
The Night Bakery · Episode 36 of 50
Red Paint
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Ana, 24, answers an advert and comes alone to Hollin Bridge, a small market town in the north of England: night baker wanted, no experience needed, room upstairs.
about 1,700 words · 5–15 min to read.
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How it begins
For a moment nobody answered. Ana stood behind the counter with a paper bag in her hand and felt her face go hot. It was Walter who spoke, from the kitchen doorway, in the flat, steady voice he used for customers who complained about the price of bread.
Einen Moment lang antwortete niemand. Ana stand mit einer Papiertüte in der Hand hinter der Theke und spürte, wie ihr Gesicht heiß wurde. Es war Walter, der sprach, aus der Küchentür, mit der flachen, ruhigen Stimme, die er für Kunden benutzte, die sich über den Brotpreis beschwerten.
“She’s working,” he said. “I asked her to come back. We had forty rolls last night, Jess, and half of them looked like they had been sat on. I need a baker. She’s the best one I’ve had.”
„Sie arbeitet“, sagte er. „Ich habe sie gebeten zurückzukommen. Wir hatten letzte Nacht vierzig Brötchen, Jess, und die Hälfte sah aus, als hätte sich jemand draufgesetzt. Ich brauche eine Bäckerin. Sie ist die beste, die ich je hatte.“
Jess looked at him as if he had started speaking a foreign language. “Four days ago you threw her out for lying to us. Now she’s back behind the counter with your keys. Did I miss something?” She waited. Nobody said anything. Walter looked at the floor, and Ana understood that he had not yet found a single one of the words he had promised to find.
Jess schaute ihn an, als hätte er angefangen, eine Fremdsprache zu sprechen. „Vor vier Tagen hast du sie rausgeworfen, weil sie uns angelogen hat. Jetzt steht sie wieder mit deinen Schlüsseln hinter der Theke. Habe ich irgendwas verpasst?“ Sie wartete. Niemand sagte etwas. Walter schaute auf den Boden, und Ana begriff, dass er noch kein einziges der Worte gefunden hatte, die er versprochen hatte zu finden.
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All 16 editions: titles, levels and lengths
- Red Paint · English (original)B2 Intermediate · 1,701 words · ~10 min
- Rote Farbe · GermanB2 Intermediate · 1,652 words · ~10 min
- Κόκκινη μπογιά · GreekB2 Intermediate · 1,700 words · ~10 min
- Pintura roja · SpanishB2 Intermediate · 1,736 words · ~10 min
- Peinture rouge · FrenchB2 Intermediate · 1,801 words · ~10 min
- लाल पेंट · HindiB2 Intermediate · 1,990 words · ~15 min
- Cat Merah · IndonesianB2 Intermediate · 1,461 words · ~10 min
- Vernice rossa · ItalianB2 Intermediate · 1,615 words · ~10 min
- 赤いペンキ · JapaneseB2 Intermediate
- Rode verf · DutchB2 Intermediate · 1,712 words · ~10 min
- Czerwona farba · PolishB2 Intermediate · 1,419 words · ~10 min
- Tinta Vermelha · PortugueseB2 Intermediate · 1,683 words · ~10 min
- Vopsea roșie · RomanianB2 Intermediate · 1,683 words · ~10 min
- Kırmızı Boya · TurkishB2 Intermediate · 1,217 words · ~10 min
- Sơn đỏ · VietnameseB2 Intermediate · 2,160 words · ~15 min
- 红油漆 · ChineseB2 Intermediate
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