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The story "The Last Lesson" was written by . Franz, the narrator of the story, was running late for  one day and was worried about not learning the rules of  that his teacher asked him to do. As Franz hurried to school, he noticed a  in front of the village's. Since he was already late for school, Franz did not stop to read the news. When he reached school, Franz couldn't hear the usual sounds. Franz entered the class embarrassed and afraid but was surprised when M. Hamel kindly asked him to take his seat. After he sat down, Franz noticed that M. Hamel was dressed in clothes that he wore only on important days like inspection or prize-giving days. Franz was then  to see the sight of villagers occupying the last benches that would otherwise be empty. As Franz wondered what was happening, M. Hamel informed them in a  tone that this would be their last French lesson. Since Germany took over Alsace and Lorraine after the war, it had been ordered that only German would be taught in schools. Franz was shocked by the  and wished he had paid more attention to his studies instead of playing around.