VOODOO ISLAND (Level 3)

Mr James Conway wants to make money. He wants to build new houses and shops - and he wants to build them on an old graveyard, on the island of Haiti. There is only one old man who still visits the graveyard; and Mr Conway is not afraid of one old man. But the old man has friends - friends in the graveyard, friends who lie dead, under the ground. And when Mr Conway starts to build his houses, he makes the terrible mistake of disturbing the sleep of the dead . . .

VOODOO ISLAND

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Vocabulary:

awake: not asleep

believe: to think that something is true

bell: when a telephone rings, the noise is made by a bell

blow (past tense blew): when air moves, a bind is blowing

clean: to work on something that is dirty and make it clean

coconut: a large brown hard fruit that grows on trees in hot countries

company: a group of people who work together to make money

construction: building

doll: a small model of a person; children play with dolls

draw (past tense drew): to make a picture with a pencil, pen, etc.

dream: pictures in your mind when you are asleep

dry: not wet

dust: dry dirt that is like powder

flame: the yellow/orange part of a fire

frightened: afraid

gate: a kind of door in a wall or fence outside

grave: a hole in the ground where the body of a dead person lies

graveyard: a place with many graves

hope: to want something that you think will happen

hougan: a person in Haiti who can use voodoo

howl: to make a long loud cry (like a dog makes)

land: ground used for building, etc.

law: a law says that a person must, or must not, do something.

lorry: a kind of very large car that can carry big things 

mad: ill in the mind (the head)

magic: when somebody makes a strange things happen and nobody can understand or explain them

map: a drawing of a town or a country that shows roads, rivers, hills, etc.

medicine: something that can make ill people well again

ordinary: not strange or special

pain: when something hurts, you feel pain

park (car park): a place where you can leave your car

pick up: to take something in the hand

pin: a very small, sharp piece of metal

problem: something difficult to understand, or find an answer for

snake: a long thin animal without legs

spirit: the part of a person that is not the body; some people think that the spirit lives after the body dies

steps: stairs outside a house, in a garden, a road, etc.

throw (past tense threw): to make something move through the air

university: a place where people study after they leave school

voodoo: a special magic that is used in Haiti