A New Morning at the Bakery (Part 1)

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早上zǎo shang七点qī diǎn,安安ān ān打开dǎ kāi面包店miàn bāo diàn的de灯dēng。At seven in the morning, An'an turned on the bakery lights.店diàn里lǐ香xiāng香xiāng的de,她tā也yě觉得jué de心情xīn qíng很好hěn hǎo。The shop smelled wonderful, and she felt good too.她tā正在zhèng zài整理zhěng lǐ面包miàn bāo,客人kè rén也yě慢慢来màn màn lái了le。She was arranging the bread, and customers slowly started arriving too.

一个yī ge害羞hài xiū的de男生nán shēng走zǒu进来jìn lái。A shy young man walked in.安安ān ān微笑wēi xiào说shuō:“早上好zǎo shang hǎo!”An'an smiled and said, "Good morning!"男生nán shēng说shuō要yào一个yī ge可颂kě sòng,也yě问wèn店diàn里lǐ有yǒu什么shén me好吃hǎo chī的de。The young man asked for a croissant, and also asked what else was good.

安安ān ān把bǎ可颂kě sòng递给dì gěi他tā。An'an handed him the croissant.男生nán shēng说shuō:“谢谢xiè xie,我wǒ也yě喜欢xǐ huan这里zhè lǐ的de香味xiāng wèi。”He said, "Thanks — I like the smell in here too."离开lí kāi时shí,他tā又yòu回头huí tóu看了kàn le一眼yī yǎn。As he left, he glanced back one more time.

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