Dev mends his grandfather's old radio, and someone starts talking.
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Dev had been trying to fix his grandfather's old radio for three weeks.It was a heavy wooden box with a cracked glass front, and it had not worked since before Dev was born.
On Saturday afternoon, while it was raining hard outside, he the last broken wire and turned the .At first, there was only a soft .Then, suddenly, a voice came through the speaker.
"Hello?Is anyone there?This is Station Seven."
Dev nearly dropped his .He ran downstairs to find his grandfather, who was reading the newspaper in the kitchen.
His grandfather followed him upstairs, slowly at first and then more quickly.He listened for a moment, and his eyes filled with tears.
"Station Seven," he said quietly."That was the name of my radio club when I was your age.Every Saturday, my friends and I used to talk to people all over the country.I thought nobody used it any more."
The voice spoke again."If anyone can hear us, please reply.We are a group of students, and we are trying to ."
Dev's grandfather showed him the small at the side of the radio.Together, they pressed the button."This is Dev and his grandad," Dev said."We can hear you."
There was a , then a of cheering from the speaker.By the end of the evening, Dev had been invited to join the new Station Seven club, and his grandfather had promised to teach everyone what he knew.
Word box: 8 words
replace
to put a new thing where an old or broken thing was
dial
a round control that you turn
hiss
a long sound like the letter s
screwdriver
a tool for turning screws
bring back to life
to make something start working or happening again
microphone
a thing you speak into so that your voice can be sent or recorded
pause
a short time when nothing happens
burst
a sudden, short amount of something, like noise
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1. How long had Dev been trying to fix the radio?
2. What was the first sound Dev heard?
3. Why did his grandfather's eyes fill with tears?
4. Who was speaking on Station Seven?
5. What does "bring the old station back to life" mean?
6. What happened at the end?
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