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Reading for the fifth and sixth forms

Contents
Animals’ Life
The boastful chick
A little yellow Mouse
The Elephant and the Dog
Winnie-The-Pooh
Owl Babies
Leo the Lion — King of the Jungle (a tale)
Tales
Ilia’s Great Friends
Beauty and the Beast (a tale)
Snow White and Rose Red
Rumpelstiltskin
Tom Thumb
The Gold Goose
Night stories
The Sleeping Beauty
“Who is the Fairest?”
Godmother’s Gift
Beauty Curled Hair
Clever kids

Animals’ Li fe
The boastful chick

Obedient — слухняні;
boastful — хвалькуватий;
of course — безумовно;
trust — правда.

Once upon a time there was Mother Hen who had ten chicks. Nine
of them were good and obedient, but one chick was very boastful.
“You are small, you must stay in our barn, you must not go into the
yard”, said Mother Hen.
“I don’t want to stay in the barn”, said the chick and ran out into
the yard.
An hour later the bad chick came back and began to boast.
“Everybody is afraid of me in the yard”, said the boastful chick.
“In the yard I saw a very big rat. But the moment I came to it, the
rat ran away more dead than alive”.
What the boastful chick said was, of course, far from the truth.
He saw the big rat, but it was in a rat-trap.
“What happened next? Come on tell us!” shouted the chick’s brothers
and sisters. They wanted to know the story of their have brother.
“Oh, well, then I saw a dog, ten times bigger than the rat!” said the
boastful chick.
“The dog began to bark at me. But the moment I came to it, the dog
ran away more dead than alive”.
What the boastful chick said was, of course, far from the truth.
He saw a small puppy playing with a boy.
“Tell us more what happened next?” shouted the chicks. “Then
I met a big bear, ten times bigger than the dog. But the moment I came
to the bear, he ran away more dead than alive”.
It was far from the truth.
He saw the big… Teddy bear. Little girl left him on the ground.
“Are you telling the truth?” asked Mother Hen.
“Of course, mother, it’s the truth”, said the chick.
“You are a hero!” shouted the chicks.
At that time a little grey mouse ran across the barn.
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“Help! Help!” cried the boastful chick. “This animal will eat me up!”
All the chicks began to laugh.
“Shame on you”, said Mother Hen. “You are not brave. Now we see
that you are boastful. Did the rat run away from you?”
“The rat was in a rat-trap”, said the chick.
“Did the dog run away from you?”
“It was a little puppy”, said the chick.
“Did the bear run away from you?”
“It was a Teddy bear”.
“Remember, children”, said Mother Hen,
“Half truth is no better than a lie”.

1. Check your facts:
1) There was Mother Hen who had:
a) shake;
b) 10 chicks;
c) wolf.
2) __ of them were good and obedient.
a) four;
b) six;
c) nine;
d) ten.
3) In the yard I saw a very big:
a) girl;
b) cloud;
c) sun;
d) rat.
4) It was in a:
a) rat-trap;
b) grass;
c) hole.

2. Correct these sentences from the text:
1) They didn’t want to know the story of their boastful brother.
2) I saw a dog, twenty times smaller than the rat.
3) You are silly!
4) Don’t help! Don’t help!

3. Open the brackets using the text:
1) I (to meet) __ a big bear.
2) He (to see) __ a small puppy.
3) __ the dog (to run) __ away more dead than alive.
4) This animal (to eat) __ me.

4. Answer the questions:
1) Who was there once upon a time?
2) How many chicks did Mother Hen have?
3) Who was very boastful?
4) What story did chick say the first?
5) What did chick see the first?
6) Did chick’s brothers and sisters believe it?
7) What did Mother Hen say?

5. Guess the words.
THOREBRS __
TESSIRS __
DEBINETO __
HOTEMR __
RADY __

6. Write correctly.
NDCRYLMOHADAOGITAUHMCRGEKT

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Animals’ Life
A little yellow Mouse
Episode 1

To be sure — бути впевненим;
to be like — бути схожим;
to feel like — відчувати себе;
a hole — нора;
to squeak — пищати;
paint — фарби;
a mouse that had been lost — мишеня, яке зникло.

Little yellow was a mouse. But he was not sure. Little yellow was
not always yellow. Yesterday in the morning he was just like all the
other mice in the barn. He was a happy grey mouse.
Now he is not happy. He is not grey. He is not even sure he is
a mouse.
Yesterday in the evening, when the mouse was playing alone, he
fell into a basket of yellow paint. He could not get out of the basket.
He was afraid of and squeaked very loudly. A cow heard the squeaking.
She helped the mouse to get out.
And now little mouse became blue. He tried and tried to rub the
yellow paint off, but couldn’t.
He slept badly in his hole and in the morning went to the other
mice.
They were sitting around in a circle. They were talking about
a mouse that had been lost.
“I say the cat got him”, said Biggest Mouse.
Little yellow came into the circle.
“Here I am” said Little yellow. “I am the lost mouse”.
“Don’t be silly” said Biggest Mouse. “You are not mouse. Who
heard of a yellow mouse?”
“But I fell into a basket of yellow paint”.
Biggest Mouse thought for a while. She looked wise.
“So even if you were a mouse, you are not mouse now”.
“But I feel like a mouse”, said Little yellow.
Then Youngest Mouse squeaked up, “If he feels like a mouse maybe
he is a mouse. Let’s find the way”.
“Let him go to the cat” he said at last.
“If the cat eats him, he is a mouse”.
“Is there no other way?” squeaked Youngest Mouse.
“Just the cat” said Biggest Mouse.
“The cat” said all the other mice together.
Little mouse went out of the barn. He was very sad.

1. What colour was the Mouse?
1) Blue
2) White
3) Black
4) Yellow
5) Red
6) Grey

2. Correct the mistakes in these sentences.
1) Little yellow was not always grey.
2) Yesterday in the evening, when the cat was jumping alone. He
fell into a basket of blue paint.
3) He slept well in his hole and in the evening went to the other
dogs.

3. Fill in the words.
1) They were __ around in a circle.
2) They were __ about __ that had __ lost.
3) “I say __ got __” said __ Mouse.
4) Little __ came __ the __.

4. Connect the words.
Yellow
For
Looked
Find
Just
The cat
The way
Wise
A while
Mouse

5. Fill in the letters.
S _ _ E _ K
L _ _ D _ Y
P _ _ _ T
C _ _ CL _
Y _ _ _OW

6. Who said the next?
1) “I say the cat got him” said __
2) “Here I am” said __
3) “Who heard of a yellow mouse?” said __
4) “Let him go to the cat” said __ at last.
5) “Is there no other way?” squeaked __

Episode 2
To listen to — слухати;
thought — думав;
who heard of — хто чув про…;
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feather — перо;
circle —коло;
to dip — умокнути.

Baby chicks and baby ducks listened to everything. They wanted to
help Little yellow. They thought and thought. At last they asked:
“Who heard of a green mouse?”
Youngest Mouse came.
Baby ducks and chicks told him about their plan. He laughed, they
laughed too.
That night all the babies took some feathers from Biggest Hen.
They dipped the feathers in the green paint.
Very quickly they painted Biggest Mouse with the feathers. Then they
went to sleep. In the morning Little yellow saw the green Biggest Mouse.
She was sitting in the middle of the circle.
“I don’t know why I am green” said Biggest Mouse.
“So I say it is a new fashion for mice”. All the other mice looked at
Biggest Mouse.
Then Little Blue came into the circle. Biggest Mouse looked at him
and said, “I am a green mouse. You are a yellow mouse. It’s the new
fashion for mice”.
Biggest Mouse looked at little yellow once more and continued:
“We are very pretty”.
Youngest Mouse liked at little yellow and smiled. And Little yellow
smiled at Youngest Mouse.

1. Who wanted to help Little yellow?

2. Choose the baskets of paint and write colours for Little and Biggest
mice.
1) Black paint
2) White paint
3) Red paint
4) Yellow paint
5) Green paint

3. Who is quicker?
1) Who was Little yellow?
2) What colour was the mouse?
3) When was the mouse playing alone?
4) Who helped the mouse?
5) What did the mouse try to do?
6) How did he sleep that night?
7) What did Biggest Mouse say?
8) Who found the way?
9) What did babies do?
10) What was the end of the story?

4. Guess the words.
1) C (5) __
2) F (7) __
3) D (4) __
4) Y (6) __

5. Write correctly.
1) Safhoni — __
2) Riclec — __
3) Sumeo — __
4) Tetypr — __
5) Reneg — __

6. Connect the words.
Green
Some
New
Little
Yellow
Fashion
Mouse
Feather

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Animals’ Life
The Elephant and the Dog

Once upon a time — з давніх-давен;
at first — спочатку;
to share — ділити;
swing — swung — гойдати — гойдав;
to and fro — туди-сюди;
elephant-keeper — доглядач;
to pay — paid — платити — заплатив;
to turn the Dog Loose — спустити собаку з цепу;
all the rest of their days — решта життя.

Once upon a time there lived a Dog. He came to the King’s Elephant.
At first the Dog went there because he wanted to eat.
In some month the Elephant and the Dog became great friends.
The Elephant shared his food with the Dog and they ate together.
When the Elephant slept, he friend slept too.
When the Elephant wanted to play, he caught the Dog in his trunk
and swung him to and fro. The Dog and the Elephant were happy only
when they were together.
One day a farmer saw the Dog and said to the elephant-keeper, “I want
to buy that dog. He looks very clever. How much do you want for him?”
The elephant-keeper asked much money. The farmer paid it. He
took the Dog away to the country. When the time came for the King’s
Elephant to eat, he did not eat. There was not friend with him. When
the time came for the Elephant to bathe, he didn’t bathe. He was sad.
Many days passed.
He didn’t eat and bathe. The chief servant went to the stable and
said to the elephant-keeper “Why is the Elephant so sad? Has he lost
his friend?”
“Yes” said the keeper, “there was a Dog who ate and slept with the
Elephant. A farmer bought the Dog and took him away to the country”.
Then the chief servant went back to the King and said, “The Elephant
is lonely without his friend, the Dog. A farmer bought the dog
and took him away but nobody knows where the farmer lives”.
“Very well” said the King, “my servants must find the farmer and
ask him to turn the Dog loose”.
The King’s servants spread this message all over the country. The
farmer heard it and turned the Dog loose. The Dog ran back as fast as
he could to the Elephant’s stable. The Elephant was so glad to see the
Dog. He picked him up with his trunk and placed him on his head. Then
he put him down again. All the rest of their days the Elephant and the
Dog lived together.

1. Name and write all the parts of Elephant’s body.

2. Check your facts:
1) Once upon a time there lived a:
a) a hen;
b) a dog;
c) a rat.
2) When the Elephant slept, the Dog:
a) played;
b) jumped;
c) slept.
3) Then the chief servant went back to the:
a) garden-keeper;
b) book-keeper;
c) elephant-keeper.
4) The Dog ran back as fast as he could to the:
a) river;
b) wood;
c) Elephant’s stables.

3. Correct the sentences from the text.
1) In some month the parrot and the cat became great friends.
2) One day a man saw the fish and said to elephant-keeper: “I shall
buy that dog”.
3) Why is the Elephant so happy? Has he lost his friend?
4) The Rat ran back as fast as he could.

4. Open the brackets.
1) Many days (to pass) __
2) The chief servant (to go) __ to the stable.
3) A farmer (to buy) __ the Dog.
4) The King’s servants (to spread) __ this message all over the
country.
5) He (to pick) __ him up with his trunk and (to place) __ him on
his head.

5. Write who did and said the following:
1) __ said to elephant-keeper: “I shall buy that dog”.
2) __ caught the Dog in his trunk and swung him to and fro.
3) __ heard it and turned the Dog loose.
4) “Very well” said __, __ my servants must find the farmer”.

6. Who is quicker?
1) Where did the Dog come to?
2) How did the Elephant play with the Dog?
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3) What did the farmer say when he saw a Dog?
4) Did the elephant-keeper sell the Dog?
5) What was the Elephant’s condition?
6) What did the King say?
7) What did the farmer do?
8) How did the Elephant and the Dog live all the rest of their
days?

7. Connect the words.
Great
Very
Much
Many
Chief
Money
Days
Servant
Clever
Friend

8. Guess the words.
1) M (5) __
2) H (5) __
3) C (7) __
4) B (5) __
5) E (3) __

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Winnie-The-Pooh
By A.A. Milne
Episode 1

Whisper — шепіт;
further — далі;
crack — хрусь;
gorse-bush — реп’ях;
top — верхівка;
at the foot — під деревом;
paws — лапи.

Once upon a time Winnie-The-Pooh lived in a forest.
One day when he was walking he came to an open place in the middle
of the forest and he saw a large oak-free.
From the top of the tree, there came a loud buzzing noise. Winnie
sat down at the foot of the tree, put his head between his paws and began
to think. First of all he said himself:
“That buzzing noise means something. If where is a buzzing-noise,
there are bees”.
Then the thought another long time, and said: “And if there are
bees, there is honey”.
And then he got up and said: “And if there is honey, I can eat it”.
So he began to climb the tree.
He climbed and climbed, and climbed. As he climbed he sang a little
song to himself.
Isn’t it funny?
How a bear likes honey?
Buzz! Buzz! Buzz!
I wonder why he does?
Then he climbed a little further… and a little further… and then
just a little further.
He was nearly there… crack!
“Oh, help!” cried the Pooh, as he flew gracefully into a gorse-bush,
“It is all because I like honey so much. Oh, help!”
Pooh began to think again. And first person he thought of was
Christopher Robin. So Pooh went to his friend Christopher Robin. He
lived behind a green door in another part of the forest. He said: “Good
morning, Christopher Robin”.
“Good morning, Winnie-The-Pooh” said Robin.
— Do you have a balloon?
— What do you need a balloon for?
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Pooh looked around put his paw to his mouth, and said in a deep
whisper: “Honey!”
“I shall try to look like a small black cloud”.
“Then take the blue balloon” said Robin.
Well they went with the blue balloon. Robin took his gun with
him.

1. Continue the sentence.
1) Once upon a time __ .
2) “And if there are bees, __ .
3) He climbed and __ .

2. Complete the song.
Isn’t it __
How a bear ?
Buzz! __! __!
I wonder __?

3. Open the brackets.
Winnie (to sit) __ down at the foot of the tree (to put) __ his head
between his paws and (to begin) __ to think. First of all he (to say).

