Improve Your English Story The Easy Life Lean English Story Level 1 Graded Readers 1

the easy

life when I was young I thought life was

simple my father had money so I did not

worry I did not study much I did not

work I had everything I wanted if I saw

something nice I asked my father and he

bought it for me my friends told me to

plan for the future but I laughed why

should I work why should I worry my

father had money and that was enough

every morning I woke up late I had

breakfast in bed I watched TV for

hours sometimes I went out with friends

we ate at the best restaurants we wore

expensive clothes we drove fast cars

life was easy and fun I thought it would

always be like this I never thought

about money I never thought about work

when I wanted to travel I traveled when

I wanted new shoes I bought them when I

wanted a new phone I got the best one my

father paid for everything I did not

think about how hard he worked I did not

ask him about his business I only

enjoyed my life I only thought about

today I never thought about

tomorrow one day my father called me he

looked serious he told me to sit down he

said son we need to talk I smiled and

said yes father but his face did not

change he was not happy he was not

joking I felt a little nervous but I did

not know why my father was always kind

he never said no to me but that day

something was different he took a deep

breath and looked at me

you are not a child anymore he said you

must think about your

future I laughed and said father I have

everything I

need he shook his head no my son you

have everything because I work hard but

life is not always

easy one day things may change I did not

understand I thought he was worrying for

no reason

I smiled and said do not worry father

nothing will

change he did not smile back he looked

at me for a long time then he said we

will

see I did not know what he meant I

thought he was just in a bad mood I

stood up and left the room I did not

think about his words I went out with my

friends I laughed

I spent money I did not know that my

life was about to

change the next morning I woke up late

as

always I stretched and picked up my

phone there were many messages from my

friends they wanted to go out I smiled

and got ready I wore my best clothes

sprayed expensive perfume and walked

downstairs but when I reach reach the

living room I saw my father again he was

waiting for me his face was

serious sit down he said I sighed and

sat father I have plans I said he did

not care he looked straight at me you

are not a boy anymore he said you must

learn about

life I rolled my eyes father I know

about life I said he shook his head no

you do not he said then he said

something strange come with me I

followed him

outside he walked to his

car I did not know where we were going

he did not say a word I sat next to him

confused he started

driving the city looked different that

morning I saw people walking fast I saw

workers cleaning the streets I saw men

selling food on the side of the road I

never looked at these things before that

day I noticed after some time my father

stopped the car we were in a part of the

city I had never visited the buildings

were old the streets were not

clean people looked

tired my father pointed at a man selling

fruit look at him he said he wakes up at

dawn he works all day he does not rest

he does not complain he works to feed

his

family I did not say

anything then my father showed me a

small

shop inside an old woman was sewing

clothes she has been working for 40

years he said she does not have much

money but she works hard every day I

looked at the woman she was tired but

she did not stop she kept working I had

never seen people like this before I had

never thought about them my father

turned to Meadow you see now he asked

life is not easy for everyone some

people work hard every day but you my

son have never worked as a single day I

felt

strange I wanted to say something but I

did not know what to say I looked away

for the first time in my life I felt

small I felt different something inside

me had

changed we got back into the car my

father did not speak he just

drove I sat quietly thinking the the

images of the man selling fruit and the

woman sewing clothes stayed in my

mind I had never thought about people

like them I had never thought about work

my life was easy but now I felt

different I did not know

why after some time my father stopped

the car again this time we were in front

of a large building it was his office I

had been there before but I never stayed

long I only visited when I needed money

my father got out come he said I

followed him inside the office was busy

people were walking fast phones were

ringing papers were everywhere my father

took me to his office he sat down and

looked at me do you know what I do every

day he asked I Shrugged you work I said

he

nodded yes but do you know how hard I

work I stayed quiet he continued I wake

up early I make big decisions I solve

problems I take care of this company and

I do all of this for you I looked around

the office I saw tired workers some were

writing reports some were making calls

some looked stressed I never thought

about these things before I only saw the

money my father gave me I never saw how

he earned it I felt something strange

inside me it was

guilt then my father handed me a small

notebook from tomorrow you will work

here he said I laughed me work I asked

he did not laugh yes he said you will

start from the bottom you will learn I

was shocked but I don't need to work I

said my father shook his head you do he

said because one day I will not be here

and then what will you

do I did not know what to say I had

never thought about life without my

father I had never thought about the

future I had never thought about

anything except my own Comfort but now I

had no choice my father had decided

tomorrow my life would change tomorrow I

would start working for the first time

in my

life the next morning I woke up early it

felt strange I was used to sleeping late

but now I had to work I got dressed and

went downstairs my father was waiting

for me me he gave me a small bag your

