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'Come with me, Horatio,' said
Hamlet. 'Sorne actors are visiting
Elsinore. They want to do a play
for the new king.'
'Oh yes, I know about that. The
play is this anernoon, and I want
to go,' said Horatio.
'Good,' said Ilamlet. 'When you're
there, please watch Claudius very
carefully - becausc the actors
are going to tell the Ghost's story.
They're working with me- they're
pretending it's their play, but I
wrote the play. Let's go and see
them.'

'Horatio, meet the actors,' Hamlet said. Then he
'Sorry, Horatio ... can I talle to yo u, puta crown on an actor's head. 'You can be the
please?' Hamlet asked his friend. queen in my new play,' he told the actor.
'It's important - I need your help.'
'Of course,' answered Horatio.
'The Ghost said to me "Claudius
killed me, he put poison in my
ear" ,' Hamlet told his friend.

'That's not true,' Horatio answered.
'A snake killed your father.'
Then Horatio suddenly thought, 'But I saw
the Ghost ... so perhaps it was murder.'
'Is it true?' Horatio asked his friend.
'Yes, it's true, I think, but I must be
sure,' Hamlet said. 'The Ghost wants
revenge: he wants me to kill Claudius.'

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