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How the bear was tricked by the fox

(Romanian story)

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Școala gimnazială ,,Alexandru Ioan Cuza,, Baia Mare

Once upon a time there was cunning and sly fox, as

all foxes are. She was wondering all night to get some food, but she couldn’t find

any. By morning, the fox came by

the wayside and lied down under

a bush, thinking of what she must

do to get some food. Lying on the

ground like that, she suddenly

smells some fish. Looking

around, she sees a cart pulled by

oxen that is approaching.

Hmm! thinks the fox, here’s the food I have been waiting for. She goes in the

middle of the road, lies down and pretends to be dead.

When the peasant, who is driving the cart, sees the fox in the middle of the

road, stops the cart and checks out the fox. He asks himself how the fox died

there, and, in the same time, he thinks he is

lucky, as he can make a nice coat to his wife

out of the fox’s fur. He throws the fox in his

cart, on the pile of fish

and goes on.

He hurries home to show his

wife the fox. But as soon as the cart starts moving,

the hungry fox starts throwing fish out of the cart.

When she throws enough fish, she jumps out of the cart and collects the fish for

herself.

While she is eating the fish, a bear just passes by.

“Enjoy the meal!” says the bear. ”You have

a lot of fish! Give some to me too,

please! I am

very hungry.”

“Get some by yourself, as I

did,” says the sly fox.”

“Teach me how”, says the bear.

“O.K., I will. Here it is what you have to do.

Go to the puddle in the forest, put your tail in the water and wait until morning;

then, take out your tail and you will have a lot of fish.

The bear runs to the puddle and does exactly like the fox has said.

It happened that THAT

night a cold wind blew. The

water of the puddle froze and

caught the bear’s tail in it.

The bear tried hard to

take out his tail, but he couldn’t.

Instead of catching fish he lost

his tail.

Now the bear is angry and he wants to revenge. He is looking for the fox in her

den but he can’t find her, as she is hiding in the hollow of a tree. When she sees

the bear she starts shouting:

”Hey you, have the fish eaten your tail or is it because you have been too greedy?

The bear struggled to get the fox out of the hollow,

but he couldn’t. In vain tried the poor bear, he

couldn’t do it.

And that’s how the bear was tricked by the

cunning fox.

Solve the puzzle

„The Basilisk”

(Polish story)

Szkoła Podstawowa nr 14 z Oddziałami Integracyjnymi im.

Adama

Once upon a time there were boys learning at the shoemaker Pomykała at

Podwal. Their names were Frank and John. They wanted to make and repair

shoes. But they loved adventures!

They started to think, who or

what in Warsaw the scariest

thing is.

But from where was the question?

We actually do not know! Franek

was scared of Mrs Smith’s broom

and Mr Smith’s heavy hand, as he

hit poor Frank many times. And

then, Jasiek thought about the

real thing they should be scared of

: there is at the Twisted Circle an old and neglected block of flats. In this

building there was a deep and dark basement that looked like a dungeon. It is

said that this dungeon was inhabited by an ugly monster that hatched from the

egg, which was incubated by a snake and laid by a seven year old rooster. He

was described as a creature resembling a rooster, a snake or a bird.

People believed that in the dark dungeon an enormous amount of gold, jewelry

and diamond are held and the Basilisc is watching the treasure. A lot of

daredevils tried to enter the basement with the creature in order to steal money,

but they have disappeared. But the two of shoemakers-to-be did not consider

the danger, during the work they felt hungry and went to Honey Street for

gorgeous gingerbread. They were strolling along the street eating cookies and

gingerbread; they heard a loud noise and scream. Some misfortune happened at

the Twisted Circle! A 7 year old Smolnikowa’s son was playing with a ball near

the dangerous dungeon that was the place of residence of the ugly monster half

snake, half rooster and half a crocodile. This little boy fell into the basement

with the creature! The place became crowded because people didn’t believe that

this monster really exists.

But there was one hero among the crowd of people who decided to rescue a

small boy named Peter .It was Frank who thought to take a mirror from his

shop and go to the basement. He took a lot of small and big mirrors and put

them on his clothes. A pot was on his head and a mirror in his hand. This was

his plan to destroy the monster Basilisc. He went to the dark dungeon with

little Peter and the creature. After few minutes, Franek emerged from the

darkness with a small Peter on his hands.

