Welcome to easy stories in English, the podcast that will take your English from ok to good and from good to great.
I am Ariel Goodbody, your host for this show.
Today's story is for intermediate learners.
The name of the story is the rabbit man.
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Today's story is a ukrainian folk tale.
I adapted a ukrainian story because I have a lot of listeners in Ukraine and I want to express my solidarity with people who are suffering from the war.
Solidarity is when you feel connected to another group of people because you share common ideals or interests.
Obviously, I cannot know how it feels to live through a war, but I want to show my love and support for my ukrainian listeners as well as all my listeners who have been negatively affected by war.
Originally, I was going to talk a lot more in today's episode about the war, but I realised that it's not really my place for one in order to avoid getting too stressed.
I don't read the news very often, so I am sure many of you listening know much more about the situation in Ukraine than I do.
But also I'm not the one who should be spreading information about the war as I'm not directly affected by it.
Whatever the case, I want to thank all of you for continuing to support me even when things are difficult in your life.
To all my listeners outside of Ukraine, I encourage you to donate to charities to support people affected by the war.
I was going to suggest some charities, but it seems like most of them are national rather than international.
I donated to Reactaid, a UK charity which delivers medical supplies, food, water and other essential items to people in need in Ukraine.
I encourage you to research local charities which you think are doing good work, or donate to your national branch of an organisation such as the Red Cross or UNicEF.
Thank you for giving and once again I stand in solidarity with the people of Ukraine.
Okay, I'll just explain some words that are in today's story.