Reading. Strange Messages

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STRANGE MESSAGES

One night in 1828 the captain of a ship crossing the Atlantic Ocean was in his cabin when suddenly a man stepped into the room. The captain had never seen the man before. The man said nothing , but he wrote a message on the wall of the cabin and then disappeared. The message said, "Turn the ship and sail to the north-west." The captain was surprised but decided to follow the stranger's instructions. A few hours later he saw a small ship ahead that was sinking. The captain asked his crew to see what had happened. They found only one person on board the ship. It was the same man the captain had seen in his cabin. The man explained he had just awakened from a deep sleep. In his sleep he dreamed that he was going to be rescued.

In 1956 a young Swedish sailor on a ship at sea became bored. He wrote a message and put it into a bottle. The message gave his name and address and asked any pretty girl who found it to write to him. Two years later an Italian fisherman found the bottle and showed the message to his daughter. Just for a joke she wrote to the sailor. He replied , and soon they started to write each other regularly. Then they decided to meet. Shortly after their first meeting the sailor and the fisherman's daughter got married.

Abraham Lincoln, the sixteenth president of the United States, received a message about his own death in a dream. One night in 1865 he had a strange dream. He dreamed that he was inside the White House. A group of people was standing around a coffin in the East Room of the White House. Many of them were crying. "Who is dead?" he asked. "The President", someone answered. "He was killed by an assassin." A few days after this, on April 14th, Lincoln was shot and killed while he was watching a play at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D. C.

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The ship was sailing to the east.

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STRANGE MESSAGES

One night in 1828 the captain of a ship crossing the Atlantic Ocean was in his cabin when suddenly a man stepped into the room. The captain had never seen the man before. The man said nothing , but he wrote a message on the wall of the cabin and then disappeared. The message said, "Turn the ship and sail to the north-west." The captain was surprised but decided to follow the stranger's instructions. A few hours later he saw a small ship ahead that was sinking. The captain asked his crew to see what had happened. They found only one person on board the ship. It was the same man the captain had seen in his cabin. The man explained he had just awakened from a deep sleep. In his sleep he dreamed that he was going to be rescued.

In 1956 a young Swedish sailor on a ship at sea became bored. He wrote a message and put it into a bottle. The message gave his name and address and asked any pretty girl who found it to write to him. Two years later an Italian fisherman found the bottle and showed the message to his daughter. Just for a joke she wrote to the sailor. He replied , and soon they started to write each other regularly. Then they decided to meet. Shortly after their first meeting the sailor and the fisherman's daughter got married.

Abraham Lincoln, the sixteenth president of the United States, received a message about his own death in a dream. One night in 1865 he had a strange dream. He dreamed that he was inside the White House. A group of people was standing around a coffin in the East Room of the White House. Many of them were crying. "Who is dead?" he asked. "The President", someone answered. "He was killed by an assassin." A few days after this, on April 14th, Lincoln was shot and killed while he was watching a play at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D. C.

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The captain knew the man who came to him.

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STRANGE MESSAGES

One night in 1828 the captain of a ship crossing the Atlantic Ocean was in his cabin when suddenly a man stepped into the room. The captain had never seen the man before. The man said nothing , but he wrote a message on the wall of the cabin and then disappeared. The message said, "Turn the ship and sail to the north-west." The captain was surprised but decided to follow the stranger's instructions. A few hours later he saw a small ship ahead that was sinking. The captain asked his crew to see what had happened. They found only one person on board the ship. It was the same man the captain had seen in his cabin. The man explained he had just awakened from a deep sleep. In his sleep he dreamed that he was going to be rescued.

In 1956 a young Swedish sailor on a ship at sea became bored. He wrote a message and put it into a bottle. The message gave his name and address and asked any pretty girl who found it to write to him. Two years later an Italian fisherman found the bottle and showed the message to his daughter. Just for a joke she wrote to the sailor. He replied , and soon they started to write each other regularly. Then they decided to meet. Shortly after their first meeting the sailor and the fisherman's daughter got married.

Abraham Lincoln, the sixteenth president of the United States, received a message about his own death in a dream. One night in 1865 he had a strange dream. He dreamed that he was inside the White House. A group of people was standing around a coffin in the East Room of the White House. Many of them were crying. "Who is dead?" he asked. "The President", someone answered. "He was killed by an assassin." A few days after this, on April 14th, Lincoln was shot and killed while he was watching a play at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D. C.

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The man who came into the cabin wanted to have a talk.