Mother Death (Intermediate)

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A poor man's wife dies and he is left alone to look after 13 children. That is, until Death comes along and makes a deal: they'll become the mother of his son and make him into the best doctor in the land. But as Mortimer grows up, he learns about the truth of his mother's job, and he decides to test the limits of Death's power...

Today's story is Mother Death. Go to EasyStoriesInEnglish.com/Death for the full transcript. Level: Intermediate. Genre: Philosophical. New Vocabulary: Spit, Cloak, Scythe, Bony, Diagnosis, Potion, Wicked, Disobey, Spin, Wax, Drip. Setting: Fairytale. Word Count: 1586. Author: Fairy Tales.

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