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The Wrong Button
A2 · Elementary · fiction · 10 scenes · Premium story
An elementary comedy about a time machine that works, which is the whole problem. Petya has three days to do something about a fail mark in maths, and his grandad's garage contains an old wardrobe with wires coming out of it. He means to go back one day. He arrives in 1985, meets his own father aged thirteen, and comes home three days late.
Characters
- Petya (Петя) — Thirteen, and three days short
- Grandad (Дедушка) — Owner of the garage
- Seryozha (Серёжа) — A boy in the yard, 1985
- The wardrobe (Шкаф) — Two buttons and a dial
Vocabulary from this story
- гараж — garage
- шкаф — wardrobe
- провод — wire
- лампа — lamp
- кнопка — button
- ручка — dial
- ключ — key
- ящик — box
- лыжи — skis
- велосипед — bicycle
- колесо — wheel
- паяльник — soldering iron