I discuss my upcoming move to Ningbo, China, as well as full moon drumming circles and shamanistic journeying. It's a travel around the world, both physically and spiritually!

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Once, there was a dog and a cat. The dog was called Doggo. He had long, thick hair. The cat was called Kitty. She had soft, thin hair. Doggo and Kitty lived together in a small house. Their house was beside a forest. Doggo and Kitty liked living beside the forest very much...

Today's story is Doggo and Kitty Do Their Laundry. Go to EasyStoriesInEnglish.com/Laundry for the full transcript. Level: Beginner. Genre: Children's. Setting: Fairytale. Word Count: 1660. Author: Josef Čapek.

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A poor man travels to a graveyard and goes to sleep. But he is woken up when the grave beneath him moves, and a dead man comes out!

Today's story is Put the Lid Back On! Go to EasyStoriesInEnglish.com/Lid for the full transcript. Level: Beginner. Genre: Horror. New Vocabulary: Lid, Gun, Coin, Graveyard, Grave, Brave, Bullet, Bring back to life, Stone, Pot, Sunlight. Setting: Fairytale. Word Count: 827. Author: Ariel Goodbody.

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A cat and a mouse live together as friends, and what strange friends that makes! One day, the cat suggests they store some food for the winter, so they buy a pot of fat and hide it in a church. But while the mouse happily cleans the house, the cat starts to think about the food...

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Level: Advanced.

Genre: Children's.

Vocabulary: Altar, Fantasise, Christening, Godmother, Crumbs, Savour, Disposition, Kitty, Ponder, Might as well, “For all the good it will do you”.

Setting: Fairytale.

Word Count: 1554.

Author: Ariel Goodbody.

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Transcript

Hello everyone! It’s me, Ariel Goodbody, here with an exciting announcement.

You’ve probably noticed that there are advertisements during episodes of the podcast now, and if you’re paying close attention, you will have seen that I’m not making new content on Patreon anymore.

That’s because I’m starting Easy Stories in English Premium. Easy Stories in English Premium is a way to get all the episodes of the podcast without adverts, as well as bonus episodes from me.

So why have I decided to do this? Well, having adverts on the podcast helps me do things like buy food and clothes, which I hear are quite important. But I understand that not everyone wants to hear adverts, and many people prefer to support in a more direct way. Also, it lets me give you all something ‘extra special’ – that’s what premium means, by the way, ‘extra special’. The bonus episodes are my way of saying thank you for supporting me.

And I’m really excited about these new episodes. At the moment, I’m working on an episode about a recent holiday I took in Cornwall, and I interview my girlfriend Artoria as part of it. I also want to talk to you, my listeners, and record the conversations. So if you think you’ve got a star inside you, or you’d just enjoy having a chat with me on Zoom, this is your opportunity.

On Patreon, I experimented with all kinds of bonus content, but it wasn’t an easy platform to use. With Easy Stories in English Premium it’s much easier. As soon as you sign up you’ll get your own podcast feed – that’s the list of episodes – without adverts and with bonus episodes.

To sign up, go to EasyStoriesInEnglish.com/Support and use the code ‘easy’ to get your first month free. If you’re listening on Apple Podcasts, just go to the top of the feed and click ‘Try Free’!

The Patreon isn’t disappearing, by the way – you can join it to get access to the archive of all the content I made for it – that’s exercises for old episodes, bonus podcasts, stories and so on. But I won’t be making any new content there.

Thank you to everyone for listening, thank you to people who have supported me on Patreon, and I look forward to seeing you all on the Easy Stories in English Premium podcast feed! One more time, because I know it’s easy to forget how links are spelled, go to EasyStoriesInEnglish.com/Support and use the code ‘easy’ to get your first month free. Thank you so much!

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