✉ The Letter That Arrived Too Late
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Geschichte anhören und Fragen beantworten →When Daniel moved into his new flat, he found an envelope hidden behind the kitchen cupboard. It was addressed to a woman called Helen Marsh and had been posted in 1998, but it had clearly never been opened.
Daniel hesitated. Opening someone else's post felt wrong, yet he couldn't stop wondering what was inside. Eventually, he decided to track Helen down. After weeks of searching online, he found an elderly woman with that name living in a village not far from the city.
When he handed her the letter, Helen's hands were shaking. It was from her brother, who had emigrated to Canada decades earlier. In the letter, he apologised for their argument and asked whether she would visit him. Helen told Daniel that she had always believed her brother had never forgiven her. "Had the letter arrived on time," she said, "we wouldn't have lost twenty years."
Not only did Daniel return the letter, but he also helped Helen find her brother's family. Last spring, she finally flew to Toronto to meet her nephews for the first time.
Wichtige Wörter
Fragen zur Geschichte
- Where did Daniel find the envelope? (Wo hat Daniel den Umschlag gefunden?)
- Who had written the letter? (Wer hatte den Brief geschrieben?)
- What had Helen always believed? (Was hatte Helen immer geglaubt?)
- What did Helen do last spring? (Was hat Helen im letzten Frühling gemacht?)