Florence and Martin collect plain medium brown cardboard parcel from Mrs Dean at school reception counter. Delivery slip on clipboard. Parcel only marked Art Room with generic school label, no personal addresses or logos. All characters mature secondary students and adult office manager.

Florence’s Parcel

School Readers · Level 16

Florence and Martin are helping the school office before an art workshop. Mrs Dean gives them a parcel marked Art Room and asks them to check where it belongs. The main art room is nearby, so Florence expects this to be a very short job.

Florence Martin at main Art Room doorway art teacher checks generic delivery slip points towards different room parcel kept in Martin hands no opening yet.

At the art room door, the teacher looks at the delivery slip. “This is for the workshop in the annexe,” she says. Florence has never taken a parcel there before. Martin remembers seeing a room sign beyond the library, but he is not sure which door it was.

Reception Mrs Dean shows school plan TWO labelled art spaces Florence traces route Martin holds medium brown parcel label Art Room no personal addresses.

They return to Mrs Dean instead of leaving the parcel beside a door. She shows them a school plan with both art spaces marked. The annexe is a separate room used for larger projects. Florence traces the route on the plan while Martin holds the parcel steady.

School corridor by library Florence Martin pause at TWO different doors signs Art Store and Annexe Corridor Florence compares delivery slip parcel held securely.

Near the library, they find two doors with similar signs. One says Art Store, and the other leads to the annexe corridor. Florence nearly turns into the store, then stops to check the room name on the delivery slip. A familiar word is not the whole address.

INSIDE art annexe workshop teacher checks delivery slip accepts medium parcel then reveals LARGE white paper sheets on table Florence Martin watch no private documents.

They follow the corridor and find the workshop teacher setting out tables. He checks the slip before accepting the parcel. Inside are the large paper sheets his class has been waiting for. Florence is glad they did not leave the box in the first art room they found.

INSIDE annexe teacher hands Martin small reply note Martin places note in plain folder Florence marks return route on school plan empty parcel box beside paper stack.

The teacher asks whether they can take a small reply back to the office. Martin puts the note in a separate folder so it will not get lost among their other papers. Florence marks their return route on the school plan. This time, they know which way to go.

BACK reception Mrs Dean reads small note and ticks delivery list Florence Martin show slip school plan friendly conversation.

Back at reception, Mrs Dean reads the note and ticks the delivery off her list. “What helped you find the right place?” she asks. Florence looks at the slip. “Checking the whole room name,” she says. Martin adds that asking for a plan helped more than guessing.

INSIDE art annexe wide tables covered with large white paper teenage students plan original paintings Florence Martin doorway pleased teacher supervises.

Before the workshop starts, Florence sees the large paper spread across the annexe tables. Students are already planning their pictures. Delivering a box had seemed like a small task, but getting it to the right people made a difference. She and Martin are ready for their next office job.

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