18. Kim goes out again!

Kim  /ɡəʊ/ /aʊt//əˈɡen/

Kim Chu went out again but this time she did not go back to the library.

Kim Chu /went/ /aʊt/ /əˈɡen/ /bʌt/  /ðɪs/ /taɪm/ /ʃi/ /dɪd//nɒt/ /ɡəʊ/  /bæk/ /tuː/    /ðə/ /ˈlaɪbrəri/.

She did not know what to do.

/ʃi/ /dɪd/ /nɒt/ /nəʊ/ /wɒt//tuː/ /duː/

She saw lots of men carrying big, black umbrellas.

/ʃi/ /sɔː/ /lɒts/  /əv//men/ /ˈkæri/ /bɪɡ/,   /blæk/ /ʌmˈbrelə/.

‘Is that my father’s umbrella? Or that one? I don’t know,’Kim thought.

/ɪz/ /ðæt/ /maɪ/ /ˈfɑːðə(r)/’s /ʌmˈbrelə/?  /ɔː(r)/ /ðæt/  /wʌn/? /aɪ//dəʊnt/ /nəʊ/, Kim  /θɔːt/.

‘Only the handle is different. How important that handle is!’

/ˈəʊnli/ /ðə//ˈhændl/ /ɪz/  /ˈdɪfrənt/. /haʊ/ /ɪmˈpɔːtnt/ /ðæt/ /ˈhændl/ /ɪz/.

Kim knew that her father’s umbrella was very important.

Kim /njuː/ /ðæt/ /hə(r)/ /ˈfɑːðə(r)/’s /ʌmˈbrelə/ /wəz/  /ˈveri/ /ɪmˈpɔːtnt/

This made her feel worse and worse because she had lost it.

/ðɪs/ /meɪd/ /hə(r)/ /fiːl/ /wɜːs/ /ənd/ /wɜːs/ /bɪˈkɒz/ /ʃi/ /həd/ /lɒst/ /ɪt/.

Kim stood in the street.

Kim /stʊd/ /ɪn/ /ðə/ /striːt/.

She was very sad. She was standing near some stairs.

/ʃi/ /wəz/ /ˈveri/ /sæd/ ./ʃi/ /wəz/   /ˈstændɪŋ/ /nɪə(r)/  /sʌm/ /steə(r)/.

The station was at the top of the stairs.

/ðə/ /ˈsteɪʃn/ /wəz/ /ət/ /ðə/  /tɒp/ /əv/ /ðə/  /steə(r)/.

Trains were arriving and leaving. People walked down the steps from the station.

/treɪn/ /wə(r)/ /əˈraɪvɪŋ/ /ənd/ /liːvɪŋ/.   /ˈpiːpl/ /wɔːk/ /daʊn/ /ðə/  /step/ /frəm/  /ðə/ /ˈsteɪʃn/.

Kim watched the people coming down.

Kim  /wɒtʃ/  /ðə/ /ˈpiːpl/ /ˈkʌmɪŋ/ /daʊn/.

She said to herself, ‘Mummy and Daddy will come home on a train.

/ʃi/ /sed/ /tuː/  /hɜːˈself/, ˈmʌmi/  /ənd/ /ˈdædi/ /wɪl/ /kʌm/  /həʊm/ /ɒn/ /ə/ /treɪn/.

Perhaps they will come on the next train.

/pəˈhæps/ /ðeɪ/  /wɪl/ /kʌm/  /ɒn/  /ðə/  /nekst/ /treɪn/.

I hope they will come home soon because I want to tell Daddy the terrible thing I have done.

/aɪ/  /həʊp/  /ðeɪ/ /wɪl/  /kʌm/  /həʊm/ /suːn/ /bɪˈkɒz/ /aɪ/ /wɒnt/ /tuː/   /tel/  /ˈdædi/  /ðə/ /ˈterəbl/ /θɪŋ/ /aɪ/ /həv/ /dʌn/.

Perhaps Daddy can buy a new umbrella.

/pəˈhæps/ /ˈdædi/ /kən/ /baɪ/ /ə/   /njuː/ /ʌmˈbrelə/.

Then he could put another piece of paper into the handle.’

/ðen/ /hi/ /kəd/ /pʊt/  /əˈnʌðə(r)/ /piːs/  /əv/  /ˈpeɪpə(r)/ /ˈɪntə/  /ðə/ /ˈhændl/

But Kim knew a different umbrella would not be so important and tears began to run down her face again.

/bʌt/ Kim /njuː/ /ə/  /ˈdɪfrənt/ /ʌmˈbrelə/ /wʊd/ /nɒt/ /bi/  /səʊ/ /ɪmˈpɔːtnt/ /ənd/ /teə(r)/ /bɪˈɡæn/ /tuː/ /rʌn/ /daʊn/ /hə(r)/ /feɪs/  /əˈɡen/.

It was not time for Kim’s parents to come home yet.

/ɪt/ /wəz/ /nɒt/  /taɪm/ /fɔːr/ Kim’s /ˈpeərənt/ /tuː/  /kʌm/ /həʊm/ /jet/.

But Kim decided to wait for them.

/bʌt/ Kim /dɪˈsaɪdɪd/ /tuː/  /weɪt/ fɔːr/ /ðəm/.