Rachel Adams
Key Member
- Joined
- Nov 4, 2018
- Member Type
- Student or Learner
- Native Language
- Russian
- Home Country
- Georgia
- Current Location
- Georgia
This part is from a fiction story. It's about people who live in a village. Is "next door" correct in this context? It's a small part of a long story in which future main characters are first described. Does this piece sound idiomatic? I am not sure about *educational conversation*.
He was running to his friend who lived *next door.* The boys' favourite pastime was to sneak into their neighbours' yards at night , open the barns and by immitating howling wolves terrify their neighbours. The boys were nicknamed little wolves for that and were joined by other children as well. As the number of little wolves increased they brought horror to the villagers until Janni had an *educational conversation* with each child that left each of them especially Lenno with a pain in his ears and sides and strands of hair covering his red cheeks. Not every child was willing to repeat the joke anymore, except for Lenno and his faithful friend who kept playing wolves at night, but with lesser enthusiasm.
"Ah, it's you," asked Joe with feigned naivety.
He was running to his friend who lived *next door.* The boys' favourite pastime was to sneak into their neighbours' yards at night , open the barns and by immitating howling wolves terrify their neighbours. The boys were nicknamed little wolves for that and were joined by other children as well. As the number of little wolves increased they brought horror to the villagers until Janni had an *educational conversation* with each child that left each of them especially Lenno with a pain in his ears and sides and strands of hair covering his red cheeks. Not every child was willing to repeat the joke anymore, except for Lenno and his faithful friend who kept playing wolves at night, but with lesser enthusiasm.
"Ah, it's you," asked Joe with feigned naivety.