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The Land of Lummp
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Today's episode is a story written for you by Daniel Hinds. Billy, a boy who feels insecure about being shorter than his classmates, meets a gnome named Snailpail. Billy goes to the magical Land of Lummp with Snailpail, where Billy is treated like a giant and asked to help with various chores. Draw us a picture of what you think any of the characters in this story look like, and then tag us in it on instagram @storiespodcast! We'd love to see your artwork and share it on our feed!! <...
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Once upon a time, maybe like three weeks ago, there was a kid named Billy. Billy was a normal
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B2 · Upper-intermediate
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- 97% of the words are B1 or easier.
- 137 words a minute: a natural pace.
- 51 harder words (B2 and up) in the whole episode.
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The Land of Lump Once upon a time, maybe like three weeks ago, there was a kid named Billy. Billy was a normal sort of kid with normal sorts of interests and, up until recently, he was a normal sort of size. But only up until recently.
The issue came on the first day back to school. Billy was excited to see all those school friends, the ones you don't see over the summer so much, but it's instantly back to normal when you're back in class. And they were all there.
The problem was, they'd grown. No way, Billy said to himself, as everyone filed into homeroom that morning. Did I miss a meeting or something? It seemed that over the summer, all of his friends had grown at least a foot taller.
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