he said, 'I'm just a police officer, it's my job to take care you. That's a photo of you, not me.' perhaps. But your children think that you're a famous man, I'm sure. Here, take it, and show it to them OK. Thanks Harald smiled, and put the in his coat pocket. think I'll have a cup of coffee too He called for the air hostess, but she did not come Harald looked surprised. cWhat's the matter?" Carl asked. "The air hostess," Har said. "She's sirting down talking to those two men. Carl looked up and saw the young air hostess, she was sitting in a seat at the front of the plane with two young men. They looked worried and nervous. Suddenly, one of the young men picked up a bag and walked into the pilot's cabin! The other man and the air hostess followed him"That's strange," said Carl. "What are they doing?' I don't know. It's very strange said Harald. don't like it at all." He began to get out of his seat, but then stopped and sat down again. For one or two minutes nothing happened. None of the other passengers moved or spoke. They had seen the young men too. It became very quiet in the plane. A bell rang, and for a moment they could hear two voices arguing Then the pilot spoke. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the Captain speaking, Please do not be afraid. There is a change of plan, We have to land at another airport before we finish our journey. There's no danger. We will land in fifteen minutes. Please stay in your seats and keep calm. Thank you. Then the air hostess came out of the cabin. She looked very different now because she had a machine gun in her hand. She stood at the front of the plane and watched the passengers carefully.
here we are, madam.' The big black car stopped C T and a police officer opened the back door. "Thank you.' Helen Sandberg smiled at him as she got out. Another police officer opened the front door of her house. Inside the house it was quict. Her daughter was reading. She put the book down. "Hello, Mummy. You're late. You said you'd be home by ten o'clock. I wanted to talk to you about my homework, remember?' Helen sat down. I'm sorry, Sarah. I did remember, really. But had a very busy day. Anyway, l'm home now. What's the problem?' "It's this book,' said Sarah. 'l have to write about it at school on Friday, and I don't understand it.' "All right," said Helen. "Bring the book into the kitchen
and I'll look at it while you make me a cup of coffee. They sat in the kitchen and talked for nearly half an hour. Then Helen looked at her watch, oK,Sarah, that's enough for now. It's nearly midnight, and I must be up at six tomorrow. I'm going to bed. Goodnight. Alone in her bedroom, she undressed and got into the big empty bed. She was very tired. She closed her cyes and in three minutes she was asleep The phone rang at 12.15 a.m. Helen groaned, and picked it up"Hello What? Who? Do you know what time it is?' She ran her hand through her hair and turned the light on. What, now? don't believe it. Are you sure?' The voice on the telephone explained carefully. Helen groaned again, and sat up. hope it is serious. If it isn't, somebody is going to be in big trouble...yes All right Send the car in fifteen minutes, then. And bring me some coffee! Goodbye. She put the phone down and got out of bed. outside the window she could hear a strong wind blowing. Twenty minutes later she was sitting in the back of he big black car, drinking a cup of coffee and talking to the Chief of Airport Police on the car telephone. It was raining heavily.
carl looked out of the plane window. It was very dark and rainy. It was a small airport with only one or two other planes. But there were three police cars near the airport building. don't understand," he said quietly in Harald's ear. "Why are we here?' Harald looked worried. Don't ask me," he whispered back. "Ask them.' No thanks." Carl looked at the hijackers. The young air hostess was still standing at the front of the plane with her machine gun. One of the young men, also with a machine gun, was standing at the back of the plane. The other hijacker was in the Captain's cabin. All the passengers sat very quietly in their seats. A bell rang and a man's voice spoke. Ladies and gentlemen, listen to me. This is the People's Liberation Army. This plane is ours now, and you are our prisoners. We do not want to hurt you, but as you can see, we have our guns and we know how to shoot. So please, sit quietly in your seats and do what we say. We will be here for one or two hours. The Government of this country has two of pur brothers in a prison near this airport. We are asking the Government to bring our two brothers to this plane.