Mary was¹ an English girl, but she lived in Rome². She was six years old.

 

Last year her mother said³ to her, "You're six years old now, Mary, and you're going⁴ to begin going to a school here. You're going to like it very much, because it's a nice school." "Is it an English school?" Mary asked. "Yes, it is," her mother said.

 

Mary went to the school, and enjoyed her lessons. Her mother always took⁵ her to school in the morning and brought⁶ her home in the afternoon.

 

Last Monday her mother went to the school at 4 o'clock, and Mary ran⁷ out of her class. "We've got⁸ a new girl in our class today, Mummy," she said. "She's six years old too, and she's very nice, but she isn't English. She's German⁹." "Does she speak English?" Mary's mother asked. "No, but she laughs in English," Mary said happily¹⁰.

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