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    CATCH USIF YOU CANCATHERINE McPHAIL

    WAN MARZIAH WAN OMAR

    ENGLISH UNIT/MRSM PC

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    Rearrange the following plots

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    Granda has a failing memory; always misplacing things.Trying to help out with the house chores, he has mistakenly

    thrown Rorys homework jotter down the chute. Rory hasthe sole responsibility of taking care of Granda like buyinghim his lunch every day. (2)

    Rory and his Granda have a short drama when Grandaspants is on fire and Rory has to splash him with water from

    a vase as they wait for Dr Nicol in the waiting room.Thedoctor is concerned that Rory is too young to take care ofhis grandfather. However,Rory is aware that there are onlytwo of them in the family. (1)

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    Granda is very popular with Rorys friends and meets Mrs.Foley for the first time. Granda accidentally sets fire to his andMrs. Foleys coats at the schools Parents Night. (4)

    Rory sacrifices some of the things he likes for Granda. He

    gives up football so that he can be at home with his Granda.Rorys worry is that if Granda is put into Rachnadar, theywould be separated. Rorys dad had left them many yearsago and Granda is very disappointed with his son, notwanting to see him again. (3)

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    Val Jessup, a social worker is assigned to take care of Grandaand Rory. Darrens mum and Mrs. Foley are both worried for

    Rory and are glad of the extra help they are going to receive.However, Granda has a little accident in the flat and is takento the hospital. (5)

    Granda has suffered from smoke inhalation and has to behospitalised. Rory pleads to the Big Man to make Granda

    wake up. Val Jessup is nervous to let Rory live in the flatalone and drives him to the childrens home at Castle Street.

    (6)

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    Rory goes to the home because he has no choice and hethinks that it will be for only one night till his granda isout of the hospital. Tess, a young inmate of the home,terrifies Rory with her bad behaviour. (7)

    Granda admits that he had forgotten that the chip pan wason the stove, hence the fire in the flat. He tries to appeaseRory by saying that he would get better soon. However, heis upset that his grandson is in the Castle Street home.

    (8)

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    Although Rory loves his grandfather, he is slightly annoyedwith him as well because of the accident; he had landed

    himself in the hospital because of that and now Rory is in achildrens home. Rory goes back to the flat with Val andcollects Grandas medication.There, Rory realises that hewants to return home. Granda feels the same too.

    (9)

    Rory is given the idea that Mrs Foley might foster Rory.Rory goes to the hospital to find that Granda is not thereanymore. (10)

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    Granda has been shifted to Rachnadar. Val Jessup tells Rorythat he is just a boy and that he cannot take care of Granda

    anymore. (11)

    Granda is very upset to be sent to the home and it breaksRorys heart to see him cry. At Castle Street, Rory fights withTess. Rory becomes exasperated when Granda retreatsfurther and further into a shell while at Rachnadar and atschool, the idea of being fostered by Mrs Foley worries him.

    Life is certainly unpleasant in Castle Street when Tessbecomes increasingly uncontrollable. Rory decides that theonly way is to run away with Granda. (12)

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    The Great Escape. Darren offers the use of his momscaravan and Rory plans the escape with great detail. Granda

    relies on Rory to get out of Rachnadar. (13)

    Granda is like a little boy, allowing him to be led; safe in theknowledge that Rory would look after him. He is happy tobe in the caravan and decides that he is indeed a lucky manto deserve a boy like Rory. Rory has done all of this so thatthey could be together. He realises that he would never letanyone separate them. (14)

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    Happy in the caravan, Granda recovers his old self. He even

    prepares Rory breakfast. (15)

    While fishing, they meet strangers and Granda is prejudicedwhen he calls them tinkers. As Grandas health improvesand both of them are happy, Darren sends Rory a textmessage saying that the authorities are after them.

    (16)

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    Rory prepares Granda for another move away from the

    police but as they move through thewoods, the strangerswhom they had met the day before, reach out and helpthem. (17)

    Rory has no choice and allows them to lead. They are takento an older caravan camp and Rory meets Tyrone and hisfamily. Tyrones mom responds that they had helped thembecause it was Rory that they had wanted to help.