4. Fill in the words, using the text.
Pooh began __ again. And first __ he __ of was Christopher __. So
Pooh went to his __ Christopher __. He lived __ a green __ in another
part of the __.

5. Connect the words.
Little
Got
Open
One
Buzzing
Look
Day
Noise
Around
Place
Up
Song

6. Guess the words.
1) F (6) __
2) F (4) __
3) H (5) __
4) B (4) __
7. Write correctly.
1) Lube —
2) Koto —
3) Nug —
4) Cumh —
5) Rapt —

Episode 2

Muddy place — брудне місце;
to roll — крутитися;
all over — весь;
to hold — тримати;
I think so — я думаю так;
it looks like rain — схоже, буде дощ;
proud — гордий;
Did I miss? — я промазав?

Winnie went to a very muddy place and rolled and rolled until he
was black all over.
“Hooray!” shouted Robin. Pooh floated gracefully up into the sky.
“What do I look like?” asked Pooh.
“You look like a bear holding to the balloon”, said Robin.
“Not like a small black cloud in a blue sky?”
“Not very much”.
There was no wind. He could flow him to the tree. He could see the
honey, smell it, but he couldn’t eat the honey.
— Robin, do you have an umbrella in your house?
— I think so.
— Please, bring it here.
— Why?
— You will walk up and down with it and say: “Tut-tut, it looks
like rain”.
While Christopher Robin walked up and down with his umbrella,
Winnie-The-Pooh sang the song:
How sweet to be a cloud
Floating in the Blue!
Every little cloud
Always sings aloud.
How sweet to be a cloud
Floating in the Blue!
It makes he very proud
To the little cloud.
The bees were still buzzing.
Some of them left their nests and flew all round the cloud. One bee
sat down on the nose of the cloud for a moment.
“Christopher-Ow!-Robin” called out the cloud.
— Yes.
— These are the wrong sort of bees!
— Are they?
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— Really! So I think I shall come down.
— How?
Winnie-The-Pooh thought for a long time and then he said:
“You must shoot the balloon with your gun”.
Robin fired.
“Ow!” said Pooh.
“Did I miss?” asked Robin.
“Yes!”
“I am sorry” said Robin and fired again. He hit the balloon. The air
came slowly out. Winnie-The-Pooh floated down to the ground.

1. Complete the dialogue.
— Robin, do you have an umbrella in your house?
— __ .
— Please, bring it here.
— __?
— You will walk up and down __:
“Tut-tut, it __”.

2. Complete the song.
How sweet __
Floating __!
Every __
Always __.
How __ to be __
__ in the Blue!
It makes he __
To the __ cloud.

3. Connect the words.
Muddy
Floated
Look
Blue
Little
Cloud
Sky
Like
Gracefully
Place

4. Back the consistent.
1) Some of them left their nests and flew all round the cloud.
2) The bees were still buzzing.
3) “Christopher-Ow!-Robin” called out the cloud.
4) One bee sat down on the nose of the cloud for a moment.

5. Correct the sentences.
1) Not like a large black cloud in a black sky?
2) Robin, do you have some trousers in your house?
3) Winnie-The-Pooh thought for a minute and then thanked.

6. Where did Winnie go?
1) What did he look like?
2) Where did Winnie fly?
3) What did he ask Robin for?
4) What did bees do?
5) What is the end of the story?

7. Write who said and did the following.
1) “What do I look like?” asked __
2) “You look like a bear holding to the balloon”, said __
3) “Christopher-Ow!-Robin” called out __
4) “Did I miss?” asked __

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Owl Babies
By Martin Waddell

Hole — дупло;
trunk — стовбур;
twigs — прутики;
feather — перо;
to hunt — полювати;
to suppose — сподіватися;
branch — гілка;
to wish — бажати;
to swoop — пролітати, парити, пурхати;
to flap — махати крилами;
to bounce — підстрибувати, підлітати.

Once there were baby owls: Sarah and Percy and Bill. They lived in
a hole in the trunk of a tree with their Owl Mother. The hole had twigs
and leaves and owl feathers in it. It was their house.
One night they woke up and their Owl Mother was not at home.
“Where is Mummy?” asked Sarah.
“Oh, my God!” said Percy.
“I want my Mummy!” said Bill.
The baby owls thought (all owls think a lot):
— I think she is hunting, — said Sarah.
— She will bring us food! — said Percy.
— I want my Mummy! — said Bill.
It was dark in the wood and they had to be brave — things moved
all around them.
— She will bring us mice and things that are nice, — said Sarah.
— I suppose so! — said Percy.
— I want my Mummy! — said Bill.
They sat and they thought (all owls think a lot):
— I think we must all sit on my branch, — said Sarah.
And they did all three together.
— Suppose she got lost, — said Sarah.
— Or fox got her! — said Percy.
— I want my Mummy! — said Bill.
And the baby owls closed their owl eyes and wished their Owl Mother
would come. And she came.
Soft and silent, she swooped through the trees to Sarah and Percy
and Bill.
— Mummy! — they cried, and they flapped and they danced and
they bounced up and town on their branch.
— What is all the fuss? — their Owl Mother asked. — You know
I always will come back.
The baby owls thought (all owls think a lot):
— I know it, — said Sarah.
— I know it too, — said Percy.
— I love my Mother! — said Bill.
They were happy and went to sleep together.

1. How many owls were there in the trunk of a tree?
1) three
2) seven
3) four
4) ten
5) one
6) five

2. Connect the words and make up the sentences.
It
Wood
Dark
In
Was
The
And
All
They
Together
Did
Three
She
Will
Us
Bring
Food

3. Fill in the words.
1) One night they __ and __ Owl__ was not __.
2) “Where is __?” asked __
3) “Oh, my __!” said __
4) I __ my __!” __ Bill.

4. Find the words and write.
1) Keys
2) Feather
3) Tree
4) Trunk
5) Dark
6) House
7) Owl
8) Hole

5. Complete the dialogue.
— Where is __?
— Oh, my __!
— I want __!
— I think she __
— She will __ food!
— I want __ Mummy!

6. Connect the words.
Baby
Owl
Had to
Come
Sleep
Back
Together
Be brave
Feathers
Owls

7. Write the verbs correctly.
And the baby owls (to close) __ their owl eyes and (to wish) __ their
Owl Mother (to come) __. And she (to come) __. Soft and silent, she
(to swoop) __ through the threes to babies.
The baby owls (to think) __.
They (to be) __ happy and (to go) __ to sleep together.

8. Underline the owls names.
1) John
2) Sarah
3) Bob
4) Rem
5) Kon
6) San
7) Bill
8) Percy
9) Sem

9. Write the sentences correctly.
1) And the baby foxes closed their owl mouth and wished their
wolf Father would go.
2) You know I never will bring back.
3) They were sad and arrived to swim together.

10. Guess the words.
1) O (3) __
2) N (5) __
3) B (5) __
4) M (4) __

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Leo the Lion — King of the Jungle (a tale)
Episode 1

Proud — гордий;
vain — пихатий;
beasts — тварини;
whatever i please — що я забажаю;
ignore — ігнорувати;
selfish — егоїстичний;
towering — величезний;
chasing — полюючи;
scolded — сварилася;
barely — ледве;
pursuit — переслідування;
captured — схоплений;
grabbed — схопили;
was hiding — ховався;
sneaking — які пробирались.

Far away in the deepest part of the African jungle there was a proud
and vain lion named Leo. Now, Leo had reason to be proud, for he was
the biggest, strongest and most handsome lion anywhere.
And so he became king of all the jungle beasts.
When he first became the King, Leo tried to be good and kind to the
other animals, but as time passed, he thought less and less of the others
and more and more about himself.
“And why not”, thought Leo, “I’m the strongest, most handsome
fellow in the whole jungle! Besides, I’m the King — I can do whatever
I please”.
After a while, the other animals began to ignore Leo, because he
was so selfish.
But Leo didn’t even notice, because he was too busy acting important.
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Then one day, there was trouble in the jungle! In a small clearing
among the towering trees, there was a mother lioness and her young
cub.
The cub was called Tooey, and he was as cute and cuddly as Leo
was big.
He was busy chasing a butterfly through the bushes and was making
quite a racket.
“Tooey! Stop that noise — anyone for miles around can hear you”,
his mother scolded.
“Yes, ma’am”, said Tooey, barely slowing his pursuit of the butterfly.
“Oh, that cub of mine!” sighed his mother with a smile.
She was proud of her young son.
“He’ll grow to be a fine lion someday”.
She was so busy watching Tooey that she didn’t hear the two hunters
sneaking through the trees behind her. Before she knew it a large
net flew over her, and she fell hopelessly trapped.
“Gofer!” said the first hunter.
“Hurry and grab that cub!”
“I’ll get him — you just watch that mama, Jack!” The second hunter
ran toward Tooey, who sat shaking with fear near his mother, who
struggled under the net.
“Quick, Tooey! Run, get help!”
“I won’t leave you, Mama!” Tooey cried. “I’ll fight them both myself!”
“No! Run, Tooey, run!” Tooey took a last look at his mother, then
ran off as fast as he could.
The hunters grabbed the lioness and put her in a cage. They looked
for Tooey, but he was hiding under a banana leaf. He could only sit and
watch as the men carried the cage away to their camp.
Then, with tears in his eyes, he crept off into the jungle.
Before too long, Tooey saw a giraffe eating his lunch of leaves, his
head high in the trees.
“Excuse me, Mr Giraffe. Can you help my poor mommy? She has
been captured by hunters and trapped in a cage”.
The giraffe looked around. “Who, where are you?”
“I’m down here!” said Tooey, tugging at the giraffe’s long leg.
“Please, won’t you help me!”
“Sorry, kid. If you need help, why don’t you talk to King Leo — he
is supposed to be in charge around here.
Maybe he’ll help you, if he’s not too busy sleeping”.
The giraffe wandered off, searching for more juicy leaves.

1. Describe Lion Leo using the text.

2. Do triangles from the words and give the translation inside.
1) The best
2) Big
3) Deeper
4) Good
5) Better
6) Bigger
7) The biggest
8) Stronge
9) Deep
10) The deepest
11) Strong
12) The strongest
13) Handsome
14) More handsome
15) The most handsome

3. Retell the episode in the story using the following expressions:
1) He thought less and less…
2) But Leo didn’t even notice…
3) She was proud of her young son.

4. Open the brackets.
The second hunter (to run) __ toward Tooey, who (to sit) __ shaking
with fear near his mother, who (to struggle) __ under the net.
Tooey (to take) __ a last look at his mother, then (to run) __ off as
fast as he (can) __.
The hunters (to grab) __ the lioness and (to put) __ her in a cage.
They (to look) __ for Tooey, but he (to hide) __ under a banana
leaf.

5. Write correctly.
1) After a white, the other animals began to love Leo, because he
was nice.
2) He was busy hunting a butterfly through the bush.
3) She was proud of her nice house.

6. Fill in the words.
1) Can you __ my mommy?
2) She has __ by hunters and __ in a cage.
3) The giraffe __ “Who, __ are you?”

Episode 2

Get involved with — зв’язуватися з;
care — турбуватися;
curled up — який скрутився в клубок;
snoring — який хропів;
startled — наляканий;
leapt — стрибнув;
sputter — бризкати слиною;
moved off — пішли;
scattered — розставлений по колу;
rescue — рятувати;
selfish — егоїстичний.

Tooey hung his head and went on his way. After a while, he saw
a crocodile sunning himself on the banks of the river. Tooey walked up
to the sleeping beast and shook his tail.
“Wake up, Mr Crocodile! Please, I need your help”.
Tooey told the story of the hunters and his mother, but the crocodile
only shook his scaly head and said, “Sorry, boy! I don’t get involved
with hunters. Better tell King Leo though I don’t know if he’ll care”.
And so it went. All through the jungle, whenever Tooey asked for
help, he was told the same thing — try to get King Leo the Lazy (for
some called him that behind his back) to help. So, Tooey walked on,
until he finally found the King curled up on a rock, fast asleep and
snoring.
“Er… excuse me, sir!” whispered Tooey. “Please, sir — wake up!”
he tried again, a little louder. Nothing.
“King Leo — HEEELP!!!” he shouted as loud as he could.
“Whaa… whoo… when… what’s the matter?” the startled lion leapt
to his feet, nearly knocking Tooey over.
“What do you mean by shouting so? Don’t you know I’m the
King?”
“Why yes, sir!” said Tooey. “That’s why I came to you!” And he told
the whole story of the hunters and his mother. “So you see, sir… I really
need your help”.
“Now son, listen to me”, said King Leo, “I can’t be running off every
time some poor creature gets itself caught! Why, I’d have no time
for any of my other royal duties”.
“Like what?” asked Tooey.
“Like what… I’ll tell you what!” sputtered the king.
“Like… like… um… well… oh, go away! You wouldn’t understand
being only a cub at all!”
“I understand plenty!” Tooey replied. “I understand that the other
animals are right — you are a terrible king! You don’t care about anyone
but yourself!”
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King Leo looked at the little cub standing bravely before him.
“They say that about me?” he asked softly.
“Yes! And a lot worse. But don’t worry, I don’t need your help!
I’ll rescue my mama by myself”.
Tooey turned and started to walk away.
“Wait, boy. Maybe you’re right.
I have been selfish. Maybe I can help!”
King Leo called a meeting of all the animals. At first, no one wanted
to come. But when Leo told Tooey’s story and promised to be a better
king and help them, they agreed.
“But how do we ssstop the huntersss?” asked Monty the python.
“They have gunsss!”
“Don’t worry, everybody — I’ve got a plan!” Leo replied.
King Leo told the animals his secret plan.

1. Why did Mr. Crocodile refuse to help Tooey? Find in the text and
write.

2. Who was frightened most of all when the lion told the Tooey’s story?

3. Fill in the words.
“Now __, listen to __”, said __ Leo, “I can’t be running __ every
time __ some __ creature __ itself __!”
King Leo __ a meeting of all the __.
At first, no one __ to come. But when Leo __ Tooey’s __ and promised
to be a better __ and help them, they __.

