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The Happy Prince

retold by Gill Mackie

level 1 - 300 words Beginner
  • The eyes of the Happy Prince were full of tears. He was so sad and beautiful that the little swallow was sad, too.
  • 'Who are you?' asked the little swallow.
  • 'I am the Happy Prince.' the statue answered.
  • 'But you aren't happy. You're crying.' said the little swallow.

The Voyages of Sinbad the Sailor

retold by Peter Kipling

level 2 - 600 words Elementary

Suddenly, I heard the captain shout, 'Look out! Run for your lives! This island isn't really an island. It's a huge whale in the middle of the sea. It was asleep when we came, but the fires woke it up.'

The Phoenix and the Carpet

retold by Diana Kordas

level 3 - 1,100 words Pre-Intermediate

The children got on the carpet and made their wish. A moment later they were flying over London. They were having a very good time until something terrible happened. Robert and Jane fell through a big hole in the middle of the carpet! They fell onto the roof of a house, beside a chimney.

The three musketeers

retold by Diana Kordas

level 4 - 1,500 words Intermediate

In this exciting story, a young man from the province of Gascony leaves home to seek his fortune in Paris. D'Artagnan is just twenty years old, but he knows how to use his sword, he is very brave, and he loves adventures.

A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court

retold by Donald J. A. Domonkos

level 5 - 2,200 words Upper Intermediate
  • 'Oh go away! Leave with the rest of the dream, won't you?'
  • 'What dream?'
  • 'The dream that I am in Arthur's court, a person who never existed, and that I'm talking to you, a person I must have made up.'
  • 'And is it a dream that they have decided you are to be burned at noon tomorrow?' he asked me.
  • The boy was right, the situation was serious. Dream or no dream, to be burned alive would not be pleasant. I had to think of something.
  • 'Clarence, you must help me escape.'

The Heart of Darkness

retold by Peter Kipling

level 6 - 3,000 words Advanced

The day I met him, however, something was troubling him greatly. He began to speak as soon as he saw me. Even though I had arrived at the camp after walking 35 kilometres that day, he did not even invite me to sit down.

'The situation,' he told me, 'is very serious. The up-river stations must be relieved. We cannot wait. We don't even know who is alive and who is dead up there.'