PONS Die drei ??? Fragezeichen Black Madonna E-Book

Astrid Vollenbruch

• Herausgeber: PONS
• Serie: PONS Die drei ??? Fragezeichen
• Sprache: Deutsch
• Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2014

Seitenzahl: 134

Beschreibung

Als Peter einen verletzten jungen Mann aus dem Meer rettet, ahnt er noch nicht, dass er damit auch einen neuen Fall für die drei ??? an Land zieht. Doch schon kurze Zeit später befinden sich die drei Detektive aus Rocky Beach mitten in einem spannenden Abenteuer, in dem eine verschwundene Marienstatue die Hauptrolle spielt. Wie viele Gegner gibt es bei dieser gefährlichen Jagd? Wie weit werden sie gehen, um die begehrte Schwarze Madonna zu bekommen? Justus, Peter und Bob stoßen an ihre Grenzen. Dieser Fall ist gefährlich, sehr gefährlich. Er bedroht sogar die Existenz ihres Detektivunternehmens ... Englisch lernen mit Justus, Peter und Bob - spannende, englische Story mit Übersetzungshilfen - alphabetische Wortliste zum einfachen Nachschlagen Ab dem 2. / 3. Lernjahr

Leseprobe

basierend auf "Die drei ??? - Schwarze Madonna" von Astrid Vollenbruch

Die drei ??? – Schwarze Madonna © 2006 Franckh-Kosmos Verlags-GmbH & Co. KG, Stuttgart Mit freundlicher Genehmigung der Universität von Michigan. Based on characters by Robert Arthur. "Die drei ???" sind eine eingetragene Marke der Franckh-Kosmos Verlags-GmbH & Co. KG.

Auflage A1 4 3 2 1 / 2017 2016 2015 2014© PONS GmbH, Stöckachstraße 11, 70190 Stuttgart, 2014 www.pons.de E-Mail: [email protected] Alle Rechte vorbehalten.

Übersetzung: Marion Charles Annotationen und Übungen: Patricia Wolf Projektmanagement: Mareike Geib Logoentwurf: Erwin Poell, Heidelberg Logoüberarbeitung: Sabine Redlin, Ludwigsburg Titelillustration: Silvia Christoph, Berlin Einbandgestaltung: Anne Helbich, Stuttgart Layout/Satz: Satz und mehr, Besigheim

ISBN: 978-3-12-050005-3

Vorwort

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Inhaltsverzeichnis

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Auftretende Personen

1. Glitter and Dust

2. The Hero of Carino Beach

3. Burglary with Consequences

4. Under Suspicion

5. A Visit to the Museum

6. Madonna’s Curse

7. Bob Drops Out

8. Great Deliverance

9. José Backs Out

10. A Bad Mistake

11. The End of the Three Investigators

12. Unexpected Aid

13. La Brea

14. Over and Out

Englisch-Deutsche Wortliste

Nützliche Detektiv-Ausdrücke

Inhaltsangabe

Als Peter einen verletzten jungen Mann aus dem Meer rettet, ahnt er noch nicht, dass er damit auch einen neuen Fall für die drei ??? an Land zieht. Doch schon kurze Zeit später befinden sich die drei Detektive aus Rocky Beach mitten in einem spannenden Abenteuer, in dem eine verschwundene Marienstatue die Hauptrolle spielt. Wie viele Gegner gibt es bei dieser gefährlichen Jagd? Wie weit werden sie gehen, um die begehrte Schwarze Madonna zu bekommen?

Justus, Peter und Bob stoßen an ihre Grenzen. Dieser Fall ist gefährlich, sehr gefährlich. Er bedroht sogar die Existenz ihres Detektivunternehmens...

Auftretende Personen

Justus Jonas:

Der Erste Detektiv der drei ???. Er hat ein phänomenales Gedächtnis, spricht meist in sehr gewählten Worten und trägt ein paar Pfunde zu viel mit sich herum. Justus lebt bei seinem Onkel Titus und seiner Tante Mathilda, die ein Gebrauchtwarencenter in Rocky Beach betreiben.

