https://padlet.com/61308977/9qn668j8gfxu8sgz A magnificent story to read en-us 2021-06-14 18:33:33 UTC 2023-07-21 18:28:40 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f4b0.png 61308977 https://padlet.com/61308977/9qn668j8gfxu8sgz/wish/1944483602 There are many islands in the sea near Scotland. This story is about one of these islands. The name of the island is Lana. Lana isn’t big, but it’s very beautiful. Also, It’s very quiet. In Lana there aren´t houses, roads or cars, but there is a very old castle. A young Scotsman named Duncan McTavish lives in the castle with his dog, Jock, and is very happy on his island, because he likes to walk with Jock. Also, he likes to swim and fish in his little boat. ]]> 2021-12-13 13:40:02 UTC https://padlet.com/61308977/9qn668j8gfxu8sgz/wish/1944483602 61308977 https://padlet.com/61308977/9qn668j8gfxu8sgz/wish/1944516469 On a Monday morning in April, Duncan receives a letter from the power company. Duncan read the whole letter about how much he had to pay for electricity from October to March, in this case £ 5,000, but he realized that he did not have that much money and became sad thinking about what he could do to solve this. So, he decided to telephoned a man in London named Mr Moneybags, beacause he sells houses and castles. Ducan told him that he wants to sell his house and his castle and he agreed to this deal.   ]]> 2021-12-13 13:51:04 UTC https://padlet.com/61308977/9qn668j8gfxu8sgz/wish/1944516469 61308977 https://padlet.com/61308977/9qn668j8gfxu8sgz/wish/1944550962 Two days later, he phones Duncan, saying that the famous American rock star named Leaping Larry wants to buy his island for his girlfriend and he wants to see the island tomorrow afternoon. Ducan said he agrees. That agreed day, Larry and his girlfriend came by helicopter very late. ]]> 2021-12-13 14:03:03 UTC https://padlet.com/61308977/9qn668j8gfxu8sgz/wish/1944550962 61308977 https://padlet.com/61308977/9qn668j8gfxu8sgz/wish/1945902161 Leaping Larry and Roxanne enter the castle. It is very dark, Leaping Larry falls and asks if there are lights. But, Duncan says there are no lights because they cut off his power this morning. Roxanne wanted some hot food. Duncan told him that he cannot make hot food because he did not have any electricity, but he told her that there is some cold food, but she did not prefer that and decided to go to bed, but first he asked her what she wanted a hot bath and her puppy too, but he told her there is no hot water. Then she got very upset and she went with her little puppy Bobo to bed.]]> 2021-12-14 01:33:57 UTC https://padlet.com/61308977/9qn668j8gfxu8sgz/wish/1945902161 61308977 https://padlet.com/61308977/9qn668j8gfxu8sgz/wish/1945943682 Larry and Duncan eat cold food and talk. Jock looks at them and suddenly Roxanne screams. Duncan, Larry, and Jock run into her room. Roxanne is in bed with Bobo. Larry asks her what happened and she tells him there was a noise in the room. Duncan starts to smile and Roxanne asks Duncan why he's smiling. She is very angry, so he told her to look at Jock because Jock was under the bed with a mouse in his mouth. And Roxanne gets scared by the mouse and screams again. ]]> 2021-12-14 02:00:55 UTC https://padlet.com/61308977/9qn668j8gfxu8sgz/wish/1945943682 61308977 https://padlet.com/61308977/9qn668j8gfxu8sgz/wish/1945949541 In the morning, Duncan and Leaping Larry are waiting in the dining room. Roxanne and Bobo are late because they got up at eleven o’clock. Duncan greets Roxanne but she doesn't answer him. She told Larry that she wants to get out of here because that castle is old, dark and very cold. Also, there is no electricity, food or hot water. Larry tells her that the two of them can build a great new house here, so their California friends can come and stay. Duncan looks at Jock and Jock looks at Duncan, they think it's a bad idea to build a big new house here.]]> 2021-12-14 02:04:28 UTC https://padlet.com/61308977/9qn668j8gfxu8sgz/wish/1945949541 61308977 https://padlet.com/61308977/9qn668j8gfxu8sgz/wish/1945949999 Leaping Larry tells Duncan that he and his girlfriend want to see the island, Duncan says that he agrees and that they can go on his boat. Duncan, Larry, and Roxanne get on Duncan's boat. Jock also enters. Bobo is with Roxanne. It is a beautiful day, but Roxanne is not happy.]]> 2021-12-14 02:04:44 UTC https://padlet.com/61308977/9qn668j8gfxu8sgz/wish/1945949999 61308977 https://padlet.com/61308977/9qn668j8gfxu8sgz/wish/1945969721 Roxanne asks Duncan what he does all day. He told her that he goes for a walk, sometimes he swims and catches fish. Roxanne doesn't find it interesting, Larry tells her that they can make the island interesting, because he meets people with film companies to come here and make hundreds of movies. Duncan looks at Jock and Jock looks at Duncan, they think it's a bad idea for film companies to come here, so Duncan is very sad, because he doesn't want to sell his island and his castle to Larry. Besides, he doesn't want movies, companies, or Larry's friends on the island. But, he does not know what he can do to pay the amount of money to the electricity company, for this reason, he can´t stay in his castle. ]]> 2021-12-14 02:17:12 UTC https://padlet.com/61308977/9qn668j8gfxu8sgz/wish/1945969721 61308977 https://padlet.com/61308977/9qn668j8gfxu8sgz/wish/1945979377  