D) An old Spanish woman was looking after her grandchild in the kitchen when the child cried out in fright at something on the floor. C) The woman saw a face staring up from the pink tiles. More faces later appeared all over the kitchen floor. B) Investigators recorded unexplained sounds from another part of the house. The faces and sounds later disappeared without explanation. The ending is missing.

1. Read the story and put the paragraphs in the right order. The ending
is missing.
A) For what had frightened the child was a strange, sad face staring up from the face pink
tiles of the kitchen floor. When the woman had recovered from the shock, she tried to rub
away the face. But the eyes only opened wider, making the expression of the face even
sadder.
B) When the kitchen was locked and sealed, four more faces appeared in another part of
the house and microphones set up by investigators recorded sounds the ear could not
hear- moans and voices which were speaking in a strange language. The faces and
sounds both disappeared, as mysteriously as they had arrived, leaving no clue as to
what they were or why they had come.
C) After the accident, in August 1971, the old woman sent for the owner of the house, who
lived in Belmez near Cordova. He removed the tiled floor and replaced it with concrete.
But three weeks later another face appeared, its features even clearer. Now faces
appeared all over the kitchen floor – first one, then another, then a whole group.
D) An old Spanish woman was looking after her grandchild in the kitchen of her tiny village
home when the youngster suddenly cried out. The grandmother turned round – and got
the shock of her life.