Das seltsame Buch - Académie de Nancy-Metz

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He had warned her about the book. Now it was too late…
I was sleeping on the sofa whereas my parents were packing their bags. My little sister, Enola,
was playing in her bedroom. The house was very quiet, but suddenly, somebody rang at the door. I
stayed on the sofa; waiting for someone to open the door. My mum asked me to go, so I stopped my nap.
Behind the door there was a girl, who was around 15 years old, like me. She was carrying a big bag
“Hello! I’ m Lena, the babysitter!” said she.
which looked very heavy.
“Good afternoon! My name is Nathan; I think you want to see my parents! I’ll go and find them!”
“Yes, thank you very much.”
I went to find my parents but a big noise could suddenly be heard.
“What happened?” I said.
“Nothing, I just dropped my bag!”
“Oh, it’s true that it looks heavy… Do you want me to take it?”
“Yes, that would be very nice! Thanks.”
I invited her in, I put the bag in the living-room and I went to find my parents. They said that I
could go to my bedroom; they wanted to explain to Lena her job for the weekend. So I went to my
bedroom to play videogames.
At 7 pm, my parents went to the airport so I stayed at home with the new super baby-sitter! I went
into the kitchen to get back to my kingdom. Lena was cooking and it smelt good.
“What are you doing?” I asked.
“I am just cooking a little something for dinner, are there things that you don’t like?”
“Not particularly!”
“Ok, it’s easier for me! I will feed Enola. Can you stay with me please? Because she doesn’t know
me, so she can be afraid of me.”
“Yes, if you like!”
We fed Enola, after, Lena put her to bed. Enola loved Lena; she didn’t cry when she put her to
bed, she was very nice. So I decided to be nice with her too, perhaps she deserved that. When she
came back, we ate together. And I spoke to her about my parents’ library. We had a big library, with
many books, I’m proud of it because it is like in a film, a beautiful library with sofas and tables to work