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The Old Piano Teacher

A young man visits his old piano teacher and learns why she kept his childhood drawing.

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1Tom had not played the piano for many years.

2One day he walked past his old teacher's house.

3The door was open, so he knocked and went inside.

4Mrs Bell was very old now, but she remembered him at once.

5On her wall there was a drawing of a small boy.

6Tom looked closely and saw it was a picture of himself.

7He had drawn it for her when he was eight years old.

8She said it was the best gift a student ever gave her.

9Tom sat down and played her favourite song again.

10When he left, she was smiling with tears in her eyes.

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