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Ticket On The Train POV Lesson


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Hey everyone. Welcome to the point of view stories for “Ticket On The Train”. Today we’re going to hear the
same story from the “Ticket On The Train” mini-story lesson but we’re going to tell it in four different points of
view. So we’ll hear four different stories. Ok, let’s get started.

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Brian the dog has a chip on his shoulder. He gets fired from his job as a bus driver. Then, to top it
off, he locks his keys in his car.

He's saving money because he wants to go to Thailand. It costs a pretty penny to buy a plane ticket
to Thailand. So he’s racking his brain trying to think of how to pay for the ticket.

Then his brother Frankie calls him. He tells him about a job. The job is working at a café owned by
Carla the cat. Carla the cat does not like dogs. Brian thinks that it is a total long shot but he asks
Carla about the job. Carla really likes Brian, so she offers him a job.

Later that week Brian has enough money to buy the plane ticket. He is no longer angry that he was
fired from his job as a bus driver. It’s just water under the bridge now.

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Okay, so as you can see we just heard the story told as if it is happening right now. Now let’s tell the story as
if it has already happened. So let’s say it happened six months ago. Okay, let’s start.

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Six months ago Brian the dog had a chip on his shoulder. He just got fired from his job as a bus
driver. Then, to top it off, he locked his keys in his car.

He had been saving money because he wanted to go to Thailand. It costs a pretty penny to buy a
plane ticket to Thailand. So he’s been racking his brain trying to think of how to pay for the ticket.

Then his brother Frankie called him. He told him about a job. The job was working at a café owned
by Carla the cat. Carla the cat did not like dogs. Brian thought it was a total long shot but he asked
Carla about the job. Carla really liked Brian, so she offered him a job.

Later that week Brian had enough money to buy the plane ticket. He was no longer angry that he was
fired from his job as a bus driver. It was just water under the bridge now.

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Okay, so that was the story told as if it happened six months ago. Now let’s tell the story as if it’s happening
in the future. So let’s think of the story told two years from now, as if it’s happening two years from now.

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Two years from now Brian the dog will have a chip on his shoulder. He’s going to get fired from his

job as a bus driver. Then, to top it off, he’s gonna lock his keys in his car.

He’ll be saving money because he wants to go to Thailand. It costs a pretty penny to buy a plane
ticket to Thailand. So he’ll be racking his brain trying to think of how to pay for the ticket.

Then his brother Frankie is gonna call him. He's going to tell him about a job. The job’ll be working
at a café owned by Carla the cat. Carla the cat isn’t going to like dogs. Brian thinks that it will be a
total long shot but he’ll ask Carla about the job. Carla is really gonna like Brian, so she’ll offer him a
job.

Later that week Brian’ll have enough money to buy the plane ticket. He’ll no longer be angry that he
was fired from his job as a bus driver. It’ll just be water under the bridge.

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Alright so that’s the end of that story. Now let’s hear the story from Brian’s point of view. So in this story
Brian is actually telling the story to us. Here we go.

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I had a chip on my shoulder. I just got fired from my job as a bus driver. Then, to top it off, I locked
my keys in my car.

I had been saving money because I wanted to go to Thailand. It costs a pretty penny to buy a plane
ticket to Thailand. So I have been racking my brain trying to think of how to pay for the ticket.

Then my brother Frankie called me. He told me about a job. The job was working at a café owned by
Carla the cat. Carla the cat did not like dogs. I thought that it was a total long shot but I asked Carla
about the job. Carla really liked me, so she offered me a job.

Later that week I had enough money to buy the plane ticket. I was no longer angry that I was fired
from my job as a bus driver. It was just water under the bridge now.



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Alright so that is the end of the point of view stories for the lesson “Ticket On The Train”. Now it’s time for you
to go back and listen to each version of the story again. Listen to it many times. And when you feel that you
know the story then try and tell the story on your own. And do this for each of the stories that we just heard in
this lesson. Okay, that’s all for now. Bye bye.