The Last Lesson
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- Franz started off pretty late for school that morning and considered staying in, because his teacher, M. Hamel, would be questioning the students on the rule of participles, and Franz didn't even know the 'abc' of participles.
- Oh God! I'm so late....
- Hmm...What a bright day.....It's much more tempting to stay here than to go to school....
- The bright and warm day only worsened things for him as he was tempted to stay outdoors, watching the birds chirp, the Prussian soldiers drilling and, enjoy the calm weather.
- There was the bulletin board, the source of all news, tragic or joyous. A gathering there only meant that there was news, a bad one usually. And the blacksmith's declamation only reminded Franz of how late he was.
- French abolsihed
- Don't go so fast bub, you got plenty of time to reach your school.
- Dan
- This any time to joke?! I'm miserable enough already, pondering about my punishment.
- When Franz reached late to his school, he was surprised to find M. Hamel calm, who signaled him to take his seat. But what surprised him even more was to find the former mayor and old Hauser seated in the backbenches, which otherwise would've been empty.
- Come on in, lil Franz. We'd almost started without you.
- The order from Berlin had stated that only German must be taught in all schools in Alsace. This came as a blow to Franz as he hardly knew much about French. So, he decided to dedicate all his attention to the last French lesson that M. Hamel was going to teach.
- My beloved children, this will be the last French lesson I'll be taking. The order from Berlin compels me.
- My last French lesson ?!!
- And with that said, he began to teach. He taught with a resolution, to make his students understand that French was the most beautiful language in the world - the clearest and the most logical. Franz and the others had never understood better, as even they wanted to make the most out of their last lesson.
- Il était une fois... il y avait un fantôme nommé Dan......
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