A Lost Afternoon (Part 2)

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送sòng完wán第一dì yī单dān后hòu,小xiǎo东dōng接到jiē dào新的xīn de地址dì zhǐ。After the first delivery, Xiao Dong received a new address.他tā看kàn地图dì tú,可是kě shì路口lù kǒu太多tài duō,他tā不太bù tài确定què dìng方向fāng xiàng。He checked the map, but there were too many intersections, and he wasn't very sure of the way.没多久méi duō jiǔ,他tā发现fā xiàn走错zǒu cuò了le。Before long, he realized he had gone the wrong way.

小xiǎo东dōng停下来tíng xià lái,看着kàn zhe四周sì zhōu,心里xīn li不太bù tài舒服shū fu。Xiao Dong stopped and looked around, not feeling very good about it.一个yī ge爷爷yé ye走zǒu来lái问wèn他tā是不是shì bù shì迷路mí lù。An elderly man walked over and asked if he was lost.爷爷yé ye笑着xiào zhe告诉gào sù他tā正确zhèng què的de路lù。The old man smiled and told him the right way.

小xiǎo东dōng道谢dào xiè后hòu继续jì xù前进qián jìn。Xiao Dong thanked him and carried on.他tā想xiǎng:下次xià cì一定要yī dìng yào小心xiǎo xīn点diǎn,我wǒ不太bù tài想xiǎng再zài迷路mí lù了le。He thought: next time I have to be more careful — I don't really want to get lost again.

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