Grandma welcomes a poor man in her house. Alina in hospital

Alina in Hospital

By Zdenek Rotrekl It is the summer holiday. Alina is at her grandmother’s. She likes it there. Her grandmother has chickens, rabbits, cats, and a dog. Alina feeds the animals every day. Alina doesn’t like only one thing about her grandmother: she has to pray every day. The prayers seem very long to Alina. One…

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The Storm

David Long lives on a farm. The farm is called Green Horse. It is Saturday night. There is a storm outside. David and his father are sitting in the living room. His father is sitting at the table. He is reading the newspaper. “It is a bad storm outside,” says the father. “Listen to the…

Certain Bet - a man placing a bet and two men boxing in a ring.

Certain Bet

Otakar Batlicka It was seven o’clock in the evening in London, and the rain started. I stood in a long line, waiting to buy a ticket for a boxing match. After buying the ticket, I had some free time so I decided to have a meal at a nearby pub. While eating, I was didn’t…

Live River two man watching the river of ants

LIVE RIVER

Otakar Batlicka  Robert and his friend Archer were really tired when they got back to the camp at the rubber plantations. There was not much work to do because most of the rubber was already in the warehouse. That was why Archer  and Robert planned a new journey of discovery.  This time they wanted to…

Two dates featured picture. A boy is leaving the classroom and the others laugh at him.

Two Dates

Zdenek Rotrekl Alan was the wallflower in his class. He was always a little shy and he had no real friends when he was younger, but he always thought that this would change by the time he went to secondary school. It had not happened. Alan did not know why he had such a hard…

Kiss by Kate Chopin. Two people are kissing near a bench.

The Kiss

KATE CHOPIN It was still enough light outside, but inside the room was full of shadows. Brantain sat in one of these shadows, but he did not mind. He could look at the girl who sat near the fireplace as much as he liked. She was very pretty. She was playing with a cat and…