Short Stories in English for Beginners

Chapter 3 – The Secret
Lars, Alfred and the guards walked towards Arthuren’s castle.
‘How are we going to get into the castle?’ asked Alfred.
‘Through the front door,’ Lars said and laughed very hard. Then he gave
Alfred a strange look. Alfred looked at him silently. Something feels wrong,
thought Alfred.
The group walked through the countryside. There were trees and fields.
The fields were covered in grass. On the way, they passed many 
farmers
.
The farmers lived outside the castle’s walls. They grew food to feed the
kingdom.
One of the farmers saw the group. They were near his field. He stopped
working and spoke to them. ‘Good afternoon, sir!’ the farmer said to Lars.
‘Good afternoon,’ Lars called back.
‘Where are you going?’
‘I’m going to the castle. We must see the king.’
The farmer’s wife came over. ‘Who are these men?’ she 
whispered
to
her husband. Her husband didn’t answer.
Soon the farmer asked, ‘Who are you? I see your horses are carrying a
load.’
‘King Andur sent us. He has given us an important task.’
The farmer was silent. Then he spoke, ‘I hope nothing bad has
happened?’ He looked at Lars with concern.
‘No, don’t worry,’ Lars replied with a smile. ‘Everything is fine.’
‘Well. Have a good journey then,’ said the farmer. He went back to work.
The group continued walking across the fields. Alfred turned to the
knight, ‘It seemed like they were 
frightened
,’ he commented.
‘They were.’
‘But why?’
‘Because there is a secret. Only people in this kingdom know. And they
want to keep it safe.’

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‘And what is it? Is it something dangerous?’
Lars didn’t answer.
Soon, the men came to a big stone bridge. It was near the castle. Again, it
was similar to the bridge at King Andur’s castle bridge. Two guards were
on the bridge. One of them came over. He looked at Alfred, ‘Are you King
Andur’s men?’
‘Yes. I