Egyptian Arabic Curriculum — Grade 3, Semester 2 — Page 85

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شَعَرَتْ لَيْلَى بِالنَّدَمِ، وَقَرَّرَتْ أَنْ تَكُونَ أَكْثَرَ حِرْصًا، فَجَهَّزَتْ طَعَامَ السُّلَحْفَاةِ، وَخَصَّصَتْ وَقْتًا لِلْعِبِ مَعَهَا وَتَنْظِيفِ مَكَانِهَا، وَضَبَطَتِ الْمُنَبِّة؛ لِتَتَذَكَّرَ مَوَاعِيدَ طَعَامِهَا كُلَّ يَوْمٍ، كَمَا صَنَعَتْ لِلسُّلَحْفَاةِ عُلْبَةً مُزَيَّنَةً؛ لِتَنَامَ بِهَا.

Layla felt regretful and decided to be more careful. She prepared the turtle's food, set aside time to play with it and clean its enclosure, and set an alarm to remember its feeding times each day. She even made a decorated box for the turtle to sleep in.

عِنْدَمَا عَادَتْ جَارَةُ لَيْلَى، وَجَدَتِ السُّلَحْفَاةَ سَعِيدَةً، شَكَرَتْ لَيْلَى وَقَالَتْ: «عَرَفْتُ أَنَّكِ فَتَاةٌ مَسْئُولَةٌ!»

When Layla’s neighbor returned, she found the turtle happy. She thanked Layla and said, "I knew you were a responsible girl!"

ابْتَسَمَتْ لَيْلَى بِفَخْرٍ؛ فَقَدْ أَدْرَكَتْ أَنَّ الْمَسْئُولِيَّةَ تَعْنِي الاِهْتِمَامَ وَالْحُبَّ مَعًا.

Layla smiled with pride, having realized that responsibility means both care and love.

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Vocabulary · المفردات (17 verbs · 31 nouns)

• شَعَرَ — to feel
• قَرَّرَ — to decide
• كَانَ — to be
• نَدَمٌ — regret
• حِرْصٌ — carefulness
• طَعَامٌ — food