4. Connect the words.
Same
Fast
Whole
Every
Poor
Story
Time
Creature
Asleep
Thing

Episode 3

Free — звільнити;
part — роль;
bent down — нахилився;
to scoop — згрести;
trumpeting — сурмуючи;
fiercely — несамовито;
snarl — гарчання;
skinny — худий;
tough — цупкий;
release — звільнити;
swear — присягатися;
in the year ahead — у наступні роки;
creatures — істоти.

They listened carefully, nodded, then moved off through the jungle.
The hunters were in their camp, sitting beside a bright fire.
There were many cages scattered around, cages filled with animals
from all over the jungle. And there, in one large cage at the edge of the
jungle was Tooey’s mother! She looked very sad and pushed weakly at
the iron bars.
Tooey nearly cried out when he saw her and only Leo’s big paw
across his mouth kept Tooey quiet.
“Shhh — don’t make a sound!” whispered Leo. “Don’t worry, cub,
we’ll free your mother and the other animals, too. Just remember you
part, son.
You’re the key of the whole thing!”
“I know — just leave it to me!” said Tooey.
Tooey bravely marched out into the open.
“Why, look what we have here, Jack!” said one of the hunters.
“Looks like sonny boy to visit his mama!’
‘Welcome, lad — we’ve been looking for you”, laughed the hunter
called Jack.
“You’ll bring a pretty penny at the circus!”
Jack bent down to scoop Tooey into a bag; but just then, Leo gave
a signal, and the rest of the plan began.
From one side of the camp, the elephants came, trumpeting as
loudly as they could. Then from the other side, hyenas charged the
hunters, laughing wildly all the way. The confused hunters tried to get
away, but they were napped!
King Leo bounded from the jungle and stood fiercely in front of the
frightened men. He shook his thick mane and bared his long teeth in
a snarl.
“So, you dare to trap my friends?” he roared. “Why, I should eat
you both right now! I bet you would taste good!”
“Nnn… no! We’re skinny and tough!” cried Jack.
“We would taste awful!”
“Y… Yes!” said the other hunter.
“We’re d… dirty and we smell bad, too! You don’t want to eat
us… — rr… really!”
King Leo thought for a moment, then spoke, “Very well. You will
release all the animals. You must leave my kingdom at once and promise
never to return. You must swear never to hunt animals again! And
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mind your promises, for if I hear that you have broken your word,
I will hunt you down and I will have good meal — dirty and tough
or not!”
The hunters quickly agreed and set all the animals free.
Then they turned and ran as fast as they could into the jungle.
Tooey sat quietly beside his mother, and she licked his soft fur and
kissed him. “My brave son!” she purred.
“I knew you would be a fine lion some day.
I just didn’t know it would be so soon!”
“Aww, Ma! It was King Leo who had the plan!” he said.
But King Leo said, “Tooey, it was you who showed me so much.
I had forgotten what it was to really be king — to care about others,
to see what the danger is, and to be a leader, not just call yourself
one. That is TRUE bravery!”
In the years ahead Leo and Tooey worked together to help the other
jungle creatures. And when the time was right, Leo gave Tooey the
crown, and the jungle was a place of peace and harmony for even the
smallest and weakest of the jungle beasts.

1. How did hunters describe themselves?

2. Retell the episode in the story using the following expressions:
1) He shook his thick mane…
2) You will release all the animals…
3) “My brave son!” she purred.

3. What was the end of the story?

4. Guess the words, using the table:
1) F (4) __
2) P (4) __
3) S (5) __
4) S (6) __
5) T (5) __

5. Write correctly.
1) Leresae —
2) Wesar —
3) Caretuser —
4) Sanrl —

6. Answer the questions.
1) Who lived in the deepest part of the African jungle?
2) What happened with Leo since some time?
3) What did cub’s mommy not listen to? What did hunters do with
cub’s mum?
4) Whom did the cub go for helping to?
5) Who decided to help the cub?
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6) Whom did the cub have to be while saving his mommy?
7) How did King Leo make the hunters leave the jungle?
8) What did mommy say to her son?

7. Ask the questions.
1) The other animals began to ignore Leo, because he was so selfish.
2) The cub was called Tooey.
3) She felt hopelessly trapped.
4) The hunters grabbed the lioness and put her in a cage.
5) The giraffe wandered off, searching for more juicy leaves.
6) King Leo told the animals his secret plan.
7) The hunters were in their camp sitting beside a bright fire.
8) The hunters set all the animals free.
9) Leo gave Tooey the crown and the jungle was a place of peace.

Page of my creation
1. New words
№ Word Translation Transcription
2. Interesting phrases
Phrase Translation
3. Synonyms
4. Opposites
5. Dialogue
6. Retelling
This story is about…

