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N5 graded Japanese story

交番にとどいた財布

Aya finds a wallet near the station, takes it unopened to a police box with her father, and sees the officer return it to its relieved owner.

20 sentences · about 7 minutes

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N5 · 20 sentences

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Aya and her father walk past the station after lunch.

Aya sees a brown wallet on an empty bench.

She looks around for its owner.

No one nearby is searching for it.

Aya does not open the wallet.

Her father points to the police box across the street.

They take the wallet there together.

A police officer asks where Aya found it.

Aya describes the station bench and the time.

The officer writes down her answer.

He asks Aya to describe the wallet.

She says it is brown and has a small star.

The officer checks the wallet as part of his work.

Aya and her father prepare to leave.

An older woman hurries into the police box.

She says she lost a brown wallet at the station.

She correctly describes the small star.

The officer returns the wallet to her.

The woman thanks Aya with visible relief.

Aya is glad that she chose not to walk past it.