When I was seven years old, I was given a small wallet to keep my pocket
money in. I felt so happy and put it in my hip pocket.

One day, during the break time at school, I discovered that my wallet was
missing. I checked it but I could not find it. There was some money in the wallet and without it I could not buy anything to eat. I was close to tears. It was not because of losing my precious wallet but because I might get scolded by my parents. Anyhow I went hungry that day.

In the class I could not concentrate well to study at all. I kept thinking about how I lost my wallet and what my parents would react. How was I going to explain
the loss? I did not know whether someone had taken it from my pocket or it had merely fallen out. I hoped that someone would find and return it to me.

I hoped that someone would find it and return it to me” (Paragraph three). The
underlined word (return) refers to ….