Worksheet 2
314 mots
2 pages
On the afternoon the house became theirs, they stood hand in hand in the little porch, birds singing all around them in the garden where boughs were still black and glistening with the chilly rain of early spring. they inlocked their front door, their hearts thudding with happiness, and stood un a very large room, facing capacious stairs. Some previous owner had seen a home as they did. Walls had been pulled down to make this a room that accommodated nearly all the ground floor. One half of it was a kitchen,marked off from the rest by no more than a low wall that would have books on it, the other half with plenty of space for settees, chairs, all the sprawl and comfort of a family room.they went gently, softly, hardly breathing, smiling and looking at each other and smiling even more because both had tears in their eyes they went across the bare boards that soon would have rugs on them, and then slowly up the stairs where old-fashioned brass rods waited for a carpet.On the landing, they turned to marvel at the great room that would be the heart of their kingdom. They went on up. The first floor had one large bedroom theirs; and opening off it a smallisg room, which would be for each new baby. There were four other decent rooms on this floor. Up still generous but narrower stairs, and there were four more room whose windows, like the rooms below, showed trees, gardens, lawns all the perspectives of pleasant suburbia. And above this floor was an enormous attic, just right for the children when they had got to the age for secret magicial games. They slowly descended the stairs, one flight, two, passing rooms, and rooms, which they were imagining full of children, relatives, guests, and came again into their