Charles Dickens was born in Portsmouth, England, in 1812. His ...

and Sikes found him, kidnapped him and brought him to Fagin's house. Oliver was
very worried. He didn’t want Mr Browlow to think he was a thief who had taken the
books and the money and then escaped. So he asked Fagin to return the books and
the £5 note to Mr Brownlow. Everyone laughed at Oliver. He wanted to escape from
those bad people but Fagin first hit him and then locked him in a dirty cold room.
In the meantime at Mr Brownlow's house, he and Mrs Bedwin were waiting for
Oliver. But he never came home again. Mr Brownlow was very sad and worried:
where was Oliver?
THE CRIME
One rainy night Fagin and Bill Sikes were very excited. They were planning to steal
all the precious things in a rich house. They needed a small boy to open the house.
Oliver was the boy! So they sent Nancy to take him. She told Oliver to be quiet and
brave, because she loved that poor little boy. Oliver was really scared.
A few hours later Oliver was in front of the rich house, with a pistol at his head. It
was cold and foggy. Sikes ordered the scared boy to go inside the house, entering a
little window. He didn’t want to do that, but he had no other choice. Once inside, he
wanted to warn the family, but someone heard him. Two men saw him and one of
them shot at him. Oliver was hurt! He quickly climbed the window and tried to
escape, but he was hurt and fell on the cold wet ground where he stayed all the
night. Bill Sikes and Toby Crackit didn’t even try to help him and escaped.
A NEW HOME
The next morning it was still raining. Oliver had the left arm covered with blood. He
was terribly weak. He saw the country house, knocked at the door and then fell to
the ground.
When Mr Giles and Mr Brittles opened the door they saw the blood on Oliver
clothes. They immediately understood he was the thief they had shot at and called
Mrs Maylie, the owner of the house. She decided to help him and called the doctor.
Then the two men took the boy upstairs, in Mrs Maylie’s bedroom. When Dr
Losberne arrived, he told the ladies that Oliver was in terrible conditions.
In the evening Oliver woke up, after a long sleep. He told everybody the story of his
life; he also told them about kind Mr Brownlow. He spoke slowly and softly because
he had high temperature and remained ill for a very long time.