Peter Shaw:

Der Zweite Detektiv ist sportlich, bei Mädchen äußerst beliebt, aber manchmal etwas abergläubisch und ängstlich.

Bob Andrews:

Der Dritte Detektiv ist für Recherchen und das Archiv zuständig. Er ist ein ruhiger Zeitgenosse und sehr vernünftig.

Die Clowns:

Vier maskierte Männer, die nicht halb so lustig sind, wie sie aussehen.

José Santanda:

Ein junger mexikanischer Trödelhändler, der von den Maskierten ins Meer geworfen wird. Trotz seiner Rettung durch Peter zeigt er sich später erstaunlich unkooperativ und hat offenbar etwas zu verbergen.

Roger Pentecost:

Ein dicker, kleiner, sehr reicher Mann mit einer Schwäche für Kunstschätze, der seine Verbindungen und seinen Einfluss zu nutzen weiß. Als Inhaber der Transportfirma »Great Deliverance« organisiert er den Transport von Kunstschätzen für das Arts & Crafts Museum.

Tonio Gonzales:

Er wohnt neben José, ist abergläubisch und möchte keinen Ärger.

Fernanda Gonzales:

Tonios Frau hat deutlich mehr Mut als ihr Mann, besitzt Zivilcourage und nimmt einen weiten Weg auf sich, um etwas in Ordnung zu bringen.

Sybil Manning:

Mrs Manning ist eine sehr begabte Replikateurin, die Kunstschätze nicht nur reparieren, sondern auch ersetzen kann.

Milena Osborne:

Die Kunsthistorikerin leitet das Arts & Crafts Museum. Sie ist auf die drei ??? nicht gut zu sprechen.

1. Glitter and Dust

“Quick Bob! There’s one over there!”

“At last.” Bob turns on the indicator and squeezes his VW-Beetle into a parking space right in front of another car. The other driver shakes his fist at Bob angrily and drives off. The Three Investigators get out and stretch. They have been driving up and down the Silver Canyon Road for almost an hour looking for a parking space.

For one week every year, the Carino Beach ‘Glitter and Dust Festival’ attracts thousands of tourists and locals. Days before dealers, showmen and small time artists arrive in the small coastal town south of Los Angeles to reserve the best places for themselves.

Justus’ uncle, Titus Jonas, who manages a used car business further north in Rocky Beach also sets up his stand here for a few days. And the Three Investigators have promised to help him with sales at the weekend.

They grab their bags and start walking. It isn’t a pleasure to walk on asphalt in the heat of the Californian summer and all three are soaked in sweat when they finally reach Carino Beach.

Already, quite a lot is going on. Market stalls are lined up on the right and left. The owners are unpacking their goods.

All around, there are food stalls with food from all over the world. The multinational city, Los Angeles, is represented by all shades of skin, ages and all classes. Policemen are patrolling the streets to keep fights and theft under control. Carino Beach pier looks like a bridge which reaches into the sea and ends abruptly after about 100 yards. The pier serves as a further base for traders.

“Our stand is over there,” Justus calls out. “Uncle Titus actually managed to get a spot on the pier.”

“Couldn’t he have built it up in the water?”

Peter looks longingly at the huge waves breaking on the beach shore.

“Blast! Why didn’t I bring my surfboard!”

Justus begins, “Well, because we promised to …”

“… help your uncle. Yes, yes. I know.”

As they empty their water bottles, Justus brings them all ice cream. He has almost caught up with Peter and Bob when someone pushes him aside. Justus stumbles, loses his balance, and drops the ice cream.

“Watch out!” he calls out angrily.

The man who pushed him turns around briefly. Justus stops instinctively. From behind, the guy looks quite normal – dark hair, light shirt, jeans, tanned and strong. But he is wearing a white plastic clown mask with a red nose over his face. His broad, staring grin would look funny in a circus ring, but here it seems quite out of place. “You pushed me over,” Justus calls out. “Now you can pay me for the ice cream!”

