Forrest Gump | Reading Practice | Graded Reader | B1 Level | Story book

Welcome to Read and Learn English. Today we will read the story of Forest Gump, a very special man with a simple heart and an amazing life. This story is based on the book written by Winston Groom and retold by John Escott in Easy English. Forest is not like other people. He is slow to learn, but he is kind, honest,

and brave. He doesn't speak many big words, but he does big things in life. He becomes a football player, a soldier, a pingpong champion, and even a shrimp boat captain. He meets many important people, travels to different places, and lives an incredible life. In this story, you will follow Forest through his adventures. You will

laugh, feel surprised, and maybe even cry. But most of all, you will learn how a kind heart and strong spirit can take someone very far, even if they are different. Let's begin this heartwarming story of Forest Gump and improve our English as we go. Chapter 1. School and Football. I was born an idiot, but I'm

cleverer than people think. I can think things okay, but when I have to say them or write them down, sometimes they come out all wrong. When I was born, my mom named me Forest. My daddy died just after I was born. He worked on the ships. One day, a big box of bananas

fell down on my daddy and killed him. I don't like bananas much, only banana cake. I like that. All right. At first, when I was growing up, I played with everybody, but then some boys hit me and my mom didn't want me to play with them again. I tried to play with girls, but

they all ran away from me. I went to an ordinary school for a year. Then the children started laughing and running away from me. But one girl, Jenny Curran, didn't run away, and sometimes she walked home with me. She was nice. Then they put me into another kind of school, and there were