The Silver Run (C2 Reading Story)
Ecologist Elena waits beside a Somerset weir for the annual passage of silver eels. A lifetime of observation meets the unanswered questions surrounding their extraordinary journey.
C2 Reading
Easy C2 reading stories — short original graded readers with key words, a comprehension quiz, and a grammar link.
The Unhurried Life of Isolde Kerner (C2 Reading Story)
A fictional biography of Isolde Kerner, a Tyrolean schoolteacher whose private notebooks record decades of ordinary life. Weather, work and wartime choices accumulate into a portrait of quiet attention.
The Bora and the Poet (C2 Reading Story)
Marta travels to Trieste to meet an ageing poet. Their conversation moves between languages, changing borders and personal loss, questioning how much of a life translation can carry.
The Custodian of Kern Street Garden (C2 Reading Story)
Ada has turned a neglected patch between two tower blocks into a garden. A developer’s proposal tests the community’s attachment to the place and the quiet work that created it.
The Cartographer of Clouds (C2 Reading Story)
At a remote coastal weather station, an elderly scientist meets a teenager who draws the sky. Their search for a fleeting cloud formation joins two very different ways of paying attention.
The Weigher of Words (C2 Reading Story)
In the mountain village of Krevna, spoken promises turn into stones. A young man’s ambition tests the rules of this folk tale, where words carry a weight nobody can easily escape.
The Man Who Bought the Wind (C2 Reading Story)
In this folk tale, a wealthy miller buys the wind that sustains his coastal village. His private bargain reveals what happens when something shared is treated as one person’s possession.
The Last Crossing (C2 Reading Story)
Travel writer Frances arrives to cover a Scottish ferry’s final crossing with her article already imagined. Listening to the islanders unsettles the convenient story she expected to tell.
The Unsent Letters (C2 Reading Story)
A parcel from a deceased friend’s estate reaches Gwen in Wales. Unsent letters reopen a history of literary ambition, friendship and the things neither woman said aloud.
Voices in the Dark (C2 Reading Story)
In a remote Scottish valley, scientist Iris hears an unfamiliar pitch in the bats’ calls. Years of recordings become the starting point for a question she cannot yet explain.
