The Voice in the Cave
A free A1-level English story for language learners, readable online in 5 languages, with an option to listen via the free Storyteller app.
Two friends hear a strange voice in a small cave on a hill.
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Jude and his friend Koa walk on a hill path. The sun is hot. They want some shade.
Koa sees a small cave by the path. "Look!" she says. "Let's go in."
The cave is cool and dry. It is not deep. Light comes in from the door.
Jude walks to the back wall. Koa stays near the door. The air smells of wet stone.
Jude says, "Hello?" A voice says, "Hello?" Jude stops.
"Who is there?" he asks. "Who is there?" says the voice. Koa does not move.
"Jude, I want to go out," she says. Her face is white. "Go out," says the voice.
Jude looks at the walls. Then he smiles. "Koa, it is only an echo," he says. "It says our words again."
Koa looks at him. "Really?" she asks. "Really," says the voice.
They both laugh. The voice laughs too. Koa shouts, "I am Koa!" and the cave shouts it back.
Jude shouts, "Hello, hill!" The cave says it back. Koa laughs so hard that she sits down.
They stay for ten minutes and shout silly words. Then they sit in the shade. They eat their lunch.
