Money for a Motorbike

This is a Beginner Level story in a series of ELT readers comprising a wide range of titles - some original and some simplified - from modern and classic novels, and designed to appeal to all age-groups, tastes and cultures.

Money for a Motorbike

John Milne

MacMillan

2005

Abstract

Content of the book: Stuart is seventeen years old. He has just left school. All his classmates have already started work. But the boy doesn't want to work. He wants to have a long holiday and buy a motorbike. His friend Martin has a good motorbike for sale. It costs 350 pounds. But Stuart has no money. The boy decides to find this sum. He often gets into old, empty houses and looks for something valuable. One day Stuart is going past one house. A rich lady used to live in it. Somebody has already got inside this house. It is a young man called Frank. Frank decides to live here illegally. The man asks Stuart to watch the house while he goes to take his things. Stuart agrees. Suddenly, he finds a lot of money in the house. It is enough to buy a motorbike. Soon Frank comes back. He wants this money.