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Ilia’s Great Friends
Hazel — карі;
slim — стрункий;
just like — як;
awkward age — перехідний вік;
upset — завдати болю, засмутити;
dumbbell — «качати» м’язи; гантелі;
cool — круто;
by the way — між усім;
have to — повинен бути;
to drop in — забігти (ненадовго).
Hi, I’m Iliya! I’m 10. I have grey hair and hazel clever eyes. I’m tall
and slim, because I like playing football and basketball, and also I swim,
just like my brother! Besides, as for my brother, his name is Alex.
He’s 17. It’s an awkward age. He often makes my mom upset. My
brother is a champion swimmer, he’s got many rewards. What is more,
he dumbbells and his dumbbells lie about all over the flat. We’re great
friends, though sometimes we fight and fall out.
Our family is large and close-knit: Mom, Dad, Alex, Granny, and
the cat Ryaba. Also I have 2 aunties, 3 cousins, grandpa and grandma.
Isn’t that cool!
Surely, I study at school and Alex goes to the University. Every
morning I wake up, do morning exercise, brush my teeth, comb my
hair, have breakfast, dress myself and go to school. I do well at school:
answer at the backboard, read, write, go to the canteen and run at recess.
My favourite subjects are Mathematics and English. When my lessons
are over, Mom takes me home. By the way, my mom is a teacher of
English, and she teaches me and my friends.
On our way home we drop in a shop to buy some bread, cheese, sausage,
sweets.
After lunch time I go to the swimming pool. I want to be a champion
and have rewards as well.
In the evening I do my homework with Granny. Sometimes I call
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times Arina or Vika call me. We like being sick, but lessons always
have to be done.
Before bedtime I play computer, watch TV. And when I go to bed,
Mom or Granny tell me fairy-tales.
Here are my favourite ones! Go ahead and read!
1. Describe me!
2. Name all my relatives.
Beauty and the Beast (a tale)
Episode 1
Edge — край;
merchant — торговець;
pure — чистий;
generous — щедрий;
tangled — заплутаний;
tore — прибирався;
fed — харчував;
theft — крадіжка;
gloom — темрява;
lining — які вели;
coarse — грубий;
tucked — засунув;
glaring — блискучий;
dripping — вологе;
grip — хватка;
to push — штовхати;
vine-covered — вкритий виноградною лозою;
shelter — сховище, притулок.
On the edge of a vast blue sea, there lived a wealthy merchant and
his daughter. The girl was called Beauty, and her name described her
in every way. All who knew Beauty spoke of her pure heart and generous
soul.
One day the merchant had business in town. The road took him
through a deep and tangled growth of the forest. Soon big black clouds
filled the sky. When lightning cracked loudly over the trees, the merchant’s
horse broke into a hard gallop.
The frightened animal tore through the trees, quickly losing sight
of the road. Before long the merchant was lost.
Entering a clearing in the woods he could see a vine-covered castle
standing silently in the gloom.
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The only signs of life were the perfect rose bushes lining a path to
the stone door.
“Hello?” The merchant pushed the door and called “Is anyone here?
I am wet and my horse is tired. Hello?”
Seeing and hearing no one, the merchant dried his dripping clothes
near the fire and sat down to a table covered with food.
“Such a feast! And no one to share it with. It’s a pity my host is so
shy. I would like to meet him!” he thought.
After a good night’s sleep the merchant called out “Thank you, silent
one!”
He turned and walked out of the castle past the beautiful roses.
“My dear Beauty would love these roses!” he thought “Perhaps I will
bring her one. It will make her smile”. He picked a perfect red rose and
tucked it into his shirt.
At once a cold wind began to blow.
The merchant felt a huge, powerful hand grip his shoulder.
In front of him stood a horrible creature. The beast was eight feet
tall with heavy, coarse fur and glaring eyes.
Long sharp claws dug into the merchant’s coat with an iron grip.
“You stole it from me!” the Beast roared. “After I gave you shelter
from the storm! After I fed you and gave you rest! My roses! They are the
only pleasure — my only love! You’ll pay for this theft with your life”.
“Forgive me! I only wanted to bring my daughter Beauty this lovely
rose”, the merchant begged, “she is my dear child. I… I just wanted
to see her smile!” “Indeed!” growled the Beast, “I think I would like to
see this smile you speak of. Very well, your Beauty will pay for my
beautiful rose. Go at once and bring her to me! But beware if you do not
return I’ll find you and take both of your lives! There will be nowhere
for you to hide”.
1. Write the verbs correctly.
One day the merchant (to have) __ business in town. The road (to
take) __ him through a deep a (to tangle) __ growth of forest. Soon
big black clouds (to fill) __ the sky. When lightning (to crack) __
loudly over the tress, the merchant’s horse (to break) __ into a hard
gallop.
2. Connect the words.
vast
her
big
perfect
black
rise
pure
blue
sea
bushes
clouds
heart
3. Find the description of the beast in the text and write.
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Episode 2
Threat — погроза;
snarl — гарчати;
roam — блукати;
beneath — під;
overjoyed — щасливий;
glee — радість.
The merchant jumped onto his horse and galloped through the
trees. When he returned home, he called Beauty.
Showing her the rose, he told her the awful story and the terrible
threat the Beast had made.
Beauty spoke bravely, “Father, I must go. Perhaps I can change his
mind”.
After a sleepless night, Beauty and her father rode back to the castle
in silence.
The Beast stood snarling at the door. “So, you have come back.
You were wise to return”. He took Beauty from her horse.
“Be gone, old man! You have my rose and now I have your Beauty”,
said the Beast.
“You think I’am ugly, don’t you?” asked the Beast.
Although Beauty was frightened, she didn’t look away.
“No… Not so ugly. You have lovely red fur”. “Do not lie!” screamed
the Beast, “I am a monster! Look at me!” “I do not lie!” said Beauty.
“I say what I feel”.
The girl’s kind words touched the Beast and he gave Beauty permission
to roam the castle as she pleased.
The only thing she could not do was to leave the grounds.
He came to her each night as she ate, and the two talked for many
hours.
The Beast slowly began to fall in love with Beauty. In turn, Beauty
grew quite fond of the Beast as well.
She could see that beneath his rough fur he was kind and sweet.
Months passed, and Beauty missed her father terribly. She asked
the Beast if she could go and visit him.
“Very well, Beauty. You will have your visit. But you must promise
to return in one week, or my heart will break and I will surely die”,
said the Beast, “I could not bear to live without you!”
“I promise, dear Beast. I will return to you in one week”, she replied.
Next morning Beauty rode back to her father’s house. The merchant
was overjoyed to see his daughter and danced with glee. Her days
were filled with happy times and soon her promise was forgotten.
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1. Fill in the gaps using the text.
The only __ she could not __ was to leave __. He came to __ each __
as she ate, and the two __ for __ hours.
Months __, and Beauty __ her father terribly.
Next morning Beauty __ to her father’s house.
2. Find another words in the text and write correctly.
1) The merchant jumped onto his horse and ran /__ through the
trees.
2) You were wise to come back / __.
3) Although Beauty was afraid of him /__.
4) Months passed, and Beauty missed her father awfully / __.
3. Add the phrases, using the text.
1) A sleepless…
2) Lovely red…
3) To fall…
4) Happy…
Episode 3
With a start — тремтячи, із тремтінням;
wilted — зів’ялі;
littered — посипалися;
revealing — виявляючи;
amazed — вражена;
curse — прокляття;
spell — чари, заклинання;
witch — відьма, чаклунка.
On the last night of the week, Beauty dreamt that the Beast was lying
on his hard bed, his breathing slow and weak. His lips moved, “Beauty,
where are you? You promised…” The Beast was dying! Beauty woke
with a start. Jumping from her bed, she ran to her father and told him
of her dream and that she must return to the Beast’s castle at once.
She rode quickly through the night.
Beauty saw the castle ahead, dark and silent.
She jumped from her horse and ran up the path to the cold door.
The beautiful roses, once full and bright, were wilted and their dull
leaves littered the ground.
Beauty found the Beast just as in her dream. His eyes were closed
and she couldn’t hear his breathing. He appeared lifeless.
“Oh, Beast! What have I done?” cried Beauty “You can’t die! My
wonderful Beast, I love you!” Beauty wept, her tears falling softly on
the Beast’s huge face.
As the tears fell, the Beast began to change. The thick red fur melted
away, revealing a handsome young man.
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Beauty was amazed as the young man told her that he was a prince
who had been turned into the ugly Beast by an evil witch.
The witch’s curse could only be lifted by the love of one pure heart.
Beauty’s pure spirit had broken the spell.
As dawn broke over the castle walls, Beauty and her prince danced
and dreamt of their future together.
1. Write the words correctly.
1) Fill in the gaps with letters.
M _ _ CH _ _ _
G _ NE _ _ U _
DR _ _ PI _ _
B _ N _ A _ _
R _ V _ _ L _ _ G
2) Guess the words (mind the number of letters in brackets).
P (4) __
G (5) __
S (5) __
C (5) __
3) Write correctly.
Ginnili —
Rote —
Gede —
Maro —
Lege —
Lelps —
2. Find in the text what Beauty dreamt on the last night of the week.
1) I am dying!
2) Help me, please!
3) Beauty, where are you?
3. What did the Beast say to Beauty in her dream?
4. Find the opposites and synonyms in the text and write the former
in the rose and the latter in the Moon.
5. Who is quicker? (Див. схеми на с. 36, 37)
6. Give the Ukrainian equivalent.
1) …vast blue sea
2) …pure heart
3) …frightened animal
4) …lining a path
5) …such a feast
6) …glaring eyes
7) …do not lie
8) …to fall in love with
9) …evil witch
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A. Ask the questions.
Start
?
The girl was called Beauty
The merchant had business
in town
?
?
He could see a vine-covered
castle standing silently
in the gloom
The merchant dried his
clothes near the fire
?
?
It will make her smile
1
1
?
Long sharp claws dug into
the merchant’s coat with
an iron grip
He told her the awful story ?
Beauty’s pure spirit had
broken the spell
Finish
Beauty and her prince
danced and dreamt of their
future together ?
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B. Answer the questions.
Start
What heart and soul did
Beauty have?
What did the merchant see
in a castle?
What was the weather like
when merchant had business
in town?
Why did the beast appear
in a castle?
How did the merchant save
his life?
Why did Beauty leave the
Beast one day?
What did Beauty say to the
Beast when he was dying?
Finish
What was the end of the
story?
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Page of my creation
1. New words
№ Word Translation Transcription
2. Interesting phrases
Phrase Translation
3. Synonyms
4. Opposites
5. Dialogue
6. Retelling
This story is about…
Snow White and Rose Red
Episode 1
Neatly — охайно;
hearth — вогнище;
copper — мідний;
graze — пасти(ся);
befell — траплявся;
spinning — прядучи;
poked — проштовнув;
dwarf — карлик;
bobbing up — стрибати вгору та вниз;
rage — гнів;
split — розкол.
There was once a poor widow who had two lovely daughters. They
all lived together in a little cottage with two rose trees growing beside
the door.
“My daughters are like the roses that bloom at the door”, their
mother often said. “One is like the beautiful white rose, and the other
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is as sweet as the red rose. So I’ll call one Snow White and the other
Rose Red”.
The two girls were as good, happy, and helpful as any in the world.
They kept their mother’s cottage so clean that it was a pleasure to step
into it. There was always a fire laid neatly on the hearth, and the copper
kettle shone like gold, so well it was polished.
Often when the work was done, the two girls ran deep into the forest
and gathered wild berries. There the hares would eat green leaves
from their hands and the fawns grazed quietly by their sides.
The birds and the beasts were their friends, and no harm even befell
them. On winter evenings, when the snow-flakes were falling, they
drew close to the hearth, and the mother put on her spectacles and read
out of a great book while the girls sat spinning.
One; evening when they were sitting together, there came a knock
at the door. Rose Red drew the bolt and opened the door, expecting
to see some poor traveller outside. But instead a great bear poked his
head in.
“Oh!” cried Rose Red, stepping back in fright.
“Do not be afraid, my dear”, rumbled the bear. “I will do you no
harm. I am half-frozen and only wish to come in and warm myself”.
“Poor bear!” cried the mother. “Come and lie down here by the fire.
See, Snow White and Rose Red, he is friendly. He won’t harm you”.
So they both came back from their corners, and in a little while
they became friendly enough to play tricks with their big guest. Only
when they became too mischievous, he called out:
“Snow White and Rose Red! You will strike your lover dead”.
When bedtime, the mother said to the bear, “You may sleep here by
the hearth if you like”.
All winter long the bear stayed with Snow White, Rose Red and
their mother.
As soon as day came the two girls let the bear out, and he trotted
away over the snow. Every evening he came back to warm himself by
the fire. He lied down on the hearth and let the girls play with him as
much as they liked.
But as soon as spring returned and everything outdoors was green
again, the bear said, “Now I must go into the forest and guard my
treasure from evil dwarfs. In winter the dwarfs stay under ground,
but now that the sun has warmed the frozen earth, they will be out
again to steal all they can find”.
So he left, and was soon hidden behind the trees.
Soon afterward the mother sent her daughters into the wood to
gather sticks. There they came to a tree lying across the path.
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Near it a dwarf with an old, wrinkled face was bobbing up and down
in the rage, for his beard was caught in a split of the tree.
1. How did a poor widow describe her lovely daughters?
2. Looking at the picture, describe the house where family lived.
3. Who said the following? Complete the sentences.
1) “Do not be afraid, my dear”, __
2) “Come and lie down here by the fire”, __
3) __, “You may sleep here by the hearth”.
4. Choose the verbs.
1) Now I have to / must go into the forest.
2) In winter the dwarfs are staying / stay under ground.
3) So he has left / left and was hidden behind the trees.
4) As soon as day was coming / came the two girls let the bear
out.
Episode 2
Impatient — нетерплячий;
snatched up — уривати;
grumbling — буркочучи;
entangled — заплуталась;
tug — тягнути;
swiftly — швидко;
piercing — прониклива;
shriek — верещання;
instead of — замість;
shrill — розірваний;
to slip away — прослизати;
spare — зберігати;
toss — підкидувати;
rough — грубий.
“Why do you stand there?” cried the dwarf. “Are you going to pass
by without offering me any help?”
“Don’t be impatient”, replied Rose Red. And pulling her shiny
scissors out of her pocket, she cut off the end of the beard.
“Now see what you’ve done”, cried the ungrateful dwarf. “You
have spoiled my beautiful beard!”
And he snatched up a heavy sack of gold from between the roots of
the tree and marched off, grumbling to himself.
A few days later the girls went to the pond to fish. There on the
bank was the same dwarf, hopping up and down like a great grasshopper.
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“This fish is trying to pull me into the water!” he cried.
They saw that his beard was entangled in his fishing line and a big
fish on the line was tugging merrily.
The fish was about to draw him into the pond, so Rose Red pulled
out her scissors and cut off another piece of beard.
“Oh, you’ve ruined it! You’ve ruined it!” cried the dwarf.
He picked up a bag of pearl which lay among the bushes, and without
any word he disappeared behind a stone.
Not many days after this adventure, the girls were walking across
a rocky field when they saw a great eagle drop swiftly down behind
a rock. Then they heard a piercing shriek and saw that the eagle was
trying to carry off the dwarf.
The girls held fast the little man until the bird gave up the struggle
and flew off. But instead of thanking them, the dwarf cried out in his
shrill voice, “See what you have done to me. My coat is torn to pieces!”
With these words he shouldered a bag filled with precious stones
and started to slip away to his cave among the rocks.
But just then a loud, growling noise was heard, and a great black
bear came lumbering out of the forest. The dwarf was terrified, and
before he could reach his cave the bear overtook him.
“Spare me, sir Bear!” he cried. “I will give you all my treasures.
Only eat these nice tender girls instead of me!”
The bear did not take the trouble to speak.
He gave the wicked dwarf a single blow with his paw that tossed
him up into the air so high he was never seen again.
As the frightened girls started to run away, the bear called after
them: “Snow White and Rose Red! I’m your friend”.
Then they recognized their old companion. But when the bear came
up to them, his rough coat suddenly fell off, and there stood a tall
young man dressed in gold.
“I’m a king’s son”, he said. “The wicked dwarf stole all my treasure,
and I had to wander about in this forest in the form of a bear until
I could get it back”.
Then the prince went home with the girls. A few days later
Snow White was married to the prince and Rose Red to his brother.
The treasure the dwarf had stolen was great enough for them
all. Their mother went to live with her children, and the two rose
trees which had stood before the cottage were now planted before
the palace. And every year they bore most beautiful roses, snowwhite
and rose-red.
1. What was the girls’ fate? Find the answer in the text and write.
2. Who is quicker? (Див. схеми на с. 42, 43)
