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This legend has been passing from age to age of Baskervilles family. Once upon a time two hundreds years ago or more at Baskerville Hall near bog was living Sir Hugo Baskerville. He was an aristocrat, alcoholic and rowdy. Once he was killed by a big black dog with shining eyes and mouth nearby of bogs. This dog punished his evil. Since than a lot of Baskervilles had passed away from dog’s jaws. Two hundred years later Hugo’s descendant named Sir Charles Baskerville has gone out in the evening for a walk in his park. Nobody saw him alive anymore. He died from the heart attack. Around his body were a lot of dog’s tracks, but he never walked near bog’s, because was afraid by the ghost of dog, he knew about Baskerville legend very well. Put a point in this deadly history would try Sherlock Holms.

There was a war between the British and the French for the possession of American lands. Opponents often have used feuding Indian tribes. It was a hard and cruel time. Danger lurks at every turn. Two sisters Cora and Alice Munro were going to his father. They were accompanied by Major Duncan Heyward. With them was an Injun Magua known as the cunning fox. Injun himself offered to conduct a group by the safe path. But soon Major Duncan began to worry that the group got lost. Soon, the travelers met Hawkeye, who exposed the Magua. Magua led a group to the ambushed. Hawkeye was a great person. With the help of Chingachgook and his son Uncas Hawkeye funneling travelers to the small rocky island. When they were having dinner Injun Uncas attending to younger sister Cora. But danger hasn’t passed and their enemy has found them in the shelter.

At the Halloween Eve Baffy was late on her date with Angel. She was distracted by the vampire. When she came at the club, she saw Angel was talking to pretty Cordelia. Buffy was upset, because her hair was disheveled and clothes were dirty after the fight. She left. Next day she read in the Giles’s book some information about century of Angel and saw nice women’s dresses of that era. She wanted to impress of her boyfriend vampire and she with her friends bought the costumes in the Ethan’s Costume Shoppe. She bought the beautiful dress and thought that she would a beautiful helpless girl from the 18th century. At the same time under the ground in the vampires group the seer told that Vampire Slayer became weak at the Halloween and they would be able to kill her…

It was sunny day. Baffy’s school went to the museum. Buffy, Willow and Xander were talking about upcoming events by the way. Students of the exchange programme come for them soon. Buffy didn’t interested who it would guy or girl. Because she didn’t want guests in her house at all. Xander loves Buffy and is jealous of her if this student will muscular guy. At that time, guide has begun talking the legend about the princess of Incan. Incan had choosen the new beautiful young princess and immolated her for the mountain god 500 years ago. Princess were guarded by the seal. It was the warning for everyone who wants to wake her up. The sacrifice was buried alive forever and remained in the tomb. Our trinity were looking at this mummy of princess and compassion on her. Soon Xander has recollected about exchange of students and all left the room. But one of Buffy’s schoolmates has came to the mummy and accidentally he has woken up the dead princess…

Mr. Bean decided to go to the restaurant on his Birthday, because he wanted to enjoy his celebration. But to be at the restaurants was unusual situation for him. And our hero demonstrated his strange behavior there. People didn’t understand him. He hadn’t enough money for the order, so he choosed “steak tartare”. He didn’t like this food and big plate for food had bad impression on him. Mr. Bean didn’t know what to do with it. And had found a great decision to hide the meat in things surrounding him. He considered himself very smart in this situation. Than he showed to waiter this dirty place and manager took him a new table and he had a new embarrassing position… Later our hero had to clean his dress and went to the to the launderette. In the launderette he has found a new adventures…

An unnamed narrator tells the story as he discusses his most amazing investigation with the famous Parisian amateur detective Auguste Dupin. At this point, they are joined by Monsieur G, the Prefect of Police. A secret letter containing incriminating information was stolen from a young lady. The only known fact was that the letter was stolen by a Minister D. The Minister was in the room and when he saw the letter he substituted it with another of no importance. The Prefect was sure that the Minister still had the letter and was hiding it. The Prefect admitted that the police made a search of the Home Minister, but had found nothing. They had even looked behind the wallpaper and under carpets and had inspected chairs with microscopes – but without result. Dupin’s answer was that they had searched, but not carefully.

Jack is very popular in Halloweentown, because he is the most terrible skeleton in the entire city. Each Halloween Jack becomes the protagonist of all the festivities, which the whole city is looking forward to all the year. As soon as one Halloween ends so all the inhabitants begin to make plans for the next one – it’s such the city. But once Jack became tired of shaking bones and scaring the rest of evil spirits in the city. After the next Halloween ended he was going out from the town. He felt himself completely ruined and sad. He had come to his senses after a couple of hours, and noticed that he was in an unusual forest. There were huge trees around him. In each tree there was a door. Each door had a picture, on the first one was an Easter egg, on another – a turkey, but Jack was most interested in the door with a Christmas tree…

The big black pirate ship sailed in the Caribbean sea. There were ghostly pirates in it. They had never left their ship because of the curse. It was just a sailor’s story, wasn’t it? One little rich girl stood on the big ship owned her father and sang a song which called the pirates. Twelve-year-old Elizabeth Swann dreamt to meet them. In that day the Dauntless ship got out from the dark water a boy. His name was Will Turner and when he was asleep Elizabeth had taken from his shirt a gold medallion with a skull and crossbones. The big black ship with the same skull and crossbones on it was sailing past them at that moment. She understood that boy was a pirate. Elizabeth was very afraid, but she hid the medallion under her dress and kept this secret for eight years.

