Adjectives - FEAR

 

THE GENTLEMAN

 

 

George Gordon was a robber. He robbed trains. But he was not like other train robbers. He was very different. He always wore nice clothes during his robberies, and he was very polite when he asked for money.

“Excuse me, Ladies and Gentlemen,” he always said to the people on the train. “I’m terribly sorry to bother you, but could you please give me all your money?” He had a gun, but he never used it. He was a big man. He was very strong. People usually gave him their money without any problems.

He never took money from the poor. When he saw poor people on the train, he gave them money instead of robbing them. They called him The Gentleman.

The police searched for him across Canada, but they never caught him. He always got away.

George had an old aunt. Her name was Helen. He sometimes stayed with her for a while. He hid all his money in the basement of her house, but he didn’t tell her about it.

George Gordon started to rob trains in 1900. He robbed about 200 trains and stole more than $500,000. In 1910, the police finally arrested him. All his money was hidden in

 

his aunt’s basement, but the police didn’t know about Aunt Helen.

“Tell us where the money is, Gentleman,” the police said to him. “If you don’t, you are going to spend the next 30 years in prison.”

George didn’t tell them where the money was. He went to prison, but he didn’t spend 30 years there. In 1914, the First World War broke out, and he became a soldier and went overseas.

In 1918, he returned to Canada as a war hero. He didn’t go back to prison.

George went to see his aunt. He wanted to take his money. When he got there, he couldn’t believe his eyes. His aunt’s old house wasn’t there. Instead, there was a new shelter for the poor.

George knocked on the door. A smiling priest opened the door. “Your aunt lives with her sister now,” the priest said. “I bought her house three years ago. Then a miracle occurred. One day I prayed for the poor, and the next day, I found $500,000 in the basement. We built a shelter for the poor.”

“Nice,” said George.

“We accept donations, Mr. Gordon. Do you want to give us a donation?”

“I already gave you one,” George said and left.

 

I.          Answer the question in full sentences.

 

1.   Who was George Gordon?

2.   What was George Gordon like?

3.   What did they call him?

             4.   How many trains did he rob?

             5.   How much money did he steal?

            6.   Where did he hide his money?

            7.   How long was he in prison?

           8.   How did he get out of prison?

          9.   What happened with his money?