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A. Ask the questions.
Start
?
They all lived together in
a little cottage with two
rose trees
The two girls were as good,
happy and helpful as any in
the world ?
?
The mother put on her
spectacles and read out of
a great book
I am half-frozen and only
wish to come in and warm
myself ?
?
A dwarf with an old wrinkled
face was bobbing up
and down in the rage
My coat is torn to pieces!
?
?
Spare me, sir Bear
His rough coat suddenly
fell off and there stood
a tall young man ?
?
Their mother went to live
with her children
Finish
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B. Answer the questions.
Start
Why did mother call her
daughters Rose Red and
Snow White?
What did girls usually do
when the work was done?
Who knocked at the door
one evening?
How long did Bear stay
with girls in their house?
Whom did the girls meet in
the forest one day?
The Bear wanted to eat
girls, didn’t it?
Who was the young handsome
man?
Finish
What was the end of the
tale?
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3. Give the Ukrainian equivalents.
1) …as sweet as the red rose;
2) …no harm ever befell them;
3) …guard my treasure;
4) …split of the tree;
5) …dressed in gold.
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This story is about…
Rumpelstiltskin
Episode 1
Miller — мірошник;
close — поряд;
mill — млин;
to spin — прясти;
chamber — кімната;
wheel — колесо;
to weep — плакати;
necklace — намисто;
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to whistle — свистіти;
astonished — здивований;
greedy — жадібний;
delighted — захоплений.
Long, long ago there was a poor miller who had, you must know,
a most beautiful daughter. One day the miller had occasion to speak to
the king, who was hunting in the woods close by the mill. Being very
proud and also very foolish, he boasted to the king, “I have a daughter
who is so clever that she can spin straw into gold”.
Now this king was very fond of gold. “That is an art in which I am
much interested”, he said. “Bring your daughter to my castle and
I shall put her to the test”.
The girl was brought to the castle. The king led her to a chamber
full of straw, gave her a spinning wheel and said, “All this must be
spun into gold by morning, or you will pay with your life”.
Then he locked the door behind him and she was left alone. For the
life of her she did not know what to do, for she had not the least idea
how to spin straw into gold. She began to weep.
Then all at once the door sprang open and a little man stepped in.
“Good evening, my lass”, said he. “Why do you weep?” “Alas, I must
spin this straw into gold, but I don’t know how to do it”, she answered.
“What will you give me”, asked the little man, “if I spin it for you?”
“My necklace”, said she.
The dwarf sat down at the wheel, and began to spin. And as he spun
he whistled and sang:
“Merrily, merrily,
Do as you’re told,
Spin away, spin away
Straw into gold!”
Round and round went the wheel, and by morning all the straw was
spun into gold.
When the king saw this, he was astonished and much pleased.
But he became still greedy. So he shut the miller’s daughter up in
a larger room full of straw. She sat down and began to weep, but again
the door opened and the little man appeared.
“What will you give me”, said, “if I spin the straw into gold for
you?” “The ring off my finger”, answered the girl. So her little friend
took the ring, sat down at the wheel again, and spun as he sang:
“Merrily, merrily,
Do as you’re told,
Spin away, spin away
Straw into gold!”
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By morning he had spun all the straw into gold. The king was delighted,
but still he did not have enough, so he took the miller’s daughter
to a still larger room and said, “All this you must spin tonight, and
if you do you shall be my queen!”
1. Choose the correct option.
1) One day the miller had occasion to speak to
a) the doctor
b) the king
c) a servant
d) a soldier
2) The king led her to a
a) living room
b) kitchen
c) chamber
d) bathroom
3) She began to
a) sing songs
b) cry
c) weep
d) smile
2. Complete the magic song.
1) Merrily, __,
2) Do as you’re __,
3) Spin __, __ away
4) __ into gold!
3. What task did the king give to a miller’s daughter? Who helped
her to do it?
4. Write the verbs correctly.
1) This (to be) __ an art in which I (to be) __ interested.
2) The girl (to bring) __ to the castle.
3) Then he (to lock) __ the door behind him and she (to leave) __
alone. Why you (to weep)?
5. What did a little man ask for helping? Find in the text the dialogues
and write.
Episode 2
Lofty — височенний;
to brew — заварювати чай;
fame — слава, популярність;
terrified — занепокоєна;
offered — запропонувала;
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wealth — багатство;
begged — просила;
odd — дивні;
messenger — посильний;
mentioned — перебирала;
afterward — згодом, пізніше;
shrieked — верещав;
sank — провалився.
As soon as the girl was alone, the dwarf came in and said: “What
will you give me to spin your gold this time?”
“I have nothing more to give”, answered the girl.
“Then promise me your first baby if you become queen”.
“There is no other way”, thought the girl. So she promised, and in
return he spun the straw into gold once more. This morning the king
found everything as he wished it, and the miller’s daughter became
queen.
At the birth of her first child, the young queen was so happy that
she forgot about her promise to the dwarf. But he had not forgotten.
One day he suddenly appeared in her chamber and said, “Give me what
you promised”.
The queen was terrified. She offered him all the wealth of the kingdom
if he would let her keep the baby. She begged and pleased. At last
even the little man’s heart was softened by young queen’s tears.
“I will give you three days”, he said. “If in that time you can tell me
my name, you may keep the child”.
The queen lay awake all night thinking of all the odd names she had
ever heard. She sent messengers all over the land to hunt up others.
When the little man appeared next day, the queen began with
Nebuchad, Ichabod, Zacharin. Then she mentioned all the names she
knew, but to each one the little man said: “No, no, no, that is not my
name”.
The second day she named all the funny names she could think
of — Sheepshanks, Spindlesh and Spiderleg. But still he said: “No, no,
that is not my name”.
The third day one of the messengers returned and said: “As I came
over the lofty mountain, where the fox says good night to the hare,
I saw a little house, and in front the little house a fire burned.
And around the fire a funny little man was dancing. And as he
danced he sang:
Today I brew, tomorrow I bake,
The next day the queen’s child I take,
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For the queen can never guess my fame —
That Rumpelstiltskin is my name.
When the queen heard this, she jumped with joy.
Soon afterward the little man appeared and asked: “Now, Your
Majesty, what is my name?”
“Is it James?” asked the queen.
“No”, said the little man.
“Is it John?”
“Is it by chance Rumpelstiltskin?”
“Some witch told you that!” shrieked the man. And he stamped the
floor so hard that he sank right through it and never was seen again!
1. Comprehension check
1) What promise did the future Queen give? Find in the text and
write.
2) Why was the Queen terrified? Find in the text and write.
3) What did she offer to the little man? Find in the text and
write.
4) Who helped the Queen and how? Find in the text and write.
2. Complete the poem.
Today I __, tomorrow I __,
The next __ the __ child I take,
For the __ can never __ my __
That __ is my __.
3. Connect the words.
nothing
first
spun
suddenly
little
appeared
baby
more
the straw
man
4. What do you think about the following? Why was the king so
happy?
5. Who is quicker? (Див. схеми на с. 49, 50)
6. Give the Ukrainian equivalents.
1) …to have to speak;
2) …to pay with your life;
3) …least idea;
4) …for the life of her;
5) …the door sprang open;
6) …a ring off my finger;
7) …to have nothing more to give.
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A. Answer the questions.
Start Whom did the miller have?
Why did he boast to the
king?
What did the king say to
the miller?
Why did the girl weep?
Whom did she see in the
room?
How did he help her?
Was the king glad with her
work?
How many times did the
dwarf help the girl?
What did the dwarf ask for
helping?
Why was the queen terrified?
Whom did she send all over
the land?
Finish
How did she know the
dwarf’s name?
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B. Ask the questions.
Start
?
I have a daughter who is so
clever she can spin straw
into gold
The king led her to a chamber
full of straw, gave her
a spinning wheel ?
?
He became still more
greedy
Merrily, merrily,
Do as you’re told
Spin away, spin away,
Straw into gold ?
?
Then promise me your
first baby if you become
a queen
I will give you three days
?
?
She jumped with joy
He stamped the floor so
hard and sank right
through it ?
Finish
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5. Dialogue
6. Retelling
This story is about…
Tom Thumb
Episode 1
Content — задоволений;
woodcutter — дроворуб;
fellow — хлопець;
cart — візок;
rein — віжки;
harness — запрягати;
scooped — вичерпнув;
bargain — угода;
slipped — просунув;
poked — штовхати;
sulky — сердитий, надутий;
steal — красти.
A poor woodman sat one evening smoking his pipe by his hearth,
while his wife sat beside him spinning.
“It is lonely, wife”, said he, “with no children in the house”.
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“How true”, said his wife with a sign. “If we had but one child, no
bigger than my thumb, I should be content”.
Now, strange as it seems, some time after this she had a little boy
who was strong and healthy but no bigger than the thumb.
“Well, we have our wish”, said she. The woodcutter and his wife
loved the tiny child clearly and called him Tom Thumb. They fed him
well, yet he never, never grew. Still his eyes sparkled merrily and he
showed himself to be a clever little fellow.
One day as the woodman was getting ready to go into the forest to
cut wood, he said: “I wish I had someone to bring the cart after me”.
“Oh, father”, cried Tom, “I will take care of that”.
Then the woodman laughed. “How can that be? You are not big
enough to hold the reins”.
“Never mind”, said Tom. “If Mother can harness the horse, I will
sit in his ear and tell him where to go”.
“Very well”, said the father. “We shall try it once”.
When the time came, the mother harnessed the trusty horse and
put Tom in his ear, and there the little fellow sat and called out his directions.
Now it happened that while the cart was turning a corner and Tom
was calling out to the horse, two strange men appeared.
“What is this?” said one. “There goes a cart, and I can hear the
driver calling to the horse, but I can see no driver!”
So they followed the cart into the woods until they came to where
the woodman was. Tom seeing his father, called, “Here I am, father,
safe and sound”.
So the woodman held the horse with one hand and with the other
scooped the little boy out of the horse’s ear and set him down on a straw.
The two strangers were looking on, silent with wonder.
At last one said to the other, “That little fellow would make our
fortune if we showed him from town to town. Let us buy him”.
So they asked the woodsman what he would take for the little boy.
“I wouldn’t sell him”, said the woodman, “for all the gold in the
world”.
But Tom, hearing the bargain they wanted to make, climbed up on
his father’s shoulder and whispered in his ear, “Take the money, father.
I’ll come back to you”.
So the woodman sold him at last for a fine piece of gold, and Tom
rode away on the hatbrim of one of the strangers.
At last Tom said, “Put me down now”. So the man took off his hat
and set it down at the roadside. At once Tom ran away and slipped into
a mouse hole.
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“Good night”, he called back. “Watch me closer next time”.
The men poked about with sticks, but they could not find him, for
Tom crawled farther and farther in. At last it became quite dark, and
they had to go off without him, sulky as could be.
When Tom was sure they were gone, he crept out and found a large
empty snail shell, where he curled up and went to sleep.
Just as he was falling asleep, he heard two men passing by.
“How shall we steal the rich parson’s gold?” said one to the other.
“I can tell you”, said Tom.
“Who was that?” said the frightened thief. “I am sure I heard someone
speak”.
“Take me with you and I’ll help you”, said Tom again.
“Where are you?” they asked.
1. Write correctly.
A poor woodman (to sit) __ one evening smoking his pipe by his
hearth, while his wife (to sit) __ beside him (to spin) __.
They (to feed) __ him well. Still his eyes (to sparkle) __ merrily and
he (to show) __ himself to be a clever little fellow.
When the time (to come) __, the mother (to harness) __ the trusty
horse and (to put) __ Tom in his car.
2. Circle the correct answer.
1) It is lonely
a) with no books in the library
b) with no animals in the yard
c) with no children in the house
2) Oh, father,
a) I will speak to her
b) I will take care of that
c) I will sleep a little
3) I am sure
a) I heard someone speak
b) we listened to the music
c) they work together
Episode 2
Creep — повзати;
slip in — прослизнути всередину;
grop — шукати;
snug — затишний;
bewitched — зачарована;
was disheartened — не був безсердечним;
counted — розраховувати.
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“Look about on the ground”, he said, and so they found him at last.
“How can you help?” they asked, when they saw how small he was.
“I will creep between the window bars and hand out what you want”,
said Tom.
“Come along”, said the thieves. “We’ll see what you can do”.
When they came to the parson’s house, Tom slipped in. Then he
called out as loud as he could, “Do you want everything?”
“Softly, softy”, said the thieves, frightened now. “You will waken
everyone”.
But Tom called out again, just louder. Now the cook woke up and
listened. “Hold out your hands!” she heard Tom call. “Here it comes!”
So up she sprang, and ran to open the door. The thieves ran off as if
a wolf had been at their heels, and while the cook was groping for
a light, Tom ran into the barn, planning to hide there.
Tom found a snug spot in the hay to finish his night’s rest. But,
alas, before daylight the cook came out to feed the cow and picked up
a forkful of hay with Tom asleep in the middle of it.
Tom was sleeping so soundly that he didn’t awaken until he was
inside the cow’s mouth.
“Heavens”, said Tom, “How did I come here? And where am I?”
He soon found out where he was, and he had to step lively to keep
from being crushed between the cow’s teeth. And soon, whether he
liked it or not, down he went into the cow’s stomach.
“How dark it is in here”, he said, “and no windows!”
Worse still, as more and more hay came down, his quarters grew
smaller and smaller. So he cried out, “Don’t bring me any more hay!”
The maid was milking the cow as he spoke and when she heard this
voice she jumped up from her stool, spilling the milk on the earthen
floor, and ran to tell the pastor the cow had spoken!
The pastor couldn’t believe it but he went to investigate, and just
as he set foot in the cow barn Tom called out again, “Don’t bring me
any more hay!” Then the pastor was certain that the cow was bewitched
and had her killed on the spot. The stomach, in which Tom was hidden,
was thrown away. Tom immediately started to work his way out, but
just as he had made an opening big enough to put his head through,
along came a wolf and ate up the whole stomach, Tom and all.
Tom was not disheartened. “My good friend”, he called out, “I can
show you where to find a fine meal”.
“Where is that?” asked the wolf. “In such and such house”, said
Tom, describing his own father’s house, “you can slip into the kitchen
and eat cakes,and puddings, bacon and sausages and fine fat geese, to
your heart’s content”.
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The wolf didn’t have to be asked twice. He went straight to the
woodcutter’s house, crept in the window Tom showed him, and ate and
drank. But when he wanted to get away again he was too fat to go out
as he had come in.
That was what Tom had counted on, and he set up such a commotion,
singing and shouting as loud as he could, that the woodman and
his wife awoke. When they saw the wolf, they were badly frightened,
you may be sure, and the woodman ran for his axe.
“Father, Father, here I am”, cried Tom. “I am inside the wolf”.
And his father said, “Heaven be praised! We have found our dear
child again”. Then he aimed a great blow and struck the wolf on the
head, killing him on the spot. And when he was dead they cut him open
and set Tom free.
What rejoicing there was then! The woodcutter and his wife hugged
and kissed their dear child, and gave him plenty to eat and drink.
And they fetched new clothes for him to wear, since his old ones
had been spoiled in his journey.
“We shall never sell you again for all the riches in the world”, they
said.
1. Connect the verbs.
to say
to find
to run
to cry
to ask
to listen
asked
ran
listened
cried
said
2. Find in the text and write what the thieves proposed to Tom and
what Tom did after that.
3. Guess the words from the boxes. The number of the letters is given
to you.
1) C (7) __
2) W (10) __
3) F (6) __
4) C (4) __
5) R (4) __
6) S (4) __
4. Write the words correctly.
1) Tunoc —
2) Ruse —
3) Tikechn —
4) Dahe —
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5. Complete the words of Ex. 4 using the text.
6. Connect the words.
with no
take
come back
window
woodcutter’s
my good
to you friends
the money
bars
house
children
7. Fill in the gaps with words.
That was what __ had __ on, and he __ such a __, singing and __ as
loud as he __, that the __ and his __ awoke.
Could, woodman, wife, counted, commotion, Tom, set up, shouting
8. Who is quicker? (Див. схеми на с. 57, 58)
9. Give the Ukrainian equivalents.
1) …with no children in the house;
2) …I should be content;
3) …silent with wonder;
4) …had to go off without him;
5) …his quarters grew smaller;
6) …have to be asked twice;
10. Back the consistent of the sentences.
When Tom was sure they were
gone, he crept out and found a