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    Chapter 19They are taken care of well in Sammys camp. While there,they realise that they are the topstory on the Scottish newsas a boy and his grandfather on the run. Apparently,theauthorities are worried about Granda whose health is areal concern. Granda decides thathe would rather die of cold

    and hunger as long as he is free.

    Chapter 20Granda and Rory are worried that Sammy would get into

    trouble by helping them. But Sammy insists that he did notkidnap them and that they are not escaped convicts. Rorylearns never to be judgemental of people.

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    Chapter 21

    The runaways enjoy the birthday party in Sammysbrothers place. Ruby reads Rorys future and predicts thathe would meet people who would help him; some ofwhom he would not be able to trust. He would certainlyfind what he is looking for but would face a terrible

    sadness before that.Chapter 22

    The public has mixed responses over Rory and Grandasrunning away. Ruby indicates thatpeople are taking sides

    about them, arguing about the rights and wrongs of theircase. Roryrealises that they would have to be on the moveagain. Sammy suggests that he drives themto Dundee sothat they can take a train to Glasgow to be with familyfriends who wouldprovide them with shelter and time to

    think.

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    Chapter23In the train, Rory realises that they have been recognised

    and alights at an earlier station. When Granda goes to thetoilet, Rory is bullied by a young man who recognises him.Granda beats the latter with a bottle and decides that hewill steal a car to escape.

    Chapter 24Granda seems an expert at stealing cars and his drivingscares Rory. They stop at the lay by to have some rest.

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    Chapter 25

    The runaways meet Rab when they stop to buy petrol. Heoffers them help.

    Chapter 26Rab says that he wants to help them because Rory andGranda are not criminals. He allowsthem the use of his flatand seems kind and concerned. Though pale and tired,Granda says that he is alright as long as he is with Rory.

    Rory prays for help because he realises he needs someoneto help him. Again TV newsflashes show that the public isvery much on their side and Rory gets to know that hisGrandas son, his father, has been traced toLiverpool.

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    Chapter 27The television news states that neither Rory nor hisgrandfather have attempted to contact Jeff McIntosh inLiverpool. Rab encourages Rory to take his grandfather tohis son.

    Chapter 28Rab has a grand idea to make sure that they get toLiverpool. A whole line of people aregoing to take themto Rorys dad and Granda comments that the world is

    indeed wonderfulafter having experienced so muchkindness.

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    Chapter 29Annie drives them into England and leaves them with

    Norma and Nicola. The latter admires Rory for what hehas done. Granda agrees but his mood changes when hefinds out that they are going to his son in Liverpool.

    Chapter 30Granda refuses to go and for the first time Rory isfrustrated. He had hoped that his father would take overthe responsibility of Granda but Granda thinks that itwould hurt Rory too much if his father would leave them

    again. Rory begins to hate his father and Granda consoleshim by saying that they have never needed him and thatthey do not need him now. Nicola rings up to tell Rorythat the police are coming and that they would have to

    move on.

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    Chapter 31It is the second escape; both of them run out into the dark.

    Granda is tired and they both stop to rest and eventually sleepoff at a stone bus shelter. Prior to that Granda says that if hewas to die, he would as a happy man. On awakening, Rory isnot able to awaken his grandfather and is afraid that he maybe dead.

    Chapter 32Rory runs for help and remembers Rubys prophecy aboutthe terrible sadness.

    Help comes immediately and the police introduce him to hisfather.

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    Chapter 33

    Granda is not dead. He is hospitalised and recoverseventually. Rory is reunited with his dad and his family. Hehas two little sisters who endear themselves to Granda. Hisdad asks to be given another chance to prove that he can bea good dad and a good son again. Rory has found what he

    was looking for and realises that if anything happens to hisGranda he will not be alone again. He is thankful to all whohave helped them on their journey. He is very happy that he,Granda and his family are together again.