Lost on the River Trail
A free A2-level English story for language learners, readable online in English, with an option to listen via the free Storyteller app.
Finn and Odette misread a trail sign, take the wrong path, and use their phone map to find their way back.
Odette and Finn run along the river trail every Saturday morning. Today, they try a new part of the trail.
The path forks near an old wooden sign. The sign is old, and the words are hard to read.
"I think it says the lake is this way," Finn says. He points left.
"I think it says right," Odette says. "Let's go left, because you saw it first."
They run down the left path for ten minutes. The trail gets narrow and rocky.
"This doesn't feel right," Odette says. "Maybe we are on the wrong path."
They stop and look at their phone map. The blue dot shows them far from the lake trail.
"We went the wrong way," Finn says. "The sign meant right, not left."
They turn around and run back to the fork. This time, they take the right path.
Ten minutes later, they see the lake through the trees. Blue water sparkles in the morning sun.
"We found it," Odette says. She laughs. "Next time, I choose the direction."
"Deal," Finn says. "But I still think the sign was confusing."
