4 Read the stories again and answer these questions.
1 How did Bonardi and Laudani try to escape the police?
2 Why didn't their plan work?
3 What was the work of art that disappeared at a literary festival in Devon?
4 What different theories could explain the disappearance of the work?
5 Why were the Pettigrews surprised the bank was open?
6 Who discovered the problem and what did they do about it?
7 How did the bank thank Oliver?
- Bonardi and Laudani tried to escape the police by standing completely still and pretending to be part of the fashion display.
- Their plan didn't work because one of them moved, which led to their immediate arrest by the police.
- The work of art that disappeared was a bottle of water, created by an American artist named Wayne Hill using water from melted Antarctic ice.
- Different theories could explain the disappearance: an art thief took it, somebody came across it and thought it was rubbish and threw it away, or somebody was just very thirsty.
- The Pettigrews were surprised the bank was open because British banks don't usually open on Saturday afternoons.
- Oliver, their 5-year-old son, discovered the problem. He told his parents the bank was open. Daniel then called 999 (emergency services) and waited for the police.
- The bank thanked Oliver for doing the right thing and opened an account for him.