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The Lost Wallet

المحفظة المفقودة

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💡 Tap or hover over the highlighted words to see their Arabic meaning. اضغط على الكلمات الملونة لمعرفة معناها.

On Tuesday afternoon, Laila was walking home from university when she saw something on the . It was a brown wallet.

She and looked inside. There was some money, two bank cards and an ID card. The ID card an old man called Mr Saleh. His was on a small piece of paper.

Laila didn't want to keep the money. She took a taxi to the . An old man opened the door. He looked worried. When Laila showed him the wallet, his face .

"I looked for it everywhere!" he said. "Thank you so much. people like you are rare." He wanted to give her some money as a , but Laila said no. "I'm just happy I found you," she said.

Key words · كلمات مهمة

  • groundالأرض
  • leatherجلد
  • picked it upالتقطتها
  • belonged toكانت ملكاً لـ
  • addressعنوان
  • lit upأشرق (وجهه)
  • honestأمين، صادق
  • rewardمكافأة

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  1. 1.Where was Laila coming from?

  2. 2.How did Laila find Mr Saleh?

  3. 3.How did Mr Saleh feel before he saw the wallet?

  4. 4.What did Laila do when Mr Saleh offered money?

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