The Lawn Robot Next Door
A free A1-level English story for language learners, readable online in 4 languages, with an option to listen via the free Storyteller app.
Chiara's robot cuts the grass in the wrong garden, and her neighbor thinks it is a gift.
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Chiara had a small, round robot. It cut the grass in her garden every Tuesday morning. She liked it very much.
One Tuesday, she looked out of the window. The robot was not on her grass. It was in the garden next door.
Her neighbor, an old man, stood at his back door. He watched the robot. It cut his grass in neat lines. He smiled and waved at Chiara.
Chiara did not know what to say. She waved back and went inside.
The next Tuesday, the robot went next door again. The old man sat in his chair and watched it. He looked very happy.
On Wednesday, he knocked on her door. He had a cake in his hands. "This is for you," he said. "Thank you for the free grass. It is a very kind gift."
Chiara's face went red. "It is not a gift," she said. "It is a mistake. My robot goes to your garden by itself."
The old man laughed. He laughed so loudly that Chiara laughed too.
"Then it is a very kind mistake," he said. "Let us eat the cake."
They sat in her kitchen. Chiara opened the robot app on her phone. She found a map of her garden. The robot's map was too big. It had a line around his garden too.
She pressed a button and made the map smaller. Then she took a big piece of cake.
