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The gingerbread man

An old woman was baking one day, and she made some gingerbread. She had some dough left over,so she made the shape of a little man. She made eyes for him, a nose and a smiling mouth all of currants, and placed more currants down his front to look like buttons.

Then she laid him on a baking tray and put him into the oven to bake.
After a little while, she heard something rattling at the oven door. She opened it and to her surprise out jumped the little gingerbread man she had made. She tried to catch him as he ran across the kitchen, but he slipped past her, calling as he ran:


-"Run, run, as fast as you can, You can´t catch me, I´m the gingerbread man!"

She chased after him into the garden where her husband was digging. He put down his spade and tried to catch him too, but as the gingerbread man sped past him he called over his shoulder:

- "Run, run, as fast as you can, You can´t catch me, I´m the gingerbread man!"

As he ran down the road he passed a cow. The cow called out,

-"Stop, gingerbread man! You look good to eat!"

But the gingerbread man laughed and shouted over his shoulder:

- "I´ve run from an old woman And an old man. Run, run, as fast as you can, You can´t catch me, I´m the gingerbread man!"

The cow ran after the old woman and the old man, and soon they all passed a horse.

-"Stop!" called out the horse, "I´d like to eat you."

But the gingerbread man called out:

"I´ve run from an old woman And an old man, And a cow! Run, run, as fast as you can, You can´t catch me, I´m the gingerbread man!"

He ran on, with the old woman and the old man and the cow and the horse following, and he went past a party of people haymaking. They all looked up as they saw the gingerbread man, and as he passed them he called out:

- "I´ve run from an old woman, And from an old man, And a cow and a horse. Run, run, as fast as you can, You can´t catch me, I´m the gingerbread man!"

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The haymakers joined in the chase behind the old woman and the old man, the cow and the horse, and they all followed,him as he ran through the fields.

There he met a fox, so he called out to the fox:

"Run, run, as fast as you can, You can´t catch me, I´m the gingerbread man!"

But the sly fox said,

-"Why should I bother to catch you?" although he thought to himself, "That gingerbread man would be good to eat."

Just after he had run past the fox the gingerbread man had to stop because he came to a wide, deep, swift-flowing river. The fox saw the old woman and the old man, the cow, the horse and the haymakers all chasing the gingerbread man so he said,

-"Jump on my back, and I´ll take you across the river!"

The gingerbread man jumped on the fox´s back and the fox began to swim. As they reached the middle of the river, where the water was deep, the fox said,

- "Can you stand on my head, Gingerbread Man, or you will get wet."

So the gingerbread man pulled himself up and stood on the fox´s head. As the current flowed more swiftly, the fox said, "

- Can you move on to my nose, Gingerbread Man, so that I can carry you more safely? I would not like you to drown."

The gingerbread man slid on to the fox´s nose. But when they reached the bank of the river, the fox suddenly went snap! The gingerbread man disappeared into the fox´s mouth, and was never seen again.

HOMEWORK

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VOCABULARY 

1- B____Y    (  u i ) 

2- S______A_____E  ( n u k)

3- C____K_______   ( a i e )

4-  C____O___    ( o x l ) 

5-  L___EA   ( d a )

6- TH____N____S   ( p x g ) 

7 S_____A_____   ( p n k ) 

8 PL____C______ ( a u e )

9  L____K___      ( a e )

10 CH_____C____  ( i k u ) 

RUDOLPH

UDOLPH, THE RED-NOSED REINDEER

Once upon a time there was a little reindeer named Rudolph.Érase una vez un pequeño reno llamado Rodolfo.

He lived a long away, together with lots of other reindeer, in a place close to the North Pole.Él vivia muy lejos, junto con muchos otros renos, en un lugar cercano al Polo Norte.

Rudolph was a very shy little reindeer.Rodolfo era un reno un poco tímido.

He didn't have any friends.No tenía ningún amigo.

The trouble was that he had a very red nose.El problema era que tenía una nariz muy roja.

All the other reindeer had brown noses.Todo los otros reno tenian nariz marrón.

But Rudolph's nose was so bright that it glowed in the dark, like a light.Pero la nariz de Rodolfo era tan brillante que alumbraba en la oscuridad, como una luz.

The other reindeer used to laugh at Rudolph.El reno otros solían reírse de Rodolfo.

They refused to let him play with them because of his bright, red nose.Se negaban a dejarle jugar con ellos debido a su nariz de color rojo brillante.

So Rudolph always felt very lonely.Así que Rodolfo siempre se sintia muy solo.

