The Soup for a Sick Friend
A free A1-level English story for language learners, readable online in 5 languages, with an option to listen via the free Storyteller app.
Coco makes soup for a sick friend, then tastes it and finds a big problem.
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Coco's friend was sick. He lay in bed for three days. Coco wanted to help, so she made soup.
She cut carrots and onions. She put them in a big pot. She added chicken and water. She cooked it slowly for an hour. The kitchen smelled good.
Then Coco tasted the soup. Her face changed. It was far too salty! She put salt in the pot two times by mistake.
She looked at the pot. She could not give this soup to a sick friend. For a minute, she did not know what to do.
Then she remembered her mom's words. "Potatoes help," her mom always said.
Coco added a lot of water. She cut three potatoes and put them in the pot. She cooked the soup for half an hour. Then she tasted it again. Now it was good.
She poured the soup into a big jar. She took the bus to her friend's flat. He sat up in bed and smelled the jar.
He ate one bowl. "More, please," he said. He ate a second bowl too.
Coco did not tell him about the salt.
