Hello and welcome to Simple Stories in English. It is the end of the school year for Imani and many others. She shouts, See you later, to those she meets in the hallway. But what about her friends and others who won't be back in the fall? Will she have to say goodbye? I hope you enjoy. See you later. It is the end of May. And for Imani Reyes, it is the end of school. Imani goes to high school. Her school is called Lincoln High. Imani walks in the school. She sees a lot of classmates.
are her friends. So she isn't going to talk to them during vacation. But Imani is a nice girl. She sees her classmates and says, See you later. See you later, Imani. Her classmates respond, Everyone. is very excited that it is summer and they don't have more school. They don't have more exams or projects. It is the end. All the students smile when they say, See you later. Imani goes to the music room Imani plays the trumpet in the band She plays very well
Imani likes band class a lot. She likes the concerts, and she likes to play at the football games. Imani enters the music room The band teacher is named Ms. Richardson She is Imani's favorite teacher Miss Richardson gives Imani music to practice during vacation. Thank you, Miss Richardson. Imani says with a smile, See you later. See you in September, Imani. Ms. Richardson responds, Then another student enters the music room. It is one of her bandmates. His name is Jacob. He plays the tuba.
Jacob is graduating. Jacob passes his instrument and music to Miss Richardson. She smiles, but... It is a little sad. Goodbye, Ms. Richardson, Jacob tells her. Good luck in the future, Jacob, Ms. Richardson responds. Then Imani goes to the library. She needs to return some books. The librarian looks at Imani when she enters. The librarian is very kind and smiles at Imani. Hello, Imani. How are you? She asks, I'm well, thank you. I need to return some books. Imani responds,
Imani passes three books to the librarian. See you later. See you later, Imani, the librarian says. Then a student enters the library. Her name is Karis. Karis reads a lot of books and is always in the library. Karis is graduating. It is her last day in the library. Karis passes a book to the librarian. She seems really sad and says, Goodbye. Good luck, Karis. The librarian responds sadly. After the library, Imani goes to social studies class.
The teacher in the class is Mr. Anderson. Mr. Anderson is physically big and intimidating. He has an excellent personality. He is caring and very patient. Imani likes Mr. Anderson. Even though she doesn't always like social studies. In class, the teacher announces that he is not going to be at Lincoln High next year. Mr. Anderson and his family... are moving to a different city to be closer to family. Imani is sad. She doesn't want...
to say goodbye to Mr. Anderson because he is an excellent teacher. When class ends, Imani goes to Mr. Anderson. Goodbye, Mr. Anderson, Imani says in a small voice. Take care, Imani. Mr. Anderson responds with a sad smile. After social studies class, Imani goes to the cafeteria. In the cafeteria, Imani sits with her friends. Some of her friends are finishing school and graduating. that it is her last lunch with those friends. Imani thinks about
all her friends and other classmates that are graduating. She thinks about Mr. Anderson and other teachers that are leaving. to other schools or other jobs. Now, Imani is sad. Imani, what's wrong? Her friend Birdie asks, I'm sad, Birdie. Imani responds, I don't like to say goodbye. So, don't say goodbye, Bertie says. There are a lot of other options. You can say, see you soon. Take care, good luck, or my favorite, see you later. Imani smiles at her friend, but she is still sad.
I can't say see you later or see you soon because I'm not going to see them. Bertie smiles, too. That's life, friend. People come and people go. You are also going to leave school one day. But you can always see everyone in photos. Birdie touches Imani's cell phone. And in your memories, Birdie touches Imani's head. Imani listens. To Birdie, she is right. Saying goodbye is part of life. It's sad, but... It can also be happy. People are going on a new adventure.
After school, Imani looks at her friends that are graduating. She looks at Mr. Anderson. See you later. Imani yells. Thank you for listening. You can find... See you later! You can find a transcript of today's story as well as other stories and learning and teaching aids on my website, smalltownspanishteacher.com. This story was an original work by Camilla Given.
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