Una Niña Llamada Ernestina

Continuación de Maisie.
“I remember this!” she thinks.
But Ben does not stop there. He swims between two big stones. Then they come to a box. It has the word “MONTOYA” on the top. Maisie takes thekey from Ben’s mouth and opens the box. There are lots of gold coins in it. Thousands of them!!
The next morning Maisie’s name is in the newspaper.
The story says “FREEPORT GIRL FINDS SPANISH GOLD”.Mr King telephones Carl Flint in New York. “Ah, hello,” says Carl Flint. “Do you have an answer for me?” “Yes, I do,” says Maisie’s father, “… and it’s ‘no’.
We don’t want to sell the house or thehospital.
Goodbye, Mr Flint.”
With the money from the Montoya coins, Maisie’s mother and father build a new hospital. They are very happy. Maisie is happy, too. “Oh grandad,” she says one evening inthe garden. “now we can always live here because of …”At that moment Ben jumps out of the sea.
“…BEN!!” The old man and the girl laugh. Then sun goes down and they walk back to the house.

Beforeyou read

1 Read the Word List at the back of the book. What are the twenty words in your language? Find them in a dictionary.
2 Look at the pictures in the book. What do you think?

A DoesMaisie live in a cold or a hot country?
B Can she swim?
C What is the ‘Warm Wind’?

3. What do you know about the Bahamas?


A Are they near America or Britain?
B What is thelanguage there?


After you read


5. Work with a friend.


Student A: You are a new student at Maisie`s school. Ask Maisie questions about her home and family.


Student B: Youare Maisie. Answer Student A`s questions










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Before you read


6. Look at the pictures. What do you think?
a Does Ben go back to the sea?


BWhat does Maisie find under the water?


While you read
7 Finish the sentences.


A Maisie plays……………….. with Ben every day.
B Ben finds an old…………….. under the water.
C...