He used to hide away, wishing that he could have a friend to play with and that he could be of help to someone.Solía esconderse, deseando que pudiera tener un amigo para jugar y que podría serle de ayuda a alguien.

Every year at Christmas time, Santa Claus used to come to the place where Rudolph lived, to choose some reindeer to pull his sleigh.Cada año en época de Navidad, Santa Claus solía venir al lugar donde vivía Rudolph, para elegir algunos renos para tirar de su trineo.


The strongest was usually chosen as the leader.El más fuerte era elegido como el líder general.

One night just before Christmas Santa arrived to make his choice.Una noche, justo antes de Navidad Santa llegó a hacer su elección.

It was a very foggy night and no one could see a thing.Fue una noche muy nublada y no se podía ver nada.

Peering through the fog, Santa called out :Mirando a través de la niebla, Santa gritó:

“I want Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Dander and Blitzen."quiero a Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Cometa, Cupido, Donder y Blitzen.


They can pull my sleigh tonight when I deliver Christmas presents to boys and girls all over the world.”Ellos pueden tirar de mi trineo esta noche cuando entregan los regalos de Navidad a los niños y niñas de todo el mundo. "

The eight reindeer stepped forward very proudly and began to prepare for the trip.Los ocho renos dieron un paso adelante con mucho orgullo y empezaron a prepararse para el viaje.

“Wait a minute !” cried Santa, who was busy loading presents on to his sleigh."Esperen un minuto-exclamó Santa, quien estaba ocupado cargando regalos a su trineo.

“This fog is so thick that we'll have to take a lamp."Esta niebla es tan espesa que tendremos que llevar una lámpara.

But how can I tie a lamp onto the reindeer?”Pero, ¿cómo puedo atar una lámpara en el reno?

Just then, Santa noticed Rudolph, who was standing by himself behind a tree.En ese momento, Santa noto a Rodolfo, que estaba de pie por sí mismo detrás de un árbol.

Actually, he noticed Rudolph's red nose, which was shining brightly.En realidad, el noto la nariz roja de Rodolfo, la cual estaba brillando intensamente.

“Come here, Rudolph."Ven aquí, Rodolfo.

You can guide my sleigh tonight.Tu puedes guiar mi trineo esta noche.

We won't get lost in the fog if you go first to show us the way,” he said.No no perderemos en la niebla si vas primero para mostrarnos el camino ", dijo.


“What a good idea !” shouted all the reindeer."¡Qué buena idea!", Gritaron todos los renos.

“Come and get ready, Rudolph.”"Ven y prepárate, Rodolfo."

As soon as all was prepared, Santa set off to deliver his presents.Tan pronto como todo estaba preparado, Santa partió para entregar sus regalos.

In front of the eight reindeer who were pulling the sleigh went Rudolph, with his bright red nose shining in the fog.Frente a los ocho renos que tiraban del trineo iba Rodolfo, con su brillante nariz roja alumbrando en la niebla.

After that, no one ever laughed at him again, for he had helped Santa Claus in a very difficult situation.Después de eso, nadie se rió de él otra vez, porque él había ayudado a Santa Claus en una situación muy difícil.

Everyone wanted to play with him and to be his friend, so Rudolph was never lonely again.Todo el mundo quería jugar con él y ser su amigo, por lo que Rodolfo nunca estuvo solo otra vez.

The Ugly Duckling

Once upon a time down on an old farm, lived a duck family, and Mother Duck had been sitting on a clutch of new eggs. One nice morning, the eggs hatched and out popped six chirpy ducklings.

But one egg was bigger than the rest, and it didn´t hatch. Mother Duck couldn´t recall laying that seventh egg. How did it get there? TOCK! TOCK! The little prisoner was pecking inside his shell.

-"Did I count the eggs wrongly?"

Mother Duck wondered. But before she had time to think about it, the last egg finally hatched.

A strange looking duckling with gray feathers that should have been yellow gazed at a worried mother. The ducklings grew quickly, but Mother Duck had a secret worry.

- "I can´t understand how this ugly duckling can be one of mine!" she said to herself, shaking her head as she looked at her last born.

Well, the gray duckling certainly wasn´t pretty, and since he ate far more than his brothers, he was outgrowing them. As the days went by, the poor ugly duckling became more and more unhappy. His brothers didn´t want to play with him, he was so clumsy, and all the farmyard folks simply laughed at him.

He felt sad and lonely, while Mother Duck did her best to console him.

- "Poor little ugly duckling!" she would say. "Why are you so different from the others?" 

And the ugly duckling felt worse than ever. He secretly wept at night. He felt nobody wanted him. 

