ESL Reading List: Conversations

Eugene wins an all-expense-paid cruise to Bermuda that takes a nasty turn.

Elliot, a very proper young man, feels a kinship with the penguins at the aquarium and wants to take one home with him.

After playing actively all day two friends learn something when they try to do nothing at all.

Two unseen characters argue about whether the creature they are looking at is a rabbit or a duck.

Elephant Gerald and Piggie want to go for a drive, but as Gerald thinks of one thing after another that they will have to take along, they come to realize that they lack the most important thing of all.

When the friend with whom he has enjoyed tea and conversation each day goes off to sea, a talented hat maker devises a creative way to make new friends.

While Rose's mother has a "quick chat" on the telephone, Rose is supposed to get ready for bed but finds she is hosting a party instead.

When a bus driver takes a break from his route, a very unlikely volunteer springs up to take his place-- a pigeon. But you never met one like this before.