Robbery in Museum – level 1

29-04-2020 15:00

There is a robbery in a museum in the Netherlands. Thieves come at night. They have a big hammer. They break the glass front door. The burglar alarm starts to ring. However, the thieves are very quick.

They steal only one painting. They run away. The police come too late. They do not catch the thieves.

The thieves steal a painting than can cost £5 million. Vincent Van Gogh paints it in 1884. The thieves steal this painting on March 30. It is a special date. Vincent Van Gogh is born on March 30, 167 years ago.

The police do not know who the thieves are. They also do not know where the painting is.

Difficult words: robbery (when someone steals something), thief (a person who steals something), burglar alarm (a special system that makes loud noise when someone comes to a building, and he wants to steal something).

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