The man stares coldly at Justus; then he turns around without a word and walks on. Three other men are following him. Two are equally big and strong, but one is a little smaller and thinner. All three are wearing clown masks with ordinary T-shirts and jeans.

“Wait!” Justus calls after them, but they ignore him.

Like bulldozers, they push their way through the crowd and anyone who doesn’t get out of the way fast enough is pushed aside roughly, just like Justus. Peter and Bob now reach the First Investigator.

The ice cream melts into an unappetizing sticky sauce in the hot sand.

“What a mess!” Peter complains. “Oh well, let’s go and get some new ice cream.”

They line up again at the ice cream van.

“Who were those guys?” Justus throws a look in the direction in which the four men disappeared.

“One thing is for sure, they were not funny clowns.”

“Is our criminal intelligence required again?” Peter teases. “Can’t we ever have a day’s holiday away from being investigators? Just like everybody else?”

“I’d like to know.”

“They probably belong to a fairground and simply haven’t taken off their costumes.”

They get their ice cream, Bob pays and then they make their way to Uncle Titus’ junk store on the pier. First, they help to sort out the junk and set up the store. So far, no costumed people are in sight, only tradesmenstrolling around among the stores.

Slowly the sun sinks into the ocean. The tide comes in and the beach umbrellas and chairs are taken in. On the pier, the first lamps are switched on. The Three Investigators are just settling down in their sleeping bags among the heaps of junk, when suddenly there is a loud noise near them. There is an argument in one of the stalls. Four men are attacking a trader, a young Mexican, who shrinks back into the railing.

“It’s those clowns from earlier,” Peter shouts.

The Three Investigators jump up. Other traders notice them, too. But before anyone can do anything, two of the masked men tip the trader’s table over. The Mexican screams and tries to hold on to his table, but the other two men hold him back. The table falls over, crashes against the railing and all the junk slips off. Some pieces crash on to the pier and break. But the rest falls into the water five yards below. The masked men double up with laughter – then the tallest of the men takes hold of the trader and lifts him up effortlessly.

“You are attached to your stuff, right? Then go and get it!”

And he flings him over the railing.

With a cry, the young man falls and disappears into the ocean.

Justus, Peter and Bob, who were watching the scene, are shocked and run over to the railing. Down below a few puzzles, games and figurines are tossing about in the water. The waves hit the pier’s pillars. The young man has disappeared. And he doesn’t emerge again.

WORTLISTE

glitter:

Glitzer

dust:

Staub

indicator:

Blinker

to squeeze:

quetschen

to stretch:

sich strecken, dehnen

dealer:

Händler

small time artists:

Kleinkünstler

coastal town:

Küstenstadt

further north:

weiter nördlich

to promise:

versprechen

to grab:

greifen, grabschen

soaked in sweat:

schweißüberströmt

to reach:

erreichen

sth is going on:

es ist etwas los

goods:

Waren

shades of skin:

(Schattierungen der) Hautfarben

theft:

Diebstahl

bridge:

Brücke

yard:

Längenmaß, entspricht 91,44 cm

to serve:

dienen

a further base:

eine weitere Plattform

actually managed:

tatsächlich geschafft

longingly:

sehnsüchtig

huge waves breaking on the beach shore:

riesige Wellen, die sich an der Sandküste brechen

blast (Umgangssprache):

verdammt, Mist

to empty:

ausleeren

to catch up with sb:

jemanden einholen

to stumble:

stolpern

guy (Umgangssprache):

Typ, Kerl

tanned:

braungebrannt

broad, staring grin:

breites Grinsen und Starren

to follow:

folgen

equally:

gleich, ebenso

thin:

dünn

ordinary:

gewöhnlich, normal

roughly:

rau

to melt:

schmelzen

unappetizing sticky sauce:

unappetitliche klebrige Soße

mess:

Durcheinander

to complain:

sich beschweren

to disappear:

verschwinden

required:

notwendig, erforderlich

to tease:

hänseln, necken

fairground:

Jahrmarkt

junk store:

Schrottwarenladen

so far:

bisher

tradesmen:

Händler

to stroll:

spazieren, flanieren

tide:

Flut

to settle down:

sich niederlassen

heap:

großer Haufen

argument:

Auseinandersetzung

to shrink back:

zurückschrecken, ausweichen

to double up with laughter:

platzen vor Lachen

effortlessly:

mühelos

you are attached to your stuff (Umgangssprache):

du hängst an deinem Zeug

to toss:

werfen, schleudern

pillar:

Pfeiler

to emerge:

auftauchen, erscheinen

2. The Hero of Carino Beach

The next minute, the four men disappear. Peter climbs onto the railing and jumps. With a splash he dives into the water which, after the heat of the pier, seems icy cold.

