Proverbs and sayings.
Stories by two
English classes.
4ème et 3ème Anglais culturel
Marion C
Once upon a time a princess fell in love with a
hobo. But the princesse's father did not like the
tramp and the princess was very sad. And one
beautiful day the hobo got married to the
princess the princess loves the hobo because he
has a big heart.
But nobody sees this except the princess.
They lived happily ever after and had a lot of
children.
Love is blind.
Clement.
One morning a young man, leaving for school,
passes under a ladder and pigeon poop falls
on him. As he walks on, a car passes next to
him and splashed him with water. Finally, he
walked into dog poo with his right foot. Here is
a day that begins badly, with the proverb:
There is always a third time.
Eloise
Today, I woke up too late. I was really late. When
I arrived, he was in front of my classroom door,
waiting.
He was tall, he had short brown hair, a charming
face , blue eyes and he was wearing a black
suit.
He was amazing. I first thought he was
lost, but he stayed in front of the door.
And then, I remembered that I was late.
-Excuse me, I would like to get in.
-Oh, sorry.
-He moved.
I looked at him for a few seconds:
-Are you new here?
-Yes.
-Do you want to come in?
-No. Your teacher said to stay here. He said I had to wait. Now
move.
I wanted to bite him. I was so hungry! I opened the door, said I
was sorry and I sat down.
-Let me introduce Liam.
He entered. All the girls started chatting.
-Go and sit down next to … Fanael.
My ears clicked. Liam came and sat down
next to me.
-Sorry.
-For what?
That answer looked a bit aggressive to me, but I was angry.
-I was nervous and I shouted at you.
After that we chatted all day. I think I’m in love with him. But
that’s another story.
Birds of a feather flock together.
Pauline
The story begins when two girls, Angela and Paula
want to go to a birthday party. Angela and Paula
decided to take the bus but they didn’t have the bus
schedule. The party was going to start at 8 pm. They
had to meet at the bus station at 7 pm. At 7 pm, at
the bus station, they decided to wait for the bus for
ten more minutes. They were bored, so they started
walking. On the way, they got into a tantrum
because they knew that they would arrive late.
When suddenly, they saw the bus pass infront of
them.
Everything comes to him who waits.
Angie
It had been two months since my friend J.P had gone
to Cuba. Before she left, she promised she would call
me every day. She didn’t call me. I was very worried,
especially because she had to meet a man on a big
boat.
I asked myself many questions. What happened?
Maybe the boat sank? Maybe she met someone mean.
I knew nothing about all this. Eight days later, my
phone rang. It was her. She had a great holiday and
she didn’t call me because she was in Cuba.
Everything comes to him who waits.
Gaïane
3ème
Once upon a time there was a girl, she was very
pretty. She was the perfect: she liked school, she
had a lot of friend, she was polite and everybody
loved her. She had blond hair, beautiful blue eyes,
ovely freckles and a friendly mouth. But one day
she tied her hair up and everybody saw her big
horrible ears. Everybody has a defect.
Nobody is perfect.
Adrian
3ème
A father and his son are walking in the street. The
The father and the son are shy, intelligent, but they
are both bad-tempered. They like vegetables, sports
and animals.
The father has short blond hair. The son has blond
short hair. They both wear blue glasses. They are
wearing green T-shirts and have the same hat.
The father falls into the sewer. The son trips and
falls into the same sewer.
Like father like son.
Marine
3ème
Hello! My name is Mr Smith! I have a son. My son
loves ducks. That’s so amazing, I love ducks too!
My son brushes his hair like me. He wears the
same clothes as I. He is very bad-tempered, just
like me. His eyes are blue. My son is handsome.
Like father, like son.
Mathilde
Tanya met Bryan at a party. She fell in love with him
the first minute she saw him.He was a good speaker.
He was very nice with her. He let her think that he
loved her, and she believed him. He just wanted to
have her for the night. A few days later, he left her for
another girl. She was all alone with a broken heart.
She thought she would stay with him for the rest of
her life but he didn’t want to get into a relationship
because he liked to have a lot of women and he
wasn’t a good guy. She didn’t know it. Tania was
heart-broken.
Love is blind.
Laura
Today, the teacher asks the pupils to write an
essay at home. The teacher asks the pupils to write
ten lines. Everybody does the work except Beverly.
For one week, the teacher waits for Beverly’s work.
One night, three months later, Beverly works very
well for two hours. She then hands in the work to
her teacher.
Better late than never.
Anais
One day, a thirteen year old girl who lived in Paris,
went to Sydney during the holidays. She stayed for
two weeks in Australia. Her parents asked her to
phone them every day. During the first week she
did that, but after the second week, her parents
didn’t receive any news. They were very worried
and they couldn’t join her. Finally, the girl phoned
them and she told them she has broken her phone,
but she was fine. 
No news is good news.