Duncan, Larry, and Roxanne are all sitting on Duncan's boat. Jock and Bobo are with them. Suddenly, Jock sees a rabbit on the island because Jock loves catching rabbits, so Jock decides to jump into the sea and start swimming. And, Bobo thinks it's interesting and decides to jump too. Roxanne freaks out because Bobo is in the water and tells Larry to jump into the sea so he can bring Bobo back. But Larry tells her that he can't swim, so she gets very upset. ]]> 2021-12-14 02:23:31 UTC https://padlet.com/61308977/9qn668j8gfxu8sgz/wish/1945979377 61308977 https://padlet.com/61308977/9qn668j8gfxu8sgz/wish/1946003132 Duncan tells Roxanne to look at the sea, because Bobo is having a good time swimming in the water with Jock. However, Roxanne is very angry with Larry because she feels that they no longer love each other and he told his girlfriend that she only loves Bobo. Roxanne stands in the boat and she starts hitting Larry. Duncan tells her not to do that because the boat is moving, so Roxanne falls into the water and she starts screaming, making a lot of noise. Jock sees Roxanne in the water with Bobo. Jock thinks they are playing a new game and he wants to play too, so nothing towards Bobo. But, Roxanne tells Jock to go away. Duncan brings the boat close to Roxanne, she gets on the boat. So, Bobo gets on the boat. Roxanne is very angry about everything that happened, and she tells Larry to take her back to Calinfornia right now.]]> 2021-12-14 02:38:18 UTC https://padlet.com/61308977/9qn668j8gfxu8sgz/wish/1946003132 61308977 https://padlet.com/61308977/9qn668j8gfxu8sgz/wish/1946012643 Later, Larry, Roxanne, and Bobo climb into the helicopter. Ducan says goodbye to them, but Larry and Roxanne don't respond and the helicopter leaves. Duncan smiles at Jock because he is so happy that Larry is not buying the island from him. But Duncan has big money problems because he doesn't know where he is going to get money to pay the electric company. Later, Duncan telephones Mr. Moneybags in London, he told Duncan that he spoke to Leaping Larry on the phone and tells Larry that he doesn't like his island, so he doesn't want to buy it. And Mr. Moneybags told Duncan that he is not going to sell his island now and that it is his problem]]> 2021-12-14 02:44:30 UTC https://padlet.com/61308977/9qn668j8gfxu8sgz/wish/1946012643 61308977 https://padlet.com/61308977/9qn668j8gfxu8sgz/wish/1946030856 Duncan takes a long walk with Jock, because he is not feeling well. They were walking to a place on the other side of the island. And there Duncan sees a woman. She is looking at the sea and is painting a picture and near her there is a small boat. Duncan greets her, the girl looks at Duncan. He thinks that she is very beautiful and that he likes her. She asks him who he is and what he wants. Duncan tells him his name and that he lives here, on his island Lana. And that this is his dog, Jock. He likes her too. And, she also tells him her name, in this case, Jean Stewart and that she is a teacher. She works in a school on the other side of the sea, she decided to go here in her boat because today is a holiday and the school is closed, she wanted to paint the Duncan's Island, because the light is very good and the colors are very beautiful.]]> 2021-12-14 02:56:26 UTC https://padlet.com/61308977/9qn668j8gfxu8sgz/wish/1946030856 61308977 https://padlet.com/61308977/9qn668j8gfxu8sgz/wish/1946047768 Duncan looks at Jean's painting and he tells her that her painting is very good and she thanks him. Duncan and Jean talk for a long time. Jean asks him where he lives, he tells him that in a castle and invites him to visit him. Duncan, Jean and Jock go to the castle. She tells Duncan that his castle is beautiful. Duncan agrees with her but it is very cold and dark, there is no electricity and he has no money. He loves his island very much, but he can't win money out of it. Jean looks at the castle. Suddenly, she tells him if he can win money, but Duncan tells her how he can win money. ]]> 2021-12-14 03:08:33 UTC https://padlet.com/61308977/9qn668j8gfxu8sgz/wish/1946047768 61308977 https://padlet.com/61308977/9qn668j8gfxu8sgz/wish/1946051979 She tells him that people can come here on vacation. They can paint pictures of her island. And that she can teach them. And they can stay in her castle. She tells him that they can both earn a lot of money. Duncan looks at Jock and Jock looks at Duncan, he tells her that he is right. Now McTavish's painting holidays are very famous. Every year many visitors come to the island to stay in the castle. They go out for a walk and paint beautiful pictures, and so they take their paintings home. The castle rooms are not cold or dark now, because Duncan and Jean have a lot of money, so there is no problem with electricity with the power company. And Jean makes very good food and the visitors are very happy. Also, Duncan and Jean are married now, they have two children, a boy and a girl. Jock loves to play with children and Duncan often sits in his little boat, sometimes he catches a fish, but usually he sleeps. He’s a happy man.]]> 2021-12-14 03:11:29 UTC https://padlet.com/61308977/9qn668j8gfxu8sgz/wish/1946051979 61308977 https://padlet.com/61308977/9qn668j8gfxu8sgz/wish/1946065783 2021-12-14 03:20:45 UTC https://padlet.com/61308977/9qn668j8gfxu8sgz/wish/1946065783