The Library Notes
A free A2-level English story for language learners, readable online in 5 languages, with an option to listen via the free Storyteller app.
Two students who cannot talk in the quiet library start to write notes to each other.
That was the preview! Hear the full story in the free Storyteller app. Get the app
Audio isn't available right now.
Eero went to the library every day after school. He liked the long wooden tables and the quiet. That Tuesday, a girl sat down at the next table. She had a thick book and a red pencil.
He looked at her book. It was about the stars. He wanted to ask her something. But a sign on the wall said, "Silence, please."
So Eero took a small piece of paper from his notebook. He wrote, "Do you like stars?" and pushed it across the table.
The girl read it and smiled. She wrote under his question, "Yes. Do you?" Then she pushed the paper back.
They wrote notes all afternoon. Her name was Pilar. She wanted to be a pilot. Eero wrote that he liked music and bad jokes. One joke was so bad that she covered her mouth.
After one hour, a tall woman walked to their table. It was the librarian. She looked at the pile of paper notes. Eero and Pilar looked at each other. Their faces went white.
"I am sorry," Eero said, very low. "We did not talk. We only wrote."
"I know," the librarian said. "I watched you for an hour. Come with me."
She took them to a small room at the back. It had a table, four chairs, and a door. "This is a quiet room for study groups," she said. "You can talk here. Just keep the door closed."
Pilar looked at Eero and said, "Now we can talk."
