Australian accent
It was a normal Monday morning, and Sarah was shopping at the supermarket. She knew exactly what she needed, so she didn’t need a list. She put some bread in her basket and continued walking. Sarah did not have much money, so she could not buy very much.
She walked past the fruit and the vegetables. She wanted to buy some oranges, but they were too expensive.
Suddenly, she saw something on the floor. It was a small ring. It was silver and very pretty. Sarah stopped and looked at it. She looked around her. Many people were in the shop. They were busy. They looked at the food and talked. No one looked at the ring.
Sarah waited for a short time. She thought, “Maybe someone will come back for it.” But no one came. She picked up the ring and held it in her hand. It felt nice. She liked it very much.
Sarah looked at the people near her. “Is this your ring?” she asked a woman.
The woman said, “No.”
She asked a man, “Is this your ring?”
The man said, “No, sorry.”
Sarah did not know what to do. She did not want to take something that was not hers. But no one was looking for it. In the end, she put the ring in her bag and went home.
At home, Sarah sat on her bed. She took the ring out of her bag. It was still very pretty. It did not look expensive, but it looked special. Sarah put the ring on her finger. It was the right size. She smiled.
“I will wear it,” she said.
Days went by. Sarah wore the ring to work every day. She looked at her hand many times. The ring made her happy. Other people saw it too.
“That is a very nice ring,” a woman at work said.
“Thank you,” Sarah said with a smile.
A few weeks went by. Then one day, Sarah went back to the same supermarket. She saw a sign in the shop window.
The sign said:
“Please help. I lost a small ring in this shop a few weeks ago. It is not expensive, but it is very special to me. If you have it, please call me.”
There was a picture of the ring and a phone number.
Sarah looked at the picture. It was the same ring. She took a photo of the sign so that she could call the number later.
She felt very sad. She went home and looked at the photo of the sign. She picked up her phone to call the number, but she couldn’t make the call.
”I’ll do it tomorrow,” she said.
The next day, she called.
A woman answered the phone. Sarah said, “Hello, I think I have your ring.”
The woman was very happy. Sara told her her address, and she came to her house to get the ring.
The woman said, “Thank you very much. This ring is very special to me. My husband gave it to me for my 50th birthday. He died last year, but when I wear the ring, it feels like he is with me.”
Sarah gave her the ring, and the woman left.
Sarah felt sad when she looked at her empty hand. She missed the ring.
A few weeks later, she got a letter. Inside, there was a ring and a note.
The note had only two words: “Thank you.”
Sarah smiled and put the ring on her finger. She didn’t feel sad anymore.
📒 Key vocabulary
- supermarket – a large shop where you buy food
- basket – a container you carry to put things in
- floor – the ground inside a building
- busy – having many things to do
- size – how big or small something is
- sign – a notice for people to read
- empty – with nothing inside
- missed (miss, missed, missed)- feel sad because something or someone is not there
- note – a short written message
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