@dandelionwine2 Thank you. I'll take a look!

@shiawase Interesting - much appreciated!

@wombatarama Thanks very much - I'll check them out!

@shiawase Nice idea - thank you!

@mylesserhalf I pulled The Old Man ad the Sea off the shelf but the language is too out of date for the level of M's student.

@longnoserob Thanks!!!

@mangotable Thank you!

@Bumblefish Thanks for this info!
I know what you mean ...

@chunshek Thanks so much!

@joejoetom Wow - never heard of him - thanks!!!

@onekind Wow - thanks!

Any suggestions for very short English language stories or essays for adult early intermediate learners?
All my ideas are too last century with archaic language (A. A. Milne etc)