-"Nobody loves me, they all tease me! Why am I different from my brothers?" 

Then one day, at sunrise, he ran away from the farmyard. He stopped at a pond and began to question all the other birds. 

-"Do you know of any ducklings with gray feathers like mine?" 

But everyone shook their heads in scorn.

- "We don´t know anyone as ugly as you."

The ugly duckling did not lose heart, however, and kept on making inquiries.

 He went to another pond, where a pair of large geese gave him the same answer to his question. What´s more, they warned him: 

-"Don´t stay here! Go away! It´s dangerous. There are men with guns around here!" 

The duckling was sorry he had ever left the farmyard. 

Then one day, his travels took him near an old countrywoman´s cottage. Thinking he was a stray goose, she caught him. 

-"I´ll put this in a hutch. I hope it´s a female and lays plenty of eggs!" said the old woman, whose eyesight was poor. 

But the ugly duckling laid not a single egg. The hen kept frightening him. 

-"Just wait! If you don´t lay eggs, the old woman will wring your neck and pop you into the pot!"

And the cat chipped in:

- "Hee! Hee! I hope the woman cooks you, then I can gnaw at your bones!" 

The poor ugly duckling was so scared that he lost his appetite, though the old woman kept stuffing him with food and grumbling: 

-"If you won´t lay eggs, at least hurry up and get plump!" 

-"Oh, dear me!" moaned the now terrified duckling. "I´ll die of fright first! And I did so hope someone would love me!" 

Then one night, finding the hutch door open, he escaped. 

Once again he was all alone. He fled as far away as he could, and at dawn, he found himself in a thick bed of reeds. 

-"If nobody wants me, I´ll hid here forever."

There was plenty a food, and the duckling began to feel a little happier, though he was lonely. 

One day at sunrise, he saw a flight of beautiful birds wing overhead. White, with long slender necks, yellow beaks and large wings, they were migrating south.

- "If only I could look like them, just for a day!" said the duckling, admiringly. 

Winter came and the water in the reed bed froze. The poor duckling left home to seek food in the snow. He dropped exhausted to the ground, but a farmer found him and put him in his big jacket pocket.

- "I´ll take him home to my children. They´ll look after him. Poor thing, he´s frozen!".

The duckling was showered with kindly care at the farmer´s house. In this way, the ugly duckling was able to survive the bitterly cold winter. 

However, by springtime, he had grown so big that the farmer decided:

"I´ll set him free by the pond!" 

That was when the duckling saw himself mirrored in the water.

- "Goodness! How I´ve changed! I hardly recognize myself!" 

The flight of swans winged north again and glided on to the pond.  When the duckling saw them, he realized he was one of their kind, and soon made friends. 

-"We´re swans like you!" they said, warmly. 

-"Where have you been hiding?" 

-"It´s a long story," replied the young swan, still astounded.

Now, he swam majestically with his fellow swans. 

One day, he heard children on the river bank exclaim: "Look at that young swan! He´s the finest of them all!" And he almost burst with happiness.

THE END

RAPUNZEL

A long time ago, a husband and wife lived happily in a cottage at the edge of a wood. But one day the wife fell ill. She could eat nothing and grew thinner and thinner. The only thing that could cure her, was a strange herb called rapunzel, that grew in the beautiful garden next to their cottage. This garden belonged to a wicked witch, who used it to grow herbs for her spells.

The husband went to the garden to steal the herb, but the witch caught him. The witch agreed to give him the herb, but she made him promise to give her their first-born child in return. The husband agreed, thinking that the witch would soon forget the promise. He took the rapunzel back to his wife, who felt better as soon as she had eaten it.

