The Phantom of the Opera

     The Opera House in Paris is a very famous and beautiful building. It is the biggest Opera House in the world.Work on the building began in 1861,finished in 1875, and cost forty-seven million francs.
     It has seventeen floors,ten above the ground, and seven under the ground.Behind and under the stage, there are stairs and passages and many,many rooms - dressing-room for the singers and the dancers,rooms for the stage workers,the opera dresses and shoes..There are more than 2,55 doors in the building.You can walk for hours and never see daylight,under the Paris Opera House.
     And the Opera House has a ghost, a phantom,a man in black clothes.He is a body without a head, or a head without a body.He has a yellow face,he has no nose,he has black holes for eyes..
     This is the true story of the Phantom of the Opera.It begins one day in 1880,in the dancers' dressing-room..

1.The dancers
     Quick Close the door!It's him! Annie Sorelli ran into the dressing-room,her face white.One of the girls ran and closed the door,and then they all turned to Annie Sorelli.Who? Where? what's the matter? they cried. It's the ghost!' Annie said"In the passage.I saw him.He came through the wall in front of me!And...and I saw his face!".Most of the girls were afraid,but one of them,a tall girl with black hair,laugned.
    'Pooh' she said.Everybody says they see the Opera ghost but there isn't really a ghost.You saw a shadow on the wall.But she did not open the door,or look into the passage.Lots of people see him,'a second girl said.'Joseph Buquet saw him two days ago.Don't you remember?.
    Then all the girls began to talk at once.'Joseph says the ghost is tall and he wears a black evening nose..'.And no eyes - only black holest!".Then little Meg Giry spoke for the first time.'Don't talk about him.He doesn't like ti.My mother told me.'Your mother? the girl with black hair said.'Wheat does your mother know about the ghost?'