Le premier soir
Yanis préparait l'ouverture1 de son restaurant depuis des mois. Ce vendredi-là, c'était complet2 : quarante personnes allaient arriver à vingt heures.
À dix-huit heures, il y a eu un problème : le grand four est tombé en panne3. Puis le téléphone a sonné : Lucas, le serveur, était malade4. Yanis paniquait.
Sa sœur Samia est arrivée pour aider. « On va se débrouiller5 ! » a-t-elle dit. Ils ont changé le menu : pas de rôti, mais un grand couscous aux légumes comme plat du jour6, cuit sur le feu. Samia a servi les tables.
Finalement, les clients7 ont adoré le couscous. À minuit, Yanis et Samia étaient épuisés8 mais heureux. Le lendemain, les avis sur Internet étaient excellents.
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Yanis had been preparing the opening of his restaurant for months. That Friday, it was fully booked: forty people were going to arrive at eight o'clock.
At six o'clock, there was a problem: the big oven broke down. Then the phone rang: Lucas, the waiter, was ill. Yanis was panicking.
His sister Samia arrived to help. "We'll manage!" she said. They changed the menu: no roast meat, but a big vegetable couscous as the dish of the day, cooked on the hob. Samia served the tables.
In the end, the customers loved the couscous. At midnight, Yanis and Samia were exhausted but happy. The next day, the reviews on the internet were excellent.