Scenes during A School Recess

Key Words and Phrases:
- bell, recess, tiffin-boxes, vendors, enjoy, library, canteen, chat, argue, discuss, scenes.
- to run out, to start playing, to eat and talk and laugh, to crowd round, to pick up, full and loud, noisy and lively, back to work, quite and peaceful.

The school-bell rings. The recess begins. We run out of our class-rooms. We start playing on the school-grounds. Some of us sit under trees. They open their tiffin-boxes. They eat and talk and laugh.

Boys and girls crowd round vendors in the street. They buy things. They enjoy them. There is a big crowd at water-room. Pupils drink water. They also throw it at one another. Some pupils go to the library. They pick up their favorite magazines. The teachers canteen becomes full and loud. The schoolmasters take their tea. They chat. They argue. They discuss things.

Time passes quickly. The scenes around are noisy and lively. Then the school bell rings once more. The recess is over. Everyone is back to work. The school is quiet and peaceful.