RESUMEN
Trish McPherson, la asistenta social, se encargaba de varios casos en Hell Close, entre ellos el de los hijos del matrimonio Threadgold. Beverly siempre la decía que ellos eran buenos padres, pero iba a ser difícil recuperar a sus hijos, Lisa-Marie and Vernon. Ambos estaban con la familia Duncan, vivían temporalmente en su casa.
Trish dejó su maletín lleno de documentos en el coche antes de dirigirse a casa de la Reina. La Reina no quería ver a Trish, porque sus reuniones no servían para nada ya que sus problemas no se solucionaban: no tenía dinero, su hijo Charles podría ir a la cárcel, su marido Philip estaba en un hospital psiquiátrico…
Mientras ellas hablaban, Tony Threadgold robó el maletín de Trish que dejó en el coche. Por la tarde, fue a casa de la Reina y estuvieron leyendo los documentos juntos. Descubrieron que los hijos del matrimonio padecían una enfermedad que hacía que sus huesos fueran frágiles. El matrimonio Threadgold nunca maltrató a sus hijos, pero siempre tenían huesos rotos. Tal vez con esos documentos podían demostrar que no eran malos padres.
NOTA: el informe médico que encontraron la Reina y Tony estaba en un sobre que todavía no estaba abierto, por lo tanto Trish aún no lo había leído.
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Trish McPherson, the social worker, visited some neighbors of Hell Close every day, for example the Threadgold. Beverly always said that they were good parents, but it was going to be difficult to recuperate their children, Lisa-Marie and Vernon. In that moment, they lived with the Duncan in their house.
Thrish left her briefcase in the car and went to visit the Queen. But the Queen didn’t want to see her, because she thought that their meetings weren’t necessary; the Queen continued having problems: she didn’t have money, Prince Charles could go to prison, her husband Philip was in a mental hospital…
While they were talking, Tony Threadgold was stealing the Trish’ briefcase. At night, Tony went to the Queen’s house with the briefcase and they started to read the papers. They discovered that his children had brittle bone disease. The Threadgold never abused them, but they always had some broken bones. Maybe the Threadgold could demonstrate that they weren’t bad parents with that documents.
ACTIVIDADES
- Why did Trish think that the Threadgold were unstable? Because Beverly was very nervous and one time she tried to attack Trish.
- Why did the Queen find life horrible? Because she didn’t have money, Prince Charles could go to prison, her husband Philip was in a mental hospital, her doughter Anne had a relationship with a handyman and she couldn’t feed Harris.
- If Trish had read the letter in her briefcase, what would she have realized? She would discover that the Threadgold weren’t bad parents and it was possible thet could recuperate their children.