large empty snail shell, where he
curled up and went to sleep
So they followed the cart into the
woods until they came to where
the woodman was. Tom seeing his
father, called, “Here I am, father,
safe and sound”
When the time came, the mother
harnessed the trusty horse and
put Tom in his ear, and there the
little fellow sat and called out his
directions
A poor woodman sat one evening
smoking his pipe by his hearth,
while his wife sat beside him spinning.
“It is lonely wife”, said he,
“with no children in the house”
And they fetched new clothes for
him to wear, since his old ones
had been spoiled in his journey
And his father said: “Heaven be
praised! We have found our dear
child again. Then he aimed a
great blow and struck the wolf on
the head, killing him on the spot
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A. Ask the questions.
Start
?
It is lonely with no children
in the house
He was no bigger than her
thumb
?
?
I will sit in his ear and tell
him where to go
Tom ran away and slipped
into a mousehold
?
?
I will creep between the
window bars and hand out
what you want
He went into the cow’s
stomach
?
?
I am inside the wolf
We’ll never sell you
?
Finish
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B. Answer the question.
Start
What did Tom suggest to
his dad?
What did two men say to
Tom’s father?
Where did Tom go with
men?
Why did Tom want to help
the thief?
Where did the maid run?
What did father want to do
when he saw a wolf?
What was the end of the
story?
Finish
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6. Retelling
This story is about…
The Gold Goose
Episode 1
A bit of — шматочок;
had not been — не був;
stroke — удар;
limp — йти кульгаючи;
longed — дуже захотіли;
lamed — покалічені;
suffer — терпіти.
There was once a man who had three sons. The two older sons were
clever. The youngest was called Dummling. People thought him stupid.
One day the eldest son went into the forest to cut wood. His mother
had given him a nice cake and a bottle of wine to take with him. In the
wood he met a grey little old man who said, “Good day to you. Give me
a bit of cake in your pocket and a drop of your wine. I am very hungry
and thirsty”.
But the clever son said, “Give you my cake and wine? Then I should
not have enough for myself”.
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Then away he went, but he had not been long at work when he
missed a stroke with his axe and cut his hand. So he had to go home to
have his wound bound up.
Next day out went the second son to cut wood, and his mother gave him,
too, a cake and a bottle of wine. The same little man met him and asked for
something to eat and drink. But this son, too, thought he was clever.
“The more you eat, the less there will be for me”, said he to the old
man. “Be on your way!”
Then the second son went to work. But after a few blows at a tree he
cut his leg and had to limp home.
Then Dummling said, “Father, let me go to cut the wood”.
His father said, “Your brothers have both been lamed by it, and
you know nothing about the business. You had better stay at home”.
But Dummling insisted, so at last his father said. “Go your way,
then. You will be wiser when you have suffered”. His mother baked
him a small hard cake in the ashes, and gave a bottle of sour beer.
When he reached the forest, like the others he met the little grey man.
“Give me a bit of your cake and a drop of your wine”, said the little
man, “I am so hungry”.
Dummling said, “I have only a dry cake baked in the ashes and some
sour beer, but if that will suit you, sit down and we will eat it together”.
So they sat down, but when Dummling pulled out his cake it was
rich and sweet and the sour beer was fine wine. They ate, drank heartily,
and when they were done the little man said:
“As you have such a good, generous heart, I will give you good luck.
There stands an old tree. Cut it down and you will find something at
the roots”.
So saying, he went away.
Dummling set to work and cut down the tree, and in a hollow, at its
roots he found a goose with feathers of pure gold! He quickly picked it
up and carried it to an inn, where he planned to spend the night.
Now the landlord had three daughters, and when they saw this
wonderful bird they longed for one of the golden feathers. They waited
until Dummling had gone to bed.
1. Write the boys’ names and describe them.
2. Find in the text and write what the little man said to brothers.
3. Connect the words.
Three
To cut
Nice
Go
Suit
You
Home
Cake
Wood
Sons
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Episode 2
Pluck out — вирвати;
keep away — не підходь!
trailing — плентаючись;
bold — сміливий;
hung — висів;
amazed — вражений;
plucked — схопився;
sleeve — рукав;
treading — крокуючи;
trudged — тяглися;
ruled — керував, володів, правив;
to inherit — успадкувати.
Then the oldest daughter took hold of one wing of the goose to
pluck out a golden feather, but her hand stuck fast, and she could not
pull it away.
The second sister came in to get a feather, too, but the moment she
touched her sister, she also was held fast. Now the youngest came.
“Keep away!” cried the other two, but she did not understand what
they meant.
“Why should I not be there if they are?” she thought. So she went,
but as soon as she touched her sisters she stuck to them. So there they
had to spend the night.
In the morning Dummling took his goose under his arm and left the
inn paying no attention to the three girls, who came trailing along behind.
As they crossed a field they met a parson.
“Are you not ashamed, bold girls”, he said, “to run after a lad like
that?” Then he took the youngest girl by the hand, to pull her away,
but as soon as he touched her he also hung fast.
Along came the sexton. Seeing his master running after the three
girls, he was amazed.
“Hell, Your Reverence”, said he. “Where are you going so fast?
Have you forgotten that we have a christening?”
And he plucked at the sleeve of the parson’s gown, so of course he
stuck fast too.
As the five trudged along, they met two workmen coming from
work, carrying their picks.
The parson called to them to help him, but as soon as they touched
the sexton, they took stuck fast. So there were 7 people, all running
along after Dummling and his golden goose. By and by they came to
a town. Here a king ruled who had an only daughter, so sad that nothing
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could make her laugh. The king had declared that whoever could make
her laugh should have her for his wife.
When Dummling heard this he took his goose and all his following
to her. And when she saw those seven people all running along, treading
on one another’s heels, she could not help bursting into a long, loud
laugh. There upon Dummling asked for her hand in marriage. The
wedding was celebrated and at the king’s death Dummling inherited
the kingdom and lived long and happily with his wife.
1. Describe the people’s chain using the text.
2. Who is quicker? (Див. схеми на с. 63, 64)
3. Give the Ukrainian equivalents.
1) …give you my cake? Then I should not have enough for myself;
2) …the more you eat, the less there will be for me;
3) …be on your way!
4) …you know nothing about the business;
5) …could make her laugh.
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№ Word Translation Transcription
2. Interesting phrases
Phrase Translation
3. Synonyms
4. Opposites
5. Dialogue
6. Retelling
This story is about…
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A. Ask the questions.
Start
?
A man had three sons
They all went into the forest
to cut wood
?
?
They met a grey little old
man
Two of them were greedy
?
?
He shared his food with
a man
He found a goose with
feathers of pure gold
?
?
The landlord had three
daughters
There were 7 people, all running
along after Dummling
and his golden goose ?
?
After the king’s death
Dummling became a king
Finish
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B. Answer the questions.
Start
What did people think
about the youngest son?
What did the old man ask
brothers for?
Why did only the youngest
son give a man some food
he had?
Where did 3 sisters have to
spend their night?
Where did all people come
to?
Whose hand did Dummling
ask for?
Finish
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Night st ories
The Sleeping Beauty
Episode 1
Reign — керувати;
gasping — задихаючись;
virtue — чеснота;
blessing — благословення;
hush — тиша;
curse — прокляття;
wound — рана, ранити.
In a country far away a king and a queen once reigned who had everything
they could ask for but a child.
One day as the queen was walking beside the river which ran
through the palace garden, she came upon a little fish that had jumped
out of the water and lay gasping and half dead on the bank. The unhappy
queen took pity on the fish and threw it back into the river. Before
swimming away, it said: “Your dearest wish shall be fulfilled in
return for your kindness to me”.
These words came true. The queen had little daughter, so beautiful
that the king was very happy and glad. They ordered a great feast and
invited all their friends and neighbours.
The queen said, “We must have the fairies, too, so that they would
be kind to our little daughter”. Now there were thirteen fairies in the
kingdom, but the king and the queen had only twelve golden plates, so
they did not ask one fairy.
The feast was splendid, and afterward the twelve fairies gathered
in a ring and gave their best gifts to the little princess. One gave her
virtue, another beauty, another riches, and so on till she had everything
in the world that she could wish for.
Just as eleven of them had given blessings, a noise was heard in the
courtyard and the thirteenth fairy came stamping in. She was angry
because she had not been invited. She stood up before the company and
cried out:
“The Princess shall prick herself on a spindle in her fifteenth year
and shall fall down dead”.
A hush of horror fell over the room, but the twelfth fairy whose
wish was still unspoken, came forward.
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“I cannot altogether take away this curse”, said she, “but when the
Princess wounds herself she will not really die but only fall asleep for
a hundred years”.
Still the king hoped to save his dear child, so he ordered all the
spindles in the kingdom to be burned.
As time passed, all the promises of the other fairies were fulfilled.
The princess, whose name was Briar, was good and kind and so beautiful
that everyone loved her.
Now it happened that on the day of the princess’s fifteenth birthday
the king and the queen were away from home and the princess was
left alone in the castle. She wandered about, glancing into this room
and that as she passed, until at last in a lonely tower she came to a little
staircase, ending at a little door. In the lock of the door there was
a golden key, and when she touched it the door sprang open. In a little
room sat a little old lady spinning busily”.
“Good day”, said the princess. “Pray, what are you doing?”
“Spinning”, said the old lady, nodding her head and humming
a tune as the wheel buzzed around.
“How merrily it turns!” said the princess. And she took the spindle
to try it.
But scarcely had she touched it when, just as the fairy had said, she
pricked her finger on the spindle and fell back on a couch in a deep,
deep sleep.
1. Retell the episode.
2. Connect the words.
One
Palace
Came
Little
True
Plates
Princess
Garden
Day
3. Fill in the words.
1) A hush of __ fell __ the room, but the twelfth __ whose __ was
still unspoken, came __.
2) Still the __ hoped to save his __ child, so he __ all the spindles
in the __ to be burned.
4. Open the brackets.
Now it (to happen) __ that on the day of the princess’s fifteenth
birthday the king and the queen (to be) __ away from home and the
princess (to leave) __ alone in the castle.
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She (to wander) __ about, glancing into this room and that as she
(to pass) __, until at last in a lonely tower she (to come) __ to a little
staircase, ending at a little at a little door.
5. Circle the right option.
1) The queen had little daughter so greedy
beautiful
stout
2) Now there were thirteen soldiers
fairies in the kingdom
boys
3) She was angry because she had not been invited
called
told
4) In the lock of the door was a golden chain
key
ring
6. Find the words with double letters. Write them out.
tt
mm
ll ee ss ee
oo ss ss pp
ee ss ee oo
oo ee rr rr
ee zz oo
mm
7. Guess the words. The number of the letters is given to you.
1) R (4) __
2) G (7) __
3) V (6) __
4) H (4) __
8. Write correctly.
1) Ruces —
2) Wunod —
3) Neri —
4) Rivute —
Episode 2
Spit — вертел;
midst — посередині;
stirred — метушився;
tangled — заплутана;
hedge — огорожа;
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chimney — димохід;
rescue — рятувати;
accord — згода;
groom — конюх;
drowsy — сонний;
hound — гончий собака;
to bark — гавкати.
The deep sleep spread over the whole castle. The king and the
queen, who had just come home, fell asleep at once, and all their court
with them.
The horses slept in their stables, the pigeons slept on the housetop,
the flies slept on the castle walls. The fire on the hearth sizzled off to
sleep, the spit stopped turning, and the cook, in the midst of boxing
the kitchen boy’s ears, dropped off to sleep. Even the wind died down,
and not a leaf stirred on the trees near the castle.
But around the whole castle a tangled hedge of thorns grew up. As
years passed it drew higher and thicker, until not even the chimneys
could be seen. Through the land a legend spread of the beautiful princess
who lay asleep in the hidden castle, and numerous princes tried to
rescue her. But the thorns like hands laid hold of them and would not
let them through to the castle.
After many, many years a prince came into the land who had heard
the story and was determined to see the Princess Briar. On the very
day the hundred years were ended, prince drew near the hedge. It was
all in blossom, and the bright blossoms made way for him of their own
accord. He walked through into the courtyard and found the horses
and grooms asleep. On the roof the doves slept with their drowsy heads
under their wings. In the palace he found the servants asleep, and the
king and the queen and their court.
He went on farther, and all was so still that he could hear every
breath he drew. At last he reached the lonely tower and opened the
door of the little room where Briar lay asleep.
She was so beautiful that he could not take his eyes off her, and he
bent down and kissed her lips.
At the prince’s kiss, Briar opened her eyes and smiled at him. They
went down from the tower together, and the king awoke and the queen
and all the courtiers, and looked at each other with astonished eyes.
The horses woke up and shook themselves, and all the hounds leaped
about, barking merrily.
The cook finished boxing the kitchen boy’s ears. The fire leaped
crackling up on the hearth and the meat began to sizzle as it turned on
the spit.
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It was a happy day for all.
The prince and Briar were married with a splendid celebration, and
they lived together happily all their lives.
1. Write and retell the episode.
2. Fill in the articles.
__ king and __ queen, who had just come __ home, fell asleep at
once. __ horses slept in their stables, __ pigeons slept on __ housetop,
__ flies slept on __ castle walls. __ fire on __ hearth sizzled off
to sleep, __ spit stopped turning, hearth sizzled off to sleep, __
spit stopped turning, and __ cook, in __ midst of boxing __ kitchen
boy’s ears, dropped off to sleep.
3. Fill in the prepositions.
It was all __ blossom, and the bright blossoms made way __ him
their own accord.
He walked through __ the courtyard and found the horses. __ the
roof the doves slept __ their drowsy heads __ their winds.
4. Open the brackets.
At the prince’s kiss, Briar (to open) __ her eyes and (to smile) __ at
him.
They (to go) __ down from the tower together, and the king (to
awake) __ and the queen and all the courtiers, and (to look) __ at
each other with astonished eyes.
5. Fill in the words.
After many, many __ a prince __ into the land who had __ the story
and was __ to see the Princess Briar.
On the very __ the hundred __ were ended, prince drew near the
__. It was all in blossom, and the bright __ made way for him of __
own __.
6. Connect the words
walked
court
grooms
little
astonished
eyes
room
asleep
yard
through
7. Who is quicker? (Див. схеми на с. 70,71)
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A. Answer the questions.
Start
When did a king and
a queen live?
Where did a queen go one
day?
What did a queen get for
her kindness?
Whom did a king call on
the great feast?
Why was the thirteenth
fairy angry with a king and
a queen?
How did the king decide to
save his daughter?
Who returned the life to
the princess?
Finish
How did the princess fell
asleep?
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B. Ask the questions.
Start
?
She came upon a little fish
that had jumped out of the
water
He ordered a great feast
and invited all their friends
?
?
Just as eleven of them had
given their blessing a noice
was heard
Still the king hoped to save
his dear child
?
?
She pricked her finger on
the spindle and fell back on
a couch in a deep sleep
At the prince’s kiss did
?
?
It was happy day for all
Finish
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2. Interesting phrases
Phrase Translation
3. Synonyms
4. Opposites
5. Dialogue
6. Retelling
This story is about…
“Who is the Fairest?”
Episode 2
Drift — купа;
embroidery — вишивка;
frame — рама;
ebony — колір вороного крила;
vain — порожній;
bear — терпіти, ведмідь, носити;
rage — лють;
token — прикмета.
It was the middle of winter, and flakes of snow were falling about
the royal castle of a far-off land. By her window, the queen of the country
sat sewing at her embroidery frame of fine black ebony. As she
looked out upon the snow, she pricked her finger and three drops of
blood fell down upon the white drift below.
“I wish my little daughter might be as white as snow, as red as
blood, and as black as this ebony frame”, said the queen thoughtfully.
Time passed, and a little princess was born to her, with skin indeed as
white as snow, lips as red as blood, and hair as black as ebony. She was
called “Snow White”.
