The Wrong Size Shoes
A free A2-level English story for language learners, readable online in English, with an option to listen via the free Storyteller app.
Piper orders running shoes online, but the wrong size arrives, so she works with the store to fix the mistake.
Piper wanted new running shoes for the school team. She found a good pair on a shopping website. She picked her usual size, seven, and ordered them. The website showed a five-day delivery time. Piper waited and checked the mail every day.
On the fifth day, a box arrived at her door. She opened it fast and pulled out the shoes. They were blue and white, just like the picture. Piper put one shoe on her foot. It felt much too big, and her heel slid inside.
She checked the shoe box and read the label. The label said size nine, not size seven. "That's strange," Piper said. "I ordered size seven." She looked at her order on the website again. The order said size seven, so the store made a mistake.
Piper wrote a message to the store's help team. She explained that the shoes were the wrong size. She asked for an exchange for the correct size. The next day, a reply arrived in her email. "We are sorry. We will send a new pair," it said.
The store also sent a free shipping label for the return. Piper put the too-big shoes back in the box. She taped the box and added the new label. She dropped the box off at the post office. A week later, a new box arrived at her door.
This time, the shoes fit perfectly. Piper laced them up and smiled at her feet. "Finally, the right size," she said, and ran outside to practice.
