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Le paquet du troisième
The Parcel for the Third Floor — Thomas receives a parcel meant for Madame Ortiz and takes it upstairs.
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Samedi matin, un livreur sonne chez Thomas, au deuxième étage. Il tend un grand paquet marron et demande une signature. Thomas lit l’étiquette : le nom n’est pas le sien, c’est Madame Ortiz, au troisième. Thomas hésite une seconde, puis il décide de monter. Il monte l’escalier avec le paquet. Personne ne répond. Il glisse un mot sous la porte et redescend. Le soir, Madame Ortiz frappe chez lui. Elle rentre de chez sa sœur et cherche ce colis depuis midi. Dedans, il y a des livres pour son petit-fils. Elle offre à Thomas un gâteau au citron. Le lendemain, un dessin d’enfant est collé sur sa boîte aux lettres : merci, voisin.
Vocabulary
- un livreura delivery person
- un paqueta parcel
- une étiquettea label
- l’escalierthe staircase
- un colisa package
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Saturday morning, a delivery person rings at Thomas’s door, on the second floor. He holds out a large brown parcel and asks for a signature. Thomas reads the label: the name is not his; it is Madame Ortiz, on the third floor. Thomas hesitates for a second, then decides to go up. He climbs the stairs with the parcel. Nobody answers. He slips a note under the door and goes back down. In the evening, Madame Ortiz knocks at his door. She is coming back from her sister’s and has been looking for this package since noon. Inside there are books for her grandson. She offers Thomas a lemon cake. The next day, a child’s drawing is stuck on his mailbox: thank you, neighbor.
Comprehension questions
1. Why does Thomas take the parcel upstairs?
- It is addressed to Madame Ortiz
- He ordered books
- The delivery person asked him to hide it
- He lives on the third floor
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It is addressed to Madame Ortiz
2. What is inside the parcel?
- A lemon cake
- Books for her grandson
- A drawing
- Metro tickets
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Books for her grandson
3. The parcel delivered on Saturday morning was addressed to Thomas.
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false
4. Complete with where Thomas leaves his note: Comme personne n’ouvre, Thomas glisse un mot sous la ___.
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porte
5. What does “une étiquette” mean?
- a label
- a staircase
- a cake
- a neighbor
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a label
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