The Museum Sleepover
A free A2-level English story for language learners, readable online in 4 languages, with an option to listen via the free Storyteller app.
At a school sleepover in a museum, Arturo hears a strange noise near the dinosaur at night.
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Arturo's class has a sleepover at the natural history museum. They put their sleeping bags on the floor of the dinosaur hall. The teacher turns off the main lights at ten.
"Go to sleep now," she says. "Tomorrow we have an early tour."
Arturo cannot sleep. He looks at the ceiling for an hour. The floor is hard, and the room is very big. The giant dinosaur skeleton makes a long shadow on the wall.
At midnight, he hears a noise. It is loud, low and rough. It sounds like a big animal. It comes from the far end of the hall, near the dinosaur.
Arturo sits up. His heart beats fast. He touches the arm of his friend Mirko.
"Do you hear that?" he whispers.
Mirko listens. "Is it the dinosaur?"
"Dinosaurs are dead," Arturo says. "I think."
They take a flashlight and walk slowly between the sleeping bags. They pass the glass cases and the old bones. The noise gets louder with every step.
Arturo points the light at the dinosaur's tail. Under it, there is a wooden bench. Their teacher lies on it with her coat over her legs. Her mouth is open. She snores like a big, tired animal.
The boys put their hands over their mouths. They try not to laugh.
"Good night, dinosaur," Mirko whispers.
