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Nov 26, 2019 • 31min

Brother and Sister (Pre-Intermediate)

Buy me a coffee to say thank you for the podcast! === There is a brother and sister who live with their father and their stepmother. She hits them every day, so they decide to leave. They will face magical forests, curious Kings and terrible baths before they get their happy ending... Today's story is Brother and Sister. Go to EasyStoriesInEnglish.com/BrotherSister for the full transcript. Level: Pre-Intermediate. Genre: Children's. Vocabulary: Stepmother, Cast a spell, Whisper, Wolf, Deer, Hunting horn, Chase after, Desire, Servant, Stroke. Setting: Fairytale. Word Count: 2509. Author: Fairy Tales. If you enjoy the podcast, please consider supporting us on Patreon. For just a few dollars a month you can get extra episodes, exercises, and much more. Support Easy Stories in English by contributing to their tip jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/easystoriesinenglish Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Nov 19, 2019 • 23min

The White Snake (Beginner)

Buy me a coffee to say thank you for the podcast! === There is a king who knows all the secrets in the country. Every night he asks for a special dish, and nobody knows what is inside. So one day, the King's servant looks inside and finds a cooked snake. Little does he know, the snake has special powers... Today's story is The White Snake. Go to EasyStoriesInEnglish.com/Snake for the full transcript. Level: Beginner. Genre: Children's. Vocabulary: Secret, Servant, Ant, Raven, Weak, Sword, Marry, Complete a challenge, Impossible, Seed. Setting: Fairytale. Word Count: 1570. Author: Fairy Tales. If you enjoy the podcast, please consider supporting us on Patreon. For just a few dollars a month you can get extra episodes, exercises, and much more. Support Easy Stories in English by contributing to their tip jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/easystoriesinenglish Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Nov 12, 2019 • 30min

The Very Hungry Dragon (Intermediate)

Buy me a coffee to say thank you for the podcast! === Grella is a strange dragon: she'll eat everything except jewels, and what dragon doesn't eat jewels? So one day, her mother takes away all the other food in the house, and Grella is forced to try the dreaded jewels. Except she finds out she likes them, and in fact, she likes them a bit too much... Today's story is The Very Hungry Dragon. Go to EasyStoriesInEnglish.com/Dragon for the full transcript. Level: Intermediate. Genre: Children's. Vocabulary: Spit out, Jewel, Creep, Stomach rumbles, Munch, Merchant road, Caravan. Setting: Fairytale. Word Count: 1504. Author: Ariel Goodbody. If you enjoy the podcast, please consider supporting us on Patreon. For just a few dollars a month you can get extra episodes, exercises, and much more. Support Easy Stories in English by contributing to their tip jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/easystoriesinenglish Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Nov 5, 2019 • 24min

The Three Snake Leaves (Beginner)

Buy me a coffee to say thank you for the podcast! === A young man fights in the war, and he does very well. The King says he can marry his daughter, but she is very strange. She says, 'If I die before you, you must be buried alive with me.' The man says yes. After all, he will probably die before her. But he is not so lucky... Today's story is The Three Snake Leaves. Go to EasyStoriesInEnglish.com/Leaves for the full transcript. Level: Beginner. Genre: Drama. Vocabulary: Marry, Bury, Promise, Mausoleum, Sword, Leaf, Captain, Row (boat), Forever, Hole. Setting: Fairytale. Word Count: 1368. Author: Fairy Tales. If you enjoy the podcast, please consider supporting us on Patreon. For just a few dollars a month you can get extra episodes, exercises, and much more. Support Easy Stories in English by contributing to their tip jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/easystoriesinenglish Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Oct 29, 2019 • 34min

The Boy Who Knew No Fear (Pre-Intermediate)

Buy me a coffee to say thank you for the podcast! === 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. Today's story is The Boy Who Knew No Fear. Go to EasyStoriesInEnglish.com/Fear for the full transcript. Level: Pre-Intermediate. Genre: Horror. Vocabulary: Shudder, Make a living, Hang (death), Treasure, Lathe, Axe, Nail (fingers), Bowling, Skull, Coffin. Setting: Fairytale. Word Count: 2721. Author: Fairy Tales. If you enjoy the podcast, please consider supporting us on Patreon. For just a few dollars a month you can get extra episodes, exercises, and much more. Support Easy Stories in English by contributing to their tip jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/easystoriesinenglish Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Oct 22, 2019 • 29min

