Mary is an English girl, but she lives in Paris. She is six years old. Her mother says to her, “You are six now, Mary. You are going to school here. I’m sure you will like it very much. It’s a nice school.” “Is it an English school?” Mary asks. “Yes, it is,” her mother says.

It is September and the new school year begins. Mary goes to school every day. She likes her lessons very much and works hard at them. Her mother always takes her to school in the morning and brings her home in the afternoon.

Now, it is afternoon and school is over. Mary’s mother goes to the school and runs over to her.

“We have a new classmate in our class today, Mum,” she says. “She is also six and she’s very nice, but she isn’t English. She is German.”

“Does she speak English?” Mary’s mother says. “No, she laughs in English,” Mary says to her mother.