READING "SHERGAR"

...the police waited for the kidnappers' next move, but nothing happened.  No telephone call.  Only
silence.  They searched stables and farm buldings across the whole of Ireland.
"The Sporting Life" racing newspaper offered 10,000 pounds for Shergar's safe return.  Lord Derby, one of Shergar's several owners, said that he thought that the horse was out of the country.

Days and months went by.  During all this time, thousands of people called the police to say that they had seen the famous horse in several parts of the world.  Others phoned to say that they were holding Shergar and would cut off his head unless money was paid to them.  Two telephone calls to an Irish radio station, saying that Shergar would be returned, now that 1.2 million pounds had been paid to the kidnappers in France but all these statements were proved to be false.

By October that year, Shergar's owners were offering 100,000 pounds but there was no news.

At this very moment, there is still no news.
Some people say that the terrorist group IRA (the Irish Republican Army) was responsible for the kidnapping at that moment.  But why was no money ever paid?
Others say that a very rich and famous man paid for Shergar's kidnapping because he wanted to own the racehorse.
A lot of theories but at last nothing at all.
But surely the biggest question of all is :  was Shergar alive or dead?

EXERCISE
1.- MATCH A, B, C  with numbers 1, 2, 3   to make three good sentences.

A.- Fitgzgerald was questioned ...
B.- As usual, Shergar was quiet and well-behaved...
C.- The police waited for the kidnappers' next move ...

1.- ... and did not kick or try to pull away.
2.- ... but nothing happened.
3.- ... but he could tell detectives very little about the kidnappers.