Skyjack

Skyjack!

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OXFORD BOOKWORMS LIBRARY Thriller & Adventure Story introduction Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Chapter 8 Chapter 9 Chapter 10 Chapter 11 Chapter 12 Chapter 13 Chapter 14 Chapter 15 GLOSSARY ACTIVITIES
Series Editor: Jennifer Bassett Founder Editor: Tricia Hedge Activities Editors: Jennifer Bassett and Alison Baxter

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Tim Vicary Stage 3 (1000 headwords)

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When people use guns to take what they want, how do you stop them? If you give them what they want, they will be happy – and they will use their guns again, and again. If you don’t give them what they want, then they will be angry – and they will kill. It is not easy to decide what todo. In this story, the person who has to decide is the Prime Minister, the head of the government. But the Prime Minister is also an ordinary person, just like the rest of us – a person with a family and children. How can you think clearly, if someone is pointing a gun at your family? What do you do? You take advice, you talk to the hijackers, you find out what they want, you keep everybody calm,you try to move slowly. But terrorists don’t like waiting, and sooner or later, you have to decide what to do…

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Skyjack!
Chapter 1
The air hostess smiled: ‘Welcome aboard, sir. Would you like a newspaper?’ ‘Yes, please.’ Carl took the newspaper and looked at his ticket. ‘I’m in seat 5F. Where’s that?’ ‘It’s near the front of the plane, sir. On the left there, by the window.’ ‘I see.Thank you very much.’ Carl smiled back at the air hostess. She was young and pretty. Just like my daughter, he thought. He put his bag under his seat and sat down. His friend Harald sat beside him. They watched the other passengers coming onto the plane. Harald looked at his watch. ‘9.30 p.m.,’ he said. ‘Good. We’re on time.’ Carl agreed. ‘And in three hours we’ll be home,’ he said. ‘That’s good.We’ve been away for a long time. You’ll be pleased to see your family, won’t you, Harald?’ Harald smiled. ‘Yes, I will. Have you seen this, sir?’ He opened his bag and took out two small planes. ‘These are for my sons. I always bring something back for them.’ ‘How old are your sons?’ Carl asked. ‘Five and almost seven. The older one has a birthday tomorrow.’ ‘He’ll be very excited tonight then.’‘Yes. I hope he gets some sleep.’ The plane took off. Carl watched the lights of the airport grow smaller below them. Then the plane flew above the clouds and he could see the moon and the stars in the night sky. He lay back in this seat and closed his eyes.

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Skyjack!
Chapter 2
Later, he woke up. Harald was asleep. Carl looked at his watch. It was midnight. He called the air hostess.‘Excuse me. What time do we arrive?’ ’11.30 p.m., local time, sir. That’s about half an hour from now.’ ‘Thank you.’ Carl changed the time on his watch. ‘Anything else, sir?’ ‘No, I don’t think so. Oh, wait a minute – could I have a cup of coffee, please?’ ‘Yes, of course, sir.’ He watched her bring the coffee. ‘She walks like my daughter, too,’ he thought. ‘And she is very young. She looks nervous, notsure what to do.’ ‘How long have you been an air hostess?’ he asked. She smiled. ‘Three months, sir,’ she said. ‘Do you like it?’ ‘Yes, I love it. It’s very exciting.’ She smiled nervously, ‘Will that be all, sir?’ ‘Yes, thank you’ ‘Have a nice flight.’ He drank the coffee and started to read his newspaper. When Harald woke up, Carl showed him a page in the paper. ‘Look. There you are,’ he...