“Get up”, shouted Albert’s mother. “You’ll be late for school.”
“But I don’t want to go,” protested Albert. “All the kids are horrible, the teachers are terrible, and it’s all extremely boring. I want to stay home.”
“But,” replied Albert’s mother, “you’re forty-three and the headmaster of the school.”
Vocabulary Help
- be late – chegar atrasado
- boring – chato
- get up – levante-se
- go (go, went, gone) – ir
- headmaster – diretor
- kids – crianças
- reply – responder
- school – escola
- shout – gritar
- stay home – ficar em casa
- teacher – professor
- want – querer
