Two Different Parks
A free A1-level English story for language learners, readable online in English, with an option to listen via the free Storyteller app.
Wyatt and Iris agree to meet at "the park," but each of them goes to a different one in town.
Wyatt texts his friend Iris on Saturday morning.
"Let's meet at the park after lunch," he writes.
"Sounds good! See you there," Iris replies.
At one o'clock, Wyatt walks to Oak Park.
He sits on a bench and waits.
Ten minutes pass, and Iris is not there.
Wyatt checks his phone, but there are no messages.
Across town, Iris waits at Pine Park.
She looks around, but she does not see Wyatt.
"Where is he?" Iris says to herself.
She sends Wyatt a text with a question mark.
Wyatt's phone buzzes, and he reads the message.
"I'm at Oak Park, by the big tree," he writes.
"I'm at Pine Park, near the swings," Iris writes back.
"Oh no, there are two parks!" Wyatt writes, laughing.
"I always forget that," Iris writes with a laughing face.
"Stay there. I'll come to you," Wyatt writes.
He gets up and starts to walk.
Fifteen minutes later, he sees Iris by the swings.
"Finally!" Wyatt says. "Sorry about that."
He is a little out of breath.
"No problem, at least we found each other," Iris says.
They both laugh and sit down on a bench.
"Next time, let's pick one park," Iris says.
"Deal," Wyatt says, and they start to talk.
