Odd Socks on Picture Day
A free A1-level English story for language learners, readable online in English, with an option to listen via the free Storyteller app.
Hannah discovers her socks do not match on the bus, right before her class takes its picture.
Hannah gets up late for school. Today is picture day at school.
She gets dressed fast. She opens her sock drawer and grabs two socks.
She eats breakfast fast and runs to catch the bus. She sits down next to her friend Tess.
Tess looks down at Hannah's legs and laughs. "Hannah, look at your socks!"
Hannah looks down too. One sock is blue. The other sock is green.
"Oh no," Hannah says. "I did not see this at home."
"Pictures start at nine," Tess says. "What will you do now?"
Hannah thinks for a minute. "I have gym socks in my bag," she says. "They are both white."
The bus stops at school. Hannah and Tess walk inside together.
Hannah goes to the bathroom before the pictures start. She takes off the odd socks.
She puts on the white gym socks instead. Now both socks match.
Hannah puts her old socks in her bag. She walks to the gym for her picture.
She stands in line with her class. Tess waves at her from across the room.
"Next!" calls the woman with the camera.
Hannah steps up and smiles for her picture.