Anthony
I was in a heavenly island during my
holidays. It was so great and I wanted
to stay in Australia forever. But when I
looked at my watch, it was ten o’clock.
Unfortunately, I had to catch my plane
at 2 pm. You know,
Time flies!
Grégoire
Some people are generous
Some people are funny
Some people are good
Some people are kind
Some people are quiet
Some people are friendly
Some people are beautiful
Some people are happy
But nobody is perfect
Eric
3ème
I had a basketball match during the week-end. It was
Tuesday. I had no shoes, so I asked my mother to buy
basketball shoes.. She said she would buy them. So I
stopped worrying about it. But during the week, she
didn’t buy anything for me and the match was on
Saturday. On Friday, my mother was sick so I didn’t
have my shoes… I went to the match without shoes!
The match was beginning when I saw my mother with
my new shoes.. I could play!
Better late than never!!
Hafsa
Last week-end I went shopping with my friend. I
had a credit card. I bought a very expensive
dress, a shirt, trousers, jewels, etc…
I spent a lot of money.
After, I went back home with many bags. My
parents shouted at me.
They told me that:
Money doesn’t grow on trees.
Theo
It’s the first day of sales. A group of women is waiting
in front of the new big mall MIM. When the mall
opens, the women scream and run to be the first
ones to get in the shops. One hour after the opening
of MIM, a woman arrives and there is there isn’t
anything left. She is very disappointed. Another lady,
her arms loaded with clothes, looks at her and says:
First come, first served.
Julie
It’s the story of an ugly man. He is short, he has
a big nose, small ears, a lot of spots and big
eye-brows. Nobody loves him but he is nice.
This man had too many defects but he is a
prime minister now.
Nobody is perfect.
Mathilde B
Yesterday, when I went to school, my parents told
me that they were disappointed because my
grades weren’t very good. Then, at school, my
friend told me that I did something wrong. On my
way back home, I ran over somebody.
Now I know that:
Nobody is perfect.
Antoine
This morning I got up, I went to the kitchen to eat
pancakes. I was very slow and my step-father had
eaten them all up! When I went to work, there were a
lot of presents in the hall. We could choose one but
I arrived too late. The last present was a packet of
diapers! My subordinate, who arrived first, won a 3D
TV. On my way back home, I saw a pretty woman
but by the time I got close to her, another man had
come along and had invited her to a restaurant.
First come, first served.
Noé
A pupil studying at Philippe de Champaigne must
revise for his end of term exams that he will have
to write in five days. Today is Thursday, the exams
are next Tuesday. Tonight, he sees that there are
five days left and he prefers playing video games.
On Friday night he has a karate training and he
can’t revise. This week-end, he couldn’t revise
because he went to see his grand-mother at the
hospital.
Never leave for tomorrow what you can do today.
Thomas
A man wins the lottery. He is really happy.
He goes to fetch his money. He buys a new
house, a new car… He travels to space.
But when he goes to withdraw cash to go
shopping, he sees he has no money left in
his account. They take away his house and
his car from him because he has no more
money.
Easy come, easy go!
Lise
Early in the morning, at the campsite, I got
up slowly not to wake up my friends who
were sleeping next to me. I went on the
other side of the fire not to be seen. And
there, a few meters away from me, I saw
something beautiful on the table. I walked
towards it but other people saw it before
me. Then, I ran and ate the last part of the
chocolate cake!! I laughed and I said to my
friends:
First come, first served!
Victoria
It's story of a boy, Brad, was ugly and badly dressed.
The first time, he arrived at school, nobody don't
wanted to speak with him. In this school, the
students were well dressed. Brad found himself
alone. Eveybody thought him not intelligent. But the
second day, there was an exam to test the
knowledge of each pupil. And surprise, the next day,
when the teacher gave the results, nobody believed
that Brad have got the best grades of the whole
school. At the moment, they don't judge a person on
the appearance. They had never thought that Brad
could be so intelligent.
Clothes don't make the man.
Flora
Her name was Jess. She lived in a Boarding school
because she quarreled with her family and she didn’t listen
her parents. It was boring and she didn’t have friends
because she wasn’t nice.
One month ago, she wrote a letter to her parents because
she wanted to see them. They answered her two weeks
later and they wrote her they love her.
ABSENCE MAKES THE HEART GROW FONDER.
Barbara
I’m a chatty girl at school. I love speaking and
I don’t know silence.
My teachers and my family want me to stop
talking.
My mother thinks that I am a chatter-box.
My friends are like me, they talk a lot.
For my parents, when I am sleeping,
Silence is golden.
Manon
One day, the teacher was in the class with her
students. The students were very quiet. The teacher
was surprised because before, the students were
very noisy. The teacher said: “Oh! I’m sorry! I have
forgotten my papers in the staff room. I must go and
fetch them”.
She went to the staff room. When the teacher came
back, the students were speaking louder.
When the cat is away, the mice will play.