Now the queen died and the king soon married another wife who
was very beautiful, but so vain that she could not bear to have anyone
match her beauty. She had a magic mirror into which she looked every
day, and she asked:
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“Mirror, mirror on the wall,
Who is the fairest one of all?”
And each day the mirror replied,
“Queen, you are fairest of them all”.
Then the vain queen was happy.
But Snow White was growing more and more beautiful, and at last she
was fairer than the queen herself. So one day when the queen asked:
“Mirror, mirror on the wall,
Who is the fairest one of all?”
the mirror replied,
“Queen, though you are fair, it is true,
Snow White is fairer far than you”.
At this the queen grew pale with rage, and her heart hardened
against Snow White. She called a huntsman to her and said, “Take, the
child into the woods and put her to death, and bring me her heart as
a token”.
The huntsman led Snow White deep into the woods. But when the
girl understood that he meant to kill her, she wept so pitifully, and
looked so sad and so lovely, that the huntsman spared her.
On the way back to the castle the huntsman killed a young bear and
took its heart to the wicked queen. Now she was satisfied, thinking
Snow White was dead at last. Poor Snow White was left wandering
through the woods, trembling with fear at every rustle of a leaf. But
the wind beasts did not harm her, and at evening she came to a little
cottage and went inside to rest.
1. Retell the episode.
2. Find the description of a little girl of queen’s dream.
3. Complete the sentences.
Time passed and a __ princess was __ to her, with skin __ as white
__ lips as red __ , and hair as __ lips as red __, and was called “__”.
4. Complete the talks between the Queen and mirror.
“Mirror, __ on the __,
Who is the __ one of __?”
“Queen, __ of them all.
5. Find in the text the second answer of the mirror.
6. Connect the words.
snow
broidery
magic
every
little
princess
day
mirror
white
frame
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7. Find the words.
EDFENRABYAIRORFMTEG
Episode 2
Neat— охайний;
tidy— охайний;
row — ряд;
in turn — по черзі;
dwarf — гном;
to dug — капати;
to nib — псувати;
to nibble — надкушувати.
Everything in the cottage was very small, but neat and clean.
There was a little table set with seven little places. Around the table
stood seven little chairs and by the wall were seven little beds in
a tidy row. As Snow White was very hungry, she ate a little porridge
from every plate, and drank a little wine from each cup. Then she tried
each little bed in turn, until the seventh one proved to be just right.
And there she fell asleep.
When it was quite dark, the masters of the house came home. They
were seven little dwarfs who dug each day among the mountains for gold.
They lighted their seven little lamps and looked around the house.
“Who has been sitting in my little chair?” said the first.
“Who has been eating from my little dish?” said the second.
“Who has been nibbling at my little loaf?” said the third.
“Who has been using my little spoon?” said the fourth.
“Who has been eating with my little fork?” said the fifth.
“Who has been cutting with my little knife?” said the sixth.
“Who has been drinking from my little cup?” said the seventh.
Then the first looked around and said, “Who has been lying on my
little bed?”
And when the rest came running, they found Snow White asleep on
the seventh little bed.
They took care not to waken her, and the seventh dwarf took turns
sleeping with the others that night.
In the morning Snow White told them her story and they asked her
to stay and keep house for them. So she stayed, and every morning the
dwarfs marched away to search for gold. But as they left they said,
“Beware of the wicked queen! Don’t let anyone into the house!”
Now the queen was certain that Snow White was dead and she was once
again the fairest in the land. So one day she said to her magic mirror:
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“Mirror, mirror on the wall,
Who is the fairest one of all?”
And the mirror replied:
“Queen, though you are very fair,
Snow White, living over the hill,
In the seven dwarfs’ fond care,
Is fairer, fairer still”.
1. Retell the episode.
2. Fill in the words.
There __ a little __ set with seven __ places.
Around __ stood __ little __ and by the wall were __ little __ in
a tidy __. As Snow __ was very __, she ate a little __ from every __,
and drank __ wine from .
3. Complete the questions.
1) Who has in ?
2) Who __ been __ from my ?
3) Who using ?
4) Who __ with my ?
5) Who has __ my ?
6) Who __ from cup?
4. Connect the words
took
keep
every
magic
little
bed
mirror
morning
house
care
5. Circle the right variant.
1) In the morning Snow White told them her story
tale
joke
2) So one day she said to her magic mirror
ring
wand
3) Everything in the cottage was very small but neat and dirty
clean
tidy
6. Find the words.
ODNAFRUBWRWGID
Episode 3
Peasant — селянин;
let — дозволити;
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to bite — кусати;
to fall in love — закохатися;
coffin — труна.
At that the queen grew pale with rage. She thought and thought of
a plan to put an end to Snow White. For she could never be happy while
another was the fairest in the land.
She decided to kill her. When the apple was ready, she dressed herself
as a peasant woman and went across the seven mountains, to the
home of the seven dwarfs. There she knocked at the door.
Snow White put her head out of the window, but she said “I can’t
open the door”.
“OK. But let me give you an apple!” The girl took an apple and at
the first bite of the rosy apple she fell down dead.
Then the queen laughed aloud, and hurried home to the castle and
to her mirror.
“Mirror, mirror on the wall,
Who is the fairest one of all?”
she cried. And the mirror answered:
“Queen, you are fairest of them all!”
For a long, long time Snow White lay as though she were asleep,
for still she had skin white as snow, lips red as blood, and hair black as
ebony.
One day, however, a king’s son rode by. Seeing her in the coffin, he
instantly fell in love with her. He begged the dwarfs to give him the glass
coffin and at last they agreed. But as he lifted it up to carry it away the bit
of poisoned apple fell from Snow White’s lips. At once she awoke.
“Where am I?” she asked.
“You are safe with me”, said the king’s son, and he told her all that
had happened, and that he wanted her to be his wife.
Snow White was happy to agree and they rode off together.
One day the queen took the mirror and asked: “Mirror, mirror on
the wall, Who is the fairest one of all?” and the mirror replied, “Queen,
you are fair, but the princess Snow White is the fairest of all in the
countryside”.
When she heard that she fell down dead. Snow White and her prince
lived happily for many years.
1. Retell the episode.
2. Circle the right variant.
1) She decided to kill her
teach her
speak to her
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2) When the apple was eaten
ready
bought
3) There she knocked at the head
wall
door
3. Open the brackets.
One day, however, a king’s son (to ride) __ by (to see) __ her in the
coffin, he instantly (to fall) __ in love with her.
He (to beg) __ the dwarfs to give him the glass coffin and at last
they (to agree) __ .
4. Fill in the gaps.
For a long, __ time Snow __ lay as though she __ asleep, for still
she __ skin __ as __, lips __ as __, and hair __ as __.
5. Watch the words in two columns and find the episode in the text
with them.
peasant
rode
happy
she
to agree
heard
by
woman
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5. Dialogue
6. Retelling
This story is about…
Godmother’s Gift
Episode 1
Haughty — пихатий;
disagreeable — сварливий;
meanest — найпоганіший;
scoured — прибирала;
bedchamber — спальня;
garret — горище;
glittering — які блищали;
mightily — надзвичайно;
court — королівський двір;
to arrange — організувати;
wand— чарівна паличка.
Once there was a gentleman who married his second wife the haughtiest
and disagreeable woman you could imagine. She had two daughters
who were just like her in every way. The gentleman’s own daughter,
by his first wife, was a girl who for goodness and sweetness of
disposition was the best in the world.
The stepmother could not bear this pretty girl and her goodness, so
she made her do all the meanest work in the house. She scoured the
dishes, tables, and floors, and dusted the bedchambers. She slept in
a garret while her stepsisters had fine rooms with inlaid floors, and
glittering looking glasses so large that they could see themselves from
head to foot.
The poor girl bore all this patiently, and when her work was done
she used to go into the chimney corner and sit among the ashes.
So her stepsisters sneeringly called her Cinderella.
Now it happened that the king’s son gave a ball and invited all persons
of fashion to it. The stepsisters were invited, and they were mightily
pleased at this invitation. Soon they were busy choosing their most
becoming gowns, petticoats and head-dresses. This meant more work
for Cinderella, for she ironed her sisters’ ruffs and brushed their
gowns.
“For my part”, said the eldest, “I’ll wear my red velvet suit”.
“And I’, said the younger, “shall ornament my old skirt and goldflowered
cloak with my diamond stomacher”.
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Cinderella was called upon to dress their hair and apply their beauty
patches, and she did it all perfectly.
As she worked they said to her, “Cinderella, would you not like to
be going too? Oh, how everyone would laugh to see a cinder-maid at the
prince’s ball!”
Cinderella didn’t reply, but when they left for court she followed
them with her eyes as far as she could. When she lost sight of them she
went back to the chimney corner and there fell to crying.
“What is the matter?” asked a soft voice. Cinderella looked up and
saw her fairy godmother before her. But Cinderella couldn’t speak for
sobbing.
“You wish to go to the ball, don’t you?” asked the godmother. Cinderella
nodded.
“Well”, said her godmother, “be a good girl. I’ll arrange it. First
run into the garden and bring me a pumpkin”.
Cinderella quickly brought the best one she could find, wondering
how it could help. Her godmother scooped out all the inside, then
struck it with her wand. Instantly the pumpkin was turned into a splendid
golden coach.
Next she ordered Cinderella to lift the little trap door of the kitchen
mouse trap in which were six live mice and a rat. She gave each
mouse a tap with her wand and instantly each one was changed into
a handsome, dapple-grey horse.
And the fine fat rat, at the touch of her wand, became a fat jolly
coachman.
“Now look in the garden once more”, she ordered. “You will find
six lizards behind the watering pot. Bring them to me”.
Cinderella had no sooner done so than they became six footmen in
gold and silver liveries, who skipped up behind the coach as if they had
been doing it all their lives.
1. Retell the text.
2. Add more information to the following.
1) Once there was a gentleman…
2) The poor girl bore…
3) Cinderella was called upon to dress…
4) Next she ordered Cinderella to lift the little trap door…
3. Fill in the gaps.
First __ into the garden and __ me a pumpkin. Cinderella __
brought the __ one she could __ wondering how __.
He godmother all the inside, them struck it with her __.
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4. Connect the words.
pretty
looking
cinder
beauty
gold
flowered
patches
maid
girl
glasses
5. Say true or false.
1) She slept in the bed-room with her sisters.
2) The stepsisters were invited and they were mightily pleased at
this invitation.
3) Soon they were busy working about the house.
4) You wish to go to the ball, don’t you?
6. Fill in the gaps with missing letters.
1) ST _ _ _ CH _ _
2) B _ _ CH _ _ _ _ _ _
3) G _ _ TT _ _ _ _ _
4) W _ _ _ _ R
5) C _ _ _ _ _ _ LL _
7. Circle the right option.
1) Cinderella looked up and saw her friend
prince
fairy godmother
2) Cinderella was called upon to dress their clothes
hair
goods
3) When she lost sight of them she went back
ran back
jumped back
8. Write all the godmother’s miracles.
Episode 2
Scarcely — ледве;
rag — ганчірка;
instantly — накінець;
to turn into — перетворити;
jewels — коштовності;
to whisper — шепотіти;
to contain herself for joy — стримувати радість.
“Well”, said the fairy to Cinderella, “are you not pleased with your
equipage for the ball?”
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“Oh, yes”, she cried, “but must I go in these rags?”
The godmother touched her with the wand, and instantly her
clothes were turned into cloth of gold and silver, set with jewels. Finally
Cinderella was given a pair of glass slippers, quite the prettiest
in the world.
“Now have a good time”, said the fairy, as the footmen helped Cinderella
into the coach.
“But there is one thing you must remember; you must leave by
midnight, for the magic will last no longer. At twelve o’clock your
coach will turn back into a pumpkin, your servants into lizards and
rats, and your clothes will be rags once again”.
“I’ll remember”, said Cinderella. Then she drove away, scarcely
able to contain herself for joy.
The king’s son, told that a great princess whom no one knew had
come, ran out to receive her, and led her into the hall. The music
stopped and voices died away as she entered at the prince’s side.
“Who is the lovely princess? Who is the lovely princess?”
The question was whispered over and over again around the ballroom.
The king himself asked it, and told the queen it was a long time
since he had seen so beautiful and lovely a creature.
The king’s son led her out to dance and he danced so gracefully that
everyone admired her still more.
When the fine supper was served the prince ate not a mouthful, so
intent was he upon the lovely creature beside him. Even Cinderella’s
sisters were charmed by the beautiful princess when she spoke to
them.
For they did not recognize her as their own sister.
The evening passed gaily. The king’s son was always at her side,
and she fell so deeply in love with him that she quite forgot about the
time. When the palace clock began to strike, she thought it could be no
more than 11, but she counted the strokes — 10, 11, 12! Away ran Cinderella,
as nimble as a deer.
The prince followed, but could not overtake her.
On the palace steps, however, she lost one of her dainty little glass
slippers, which the prince picked up most carefully. He asked the
guards at the palace gate if they had seen a princess go out, but they
said they had seen no one but a young girl very poorly dressed. So the
prince returned sadly to the palace.
1. Go on writing the godmother’s miracles.
2. Describe the picture, find the episode in the text and write.
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3. Circle the right option.
1) Finally Cinderella was given a pair of glass slippers
a dress
a wand
2) At twelve o’clock your coach will turn back into a pumpkin
table
rat
3) The music stopped and voices died
whispered died
crying died
4. Fill in the gaps with letters.
1) P _ _ _ _ _ N
2) B _ _ _ _ _ _ _ L
3) C _ _ _ T _ _ _
4) O _ _ _ _ _ KE
5) C _ _ _ _ _ _ LL _
5. Fill in the gaps.
1) The godmother __ her with __ and __ her clothes were __ into
cloth of gold and __, set with __.
2) Finally Cinderella was __ a pair of __, quite the prettiest in the
world.
3) At twelve o’clock your __ will turn __ into __, your __ into __
and __, and your __ will be __ once again.
6. Connect the words.
cloth
a pair
great
fine
palace
clock
supper
princess
of glass slippers
of gold
Episode 3
Nible — спритний;
duchesses — герцогині;
thrust — штовхати;
magnificent — чарівна;
in vain — дарма.
Cinderella got home safely, but quite out of breath, without coach
or footmen, and in her old rags. She had nothing left of all her finery
but the other of the little glass slippers.
When the two sisters returned from the ball, they had more to say
of the beautiful princess.
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“She ran away at the stroke of 12”, they said, “in so much haste
that she dropped one of her little glass slippers, the prettiest in all the
world. The king’s son has the slipper, and is certainly very much in
love with its owner”. What they said was true. A very few days later
the king’s son sent out royal trumpeters to proclaim that he would
marry whoever the slipper would fit. It was tried on all the princesses
and the duchesses and the ladies of the court, but in vain.
Presently the prince came to the house where Cinderella lived. The
two sisters tried their best to thrust a foot into the slipper, but they
could not, then the prince asked Cinderella to try.
“She is too dirty!” cried the stepmother, and Cinderella’s sisters
burst out laughing.
But the prince looked at Cinderella and saw that she was very lovely.
He asked her to sit down.
When he held up the slippers, her foot went in very easily, and fitted
as smoothly as wax.
The sisters were amazed, but still more so when Cinderella pulled
out of her apron pocket the other slipper and put it on. Then in came
the fairy godmother, who touched with her wand Cinderella’s clothes,
making them richer and more magnificent than ever before.
“Yes, you are my princess!” cried the prince. “I beg you, be my
bride!”
Now her two sisters recognized her as the beautiful lady indeed.
They hastily begged her pardon for their ill treatment of her.
“Of course, I forgive you”, said Cinderella.
Then the happy prince led Cinderella to his royal carriage, and
away they went to the palace. A few days later they were married.
And Cinderella who was no less good than she was beautiful, forgave
her stepsisters and they all lived happily ever after.
1. Retell the episode.
2. Give the Ukrainian equivalent.
1) You could imagine.
2) Who were just like her.
3) The best in the world.
4) The meanest work.
5) Persons of fashion.
6) As nimble as a deer.
7) To be in love with its owner.
3. Fill in the words.
When he help up the __, he foot went in , and fitted as __ as __.
The sisters were __, but still more so when __ pulled out of her __
pocket the other __ and put it __.
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4. Circle the right option.
1) Then the happy prince led witch
Cinderella
godmother
2) A few days later they were happy
sad
married
3) Yes, you are my dream
