Paris to Lyon: A Family's Journey of Change and Discovery

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Discover trust in each other,

and prepare for a new life in Lyon amidst the blossoms of spring.

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Mathis, their 8-year-old son,

and the difficulty he will have to leave his friends.

A morning, he tells him that Mathis is looking at the window, lost in his thoughts.

Sava, my dear?

Ask him what his hair is.

Mathis hocks his head, but he does not say anything.

And he says he is quiet.

So, he decides to take him to the park tonight for a last adventure in Paris.

During this time, he is absorbed by his lists.

Everything will be fine if we follow the plan will be clear.

However, as the day of the day is approaching,

they are submerged by stress.

They must verify and re-verify each detail.

The last day before the departure, a catastrophe comes.

He does not find a crucial document.

His heart beats the chameleon.

All his depths around him.

Where is he?

Six-clam-tile, panicked.

Elodie and Mathis agreed to help him.

Together, they look for each piece under each carton.

Mathis, he, has an idea.

He runs to the park in Criand, Papa, here.

The document is listed between the pages of a book on the dinosaures, its favorite.

Butch and clat of rire.

Thank you, Mathis.

I should be consulted more often.

Soudan, a son-sense.

He realizes that he can count on his family, even when he controls him.

Elodie, satisfied with the work of Edée,

organizes a job to re-verify Mathis and his friends.

The rire of the children fills the room,

chaleureux and reconfortant.

The next day, in which the map,

he feels free, free to have always anticipated.

Elodie is confident.

She is Mathis, I will be with you in this new life.

When Mathis, he is ready for his youth adventure,

surrounded by love and support of his parents.

And this is a cycle, under the old wall of Paris,

a family prepares to write a new chapter, together,

in the hands, with the certainty that everything will go well.

Fine.

In a quiet neighborhood of Paris,

the preparations for a big change

occupy the minds of Luke, Elodie and Mathis.

In a quiet neighborhood of Paris,

the preparations for a big change occupy the minds of Luke,

Elodie and Mathis.

Around them, spring colors the city with a thousand hues.

Flowers bloom behind iron fences,

filling the air with sweet scents.

Despite this beauty, worry hovers over their small apartment.

Luke is hunched over his table, surrounded by lists and calendars.

Everything must be perfect for the move to lion.

Il adore l'organisation mais déteste les surprises.

He loves organisation but hates surprises.

Elodie, au contraire, plus détendu.

A loty, on the other hand, is more relaxed.

El pense à Mathis, leur fils de huit ans,

et à la difficulté qu'il aura pour quitter ses amis.

She thinks of Mathis, their eight-year-old son,

and the difficulty he will have leaving his friends.

One morning, Elodie notices that Mathis is looking out the window,

lost in thought.

She asks, stroking his hair.

Mathis nods but doesn't say anything.

Elodie, c'est qu'il est inquiet.

A loty knows he is worried.

So, she decides to take him to the park that evening

for one last adventure in Paris.

Meanwhile, Luke is absorbed by his lists.

Tout ira bien si on suit le plan sera sur t-il.

Everything will be fine if we stick to the plan, he reassures himself.

However, as moving-day approaches, he feels overwhelmed by stress.

He must check and recheck every detail.

The day before the departure, a disaster occurs.

Luke cannot find a crucial document.

His heart races.

Everything is collapsing around him.

Where is it?

He exclaims panicked.

A loty and Mathis rush to help him.

Ensemble, he cherche dans chaque pièce sous chaque carton.

Together, they search in every room under every box.

He runs to the apartment shouting, dad here.

The document is slipped between the pages of a dinosaur book, his favorite.

Luke bursts into laughter.

Thank you Mathis.

I should consult you more often.

Soudain, he leçons s'impose.

Suddenly, a lesson becomes clear.

He realizes he can rely on his family, even when control slips away from him.

A loty, satisfied with having helped him,

organizes a farewell snack for Mathis and his friends.

The children's laughter fills the room, warm and comforting.

The next day, leaving the neighborhood, Luke feels free, liberated from having anticipated everything.

A loty is confident.

She and Mathis will gaze in wonder at this new life.

As for Mathis, he is ready for his lion-aise adventure, surrounded by the love and support of his parents.

And it is also that, under the old mountain of Paris,

a family is ready to write a new chapter together in the hand with the certainty that everything will be fine.

The end.

Today's vocabulary words are coming up right after this commercial break.

Here are today's vocabulary words, first in French, then in English.

The neighborhood.

The neighborhood.

The neighborhood.

The preparations.

The change.

The change.

The change.

The change.

The change, le printant, le printant, le printant, the spring, le tente, le tente, le tente,

the use, le faire forger, le faire forger, le faire forger, the raw iron, les parfums,

les parfums, les parfums, le sens, le petit appartement, le petit appartement, le

petit appartement, the apartment, penché, penché, penché, hunched, le document,

le document, le document, crucial, crucial, crucial, crucial, le plan, le plan,

le plan, le stress, le stress, le stress, the stress,

sera-surée, sera-surée, sera-surée, to reassure, le détail, le détail, le détail,

Le détail, le détail, le détail, le détail, le détail, le détail, le désester,

Le juire, le juire, le juire, the laughter, la leçon, la leçon,

The lesson,

dichliaté de vire,

dichliaté de vire,

dichliaté de vire,

to burst into laughter,

le gouter de revoir,

le gouter de revoir,

le gouter de revoir,

the farewell,

le soutien,

le soutien,

le soutien,

the support,

consulter,

consulter,

consulter,

to consult,

submerge,

submerge,

submerge,

overwhelmed,

anticipate,

anticipate,

anticipate,

to anticipate,

la pensée,

la pensée,

la pensée,

the thought,

l'échapper,

l'échapper,

l'échapper,

to slip away,

confian,

confian,

confian,

confident,

l'échapper,

l'échapper,

l'échapper,

the chapter,

s'effondrer,

s'effondrer,

s'effondrer,

to collapse.

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