Short Stories in English for Beginners

thicket
of trees. He wanted to see if the creature
was inside. He told Sylvia to wait. As he went into the thicket, George
smiled and 
waved
.
Sylvia waited for George to come out. She waited several minutes. No
George. She waited nearly half an hour. Still no George!
Sylvia looked at her 
mobile
phone. It had no 
service
. She couldn’t even
call for help. At this point, she was scared. But she couldn’t just leave
George!
Suddenly she thought, maybe he went back to the house! Maybe this is
all a 
joke
!
Sylvia walked back to the old house. She looked around. Still no George.
She decided to wait. If he was joking, she could joke, too. She planned to
act normally. She would act as though it was no big deal that he was
missing. Ha! That would be fun!
There was an old bed in the main room. She sat down and took out a
sandwich. She ate it and thought about George. Where was he? What could
she do?
As Sylvia thought, she became sleepy. Her head could not function. What
a day! I’ll just wait for George here and … That was her last thought as she
went to sleep.
Sylvia woke up early the next day. George still wasn’t there! She had
hoped the whole experience was a dream. But now she realized it wasn’t.
She was really worried. Maybe this wasn’t a joke.
Sylvia decided to go to the nearest town. She walked back along the
same path. At last she came to a small town. Although it was a Sunday,
there were several people around. Sylvia tried her mobile phone again. Still
no service. None! She needed a phone now!
Sylvia went to a nearby restaurant. There were a lot of people there.
Sylvia didn’t know what to say. It was a very unusual situation! Finally, she
decided not to say anything. She went to the owner and said, ‘Hello. Can I
use your phone, please?’
‘Of course you can. It’s on the wall over there.’

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‘Thank you very much.’
First Sylvia rang George’s number. His mobile didn’t ring. Maybe there
was a problem with it? Next she decided to call George’s house. The phone
rang once, twice, three times. Why didn’t anybody answer? George’s
brother was normally home in the morning. Not today. Sylvia called again
but there was no answer. She left a message. ‘Where are you, George!?’ she
asked.
Sylvia left the restaurant. She stood on the street for several minutes and
thought. Sylvia was an independent woman. She was a woman who