One day, Leila finds a strange butterfly with three dots and fine lines on its wings. When she tries to touch the butterfly, it turns into a witch and drags her to her castle! For seven years Leila works for the witch, trying to find a way to escape. Then, one day, the witch says she is going travelling... Go to EasyStoriesInEnglish.com/Wool for the full transcript. Get episodes without adverts + bonus episodes at EasyStoriesInEnglish.com/Support. Your support is appreciated! Level: Pre-Intermediate. Genre: Children's. Vocabulary: Rotten, Fig, Witch, Wart, Scar, Scratch, Itch, Dot, Her curiosity got the better of her, Gaze, Reflection. Setting: Fairytale. Word Count: 3099. Author: A. M. Jalili. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Hello my lovely learners and welcome to Easy Style Stories in English, the podcast that will take your English from okay to good and from good to great.
I am Ariel Goodbody, your host for this show.
Today's pre intermediate level story is called Three Balls of Wool.
As always, the transcript and PDF are available@easystoriesinenglish.com and you can find the link in the description.
This story was originally collected by Amjali and I found it in the book Storyworld.
Okay, I'll just explain some words that are in today's story.
Rot R o t means for food to go bad.
If food rots, you should not eat it because you will get sick.
Rotten food should be thrown away, however, fermentation is really just letting something rot a bit, but doing it in a way where it's safe to eat.
In Iceland, for example, they eat fermented shark shark meat that has rotten in the ground for several months.
A fig is a soft, dry fruit.