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 beginners.
The name of the story is the perfect pet.
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I want to start this episode with a warning.
This story has violence towards animals in it.
That means that animals are hurt and killed in this story.
If you dont want to listen to a story like that, you probably wont want to listen to this episode.
Ok, ill just explain some words that are in todays story mean m e a n means not kind, not nice mean people like to laugh at other people.
Ha ha and they are bad friends.
Children are often mean to other children at school.
When you have an allergy, a l l e r g y, it means that you cannot be near something or you will get sick.
For example, if you are allergic to peanuts, you have a peanut allergy.
Then you cannot eat peanuts.
If you have a peanut allergy and you eat peanuts, you might die.
My mum is allergic to horses so she cannot go near horses.
Someone who is social, s o c I a l, likes to talk a lot and likes being with other people.
When an animal is social, it means they like being with other animals and people a lot.