In a (furchtbar, schrecklich) horrible castle (not too far away from your home) there lived a horrible (Herzog) Duke with his horrible wife and their horrible (Diener, Bedienstete) servants. One morning the Duke was (tot) dead– (ermordet) murdered by one of the other horrible people living in the castle.
When the (Bewohner) residents of the castle were (to interview = befragen) interviewed by the police, every person gave (zwei richtige Antworten) two correct answers and (eine Lüge erzählen) told one lie. This is what they said:
- The (Herzogin) Duchess
- I didn’t kill the Duke.
- The gardener killed my husband.
- I’m not (schuldig) guilty.
- The Cook
- It wasn’t me.
- I have been working here for 27 years.
- The butler knows who’s done it.
- The Butler
- I am not the murderer.
- The chambermaid is my (Zeuge) witness; we were playing cards in the kitchen last night.
- The Duke was killed by the cook.
- The (Dienstmagd) Chambermaid
- I didn’t do it.
- I wasn’t even here last night.
- The gardener did it.
- The Gardener
- The Duchess is lying when she says that I did it.
- I am innocent.
- The butler is the murderer.