Nadia had a small garden. She loved it very much. She loved her coffee there in the morning.
One day, she looked over the fence. Her neighbor's roses were bigger. His tomatoes were redder.
After that day, Nadia only looked at his garden. Her own garden felt small and bad to her now.
One morning, the neighbor stopped at the fence. "Your raspberries are wonderful," he said. "I only grow tomatoes. I always wanted raspberries too."
Nadia was surprised. She looked at her garden again — really looked. It was good. It was simply different. Now she and her neighbor share a table, and share their fruit too.
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B1 · IntermediateNadia loved her small garden — loved it in the mornings with a cup of coffee, and in the evenings with bare feet in the cool grass, when nobody else was watching. …
B2 · Upper intermediateNadia had always loved her small garden — in the mornings with a cup of coffee, and in the evenings with bare feet sunk into the cool grass, when there was no one else around to watch. …
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