The Final Letter
Listen to the story and answer the following questions.
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Answer the Following Questions:
1. How did Ella feel as she stood in front of her childhood home?
2. What did Ella discover inside the cottage?
3. How did Ella’s father address her in the letter?
4. Why was Ella’s name written on the envelope?
5. What message did Ella’s father convey in the letter?
6. How did Ella respond emotionally after reading the letter?
7. What did Ella realize about forgiveness at the end of the story?
8. Why do you think Ella had not forgiven earlier?
9. What do you think Ella’s father wanted her to understand by writing “life is too short”?
Word Exercise
Fill in the blanks with the appropriate words:
Words: nostalgia, regret, dilapidated, handwriting, forgiveness, shaking, emotions, reach
1. Ella felt as she stood before her childhood home.
2. The cottage, though , still contained traces of a happy past.
3. Inside, she found an envelope with her father’s familiar .
4. She opened the envelope with hands.
5. Ella’s father hoped the letter would reach her when she was ready for .
6. Tears began to well up in her eyes as she read his .
7. In the end, Ella realized forgiveness was within her .
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Answers of Questions
1. Ella felt a mix of nostalgia and regret as she stood in front of her childhood home.
2. Ella discovered an old envelope with her name written on it in her father's handwriting.
3. He addressed her by her name, "Ella."
4. Her father had written it for her, likely knowing she would find it someday.
5. He encouraged her to forgive – both himself and herself – because life is too short.
6. She felt emotional and began to cry, realizing her father’s message.
7. She realized that forgiveness was something she could choose; it was within her ability to let go.
8. Perhaps Ella was holding onto pain or regret, which made it hard for her to forgive.
9. He wanted her to understand the importance of letting go of grudges and finding peace.
Answers of Word Exercise
1. Ella felt emotions of nostalgia and regret as she stood before her childhood home.
2. The cottage, though dilapidated, still contained traces of a happy past.
3. Inside, she found an envelope with her father’s familiar handwriting.
4. She opened the envelope with shaking hands.
5. Ella’s father hoped the letter would reach her when she was ready for forgiveness.
6. Tears began to well up in her eyes as she read his emotions.
7. In the end, Ella realized forgiveness was within her reach.
Story in Words
It had been many years since Ella last walked through the old village and stood before her childhood home, where so many current emotions of nostalgia and regret beset her. The little cottage, though dilapidated, still held traces of a life once filled with laughter and warmth.
Inside, Ella found her father's old desk. She opened the top drawer carefully and found one envelope inside that had yellowed with time. In the front, her name was written in her father's familiar handwriting. She opened it with shaking hands.
"Ella," it started, "I pray this finds you when you are ready to forgive-not just me, but yourself. Life is too short, after all.
She had felt tears well up in her eyes as she read the last words, knowing he had written it before he died. At that moment, Ella realized that it was always within her means to forgive. She had only to let go.