Short Stories in English for Beginners

neat
. David took Walter to the 
garage
. David
kept many things from his past there. He had things from when he was a
boy. He had some old photos. He even had some old school notes.
‘What are we looking for here?’ asked Walter.
‘I remembered something I have. It sounds like the object you are
looking for.’

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‘An old object? With a number?’
‘Yes, an old object with a number. Please wait a minute. I’m going to
look.’
For half an hour, David searched. Walter tried to help. David asked
Walter to sit down. He wanted to find it himself. After an hour, David
finally found the object. ‘Look, Walter,’ he said with excitement, ‘I’ve
found it!’
‘What have you found?’ Walter asked. He got up and walked over. He
looked at David carefully, ‘How do you know it’s what I need?’
‘I don’t know, but I’ve had this for a long time. And it has a number.’
David 
unwrapped
an old cloth. Inside was a 
gold necklace
. And inside
the necklace, there was a number. ‘When you said you needed something
with a number,’ David began, ‘I remembered this.’
‘Do you remember who gave you that necklace?’ asked Walter.
‘I’m not sure. I’ve had it since I was a baby.’
Walter smiled. He opened the garage door. ‘Where are you going?’ David
asked.
‘I’m finished here,’ replied Walter. ‘Remember that number. And read
this.’ He handed David a letter. Then he walked away.
‘Wait! Come back! Don’t you want the necklace?’ called David. But
Walter was gone. He had disappeared through the doorway.
Walter returned to central Edinburgh. He caught the train to the airport.
His next stop was Northern Ireland.
Chapter 1 Review
Summary
Walter is an old man from Scotland. He is in Edinburgh on a mission. He
has a picture of an old chest. There is a lock on the chest. Three numbers
are missing from it. Walter asks a man named David about the missing
numbers. He says one number is on an object David has. David looks in his
garage and finds something. He shows Walter an old necklace. There is a

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number in it. Walter tells David to remember the number inside the
necklace. He gives David a letter. Then Walter leaves for Northern Ireland.