Sophie comes home from school. She wants to open the door. She looks in her bag for the key. The key is not there! 'Where is my key?' asks Sophie. She thinks about her day. This morning, she had the key. She locked the door before school. She puts her hand in her pocket. The pocket is empty too. Sophie sits on the step and thinks. At lunch, she was in the park. She ate her sandwich on a bench. Maybe the key fell there! Sophie runs to the park. She finds the bench. She looks under the bench. She looks in the grass. Nothing. Sophie walks home sadly. Her neighbor sees her. 'Sophie! I have your key!' she says. Sophie dropped it this morning. The neighbor found it on the street. 'Thank you!' says Sophie with a big smile.
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The Missing Key
English Story for Beginners (A1)
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Sophie comes home from school and cannot find her key. She checks her bag and pockets but the key is missing. She remembers having lunch in the park and runs there to look. When she cannot find the key, she walks home sadly. Her neighbor calls out to her - she found Sophie's key on the street this morning!
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