And what about the monster? As Franek described – Basilissc is dead! He died

from his own weapon – sight that was reflected in Frank’s mirrors. Franek

became a local hero! People in the city decided to send him to the best school, to

give him new clothes and take him to the hairdresser. A big party was thrown

to celebrate Franek’s victory and Basilisc death. Since that day nobody heard

about this dangerous monster that killed people with his sight.

QUIZ

A LEGEND OF THE WAWEL DRAGON

(Polish Story)

A long,long time ago, a king lived in a castle. His name was Krak. He had a

rich kingdom, clever advisers and a beautiful, good daughter called Wanda.

Once upon a time Wanda said: 'Father, we must build a town for our people,

because there isn't enough place for them.'

Krak answered his daughter: 'Yes, you're right. We will bulit a town for our people'.

It took a few years to build Cracow.

Many people, among them a young

shoemaker Skuba came to live in

Cracow. The days were passing by,

month after month. The people were

living calmly and happily, but one day

something terrible happened. A huge

dragon came into the town. It was so

huge, that he colud blow a half of the

city out into a near river. The monster

lived in a cave near the town. Since

that situation the people lived in fear

for their and their children lives. After

some days the residents met around

the throne of Krak and they started to

think how to kill the dragon. Everyone

had different ideas. Finally, they

found a solution. The bravest knights

were supossed to kill the dragon.

While people were discusing with the

king Krak, the dragon was sleeping in its cave. Sometimes the dragon roared then

the castle trembled. While it was taking a bath

in Wisła, the water was flooding the villages.

Soon the first knight arrived. When he went to

the castle he saw something horrible. Instesad

of a happy castle, he saw empty streets, closed

shops and very sad people. The knight went to

the Wawel Hill, where he heard a dragons

roar. The dragon was standing in front of his

cave and he breathed the fire. The fight was

brutal, however none of knights could overcome the monster. After the defeat of

knights, in the workshop, where a shoemaker Skuba worked, residents meet. They

were scared of the dragon. They hadn't got more ideas how to kill it. After an hour,

when everybody left the workshop, Skuba went to his master. He said, that he

wanted to make a „suprise” for the monster, but he needed a skin of sheep. The

master was very suprised and said: ' What do you need it for?' Skuba answered: '

I'll sew a puppet, that looks like a real sheep.

Then I'll put into its stomach some sulphur. I'll

live it near the dragon's cave. When the dragon

sees the „sheep”, it'll eat the puppet.' - 'Ok. So

here are the things you need.' All night Skuba

sewed his puppet. His puppet looked like a real

sheep. Next evening he brought his „sheep” in

front of the monsters cave. Skuba left the puppet

and ran away. The next day nobody heard the

hungry dragons roaring. It was so surprising that everybody went to the Wawel

Hill, to check what had happened with the dragon. It was standing at the riverside

of Wisła and drinking water. The dragon was drinking and drinking... ,because of

sulfur in its stomach. Its stomach was like a baloon. Suddenly people heard a

horrible, huge explosion. The dragon blew out. The people were very happy. The

king said to Skuba: - You're our hero. You saved our lives. Thank you my dear.

What do you want from me now, I'll

give you whatever you want. Skuba

answered: - I want nothing for myself.

I only want the dragon's skin, because

i would like to sew shoes for poor

people in the town. I want nothing

more. The king agreed.

After all celebrations Skuba went

back to his workshop and he started

working. Since that day everyone at

the Wawel Hill has been living calmly

and happily.

BLUE BEARD

by Charles Perrault

Blue Beard was rich but he had a blue beard so he was very ugly and frightening. He

wanted to marry his neighbour but she didn't want to marry him. Then she spent some

time with him and she finally decided to marry him.

Blue Beard said to his wife that he had to go on a trip during six weeks, and he said to

her to have fun. He gave her the keys of all the rooms but he told her not to go to the

little cabinet because his anger would be terrible.

