The Frog Statue That Moves
A free A1-level English story for language learners, readable online in 5 languages, with an option to listen via the free Storyteller app.
Sela wants to know who moves her neighbor's stone frog every night.
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Sela had a new neighbor. He had a nice garden with a stone frog. The frog was gray and fat.
On Monday morning, the frog sat by the gate. On Tuesday, it sat under the tree. On Wednesday, it sat next to the flowers.
Sela did not understand. A stone frog cannot walk. Who moved it every night?
She asked her friend. "Maybe the neighbor moves it," her friend said. But the neighbor was old and slow. That did not seem right.
On Thursday evening, Sela sat at her window. She watched the garden and waited. The sky got dark.
At eight o'clock, the garden door opened. A small boy came out. He was the neighbor's grandson.
The boy looked left and right. He picked up the heavy frog with both hands. He put it in a new place by the pond. Then he ran back inside, and he laughed.
Sela smiled. It was a game. The boy wanted his grandpa to find it somewhere new.
The next day, Sela bought a small toy frog. In the evening, she went to the garden fence. She put the toy frog next to the stone frog.
Then she went home and waited.
