Easy Stories in English

Welcome to Easy Stories in English, the podcast that will take your English from OK to Good, and from Good to Great!

Learning a language is hard. With Easy Stories in English, you can learn English the natural way, without studying lists of vocabulary or complicated grammar rules. Every week, Ariel Goodbody, author and language teacher, will present a story adapted to your level of English. The stories will be hilarious, dramatic, and entertaining, but never too difficult. If you’re learning English and are tired of boring textbooks, then this is the podcast for you.

Stalking is For Girls, Too

17/11/2020 Ariel Goodbody 00:23:12 2 Comments

CLANG! The gate to the car park closed behind Bella. She was trapped. Uh-oh. She had gone past the apartment building on her day off work. She had had one date with the man, but she was impatient. She just wanted to look at him through the window, because she couldn’t...

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You Can’t Please Everyone

10/11/2020 Ariel Goodbody 00:17:56 12 Comments

‘Why do you have a donkey, but you don’t ride it? Donkeys should be ridden.’ So the man said to his son, ‘Get on the donkey and ride it.’ They kept on going. A few hours later, a group of old women walked past. ‘Look at that lazy young boy,’ said one...

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Why the Sea is Salty

03/11/2020 Ariel Goodbody 00:20:34 10 Comments

Once there were two brothers. One brother was a poor farmer. He worked in the fields, and when the weather was bad, he had no food. But he was kind and worked a lot. The other brother was a rich man who worked on a ship. He was not...

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The Crying Woman

27/10/2020 Ariel Goodbody 00:27:02 13 Comments

Once, there was a woman called Inmaculada. Her friends called her Inma. She lived in a village in Mexico. Inmaculada was indigenous, and her mother and father died when she was very young. She was poor, and she washed clothes for other people in the village. She wanted to...

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The Boy Who Cried Wolf

20/10/2020 Ariel Goodbody 00:21:36 6 Comments

Once there was a young boy called Lyman. He worked in the field and looked after the sheep. He was a shepherd. His father was a shepherd, and his grandfather was a shepherd and his grandfather’s father was a shepherd. Everyone told Lyman, ‘One day, you will be a...

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Stone Soup

13/10/2020 Ariel Goodbody 00:23:03 2 Comments

Once, a man was travelling across the country. He was very poor. One day he arrived in a town, and he had no more food. He asked the people for food, but nobody wanted to talk to him. So he went into the centre of town with a big cooking...

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