Chapter 3 — The Sand Room
Chapter 3 — The Sand Room
Helpful words
| English | Español |
|---|---|
| room | habitación |
| object | objeto |
| buried | enterrado |
| photograph | fotografía |
| compass | brújula |
| home | hogar |
| unfinished | pendiente |
| memory | recuerdo |
| to belong | pertenecer |
| to warn | advertir |
| old guest | antiguo huésped |
| wave | ola |
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This chapter is planned but not written yet.
The Sand Room is full of objects that the tide has remembered: lost toys, letters, keys, broken shells and old photographs. Mr Vale says the room does not show treasure. It shows unfinished matters.
Nora finds an old photograph of a girl who looks strangely connected to Aunt Iris. The name on the back is Elena Bell.
Aunt Iris becomes upset and says she does not know anything about Elena, but Nora can see that the name means something to her.
Sam finds a compass that does not point north. It points to home.
Cliffhanger
The photograph changes. It now shows Elena entering a second door marked with a wave.
Easy comprehension questions
- What kind of objects are in the Sand Room?
- What does Nora find?
- What name is written on the photograph?
- What does Sam’s compass point to?
- What appears on the photograph at the end?
Useful expressions
- This does not belong to us. → Esto no nos pertenece.
- It points to home. → Señala hacia el hogar.
- The room remembers things. → La habitación recuerda cosas.
- That name means something. → Ese nombre significa algo.
- The picture is changing. → La imagen está cambiando.
Talk together
- What object would the Sand Room show you?
- Why do you think Aunt Iris is worried?
- Would you trust the compass?