Welcome to easy 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 story is for beginners.
The name of the story is the holy cat.
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Todays story is a palestinian folk tale.
A folk tale from Palestine.
There are some references to Islam in the story.
I learned some things about Islam while writing this story.
Hopefully youll learn something too.
Okay, ill just explain some words that are in todays story.
Something that is religious, related to religion is holy.
Basically, holy means good in relation to God and church.
When God thinks something is good, that thing is holy.
So for example, we can say that John the Baptist was a holy person.
Of course, in Christianity Jesus was a very holy person and in Islam the prophet Muhammad was a very holy person.
Hunt hunt means to run after and kill animals.
In the past, people hunted on horses and used bows and arrows to kill animals.
Now when people hunt, they usually walk and use guns to kill animals.