Short Stories in English for Beginners

suspiciously.
‘What do you want? Why are you looking at me like that?’ he demanded.
The stout man spoke with a very unusual 
accent
. His English sounded very
strange.
Carl looked at him and said, ‘You stole my watch. You came into my
workshop and took it.’
‘No!’ said the stout man. ‘You stole it from me! I have only taken it
back! It is mine!’
Carl and Susan looked at each other. Finally, Susan asked the stout man,
‘Who are you?’
‘I’m Eric el Kraken. Now, please excuse me. I must go back to the
seventeenth century.’
Chapter 1 Review
Summary
Carl is a watchmaker. He lives in the south-west of England. One day he
meets his friend Susan on the beach. Susan shows him a very old watch.
They go back to Carl’s workshop to study the watch. A book says that the
pirate Eric el Kraken had the watch. He used it to travel through time.
Suddenly, Carl and Susan notice the watch is gone. They hear footsteps.
They chase a man to the beach. Carl catches him. The man says he is the
pirate Eric el Kraken. He wants to go back in time with the watch.
Vocabulary

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watchmaker a person who makes watches
quiet having or making little or no noise
workshop a place where people build or repair things
beach an area of sand or stones at the edge of the sea
stretch (one’s) legs to move around, usually after being still for a time
security guard someone whose job is to keep a person, place or thing safe
pirate a sailor who steals things from other ships at sea
particular special, of a certain type or style
strange power an unusual strength or force
legend an old traditional story that is usually not true
sand very small grains of rock that are found on beaches and in deserts