Best English short stories with videos to practice English[/caption]Improve your reading comprehension with hundreds of English short stories with vocabulary practice and podcasts. Enrich your advanced vocabulary in real context by reading these English short stories with videos and podcasts.
The Lion and the Three Bulls story from Aesop’s fables with video and vocabulary practice to learn English vocabulary in real context and enjoy English stories. Source of story: Gutenberg Project Video of The Lion and the Three Bulls story Watch this video on YouTube. The Lion and the Three Bulls Three bulls were grazing…
The Stag and the Pool from Aesop’s fables with video and new vocabulary to learn English words in real context with images, and enjoy English literature with great moral lessons. Source of story: Gutenberg Project Video of The Stag and the Pool Watch this video on YouTube. The Stag and the Pool A thirsty stag…
The Fly by Katherine Mansfield The Fly by Katherine Mansfield Available in the public domain through Gutenberg Project ‘Y’are very snug in here,’ piped old Mr. Woodifield, and peered out of the great, green-leather armchair by his friend the boss’s desk as a baby peers out of its pram. His talk was over; it was…
The Last Leaf by O. Henry The Last Leaf by O. Henry Available in the public domain through Gutenberg Project In a little district west of Washington Square the streets have run crazy and broken themselves into small strips called “places.” These “places” make strange angles and curves. One Street crosses itself a time or…
The Goose With the Golden Eggs The Goose With the Golden Eggs Available in the public domain through Gutenberg Project One day a countryman going to the nest of his Goose found there an egg all yellow and glittering. When he took it up it was as heavy as lead and he was going to…
Bliss by Katherine Mansfield Bliss by Katherine Mansfield Available in the public domain through Gutenberg Project Although Bertha Young was thirty she still had moments like this when she wanted to run instead of walk, to take dancing steps on and off the pavement, to bowl a hoop, to throw something up in the air…
The Ants and the Grasshopper The Ants and the Grasshopper Available in the public domain on Guttenberg.org THE ANTS were spending a fine winter’s day drying grain collected in the summertime. A Grasshopper, perishing with famine, passed by and earnestly begged for a little food. The Ants inquired of him, “Why did you not treasure…
The Story of an Hour The Story of an Hour “The Story of an Hour” by Kate Chopin was originally published in Vogue in December 6, 1894. It is in the public domain and was accessed through Wikisource. Knowing that Mrs. Mallard was afflicted with a heart trouble, great care was taken to break to her as…
The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse Available in the public domain at: https://www.gutenberg.org/ Now you must know that a Town Mouse once upon a time went on a visit to his cousin in the country. He was rough and ready, this cousin, but he loved his town…
The Fox and the Grapes The Fox and the Grapes Available in the public domain at: https://www.gutenberg.org One hot summer’s day a Fox was strolling through an orchard till he came to a bunch of Grapes just ripening on a vine which had been trained over a lofty branch. Watch this video on YouTube. “Just…