xvi THE SRA FLEX LITERACY™ PRINT EXPERIENCE: INTERACTIVE READER
Vocabulary
cluttered: messy
inquired: asked about
BEGIN
DAY 2
Watson gets note,
rushes to Holmes, Holmes
has China flu, Holmes tells
Watson not to open
box, Holmes tells Watson
only Culver Smith can
help
Holmes’s apartment
Smith’s house
Major: Sherlock Holmes
Minor: Watson, Culver
Smith
First,
Characters:
Setting:
Story Elements
Notes
Imagine my shock at reading the following
message:
Dr. Watson, come at once! Sherlock
Holmes is dying!
I reached Holmes’s residence in minutes.
In the dim light, I saw my friend in his bed. He
was thin and pale—a shell of the man I knew.
As I got closer, he put out his hand to stop
me.
“Stand back! I seem to have picked up an
illness. They call it the China flu,” he said.
I looked around the room. His apartment
was a mess. It was cluttered with books,
papers, and clothes. An object on his desk
caught my eye. It was a tiny white box. I was
just about to open it when he yelled, “Stop!”
I jumped at the sound of Holmes’s voice.
“Put it down . . . gently.”
I placed the box back on the desk. I
demanded to know what was going on.
Holmes said there was only one person who
could help him. His name was Mr. Culver
Smith, and he was an expert on diseases.
Holmes handed me his address and told me I
was to return before Smith arrived. When I
turned to ask Holmes another question, he
was already fast asleep. With my heart
racing, I ran out the door.
2 The Adventure of the Dying Detective
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