A1r/AITJ2 min
AITJ for closing the elevator door on a woman?
OP is late for work and closes the elevator door on a woman running toward it — then discovers she works in the same building.
A1 Spanish stories
A1 (Beginner) is the first of the six CEFR levels. A reader at A1 can understand familiar everyday words and very simple sentences about people, places and routines. Every story below is written for A1 readers, so you understand most of what you read and pick up new words from context. Tap any word for its translation as you go.
A1Comedy1 minThe Nearsighted Mermaid
A mermaid with terrible eyesight mistakes a kiddie pool for the ocean. The children are thrilled. Their mother is not.
A1Comedy3 minThe Bravest Man in Bogotá
Officer Julián fears nothing — until a black cat on a screen sends him under the bed with his phone and one emergency contact: Mom.
A1Sci-fi2 minThe Light in the Black Sky
Two suns. No night. No darkness. No one on this planet has words for what Regina finds in a very old book.
A1Drama2 minFernanda Doesn't Smile
Forty years in the same classroom. Not a single smile. The children are scared of Professor Fernanda — and today is her last day.
A1Daily Life3 minThe Plates of Friday
Esteban has money, a big house, and a black car. What he doesn't have — right now, standing in a restaurant with an empty pocket — is his wallet.
A1Horror2 minThe Thirteenth Step
Every night, Damián counts the twelve wooden steps to his bedroom. Tonight, his foot finds a thirteenth—and something beneath the stairs has been waiting.
A1Sci-fi3 minThe Last Bed
Nobody in 2050 has ever slept. They don't even know the word "bed." Martín is about to rediscover both.
A1Thriller2 minHe Comes at Night
A man wakes in a dark hospital room. The door is blocked from the inside. The note on his bed is in his own handwriting.
A1Romance2 minSong Number Seven
Rodrigo cleans tables at a bar, but when his secret playlist lights up a Friday night party, one girl wants to know who's behind the music—and why every song feels like it was chosen just for her.
A1r/AITJ2 minAITJ for posting on Facebook that my sister is a bad driver?
OP's sister fails her driving exam three times, and OP thinks a little Facebook joke won't hurt. Her friends disagree.
A1Cerebral2 minWait
Iván receives a text message from his own phone number containing a single, impossible word. A phone store employee has a rational explanation—but rationality can't explain everything.
A1Adventure2 minThe Red Pen
Elena finds a red pen on the street. But this pen does not draw on paper — it draws real things.
A1Sci-fi2 minThe Green Turtle
No land. No roads. Just blue water and a giant green turtle waiting at the door.
A1Horror2 minWalled In
Grey stone, an inch from the front door. No street, no sky, no way out. And his mother keeps eating the same piece of bread.
A1Dystopian3 minThree Words
Every Friday, an entire city forgets who they are. Every Saturday, a girl wakes up with three words on her arm — and no memory of writing them.
A1Thriller2 minEmpty Seats
There are two hundred seats in the cinema tonight. Only one of them is taken — until a stranger chooses the one directly behind it.
A1Drama3 minThe Song His Mother Sings
Every morning, Ramón plays happy music on a Mexico City street. Today, his guitar tells a different story — and a stranger with a phone is listening.
PROA1r/AITJ2 minAITJ for splitting the restaurant bill equally when I ordered way more?
OP goes out to lunch with two friends, orders an expensive steak and wine while they get small salads, then insists on splitting the bill equally.
A1Wanderlust3 minThe Sky at Three
Rodrigo flies to the coldest place on Earth for a sky full of green fire. His phone has one job. His phone fails.
A1r/AITJ2 minAITJ for turning the heat way up in my shared apartment?
OP lives in a freezing Bogotá apartment with two friends and cranks the heat up every single day — but the electricity bill is now enormous and his roommates are furious.
A1Adventure2 minThe Banana Thief on the River
When a clever monkey steals Renato's boat full of bananas, the farmer has only minutes to swim through cold rapids before everything—boat, bananas, and monkey—goes over the waterfall.
PROA1Comedy3 minThe Night Players
Every night, when the family sleeps, a fat black cat and a tiny mouse sit down for cards at the kitchen table. But when the mother finds the evidence, she blames the wrong Emiliano.
PROA1Cerebral2 minAnswers Before Questions
When Adrián opens his notebook before an exam, he finds answers already written on the page — for questions the teacher hasn't asked yet.