Daniel: Hi Jim.
Daniel: Well, my parents weren’t watching
the programme with me. They were
Jim: Hi Daniel. doing something on the computer
together in another room. I think my
Daniel: Jim, did you watch that new dad was teaching my mum to do
detective fi lm on TV last night? something.
Jim: What? That American fi lm that was Jim: And?
on in all the cinemas last year?
Daniel: Yeah, so while I was watching the
Daniel: No, no, this was a documentary programme, I suddenly heard a
fi lm. It was explaining how modern really loud noise, like a big crash. I
detectives work and how they didn’t know what it was.
investigate cases.
Jim: So what did you do?
Jim: No, no, I didn’t. I studied in my
room for an hour or two, then had Daniel: The fi rst thing I did was call my mum
dinner and read for a while. and dad, but they were in the other
room and they probably had music
Daniel: Well, I watched it, but I had a really on so they couldn’t hear me.
unusual evening in the end.
Jim: Weren’t you scared?
Jim: Why? Wasn’t it interesting?
Daniel: Oh, no, it was great. It had lots of Daniel: Yeah, but because of the detective
really interesting facts … programme I thought I should go
and investigate, you know. So I went
Jim: So, what was the problem? towards the kitchen, which is where I
thought the noise came from. off the table; a big empty box fell
on him. He was frightened because
Jim: Could you hear anything now? suddenly he couldn’t see anything
or move!
Daniel: Yes, somebody was crying. Well,
that’s what I thought at fi rst. I was Jim: Good detective work!
quite frightened to be honest. But I
decided to be brave and go inside. I Daniel: Hmm, yeah, I suppose so. But I
opened the door slowly and straight decided last night that I don’t enjoy
away I saw broken plates and surprises like that, so I don’t want
glasses and dishes all over the fl oor. to be a detective! Tonight there’s a
documentary about animals. Maybe
Jim: What! Who did that? I need to watch that so I can teach
Daniel: You’ll never guess … Our new cat! I my cat to behave!
don’t know what he was doing in the
kitchen because we never let him
in there. But he got in, and jumped
onto the table, maybe to get some
food or something. He obviously
knocked over all the plates and
dishes that were there after dinner.
Jim: And the crying?
Daniel: It wasn’t a person crying. It was the
cat. He was making a terrible noise
because I think when everything fell