The Golem of Prague (Intermediate)

Buy me a coffee to say thank you for the podcast! === Throughout the cities of Europe, the Jewish people have been attacked and kicked out, and the Jews of Prague are worried about their safety. Their leader, Rabbi Loew, wants to protect his people, but his solution may only put them at more risk... Today's story is The Golem of Prague. Go to EasyStoriesInEnglish.com/Golem for the full transcript. Level: Intermediate. Genre: Myths & Legends. Vocabulary: Ghetto, Expel, Magician, Clay, Holy, Sabbath, Synagogue, Salute, Rebellious, Lump. Setting: Medieval. Word Count: 1957. Author: Czech Myths. If you enjoy the podcast, please consider supporting us on Patreon. For just a few dollars a month you can get extra episodes, exercises, and much more. Support Easy Stories in English by contributing to their tip jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/easystoriesinenglish Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Oct 15, 2019 • 21min

The Great Race (Beginner)

Buy me a coffee to say thank you for the podcast! === Buddha is about to leave Earth, and he wants to say goodbye to the animals in a special way: he will have a race, and name the years after them in the order they win. Today's story is The Great Race. Go to EasyStoriesInEnglish.com/Race for the full transcript. Level: Beginner. Genre: Myths & Legends. Vocabulary: Earth (planet), Stupid, Cheat, Amazed, Blow, Hide, Rope, Don’t care. Setting: Fairytale. Word Count: 1076. Author: Chinese Myths. If you enjoy the podcast, please consider supporting us on Patreon. For just a few dollars a month you can get extra episodes, exercises, and much more. Support Easy Stories in English by contributing to their tip jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/easystoriesinenglish Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Oct 8, 2019 • 19min

The Wolf and the Seven Young Goats (Beginner)

Buy me a coffee to say thank you for the podcast! === One day, a mother goat leaves her seven children to find food in the forest. Before she leaves, she warns them about the big bad wolf, who has a deep voice and big black feet... Today's story is The Wolf and the Seven Young Goats. Go to EasyStoriesInEnglish.com/Goats for the full transcript. Level: Beginner. Genre: Children's. Vocabulary: Wolf, Goat, Voice, Dough, Baker, Needle, Thread, Stone, Bone. Setting: Fairytale. Word Count: 1179. Author: Fairy Tales. If you enjoy the podcast, please consider supporting us on Patreon. For just a few dollars a month you can get extra episodes, exercises, and much more. Support Easy Stories in English by contributing to their tip jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/easystoriesinenglish Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Oct 1, 2019 • 29min

The Nose That Ran Away (Pre-Intermediate)

Buy me a coffee to say thank you for the podcast! === One day, Major Kovaloff wakes up and finds his nose is gone. Not only that, but it's dressed up like a city officer, heading all over Russia, and he can't figure out who stole it from him! Today's story is The Nose That Ran Away. Go to EasyStoriesInEnglish.com/Nose2 for the full transcript. Level: Pre-Intermediate. Genre: Comedy. Vocabulary: City council, Servant, Major (army), Carriage, Wow, High class, Gossip magazine, Digestion, Witch. Setting: Victorian. Word Count: 2803. Author: Nikolai Gogol. If you enjoy the podcast, please consider supporting us on Patreon. For just a few dollars a month you can get extra episodes, exercises, and much more. Support Easy Stories in English by contributing to their tip jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/easystoriesinenglish Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Sep 24, 2019 • 21min

Strange Friends (Beginner)

Buy me a coffee to say thank you for the podcast! === There is a cat and mouse, and they are very good friends. They live together, and everyone calls them the "Strange Friends". But they must buy food and keep it for winter. So they get a pot of fat, and put it in the church, but the cat gets hungry... Today's story is Strange Friends. Go to EasyStoriesInEnglish.com/Friends for the full transcript. You can listen to the intermediate version of this story at EasyStoriesInEnglish.com/FriendsInt. Level: Beginner. Genre: Children's. Vocabulary: Pot, Fat (food), Desire, Imagine, Taste, Christening, Godparents, Lick. Setting: Fairytale. Word Count: 1017. Author: Fairy Tales. If you enjoy the podcast, please consider supporting us on Patreon. For just a few dollars a month you can get extra episodes, exercises, and much more. Support Easy Stories in English by contributing to their tip jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/easystoriesinenglish Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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