Franz had always been careless about his studies. He hated his school as he found it a tough task to prepare his lessons. One day his teacher, M. Hamel told the class that it was their last lesson in their mother tongue, French. From the next day, they were going to be taught German in piace of French. His teacher was also going to leave the school. This arose Franz's sentirnents. He felt sorry for having neglected his studies. Now he began to like the school he hated earlier.