The Returned Wallet
A free A2-level English story for language learners, readable online in English, with an option to listen via the free Storyteller app.
Sylvie finds a stranger's lost wallet on the street and returns it to its owner.
Sylvie walks home from work along Main Street. She looks down and sees a brown wallet on the ground. She picks it up and looks inside. There's a license with a photo and a name.
The wallet has some cash and a few cards inside. Sylvie decides to find the owner. The license shows an address nearby.
She walks three blocks to the address on the license. It's a small apartment building with red doors. She rings the bell for apartment 4B.
A man opens the door. He looks worried and tired.
"Hello," Sylvie says. "Is your name Gideon?"
"Yes, that's me," he says. "Do I know you?"
"I found your wallet on Main Street," Sylvie says.
Gideon's eyes open wide. "Really? I lost it an hour ago!"
"Here it is," Sylvie says. She hands him the wallet.
Gideon checks inside. "Everything is here. Thank you so much."
"You're welcome," Sylvie says. "I'm glad I found it."
"This is very kind of you," Gideon says. "Can I give you some money?"
"No, that's okay," Sylvie says. "I'm just happy to help."
Gideon smiles and shakes her hand. "Well, thank you again, Sylvie."
"Anytime," Sylvie says. "Have a good day, Gideon."
She turns and walks back down the street.
