Sherlock Holmes and the Duke's Son

Sherlock Holmes and the Duke's Son
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A level 1 Oxford Bookworms Library graded reader. Retold for Learners of English by Jennifer Bassett.

Dr Huxtable has a school for boys in the north of England. When the Duke of Holdernesse decides to send his young son there, that is good news for the school. The Duke is a very important person, and Dr Huxtable is happy to have his son in the school.

But two weeks later Dr Huxtable is the unhappiest man in England. Why? And why does he take the train down to London and go to Baker Street? Why does he need the help of the famous detective Sherlock Holmes?

Because someone has kidnapped the Duke's son…

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SHERLOCK HOLMES AND THE DUKE’S SON

Are all bicycle tyres the same? How many different kinds of bicycle tyre are there? When someone cycles over soft wet ground, the tyres leave tracks on the ground – but one tyre makes a deeper track. Is it the tyre on the front wheel or the back wheel?

When the Duke’s son is kidnapped from Dr Huxtable’s school, it is important to know the answers to questions like these. Sherlock Holmes, and his old friend Dr Watson, spend many hours looking at the mud on Lower Gill Moor. They find the tracks of bicycle tyres, the tracks of sheep and of cows – and they also find a body. Now there are even more questions, and Dr Watson thinks it is not possible to find the answers. ‘Come, come, Watson,’ says Holmes. ‘Every mystery has an answer.’

But even Sherlock Holmes is surprised by the answer to this mystery…

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