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Lost and Found: Annelie's Quest for Integrity and Friendship
Fluent Fiction - Afrikaans: Lost and Found: Annelie's Quest for Integrity and Friendship
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Story Transcript:
Af: Die son skyn helder in die lentegeure van die skool se tuin.
En: The sun shines brightly in the spring scents of the school's garden.
Af: Die klanke van opgewonde stemme vul die verhoogde skoolgimnasium.
En: The sounds of excited voices fill the raised school gymnasium.
Af: Talle tafels is versier met kleurvolle projekte, groot en klein, elkeen 'n getuienis van 'n jong wetenskaplike se harde werk.
En: Numerous tables are adorned with colorful projects, large and small, each a testament to a young scientist's hard work.
Af: Annelie staan by haar tafel.
En: Annelie stands by her table.
Af: Sy voel die angs in haar bors opskuif.
En: She feels the anxiety climb in her chest.
Af: Haar projek is weg.
En: Her project is missing.
Af: Die projek waarvoor sy weke lank gewerk het, verdwyn op die oggend van die uitstalling.
En: The project she worked on for weeks disappeared on the morning of the exhibition.
Af: Annelie kyk om haar.
En: Annelie looks around her.
Af: Skoliere beweeg rond, nuwe gedagtes en idees in die lug.
En: Students move about, new thoughts and ideas in the air.
Af: Sy weet sy het nie veel tyd nie.
En: She knows she doesn't have much time.
Af: "Pieter!
En: "Pieter!"
Af: " roep sy skielik, haar stem vol dringendheid.
En: she suddenly calls, her voice full of urgency.
Af: Pieter, haar goeie vriend, verskyn by haar kant.
En: Pieter, her good friend, appears at her side.
Af: "Pieter, het jy dalk my projek gesien?
En: "Pieter, have you perhaps seen my project?"
Af: " vra sy desperaat.
En: she asks desperately.
Af: Pieter lyk verward.
En: Pieter looks confused.
Af: "Ek het niks gesien nie, Annelie.
En: "I haven't seen anything, Annelie.
Af: Ek het dalk net dinge rondgeskuif," verduidelik hy, sy hande in sy sakke.
En: I might have just moved things around," he explains, his hands in his pockets.
Af: Annelie voel hoe haar frustrasie oplaai, haar blik gly oor die skare terug na Gerrit.
En: Annelie feels her frustration rising, her gaze sliding over the crowd back to Gerrit.
Af: Hy staan nie ver van hulle nie, kalm en selfversekerd soos altyd, besig om sy eie projek te verduidelik aan 'n groep belangstellendes.
En: He stands not far from them, calm and confident as always, busy explaining his own project to a group of onlookers.
Af: "Hy het seker iets daarmee te doen," mompel sy vir haarself.
En: "He surely has something to do with it," she mutters to herself.
Af: Gerrit was nog altyd haar mededinger.
En: Gerrit has always been her rival.
Af: Sy stap doelgerig na hom toe, Pieter kort op haar hakke.
En: She strides purposefully toward him, Pieter close on her heels.
Af: "Gerrit," begin sy sonder oponthoud, "het jy iets met my projek gedoen?
En: "Gerrit," she begins without delay, "did you do something with my project?"
Af: "Gerrit kyk op, sy lippe trek in 'n effense glimlag.
En: Gerrit looks up, his lips curling into a slight smile.
Af: "Nee, Annelie.
En: "No, Annelie.
Af: Ek het genoeg my eie projekte om oor te bekommer.
En: I have enough of my own projects to worry about."
Af: "Pieter draai ongemaklik.
En: Pieter shifts uncomfortably.
Af: "Ek dink dalk ek het 'n fout gemaak," sê hy binnewaarts.
En:
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