lunch he said I looked at him in

Surprise lunch can't I eat at a

restaurant I asked he shook his head

workers bring their own lunch he said

and today you are a worker we left the

house and drove to his office when we

arrived he did not take me to his big

office instead he took me to a small

small room there were many desks people

were working on computers a man came to

us he was wearing glasses and looked

serious this is Mr William my father

said you will work under

him then he

left Mr William looked at

me come with me he said he walked fast I

followed him he gave me a chair and a

small desk

you will check these papers he said he

put a big stack of papers in front of me

look at the numbers find mistakes mark

them I stared at the papers there were

so many all of them I asked Mr William

nodded yes and work fast I sat down and

started at first it seemed easy but

after an hour my head hurt the numbers

looked the same same my eyes felt tired

I wanted to stop but I couldn't everyone

around me was working nobody was resting

nobody was talking it was not like my

old life this was different this was

work by lunchtime I was

exhausted I opened my lunch bag it was

simple food no fancy dishes no expensive

drinks I ate quietly I watched the other

workers they ate quickly then they went

back to work no long breaks no fun

conversations just work I missed my old

life I missed my freedom but I also felt

something new I felt

respect these people worked hard every

day and now I was one of them the

afternoon was even harder my back hurt

from sitting my hands were tired from

riding I wanted to stop I wanted to go

home but I couldn't Mr William came to

my desk he checked my work he found

mistakes do it again he said I sighed I

wanted to argue but I didn't I just

nodded and started again when the day

finally ended I felt different I was

tired but something inside me had

changed for the first time I understood

how hard people worked for the first

time I understood that money did not

come easily as I walked out of the

office I saw my father waiting for me he

did not ask me how my day was he only

smiled and for the first time in my life

I smiled back not because life was easy

but because I had had earned that

smile the next day I woke up early again

my body was sore my hands were

stiff I never felt this way before I

wanted to stay in bed but I couldn't I

had work to do I got dressed and went

downstairs my father was already at the

table he looked at me and

nodded good he said that was all but it

felt different it felt like he was

proud when I arrived at the office Mr

William was waiting he did not smile you

were slow yesterday he said today work

faster I wanted to say something but I

didn't I just sat down and started the

papers were in front of me again the

numbers were waiting my head still hurt

my back still ache

but I worked I did not

stop by noon I finished my

task Mr William checked my work he found

fewer mistakes better he said just one

word but it felt good it felt better

than buying something expensive it felt

better than wasting time with friends it

felt like I had done something real I

never felt this before

I never cared about work before but now

I did during lunch I sat with other

workers they talked about their families

they talked about their problems they

laughed they ate fast and went back to

work I listened to them I never thought

about people like them before I never

thought about what they went through but

now I was sitting with them I was one of

them the afternoon was hard Mr William

gave me more work let's see if you can

handle this he said I wanted to complain

but I didn't I just nodded I focused I

worked the hours passed my back hurt my

hands achd but I kept going I wanted to

prove that I could do this I wanted to

prove it to myself at the end of the day

Mr William looked at me he did not smile

but he

said not bad just two words but they

meant a

lot I nodded and left the

office my father was waiting

outside he looked at me tired he asked I

nodded he smiled good he said I

understood now I understood why he made

me do this and for the first time I did

not want to run away from work I wanted

to learn more days passed then weeks

then months I worked every day at first

it was hard my body hurt my mind felt

tired but slowly I got better I made

fewer mistakes I worked faster Mr

Williams still did not not smile but he

stopped

complaining sometimes he even said good

job those words felt better than any

gift I ever received I started to

understand money before I only spent it

now I saw how hard it was to earn I

watched my father work I saw him make

big decisions I saw him handle problems

I saw him take care of the company I

never respected his work before but now

I did he was not just a man with money

he was a man who built something with

his own hands one evening my father

called me to his office he looked at me

for a long time then he said you have

changed I did not know what to say he

continued at first you were lazy you did

not care about work but now you

understand I nodded he was right I was

not the same person anymore I felt

different I felt

stronger then my father surprised me he

took out a small key and gave it to me

this is your office he said I was

shocked my office I asked he nodded you

are ready for more responsibility you

have worked hard now it is time to take

the next step I held the key in my hand

it was small but it felt heavy it was

not just a key it was

trust the next day I moved to my new

office it was small but it was mine I

had my own desk my own chair my own work

I was no longer just a worker I was

learning how to lead it was not easy I

made mistakes I had bad

days but I did not give up I kept

working I kept learning I wanted to be

like my father I wanted to build

something of my

own looking back I laugh at my old

self I thought life was easy I thought

money was simple

but I was

wrong life is work life is effort life

is building something with your own

hands my father taught me that and now I

am ready for the

future not because I have money but

because I have learned how to earn it