where is he? the detective asked again, staring at him.

- …

- Speak!

- Ok, then ... I could not bear him. He was always the first in

football, in drawing, in music. Everybody loved him. Last night we

had a talk. He wanted to organize everything. He told me that I was

not good at making a program. I got very upset and I hit him in the

head.

- Where is he?

-....

-Speak, now!!!

- He is OK, I've locked him ... in the attic.

The abbot stood up.

- Please, detective, let's have a talk before your report, he whispered.

THE END

Michael, Alberto Stefan Mocanou, Thais, Emma, Peris, Haralabos,

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