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The Wrong Train

Kofi jumps on a train to his sister's birthday party, but half an hour later he can see the sea from the window.

  • A2 level
  • 262 words
  • about 3 min
  • 5 questions

On Saturday morning, Kofi late. It was his sister Ama's birthday, and her party was at one o'clock. Ama lived in a small town in the , two hours from the city by train.

Kofi ran to the station with a chocolate cake in a box. A train was waiting with its doors open. He didn't stop to where it was going. "That's my train," he thought, and he .

He sat down by the window with the cake on his . But after half an hour, he looked outside and saw the sea. Ama's town was in the mountains, not by the sea! He was on the wrong train.

Kofi at the first stop. It was a small, quiet station by a beach. There was no train back until three o'clock, so he couldn't go to the party. He felt . He called his sister.

"I'm so sorry," he said. "I took the wrong train, and now I'm at the sea!" Ama was quiet . Then she laughed.

"It's cold and rainy here," she said. "Is it sunny there?" "Yes, and it's much warmer," said Kofi. "Then stay there!" said Ama. "We're going to come to you."

In the afternoon, two cars stopped in front of the little station. Ama and her friends got out with food, and a guitar. They had the party on the beach. The cake wasn't perfect anymore, but everybody loved it.

"This is my best birthday ," said Ama. "Next year, please take the wrong train again!"

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  • got upphrasal verb

    got out of bed

  • mountainsnoun

    very high hills

  • checkverb

    to look at something to be sure that it is right

  • jumped onphrasal verb

    got on a train or bus very quickly

  • kneesnoun

    the middle parts of your legs; when you sit, you can put a bag or a box on your knees

  • got offphrasal verb

    left a train, bus or plane

  • terribleadjective

    very bad

  • for a momentphrase

    for a very short time

  • blanketsnoun

    big pieces of soft, warm material; you can put them on a bed or sit on them

  • everadverb

    at any time; "my best birthday ever" means better than all my other birthdays

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  1. 1.Why was Kofi traveling to Ama's town?
  2. 2.Why did Kofi get on the wrong train?
  3. 3.How did Kofi know that he was on the wrong train?
  4. 4.What did Ama decide to do?
  5. 5.How did Ama feel about her birthday in the end?
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