The Fridge That Kept Ordering Pickles
A free A2-level English story for language learners, readable online in English, with an option to listen via the free Storyteller app.
A smart fridge keeps ordering pickles every week after it mishears a simple comment.
Mira and Kofi had a smart fridge. It can order food by itself. Last Tuesday, Mira opened the fridge. "We need more pickles, I think," she said. The fridge heard her words and understood something different. It started a weekly pickle order.
On Friday, a truck stopped outside their house. The driver carried in six jars of pickles. Mira looked at Kofi and said, "We didn't order this."
"Maybe the fridge did," Kofi said. He opened the fridge app on his phone. The screen showed one order after another, all for pickles.
"I only said it once," Mira said. "Why does it keep ordering more?"
Kofi checked the settings. He found a button called "Repeat This Order Every Week." The fridge turned it on by mistake.
"Here it is," Kofi said. He pressed the button and turned the setting off.
The next day, no truck came. Mira laughed and opened a jar of pickles from the pile. "We have enough pickles for a whole year now," she said.
"At least we know the fridge can hear us," Kofi said.
Mira put six jars in the cupboard. She put two more in the fridge door. She made a plan to check the app every week.
