الْمَفَاتِيحُ الْمَفْقُودَةُ
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أَمْسِ عَادَتْ هَنَاءُ مِنَ الْعَمَلِ فِي السَّاعَةِ السَّادِسَةِ. وَقَفَتْ أَمَامَ بَابِ بَيْتِهَا وَبَحَثَتْ عَنْ مَفَاتِيحِهَا. بَحَثَتْ فِي الْحَقِيبَةِ، ثُمَّ فِي جَيْبِ الْمِعْطَفِ. لَمْ تَجِدْهَا. اِتَّصَلَتْ بِأَخِيهَا وَقَالَتْ: «أَيْنَ أَنْتَ؟ مَفَاتِيحِي لَيْسَتْ مَعِي». قَالَ: «أَنَا فِي الْبَيْتِ. اِنْتَظِرِي قَلِيلًا». فَتَحَ الْبَابَ وَضَحِكَ. سَأَلَتْهُ: «لِمَاذَا تَضْحَكُ؟» قَالَ: «مَفَاتِيحُكِ عَلَى الطَّاوِلَةِ. وَهَاتِفُكِ هُنَا أَيْضًا!» نَظَرَتْ هَنَاءُ إِلَى الْهَاتِفِ فِي يَدِهَا. كَانَ هَاتِفَ الْعَمَلِ!
English translation
Yesterday Hanaa returned from work at six. She stood at the door of her home and looked for her keys. She searched in her bag, then in her coat pocket. She did not find them. She called her brother and said, ‘Where are you? I don’t have my keys with me.’ He said, ‘I’m at home. Wait a little.’ He opened the door and laughed. She asked him, ‘Why are you laughing?’ He said, ‘Your keys are on the table. And your phone is here too!’ Hanaa looked at the phone in her hand. It was her work phone!
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مَتَى عَادَتْ هَنَاءُ؟
When did Hanaa return?
أَيْنَ مَفَاتِيحُهَا؟
Where are her keys?
بِأَيِّ هَاتِفٍ اتَّصَلَتْ بِأَخِيهَا؟
Which phone did she use to call her brother?
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فِي السَّاعَةِ السَّادِسَةِ.
At six.
عَلَى الطَّاوِلَةِ فِي الْبَيْتِ.
On the table at home.
بِهَاتِفِ الْعَمَلِ.
Her work phone.