Ben is on the train to work. It is eight o’clock, and the train is full. A woman gets off at Central . Ben sees a red under her seat.
“Excuse me!” he says. But the doors close, and the train goes.
Ben looks at the umbrella. It is old, but it is very beautiful. Inside, there is a small card with a name: Mrs Rose Hill, 14 Green Lane.
“I can it after work,” Ben thinks. He puts the card in his .
At five o’clock, it is raining. Ben does not have an umbrella, but he does not open the red one. It is not his. He walks in the rain to Green Lane. It takes forty minutes, and he is very .
He finds number 14. It is a small blue house with flowers in the window. He on the door.
An old woman opens it. “Yes?”
“Hello. Are you Mrs Hill?” Ben asks. “I think this is your umbrella. It was on the train.”
Her eyes are big. “My umbrella! It was my mother’s. Thank you, thank you!” Then she looks at him. “But you are so wet! Come in. I have tea and cake.”
Ben drinks two cups of tea. Mrs Hill tells him stories about her mother and the old city.
When Ben goes home, it is still raining. But he has an umbrella now. Mrs Hill gives him one of her old ones. It is green.
Words from the Story
- umbrella noun A1
- a thing you hold over your head to stay dry in the rain
- station noun A1
- a place where trains stop and people get on and off
- return verb A2
- to give something back
- pocket noun A1
- a small bag in your clothes for keeping things in
- knock
- to hit a door with your hand so people inside hear you
- wet adjective A2
- covered in water
Check Your Understanding
- Where does Ben find the umbrella?
- How does Ben know whose umbrella it is?
- Why does Ben not open the red umbrella in the rain?
- Why is the umbrella important to Mrs Hill?
- What does Ben have at the end of the story?