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CHEMICAL SECRET CHARACTERS: John Duncan: Protagonist. A biologist who worked in a pint factory Rachel Horsley: The wife of John Duncan. She died in a sail race Christine: Mr Duncan’s daughter Andrew: Mr Duncan’s son Mary Carter: John’s workmate David Wilson: The owner of the paint factory and the boss of John Duncan

CHAPTERS: 1 - A new Start: John Duncan went to a job interview. He entered in a room with David Wilson the boss and Mary Carter, an employee if the paint company. David asked some questions to John, why did he stopped to work as a biologist for 9 years He asked that he set up a business of selling boats with his wife, but then her wife died in a sailor race and he had to close the business. The company needs a biologist to tell de government that everything is fine. David Wilson get the job To John, he needs this job so much. 2 - At home: John arrived at home and there were his children Christine and Andrew. They live in an old flat with old furniture and a few windows. They used to live in a big house in the country and they had had everything they want, but when he started the business his luck ended. He had to sell the house and move to an old flat. He had been applying for different jobs but nobody gave him the job. His daughter gave John a letter of a skiing excursion, but she said she would like to go but it was impossible because they didn’t have enough money, but John said she will go because he had a new job in a paint factory. 3 - Rich Man: John started work on Monday and Mary showed the factory. They produce paint for cars, a strong paint that nothing can damage. On day while he was working a waste product split on his leg, he cleaned but it left a red on hi skin and he decided to go to the doctor. The doctor asked some questions about this waste products, and then gave him a product to put on the red skin. Before he went out of the room, the doctor asked him about where do these waste products go? He answered into the river, but they checked all very well on only a little product go into the river. It’s not dangerous. 1

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Now Mr Duncan was a very busy man, he had a lot of work in the factory. He bought a big house for his family. Now he was lucky. 4 – The Seals: A few months later, John invited Mary to have a meal, but it didn’t go very well, the food didn’t taste very well, and Christine and Andrew were angry with Mary. But another day, they took the boat and went sailing. The children taught Mary to sail and the had a very good time. While they were in the boat, Andrew saw a group of seals, the mothers went there to have their babies. They thought they were beautiful. 5 – The new experiment: John wanted to show Mary the new experiment he was doing. They went to his laboratory. There, he was feeding some rats putting a little of the waste products in their foods and drink. In a first sight, things were alright. Any rats were dead and only a few were ill. But they were going to have babies and that was the surprised. Those babies were born in a wrong way, without eyes or legs. John trusted that the company would make some machines to solve the waste products problems but Mary wasn't as sure as him. 6 – The report: John wrote a report explaining the waste products problems to David Wilson. Here, we saw the two visions of the problem: one is the worried chemist who wants to do things in the right way; and the other is the businessman, only worried in making more and more money. David didn't want to build the machines because it costs so much and he would have to fire lots of people. He was very sure of this idea. John tried to persuade David explaining him that the waste products in the river were really dangerous to the people, but David didn't agree. John told that he said the newspapers about it but David threatened (amenaça) John; if he tried to tell the problem to the media, we would lose his job. 7 - Christine and Simon Mary argued a lot with David Wilson about the waste products. He didn't listen to her so finally she decided to left the factory and moved to another company. She didn't want to be worried about the waste products. John tried to convince her talking about what the factory had done for the village (shops, buildings...) Also, John asked Mary for help. His daughter wanted to get Married (18 years). He was losing Christine because John didn't like his boyfriend and they were always arguing. Mary came to a meal and talked with Christine. She wanted to marry Simon but John didn't think in the same way. Finally, John accepted the wedding. They made a special supper and Mary was invited. Simon was a journalist and his boss was going to increase his salary. He promised John that he would look after Christine. Simon was working in a new article 2

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of his newspaper. It talked about some seals of the river which had dead because of a strange disease. 8 − The wedding Christine and Simon got married. After the church, they had a little party in John's house garden. John was talking with Simon's parents. They were very good people and John felt comfortable with them. They talked about their children. Christine and Simon made a very good couple and they seemed to be so happy. But Simon was working so hard in the dead of the seals. There were some theories. One of those, made guilty the sewage products and everybody believe it. Nobody was thinking in the paint factory yet. 9 − I don't believe in you Three months before the wedding, Christine came to John's house with a very good news: she was going to have a baby. Both of them were too happy. But they started arguing when Christine started talking about Simon's new article, where he talked about the waste products. Simon thought that the paint factory was guilty of seals' dead. John had argued with David Wilson about it and they wrote to the newspaper saying that the article was false. But people started thinking about it and the government was going to investigate. Christine couldn't believe her father because she saw him nervous and sad they separated their lives a bit more. 10 − Greenworld Christine and Simon went to John's house. John wasn't there because he was visiting Mary in Scotland. They caught the boat and sailed until they found two friends, Peter and Susan, in the river. They went near the paint factory with white T−shirts with Greenworld written in them. They put some cement bags in the pipes (tuberies) of the factory. The cement would be hard and nothing couldn’t come out of the pipe. They showed some sheets with environmental messages to the photographers. A man of the factory was shouting at them. It was a windy day and the boat finished overturned. Everyone was through into the water. Simon helped Peter and Susan and then tried to swim and catch Christine, who was unconscious because the sail hit on her back. The river was rebellious and they were pulled a bit far. She didn't breathe, but Simon helped her putting air in her mouth. Then they arrived at the bank (orilla) and finally, she breathed by herself. Simon finished crying because of all the accumulated tension. 11 − The Public Enquiry There was a public enquiry. John came from Scotland to answer the lawyer questions in front of everybody. Some chemists and biologists from London came to taste the river water. The lawyer asked him about the rats, the water, the seals John was lying. He couldn't tell the truth because he was threatened (amenaçat) by David Wilson. 3

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Suddenly, the lawyer showed John the newspaper which said that his daughter was nearly drowned in the river, drinking lots of polluted water. At the end, he confessed that the waste products were dangerous and left the room running. 12 − The future John lost his job. He had to leave his house and bought a flat, less big and comfortable. His daughter was angry with him. John had bought lots of things to her baby, but he didn't find the moment for give them to her. The day when the baby was going to come, he called the hospital to know some news, but finally he decided to go to the hospital to see her directly and give her some flowers and an excuse.

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