A year later, a baby girl was born and the witch did come and take her away. The witch called her Rapunzel after the plant, and she locked up the girl in a high tower in case she tried to run away. The tower had no door or staircase, but Rapunzel was quite happy up there as she could sit at the window watching the life of the forest and talking to the birds.
Each day, the witch came to see her, bringing fresh food. She would stand at the bottom of the tower and call out,
-"Rapunzel, Rapunzel, let down your long hair."
Rapunzel, whose long golden hair was plaited, would twist it round one of the bars and drop it out of the window, and the witch would climb up it.
One day, the king's son was riding through the forest when he heard Rapunzel singing. Mystified, he rode to the tower, but could see no door, so could not understand how anyone could be there. He decided to stay and watch the tower and listen to the singing. After a while the witch came along and the prince watched her carefully. his amazement, as she called out,
-"Rapunzel, Rapunzel, let down your long hair," a long golden plait of hair fell almost to the ground. The prince saw the witch climb up the hair and disappear through the window, and he made up his mind he would wait until she had gone and see if he could do the same. So after the witch had gone, he stood where the witch had been and called,
-"Rapunzel, Rapunzel, let down your long hair."
When the golden plait came tumbling down, he climbed up as the witch had done and found to his astonishment the most beautiful girl he had ever seen.
They talked for a long time and then the prince left, promising to come again. Rapunzel looked forward to his visits, for she had been lonely. He told her all about the world outside her tower, and they fell deeply in love.
But one day the witch dicovered them, she cut off Rapunzel's hair and left her in the forest. When the prince came as usual, she threw down the plait of golden hair and tricked the prince, who jumped out of the high window. His face, was badly scratched and his eyes hurt so that he could not see, and he stumbled off blindly into the forest.
After several days of wandering and suffering, he heard a voice singing. Following the sound. he drew closer and realized he had found Rapunzel. He ran towards her, calling her name, and she came and kissed him. As she did so, his eyes were healed and he could see again. The prince took Rapunzel to his father´s palace. where he told his story. Rapunzel was reunited with her parentsand she married the prince.

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THE MILKMAID AND HER PAIL

 

 

Patty the Milkmaid was going to market carrying her milk in a pail on her head.

As she went along, she began calculating what she would do with the money she would get for the milk.

- I'll buy some fowls from Farmer Brown, said she, and they will lay eggs each morning, which I will sell to the parson's wife.
- With the money that I get from the sale of these eggs, I'll buy myself a new dimity frock and a chip hat; and when I go to market, won't all the young men come up and speak to me! Short Stories
- Polly Shaw will be so jealous; but I don't care. I shall just look at her and toss my head like this.
As she spoke that, she tossed her head back and the pail fell off it, and all the milk was spilt!

VOCABULARY

PRESENTS
CHRISTMAS TREE
LETTER
REINDEER
GINGERBREAD MAN
SNOWMAN
BELLS
CANDLE
GRINCH
ELF
CANDY
SNOW
SANTACLAUS
NORTH POLE
STOCKING

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Merlin the wizard

 

 

Many years ago, when England was just a handful of kingdoms which battled between them, Arthur, son of king Uther, was born.

The child’s mother, died few after giving birth and the father gave him to the wizard Merlin in order to educate him. Merlin decided to bring the baby to the castle of a noble man who had a son of few years called Kay. To guarantee prince Arthur’s security, Merlin did not give his origins away.

Each day, Merlin taught little Arthur all the known sciences and, as he was a wizard, he even taught him something of the future sciences and certain magical formulae.

Years went by and king Uther died apparently without issue. Noble men went to Merlin to find the sucesor. Merlin made appear on a stone a sword firmly stuck on an iron anvil with a legend which read “This is Excalibur Sword. Whoever pulls it out of this anvil will be king of England” .

Noble men tried fortune but, despite all their efforts, they could not move the sword not even a millimetre.

Arthur and Kay, who were already two handsome boys, had gone to the city to attend a tournament in which Kay wanted to participate. As the hour was approaching, Arthur realised that he had forgotten Kay’s sword in the inn. He went running, but when he arrived there, the door was closed.

Arthur did not know what to do. Without sword, Kay could not take part in the tournament. In his desperation, he looked around and discover the Excalibur swoerd.

 

He came closet o the stone and pulled the weapon. At that moment a ray of white light descended above him and Arthur took it out without finding resistente.

He ran to Kay and offered it to him. Kay was surprised that it was not his sword. Arthur explained what had happened. Kay saw the “Excalibur” legend in the sword and told his father. This one, ordered Arthur to put it in its place again.

All the noble men tried to pull it out again, but nobody managed it. Then Arthur took the handle between his hands. A ray of white light descended above his head again and Arthur took out the sword without effort.

Everybody admitted that that boy, without any recognized title, should wear the English crown and marched before his throne swearing him loyalty.

Merlin, thinking that Arthur did not need him, retired to his dwelling.

But soon after some noble men took up arms against king Arthur. Merlin proclaimed that Arthur was king Uther’s soon, so he was the legitimate king. But noblemen were still in war until they were finally defeated thanks to Arthur’s courage, helped by Merlin’s magic.

To avoid that the history would repeat, Arthur created the Round Table which was formed by all the noblemen loyal to the kingdom. Then he married princess Geneivre, and years of prosperity and apiñes followed both for England and King Arthur.

-You can keep on reigning without my advices- said Merlin to Arthur.- Keep on being a fair king and the future will talk about you.

THE END