Genre: Comedy

Think Fast!

Jan 7, 2025

—

Genre: Comedy

Setting: Modern

New Vocabulary: Attack, Avoid, Dodge, Lamppost, Nerd, Power cut, Punch, Solve a formula, Strategy, Swing

Word Count: 1098

Original Author: Ariel Goodbody

Eugene is a big nerd, and he’s afraid of everything. But one day, a man attacks him in the street, and Eugene discovers that he isn’t so weak after all.
Misty the Snake (Rerun)

Sep 3, 2024

—

Genre: Comedy

Setting: Modern

New Vocabulary: Bubble wrap, Ex, Lick, Marmite, Owner, Parcel, Prison bars, Put a bounty on someone’s head, Queue, Sneak, Tongue, Yeast

Word Count: 1457

Original Author: Ariel Goodbody

Misty the Snake loves eating other people’s pets. This does not make the people of the United Kingdom happy. So her owner takes her to Brazil, but really she wants to go home to Ghana…
A Visitor from Chilly Bottom

May 14, 2024

—

Genre: Comedy

Setting: UK

New Vocabulary: Bonkers, Butler, Captive, Chilly, Colony, Crumbs, Furrow your brow, Poo, Press release, Regurgitate, Royal seal, Spit, Tailcoat, Waddle, Worship

Word Count: 3272

Original Author: Alastair Budge, Ariel Goodbody

A man who has lived in Antarctica all his life visits the UK for the first time. Technically, he is a British citizen, as he grew up on British Antarctic Territory. And he has an important message for the king! It’s just that, the king has no idea who this man is…
Simon’s New Job

Sep 12, 2023

—

Genre: Comedy

Setting: Modern

New Vocabulary: Chase, Control, Deodorant, Put the heating on, Scream, Smell, Stick to, Still, Sweat, Tear (pulling)

Word Count: 1033

Original Author: Ariel Goodbody

Simon gets a new job, but everything goes wrong. He doesn’t wear enough deodorant and smells at work. He tries walking, taking the bus, the train, a taxi, but he always gets there too early or too late. One day, it all becomes too much…
Eyes, Teeth and Toenails

Jun 6, 2023

—

Genre: Comedy

Setting: Modern

New Vocabulary: Cavity, Destroy, Filling, Hammer, Hero, Nail, Notice, Radiator, Sandals, Smile

Word Count: 1165

Original Author: Ariel Goodbody

Ken finally has his holiday. But his eyes hurt! Maybe watching TV will help. Lisa loves brushing her teeth – she does it EVERYWHERE. But what will happen when she goes to the dentist? Vladimir has beautiful, long toenails… but does his boss agree?
The Rabbit Man

Apr 11, 2023

—

Genre: Comedy

Setting: Medieval

New Vocabulary: Forefather, Graze (eating), Hare, Interest (money), Lira, Manor house, Peasant, Shirk your duty, Solidarity, Starve, Strangle

Word Count: 1932

Original Author: Fairy Tales

Heorhiy lives happily as a peasant, but one day a rich man comes to his house and tells him he has a family debt. Heorhiy works three years to pay it off, but the rich man doesn’t want to let him go, so he thinks of a way to trick him…
The Boy Who Knew No Fear (Beginner)

Sep 13, 2022

—

Genre: Comedy

Setting: Fairytale

New Vocabulary: Axe, Bone, Bowling, Bucket, Burn, Claw, Coffin, Ghost, Hanging, If only, Lathe, Priest, Ring a bell, Scary, Shudder, Skull, Stone, Stupid, Warm (verb)

Word Count: 2740

Original Author: Fairy Tales

One day, a young man called Anders hears his brother say, ‘Oh, those scary stories make me shudder!’ ‘I wonder what it means to shudder?’ Anders thinks, and he goes out on a journey to find out.
A Lucky New Year

Jun 21, 2022

—

Genre: Comedy

Setting: Modern

New Vocabulary: Ashes, Choke, Clock strikes midnight, Coal, Doughnut, Good-luck charm, Lead (metal), Noodles, Pomegranate, Shortbread, Signify, Superstition

Word Count: 2081

Original Author: Ariel Goodbody

Harold has terrible luck. Bus shelters collapse on him, he makes his dates vomit, and no matter how many good-luck charms he wears, his luck won’t change. So he decides that this New Year’s Eve, he’s going to follow every tradition and superstition in the world, to see if he can change his luck around.
Misty the Snake

Sep 21, 2021

—

Genre: Comedy

Setting: Modern

New Vocabulary: Bubble wrap, Ex, Lick, Marmite, Owner, Parcel, Prison bars, Put a bounty on someone’s head, Queue, Sneak, Tongue

Word Count: 1457

Original Author: Ariel Goodbody

Why could nobody understand it? I loved Marmite, and so did my pet snake, Misty. Well, she wasn’t my pet. She was my ex-boyfriend’s. But I loved her more than him. And she loved me, too. As soon as that letter had come through the door, I knew it. I was her real owner. Not my ex.
The Tooth Fairy

May 18, 2021

—

Genre: Comedy

Setting: Modern

New Vocabulary: Asleep, Coin, Current (sea), Disagree, Emergency, Fall over, Hide, Lie, Replace, Save time, The Tooth Fairy, Tide

Word Count: 1388

Original Author: Ariel Goodbody

‘Can you replace it this time?’ said Alex. ‘I know you did it last time, but I’m so tired.’ ‘I didn’t do it last time,’ said Kayla. ‘Huh?’ said Alex. ‘You did! Last time, I went and looked under the pillow, but the tooth had already been replaced.’ ‘I’m telling you, I didn’t do it!’ said Kayla. ‘I don’t understand,’ said Alex. ‘If I didn’t do it, and you didn’t do it, then who did?…