Lost Violin Finds Its Way Home
A news-style report about a violin left at the central bus station and returned to its owner thanks to honest workers.
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1A twelve-year-old girl got back her lost violin this week, thanks to an bus station worker and a lot of teamwork. Anna Golan left the violin on a at the central bus station on Monday afternoon, while she was to catch her bus home.
2Anna noticed the problem only when she arrived home. “I felt sick,” she said. “The violin to my grandfather, and I have played it for three years. It is not expensive, but for me it is .” Her parents phoned the station , but nobody had reported finding it.
3Meanwhile, a cleaner at the station, Yosef Levi, had found the violin case under the . He took it to the lost-and-found office, where workers keep items until their owners come for them. “We get umbrellas, phones and keys every day,” he explained. “But a violin is . I knew someone was looking for it.”
4The next morning, the office workers opened the case to look for a name. Inside, they found a music book with the name of Anna's music school on the cover. They called the school, and the school called Anna's family. By Tuesday evening, the violin was back in Anna's hands.
5Anna and her parents returned to the station with a box of chocolates for the workers, and Anna played a short for them. “It was the best concert I have ever heard,” Yosef said with a laugh.
📘 Glossary
- honest - always telling the truth and not stealing
- bench - a long seat for several people
- hurrying - moving fast because you are in a rush
- belonged - was owned by someone
- priceless - worth more than any money
- immediately - right away
- unusual - not common or normal
- tune - a short piece of music
Questions
Finding details
1. Where did Anna leave her violin?Making inferences
2. Why was the violin so important to Anna?Word meaning
3. In paragraph 2, Anna says the violin is 'priceless'. She means that ___Finding details
4. Copy the words from paragraph 2 that show that, when Anna's parents called, the station did not know about the violin yet.Reference words
5. Who does the word 'He' in paragraph 3 refer to? (“He took it to the lost-and-found office”)Making inferences
6. Why did Yosef think that someone was looking for the violin?Finding details
7. Complete the sentence: The office workers knew whom to call because inside the case they found ___.Finding details
8. Who called Anna's family to tell them about the violin?Purpose and structure
9. What is the purpose of the last paragraph?
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