Broken into 5 parts with vocabulary spoken before each part.

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Little Red Riding Hood

The Sheep and the Pig is a short story from Aesop's Fables. The old versions use words that are more difficult for English learners. 

This episode is a simplified or more simple version. 

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Look up words you don't know.

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"The Young and Field Literary Readers" -- Book Two

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Hi and welcome to this fun little story.

Lots of us are not so well off and maybe even are poor like this shoemaker. I sure wish this could happen to me! hehe Then I would also be rich. Anyway, I hope you enjoy this story about two little elves who make really good shoes for a shoemaker and his wife.

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 The Sheep and the Pig, from Aesop's Fables

This story has some bigger words in it. You might need a dictionary to look them up. Listen once, go read the blog, and listen again. 

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The Fox and the Grapes

Listen for the action Verbs in the story.

There both Past and Present Tense verbs.

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This poem is one of the best known about Santa Claus. Every boy and girl will be able to say the first few lines from it: " 'Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house, not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse;"

You can learn it, too! 

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Aesop's Fables -- Well-known short stories, about one page long. They are great from learning more vocabulary.

The Lion and the Mouse 

This short story tells about a Lion who wanted to eat a Mouse. The Lion let the Mouse go. What happened to the Lion later?

Verbs

Listen to the list of verbs before each section. Can you hear them in the story?

Reading

One time slowly, in 5 sections.

A second time straight through.

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Verbs

Present/Past Tenses

We tell stories in Present and Past Tenses. Come, learn both forms of the verbs in the short story The Little Pine Tree. (Listen to the story in episode 4b. https://open.spotify.com/episode/0KBmLpBOAUh639T0ocbnPU?si=3KU9CCMRRXab5-wHM-8ryQ)

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Have a great time learning.

This short story The LIttle Pine Tree, comes from a reader from long ago. 

The story is broken down into 5 sections. Each section begins with vocabulary words. Then the story.

In Episode 4a Vocabulary, I read only the vocabulary words.

This episode, 4b Reading, I will only read through the story.

Be sure to visit the Useful English Today, Go! blog to read the story by yourself.