The Ride to the Lake
A free A1-level English story for language learners, readable online in 4 languages, with an option to listen via the free Storyteller app.
Two friends ride bikes to a lake, but heavy rain stops them on the road.
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Remy and his friend ride to the lake every Saturday. The road is long. It is a nice road. The sun is warm.
They ride past fields and small houses. They sing a silly song. Remy has a bag of apples on his back.
Halfway there, the sky turns dark. A cold wind comes. Then the rain starts.
It is very heavy rain. The boys cannot see the road. "Quick, over there!" Remy says. He points to a small bridge.
They run with their bikes under the bridge. Their shoes are wet. Their hair is wet too. They both laugh.
The rain is loud on the stones above them. Water runs down the road. The boys sit on the ground and eat the apples.
"Maybe we go home," his friend says.
"Let's wait a little more," says Remy.
After half an hour, the rain stops. The sun comes out. The boys walk out from under the bridge.
At the lake, a turtle sits on a big rock. It looks at them and does not move. Above the water, there is a rainbow.
The two friends look at it for a long time. Then they pick up their bikes and ride on.
