The Last Photo

~Summary~

Martin and his sister Pam are in Cambridge for the day. They are looking at the beautiful old buildings of this University City. Pam has a camera with her because she likes taking photos.

It is five o'clock so they are about to leave there. Then, Pam says that she wants to take a photo because she wants to finish the film in her camera. And just when Pam starts to take a photo of Martin, a man with a big rucksack on his back walks between Pam and Martin. Therefore, Pam can't take a photo of her brother. They gets angry so they see the man when he is getting into a bus. Martin and Pam find that the man is going to Aberdeen in Scotland.

Three days later, Pam has got her photos from the shop and she enjoys looking them with Martin. And when Martin looks at the last photo, he remembers the man's face. The reason why he knows the man's face, there is a photo of the man in the day's newspaper. According to the newspaper, the man's name is Alan Rook. He works in a bank in London but on Monday morning, he stole $100,000 and remain at large.

Martin and Pam take the picture to the police and speak to a policeman. Fortunately, they knew that Alan Rook had a tent and got a bus. Therefore, the next day, the police in Aberdeen find Alan in a tent in the mountains near Aberdeen. In addition, the money from the bank is in his rucksack.

For this reason, the people at the bank are very happy and they give Martin and Pam a thousand pounds. Pam says, " My last photo's a good one after all" and laughs.

~My impression~

When I finished reading this book, I thought that this story shows a proverb, "A lucky mistake". Pam's last photo is not good as a photo in an album but it led to the best result!

And for the result, she can buy a very good new camera. What a wonderful story!