Stolen Violin Returns – level 1

20-03-2017 15:00

Antonin Stradivari is the most famous violin maker. He makes violins a long time ago. About 550 of his violins exist now. One violin is called the Ames Stradivarius. He makes it in 1734. It is worth millions of dollars.

A musician owns the violin. Someone steals it from him. This is in 1980.

Years later, the thief shows his ex-wife the violin. In 2015, she takes the violin to an expert. They find out that it is the Ames Stradivarius.

The violin returns to the owner’s family.

Difficult words: to be worth something (have a price), own (have something), thief (a criminal who takes thing from people), owner (a person who has something).

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