I will tell you a terrible story, which happened to me about seven years ago. I was a lawyer and lived in London, I was going to get married. I had a client from Transylvania his named Count Dracula. I helped him to buy a house in London. When I found a house he asked me to come to him for sign the papers. I didn’t want to go, but he was a rich man and would be useful for me. This journey had to be too weeks long. When I came to the inn, where a stayed, an innkeeper warned me about a castle of Count. I was surprised, but I read something in the book about Transylvania which gave me my future wife Mina. In spite of it warnings I went in carriage to the castle of my client Dracula. It was long journey because it was in high up in the Carpathian Mountains and only wolves lived there. I arrived in the castle to deep night and saw the master of this house. He was thin, pale man with red eyes and big white fangs. I felt horror.

Mma Ramotswe was born in a small African village Mochudi. When she was a child, her mother died in an accident, so she was brought up her father and cousin. The cousin loved Mma Ramotswe very much and since childhood she tried to teach her everything she knew herself. Therefore, at an early age Mma Ramotswe had learned to count, write, as well as to train memory and attention. Just because of her cousin a little girl went to church every Sunday and quickly realized the difference between good and bad. She finished school and became the best student, so Mma Ramotswe left her home and went to live with her cousin. There she has got her first job and even getting married. But her husband turned out a geek who beat her and eventually had escaped. So when her father left her a small inheritance she decided to start a detective agency, which will punish scoundrels like her husband.

An ordinary official worker suddenly appeared in foreign country only with one dollar in a pocket. When he spent his money at first day, he became an absolutely beggar. But his destiny wasn’t to die from hunger. Two very rich brothers had an agreement: can someone live a month with one unique note of five million pounds or not? They proposed poor foreigner to take park at such experiment and to find out a truth. A hungry and tired man did not understand the proposal clearly, but when he heard word money – he agreed. He took an envelope with banknote and rushed to the nearest cafe. He ordered a lot of meal, but when he opened the envelope, he understand that he could not pay…

The greatest comedy of genius British writer. This story takes place in a world of the magic, full of gods and elves. Theseus is the Duke of Athens, wants to marry Hippolyta. She is the Queen of the Amazons. They will get married in four days and waiting this day impatiently. Everyone in Athens are going to celebrate. Philostrate have to organise an entertainment for the citizens. At the same time Duke’s friend Egeus came to Theseus to help to resolve the problem with his daughter. She was going to marry to Demetrius, cause it was arranged by their families. But Hermia had fallen in love with Lysander and she wants to break off the engagement. According to old Athens’ law, Hermia should obey her father, otherwise, she has to be killed. Duke gives Hermia four days to decide her own future…

It was in 1867 when first rumors about dangerous and horrible monster that lives somewhere in sea depths appeared. According to witnesses, this creature was enormous and could sink any ship. Many people claimed that it was just a very big whale, but this beast was twice bigger than the biggest known whale. When a Capitan of American ship named ‘Abraham Lincoln’ was gathering a team for monster hunting, he invited a famous writer and professor of sea world Aronnax to be an expert at expedition. Aronnax took his friend Conseil to be his assistant. Also on board was well-known whale killer Ned Land, who promised if they found the creature, only one of them would survive. Finally, after three months of sailing they have faced with their enemy in the middle of nowhere.

The famous professor of geology and his nineteen-year personal assistant, nephew Axel found seven-hundred years old book in an old bookshop. This book was written in a dead language from Iceland and said about an old princes from Norway. Professor couldn’t read it, despite the fact that he knew a lot of languages. By the most interesting was not the book itself but a handwritten note that was hidden inside. This piece of sheet was left by famous scientist who was considered crazy by other scholars because of his views about the Earth. Next steps to solving this puzzle was a journey to Denmark. Professor of geology and his assistant wanted to get into the volcano at Sneffells Yokul. It was planned as fantastic journey but turned at something even more.

Young Bassanio, whose parents were rich and left him with money, spent all his possessions and had a lot of debts. He decided to marry a rich and beautiful Portia and asked for help from his friend – the Venetian merchant Antonio. Antonio borrowed money from Shylock, the Jewish moneylender. Condition of the deal was that Shylock has the right to cut a part of flesh a pound weight from the body of the merchant if he did not pay back on time. When Antonio ships wrecked and the deadline for payment of the bill has been expired. The case of failed deadline would be heard in the court.