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Please, help me understand the following short story. I am not really sure what's going on there:
(1) "Mamma, will you go to town?"
(2) "What do you ask for a ticket on your train?"
(3) "Oh! we will give you a ticket, mamma."
(4) "About what time will you get back?"
(5) "At half past eight."
(6) "Ah! that is after bedtime. Is this the fast train?"
(7) "Yes, this is the lightning train."
(8) "Oh! that is too fast for me."
(9) "What shall we get for you in town, mamma?"
(10) "A big basket, with two good little children in it."
(11) "All right! Time is up! Ding, ding!"
It's clearly about a dialogue between mamma and her children. There is small image depicting mamma sitting on a sofa and two girls dressed up, one actually standing up inside a big wicket basket.
So, who is going to town? mamma? the children? everyone?, what is the meaning of (2) and (3) and how would you describe the situation in general?
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Just after posting this I got this idea that what's going on is that the girls are playing make-believe with mamma. Still, I can't figure out the meaning of sentence (2), is mamma pretending to be the person that checks your ticket (how do you call this person by the way?). If I am correct that means my questions above have been partially self-answered lol.
(1) "Mamma, will you go to town?"
(2) "What do you ask for a ticket on your train?"
(3) "Oh! we will give you a ticket, mamma."
(4) "About what time will you get back?"
(5) "At half past eight."
(6) "Ah! that is after bedtime. Is this the fast train?"
(7) "Yes, this is the lightning train."
(8) "Oh! that is too fast for me."
(9) "What shall we get for you in town, mamma?"
(10) "A big basket, with two good little children in it."
(11) "All right! Time is up! Ding, ding!"
It's clearly about a dialogue between mamma and her children. There is small image depicting mamma sitting on a sofa and two girls dressed up, one actually standing up inside a big wicket basket.
So, who is going to town? mamma? the children? everyone?, what is the meaning of (2) and (3) and how would you describe the situation in general?
--
Just after posting this I got this idea that what's going on is that the girls are playing make-believe with mamma. Still, I can't figure out the meaning of sentence (2), is mamma pretending to be the person that checks your ticket (how do you call this person by the way?). If I am correct that means my questions above have been partially self-answered lol.
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