princess
god
5. Answer the questions.
1) What kind of woman did a gentleman marry?
2) How many daughters did the woman have?
3) What did the woman make her stepdaughter do?
4) What happened one day?
5) What was the third miracle?
6) How did the prince find Cinderella?
7) What helped Cinderella to become a princess?
8) Did Cinderella forgive her sisters?
9) What was the end of the story?
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№ Word Translation Transcription
2. Interesting phrases
Phrase Translation
3. Synonyms
4. Opposites
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5. Dialogue
6. Retelling
This story is about…
Beauty Curled Hair
Episode 1
Dared — наважився;
rampions — квітки;
pine away — тужити, чахнути;
twilight — сутінки;
treat — поводитися;
bitter — гіркий;
braids — коси;
spun (spin) — прясти;
ladder — сходинки.
There were once a man and his wife who had long wished for a child,
and at last they hoped that they might have one.
Now they lived in a house with a little back window high up, that
overlooked a beautiful garden full of the finest vegetables and flowers.
There was a high wall around the garden, and no one dared enter because
it belonged to a powerful witch.
One day the woman, standing at her window looking into this garden,
saw a bed of fresh green rampions growing. She longed to eat some
of it, and because she could not have it the longing grew until she
thought she would pine away and die.
Her husband, who loved her deeply, thought: “I must get my wife
some of these rampions, cost what it may be”.
So in the twilight he climbed over the wall, hastily picked a handful of
rampions, and took it back to his wife. She made a crisp salad of it which
was so delicious that she soon wanted more, and would give her husband
no peace. So in the next day’s twilight he set out again. But when he got
over the wall he was terrified to see the witch before him.
“How dare you steal my rampions?” she cried angrily.
The husband explained his wife’s longing for the rampions, and
that she would die without them. “Very well”, said the witch. “You
may have all you want on one condition: you must give your first child
to me. I shall treat it like a mother”.
In his great fear the man agreed. Soon a beautiful little baby daughter
was born to his wife.
The witch appeared, gave it the name Curled Hair, and took it away
with her, while the baby’s mother and father wept bitter tears.
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Curled Hair was the most beautiful child under the sun. When she
was twelve years old, the witch shut her up alone in a far off tower in
a wood. The tower had no doors or staircase, and only one small window
high up in the wall. When the witch wanted to be let in, she would
stand and call:
“Curled Hair,
Let down your hair!”
Curled Hair had nice long braids of hair like spun gold. She heard
the witch’s voice, she would loosen the braids around her head and let
them down. Then the witch climbed up this ladder of gold.
Curled Hair lived in the high tower several years. One day the
king’s son rode through the forest, close to the tower. He heard a voice
so lovely that he stopped to listen. It was Curled Hair, singing in her
tower. The prince looked for a door into the tower, but he could find
none, so he rode home. But the song had touched his heart, and each
day he rode back to hear it again.
One day as he stood hidden behind a tree, he saw the witch come to
the tower and call:
“Curled Hair,
Let down your hair!”
Then Curled Hair loosened her long golden braids and the witch
climbed up to her.
“I’ll climb this ladder too, and try my luck”, thought the prince.
1. Describe the witch’s garden, find the episode in the text.
2. Put the sentences in the right order, using the text.
1) One day the woman, standing at her window looking into this
garden, saw a bed of fresh green grapes growing.
2) There were once a man and his wife who had long wished for
a child, and at last they hoped that they might have one.
3) There was a high wall around the garden and no one dared enter
because it belonged to a powerful witch.
3. Fill in the gaps.
The husband __ his wife’s __ for the grapes, and that she would __
without __. “Very well”, __. “You __ have __ you __ on one __: you
must __ your first child to __ ”.
4. Connect the words.
curled
long
beautiful
crisp
first
garden
salad
child
wished
hair
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5. Add more information to the following.
1) Now they lived in a house…
2) The witch appeared, gave it the name…
3) The tower had no doors or staircase, and only one small…
6. Find in the text how the witch reached the tower every time.
Episode 2
Gently — м’яко;
skein — шматочок прядива;
shears — ножиці;
midst — середина;
misery — страждання;
glittering — які блищали;
mockingly — насміхаючись;
grief — смуток;
bride — наречена;
flung — кидав;
to deceive — зраджувати.
So the next day, when dusk fell he went to the tower and called:
“Curled Hair,
Let down your hair!”
She let down her hair, and the prince climbed up it. At first Curled
Hair was terrified, for she had never seen a man before. But the king’s
son talked so gently to her that Curled Hair lost her fear. Then he asked
if she saw how young and handsome he was, she said, “Yes”, and put
her hand in his. “I would gladly go with you”, she said, “but I can’t
leave this high tower. Bring me a skein of silk each time you come, and
I’ll make myself a ladder to climb down, and when it is done we’ll ride
away together on your horse”. They agreed that he should come to see
her each evening, since the witch came in the daytime.
The witch suspected nothing — until one day Curled Hair said, absent-
mindedly, “Mammy Witch, why does it take you so long to climb
up when the prince does it in a moment”.
“Oh, wicked girl”, screamed the witch. “You have deceived me!”
In her rage she snatched up a pair of shears, and she twisted girl’s
golden braids around her hand. Then snip, snap, snip! Curled Hair lay
on the ground.
Then she whisked Curled Hair away to the midst of a desert, where
the poor girl was left in the greatest misery.
That same day in the evening the witch went back to the tower and
fastened Curled Hair’s braids to the window sill. When the prince came
and called:
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“Curled Hair,
Let down your hair”,
the witch let the braids fall, and the prince climbed up. But there
he found not his dearest Curled Hair, but the witch looking at him with
glittering evil eyes.
“All”, she cried mockingly, “your pretty bird is no longer in the
nest. Curled Hair is lost to you. You’ll see her no more”.
The king’s son was beside himself with grief, and in despair he
jumped out of the window.
He was not killed, but the thorns scratched his eyes so cruelly that
he could not see.
He wandered blindly through the woods, eating nothing but nuts
and berries, and lamenting the loss of his dear bride.
After some years he came to the desert place where Curled Hair had
been living. There he heard her sweet voice singing its sad song. He
went toward it, and Curled Hair knew him at once and flung herself
upon him weeping.
When her tears touched his eyes, they became clear again, and he
could see as well as ever.
Then he took her home to his kingdom where they were received
with great joy, and there they lived together long and happily.
1. Retell the episode.
2. Find in the text the episode, describe and write the describtion below.
3. Give the Ukrainian equivalents.
1) …had long wished;
2) …overlooked a garden;
3) …how dare;
4) …great fear;
5) …bitter tears;
6) …wandered blindly through the woods.
4. Who is quicker?
Write as many questions as you can about the girl and the prince.
5. Fill in the gaps.
At __ Curled __ was __ for she had never __ a man __ . But the
king’s __ talked so __ to her that __ Hair lost her __.
6. Connect the words
evil
through
sad
lived
together
song
the woods
eyes
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7. Finish the sentences.
1) I would gladly __
2) You’ll see __
3) There he heard __
8. Back the consistent.
The witch suspected nothing until one day Curled Hair said, absentmindedly…
That same day in the evening the witch went back to the tower…
She let down her hair and the prince climbed up it
Bring me a skein of silk each time you come…
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2. Interesting phrases
Phrase Translation
3. Synonyms
4. Opposites
5. Dialogue
6. Retelling
This story is about…
Clever kids
Episode 1
Famine — голод;
rid — позбавитися;
lazybones — ледар;
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pebble — галька;
safe — у безпеці;
afterward — після цього;
used up — використано;
give in — погодитися.
Near a great forest in a little cottage there lived long ago a poor
woodcutter and his wife, who was the stepmother of his two children.
The boy was named Nick and the girl Daisy. The family was very poor
indeed, having scarcely enough bread and porridge. And when there
came a great famine in the land, they had nothing at all to eat. One
night as he lay in bed worrying, the father said to his wife, “What will
become of us? How can we feed the kids?”
“I’ll tell you what, husband”, said the woman.
“We must take the kids out into the wood tomorrow and lose them.
Then we shall rid of them”.
The poor kids couldn’t sleep because of hunger. When they heard
this, Daisy began to cry.
“Don’t worry, Daisy”, whispered Nick. “I have an idea”.
When all was quiet in the house, he put on his little coat and slipped
out. The moon was shining brightly above, and the little white stones
that lay around the house shone like pieces of silver. Nick filled the
pockets of his coat with all the stones they could hold.
The next morning as day was breaking, the stepmother awoke
them. “Get up, lazybones”, she said. “We are going into the woods.
And here is a piece of bread for your dinner”.
Then the family started off into the thick wood. Nick kept behind
the others, and only Daisy saw him every now and then take a stone
from his pocket and drop it on the ground.
Deep in the forest, the woodcutter built a fire.
“You stay here and rest”, the stepmother said to the children.
“When we are ready, we will come and fetch you”.
So Nick and Daisy sat by the fire and at noon they ate their bread.
Then their eyes grew heavy and they fell asleep. When they awoke it
was night, and Daisy began to cry.
“Wait until the moon rises”, said Nick. “Then we can follow the
white pebbles home”.
When the moon rose, the white pebbles shone like silver and showed
them the road home.
When they pushed open the door their stepmother said, “You
naughty kids, to sleep so long in the wood!” But their father was glad
to see them safe.
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Not long afterward, the kids heard their stepmother said to their
father one night, “Everything is used up. When this half loaf is gone,
we shall have nothing at all. We must take the kids farther into the
wood this time, so that they will not be able to get back”.
The poor man had to give in again. But the kids were not asleep,
and had heard all the talk. Nick got up to get more pebbles, but the
stepmother had locked the door!
1. Retell the episode.
2. Connect the parts of the word.
step
lazy
no
wood
every
bones
thing
mother
thing
cutter
3. What did kids hear at night? What did their parents want to do?
Make up a dialogue between parents, using the text and write.
4. Fill in the words.
Near a great __ in a little __ there lived __ ago a poor __ and his
wife, who was the __ of his two children. The boy was __ Nick and
the girl __ .
The family was __ indeed, having scarcely __ bread and __.
5. Circle the right option.
1) Then the family started off into the thick wood
deep forest
blue sky
2) Deep in the forest, the woodcutter built a pool
a fire
a house
3) But their father was glad to see them safe
at home
at school
6. Connect the parts of the sentence and find the episode with them in
the text and write.
The family the moon rises.
Get up lazybones.
Wait until was very poor.
Episode 2
Bough — сучок;
flutter — пурхати;
pane — віконне скло;
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crutch — милиця;
to drag — витягувати;
hustle — штовхати;
to hobble — кульгати.
Early the next morning the woman, came and pulled the kids out of
bed. She gave them each a little piece of bread, even less than before.
And on the way to the wood, Nick dropped crumbs on the ground instead
of pebbles.
Again the stepmother and her husband left the kids by a fire, deeper
in the wood than they had ever been before. Again they went to
sleep, and when they awoke it was night.
But, at moonrise that night they could find no crumbs of bread, for
the birds of the wood had picked them all up. Nick thought they might
find their way without them, but they could not. They went on all that
night, and the next day from morning until evening with nothing to
eat but a few berries. When they were too tired to walk another step,
they lay down under a tree and slept.
The next day at about noon they saw a beautiful snow-white bird
sitting on a low bough, singing sweetly. As they drew near, it fluttered
away. They followed it until they came to a little house in the wood.
When they came quite near, they saw that the little house was made
of bread. Its roof was made of cake. And its windows were clear spun
sugar. “Here is a good meal for us”, said Nick. “Try a bit of this window,
Daisy”.
As Nick was tasting a bit of the roof and Daisy nibbled at a window
pane, they heard a small voice call from within:
“Nibble, nibble like a mouse
Who is nibbling at my house?”
Then the door opened and a little old woman came out, leaning on
a crutch.
Nick and Daisy were frightened but the little old woman kindly invited
them indoors.
She took them each by a hand and led them into her little house.
There a nice dinner was waiting — pancakes with sugar, and honey,
pitchers of milk, apples and candy and nuts. After they had eaten, she
showed them two little white beds, in which Daisy and Nick quickly
and happily fell asleep.
Now this old woman was really a witch who liked nothing better
than to eat little kids. So early in the morning before the children
were awake, she dragged Nick out of bed and hustled him off to
a little stable where she locked him up behind a barred door, to fatten
him up to eat.
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Every morning after that the old woman hobbled to the stable and
cried, “Nick, put your finger out and let me feel how fat you are”.
But Nick knew she could not see well as witches never can, so he
held out a chicken bone instead. And the old witch wondered why he
did not get fatter.
1. What happened with crumbs in the forest.
2. Fill in the words.
They went on all the __, and the __ day from __ until __ with nothing
__ but a __. When they were to walk they lay __ under __ and __.
3. Who did they see near the house? Was she kind or cruel?
4. Connect the words.
crumbs
next
little
white
of bread
piece
sugar
morning
5. Find the food from the dinner-table.
6. Write the words with double letters.
-ll-
-tt-
-oo-
-bb-
-ee-
-oo-
-oo-
-oo-
-ll-
-oo-
-pp-
-oo-
-tt-
Episode 3
To creep — залізати;
flash — спалах;
to bang — грюкати;
to bolt — зачиняти;
to prove — доводити.
When four weeks had passed, she grew tired of waiting for boy to
fatten.
“Be he fat or be he thin”, she cried, “tomorrow’s the day I’ll eat
him!” So early in the morning Daisy had to get up, fill the kettle, and
make the fire.
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“First we will bake”, said the old witch. “Creep inside the oven and
tell me if it is hot enough”.
“But how am I to get in?” asked Daisy, for she did not want to be
roasted.
“Stupid goose!” cried the witch. “The opening is big enough. I could
get in myself”. And she stooped down and stuck her head and shoulders
in the oven.
Quick as a flash Daisy gave her a push, and in she went entirely.
Then Daisy banged the door shut and bolted it. Next she ran as fast as
she could to the stable and let Nick out.
“Nick!” she cried. “We are free! The old witch is dead!”
Then out sprang Nick, like a bird set free from its cage. And as
they had nothing more to fear, they went all over the witch’s house.
In every corner they found chests full of pearls and precious
stones.
“These are better than pebbles”, said Nick as he filled his pockets,
and Daisy filled her apron full. “Now home we go, if we can find out
way out of this enchanted wood”.
That proved simple enough. For soon the same snow-white bird appeared
again, and led them back to the familiar path, and at last they
saw in the distance their father’s house.
Then they began to run; they ran inside and straight into their father’s
arms. He had not had a happy moment since he had left the kids
in the woodland meanwhile his wife had died so imagine how glad he
was to see them!
“See, father, what we’ve brought!” shouted the children.
Daisy shook her apron and scattered pearls and precious stones all
over the floor, and Nick emptied his pockets too.
So all their troubles were ended and they lived together happily
from that day on.
1. What did the kids find in the house?
2. Give the Ukrainian equivalents.
1) …they had nothing to eat;
2) …because of hunger;
3) …to walk another step;
4) …who liked nothing better than to eat;
5) …how am I to get in?
3. Circle the right variant
1) The old witch is alive
dead
brought
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2) Then they began to run
jump
sleep
4. Fill in the gaps.
“First we will __”, said the __ witch.
“Creep __ the oven and __ me if it is hot __”.
Quick as a __ Daisy __ her __, and in she __ entirely.
The old __ is dead!
5. Open the brackets.
1) That (to prove) __ simple enough.
2) For soon the same snow-white bird (to appear) __ again, and (to
lead) __ them back to the familiar path, and at last they (to see)
__ in the distance their father’s house.
6. Finish the sentences.
1) In every corner…
2) These are better than pebbles…
3) Now home we go, if we can find…
Page of my creation
1. New words
№ Word Translation Transcription
2. Interesting phrases
Phrase Translation
3. Synonyms
4. Opposites
5. Dialogue
6. Retelling
This story is about…
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Свідоцтво суб’єкта видавничої справи
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