Although the ocean is only five metres deep and really quite warm, the shock takes his breath away. He opens his eyes and looks around in the dim water. The young man is nowhere to be seen. Peter emerges. Someone throws a life belt to him. He holds onto it and looks around. Over there he can see some movement!

Peter peers through the water and sees a figure disappear in the shadows under the pier.

He grabs the life belt and pulls it along behind him as he swims towards the pillars. The waves keep on throwing him back, only at the last moment he notices a huge jagged splintersticking out of the wood.

Peter looks for a different place, throws the life belt up on the pillar and climbs up behind it. Then he sees the young trader who is dripping wet and crouching in-between the pillars.

His T-shirt and shorts are sticking to his body, he is shaking violently and is pressing one hand to his chest. The coloured T-shirt is torn and soaked through with blood. He must have injured himself on the splinter when he climbed out of the water.

Peter carefully climbs over to the injured man. Now he can see that the Mexican is only a few years older than he is. The young man’s face is distorted by pain.

“Did Shef send you after me?” he groans. “Go away, leave me alone!”

“What did you say?” Peter asks puzzled. “What Jeff? No, nobody sent me! And with an injury like that you belong in a hospital. What’s your name?”

“José Santanda. But I –”

“I’m Peter Shaw. Give me your hand, I’ll help you.”

Peter sounds more confident than he is because he has no idea how to get José onto the beach. The Mexican shakes his head and refuses to take Peter’s hand. Suddenly, however, he grows pale, his eyes roll back and he topples over. Peter only just catches him before he slides into the water. Peter looks around in despair. He hears the excited voices of the traders on the pier above his head.

“Hello!” he shouts. But no one can hear him because of the roaring waves.

Suddenly a bright light pierces his eyes. Blinded, he squeezes them shut and hears the humming of a motor. A boat! He waves wildly and shouts: “Here!”

A moment later the boat is there. José doesn’t wake up as two men and Peter heave him into the boat, but as soon as he is lying on the wooden floor, he reaches for Peter’s hand. Peter bends down to understand what José is saying above the noise of the engine.

“The Black Madonna,” José murmurs. “They want to know where she is. Don’t tell them!”

“What Black Madonna?” Peter asks, surprised.

“Forty six Laguna Street! A statue! Under my bed! Bring her –“

The engine shudders and dies. The boat is grounded on the beach where the ambulance, surrounded by curious onlookers, is waiting with blinking lights.

Peter quickly bends down to José again. “Where shall I bring her?” But he is already pushed aside roughly.

“Get away, boy!”

Two men in white clothing lift José out of the boat onto the stretcher and carry him into the ambulance. The door closes, the men get in. With sirens blaring, the ambulance pushes through the crowd, drives along the street and disappears.

Peter stands there a little lost until a flashlight suddenly blinds him. A thin blond man in jeans and a yellow T-shirt with a digital camera in his hand is standing in front of him.

“Hello young man! What’s your name?”

“Peter Shaw,” Peter stutters, caught unawares.

“Peter Shaw, aha! So, Peter, how do you feel being a life saver? Do you come from Carino Beach?”

“No, from Rocky Beach.”

Peter doesn’t know what to say. “I only –“

But then Justus turns up, briskly pushes the man aside and stands in front of Peter. Loudly, he says: “My colleague doesn’t give interviews and if anyone photographs him without permission, they will hear from his lawyer. Good evening!”

“Listen, boy! You can’t do that!” the reporter objects. “There is a public interest in –”