CHAPTER 6 Thanks to a Missing Watch
CHAPTER 6 Thanks to a Missing Watch CHAPTER 6 Thanks to a Missing Watch We sat down at the "Rainbow" and ordered three sundaes. "Dana, we have news about Mr Stone!" I said. "Yes, although it's a very long story," Paul added. We told her everything: the news on the comet and the intergalactic meetings; our plan to spy on Mr Stone; finally, the teacher's sad story. Dana's expression went from surprised, to worried, to ashamed, during our tale. "Our class must be much nicer to him!" she said.
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CHAPTER 6 Thanks to a Missing Watch
CHAPTER 6 Thanks to a Missing Watch
We sat down at the "Rainbow" and ordered three sundaes."Dana, we have news about Mr Stone!" I said.
"Yes, although it's a very long story," Paul added.
We told her everything: the news on the comet and the intergalactic meetings;our plan to spy on Mr Stone; finally, the teacher's sad story.
Dana's expression went from surprised, to worried, to ashamed, during our tale."Our class must be much nicer to him!" she said. ''But this comet ... maybe aliens will come to Earth!"
"Dana, please, I don't even want to hear the word 'alien'!" I exclaimed.
"Let's keep our eyes open for people in need, not for aliens!" Paul added. "OK, OK, sorry!" said Dana.
From the window of the ice-cream parlour, I noticed that it was already dark.I looked at the time ... my watch wasn't on my wrist!
"Oh no! My watch!" I exclaimed. Then I remembered. "I left it in the gym!I took it off at recess, to play volleyball. I must go and get it!"
"But, Jenny, I'm sure that the janitor will find it and put it in a safe place," said Paul.
"I don't trust him. That watch is so important to me. It was a gift from my grandfather.He's dead now, and it's the only thing I have of him. I must go to school immediately!"
"But the school's closed now!" Dana commented.
"No, not today. Mrs Ching is at school all evening, because she's preparing some math tests.I know because I heard her talking to Miss Smith."
"OK. Well, I'll see you tomorrow then.I have to go home and start my homework," Paul said. "Me too," Dana added.
We left the "Rainbow" and I went towards Jefferson High.The back door was open. I went in. Our gym is on the ground floor, but I didn't go there directly.
Something stopped me. I felt a strange sensation. I didn't know what it was.Something wanted me to climb the stairs and go up to the classrooms.
I felt afraid. The school was dark and silent. I shivered."Where am I going? Why am I climbing these stairs?" I thought.My heart beat faster and faster. Something terrible was at the top of the stairs – I sensed it - but what?I desperately wanted to run away and return home, but I couldn't.The mysterious force inside me made me go on.
On the third floor I heard a noise. Someone was moaning!As I passed by the janitor's closet, the sound became louder.Someone needed help! I opened the closet. It was Mrs Ching!The old teacher was on a chair with her hands and feet tied.She was gagged and her eyes were open in terror.
"Mrs Ching!" I whispered. I took the cloth from her mouth.
"Help!" she said. "Someone is doing something wrong, and he, or she, is here now! The person is in disguise!"
"OK, Mrs Ching, stay here. Whoever it is mustn't suspect anything."I put the cloth back in the teacher's mouth and left the closet.
