Part 4. A Valentine Story.

Keywords. correspond, romance, first meeting, red rose, test, wisdom.

Vocabulary. intrigue, insightful, budding, lapel, provocative, tuck, plump, thrust, uphold, grip, square, salute.

A. Listen to the first part of a Valentine story, then write an ending for the story.

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John Blanchard stood up from the bench, straightened in his army uniform, and studied the crowed of people making their way through Grand Central Station.

He looked for the girl whose heart he knew, but whose face he didn't, the girl with the rose.

His interest in her had begun 13 months before in a Florida library.

Taking a book off the shelf, he found himself intrigued, not with the words of the book, but with the notes penciled in the margin.

The soft handwriting reflected a thoughtful soul and insightful mind.