Grandma Helga

A short story about Grandma Helga; a woman with a talent for cooking, who enjoys baking and working in her garden.

Grandma Helga

Meinemy Omagrandma heißtis called Helga. Sieshe istis 7272 Jahreyears altold undand wohntlives inin einema kleinensmall Dorfvillage. Helga hathas grauegray Haarehair undand trägtwears immeralways einea Brilleglasses. Sieshe istis sehrvery freundlichfriendly undand lachtlaughs viela lot.

Omagrandma Helga kochtcooks sehrvery gernegladly. Ihrher Apfelkuchenapple cake istis derthe bestebest! Amon Wochenendeweekend kommencome wirwe oftoften zuto Besuchvisit, undand sieshe machtmakes immeralways eina großesbig Mittagessenlunch. Danachafter that trinkendrink wirwe Teetea undand esseneat Kuchencake.

Meinemy Omagrandma liebtloves auchalso Blumenflowers. Inin ihremher Gartengarden gibtthere is/are esit vielemany Rosen,roses Tulpentulips undand Sonnenblumensunflowers. Imin the Frühlingspring arbeitetworks sieshe jedenevery Tagday imin the Gartengarden undand pflanztplants neuenew Blumenflowers.

Helga erzählttells gernegladly Geschichtenstories ausfrom ihrerher Kindheitchildhood. Sieshe sagtsays, dassthat esthere damalsback then keineno Handysmobile phones undand Computercomputers gabthere were. Diethe Kinderchildren habenhave draußenoutside gespieltplayed undand warenwere oftoften imin the Waldforest.

IchI liebelove meinemy Omagrandma, weilbecause sieshe immeralways Zeittime fürfor michme hathas undand ichI mitwith ihrher viela lot lachenlaugh kanncan.

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Vocabulary
heißen
to be called
wohnen
to live (reside)
haben
to have
kochen
to cook
kommen
to come
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