She promised Blue Beard to obey him. When he had left his neighbours who were scared

by his beard went to his house. They visited the different rooms, there were a lot of

beautiful chairs, tapestries, more beautiful cupboards.

She was very impatient to go to the secret cabinet without the permission of her

husband. In front of this door, she was scared to have regrets. She was shaking but she

took the keys and opened the door of the secret cabinet…

She couldn’t see anything, and after some time she could see the blood and corpses on

the floor.

She was afraid and in her panic she lost the keys. She found them and she closed the

door and she went into her room. She tried to wash the blood on the keys, but it would

not leave.

Blue Beard came back from his trip. His wife was happy but worried

The next day, he asked for the keys but when she gave them there was not the key of

the cabinet.

She went to look for it and when Blue Beard saw the blood on the key, he said she would

join them.

He told her that she had to die but she wanted to pray one more time. So he let her

fifteen minutes. During this time, she called her sister to ask her to go to the top of the

tower to see if her brothers were arriving, and ask them to hurry up!

The sister, Anne, went to the top of the tower and Blue Beard's wife asked her sister if

she could see anybody coming. Anne answered she couldn't. But Blue Beard held a big

knife in his hand and he yelled to come down or he’d climb to the top. She repeated to

him many times to wait and she asked again to her sister if she still couldn't see anybody

coming here. After a moment Anne said to Blue Beard's wife that she could see their

brothers and waved to them.

Blue Beard screamed a lot. His poor wife went down and cried a lot. But Blue Beard said

to her that she should die. Before killing her, she asked him to pray a minute and he

refused. The wife’s brothers beat Blue Beard, they gave some sword’s hit and Blue Beard

died.

Blue Beard's wife wasn't strong enough to stand up to kiss her brothers.

As Blue Beard didn't have an heir the wife's family benefited from his money.

Mr Seguin’s Goat

By Alphonse DAUDET

Mr Seguin wasn’t lucky with his goats.

All his goats broke their rope and went to the mountains. There the wolf ate all of

them. Mr Seguin couldn’t do anything to help his goats.

After having lost six goats, Mr Seguin bought a seventh. He took a very young goat.

She was a beautiful docile white goat.

Mr Seguin put his goat in a little park behind his house: he looked after Whity a lot.

He fed her with good grass. He did all he could for Whity to be happy. But the little

goat was in trouble, she wanted to go to the mountains. She became so sad she

couldn’t eat.

Mr Seguin understood Whity didn’t feel well. She wanted to go to the moutains. He

didn't agree with her because there was a wolf. Whity was very stubborn and so she

definitely wanted to go to the mountains immediately. He retorted that even if she

was trying to defend she would ultimately be eaten. He shut Whity up in the

cowshed so that she didn’t escape.

Mr Seguin took Whity in a dark cowshed. Unfortunately, he had forgotten the

window and when he wasn’t here Whity went to the mountains. Trees were happy

to see Whity. She looked like a queen. The white goat ate grass and moved forward

in the wood. You could think there were ten Mr Seguin's goats.

The wolf was here, he looked at Whity. She remembered the story of Renaude, the

last goat who was eaten by the wolf after a night of fight. She thought it was

better to be eaten than to be shut in a cowshed.

The fight between the wolf and Whity began. She hoped that the sun rose fastly.

When the morning came, Whity was happy but she was finally eaten by the wolf.

The Witch in the Broom Cupboard

By Pierre GRIPARI Mister Pierre found five euros. He went to the solicitor to buy a house. He discovered a

little house with a bedroom, a living room, a bathroom, a toilet and broom cupboard. He

visited the house and decided to move in the new house. He went to his neighbour to

ask what was special in the house. His neighbours said this house was haunted.

He knocked at his neighbour's door on the right. She banged the door to his face after

complaining he had bought this house. He returned annoyed to the lawyer to ask for

explanations about his house and the lawyer explained there was a witch in his broom

cupboard. If he sang:

“Witch, witch,

Watch out your bottom which

will switch”

she would go out and take him. He paid attention of not singing the song the first

months.

So Mr Pierre started to sing during the day, when the witch was not here but he didn't

sing the song entirely. He just said: “Witch, witch” and after he stopped. The he began

to say the full sentence. On Christmas day, after drinking alcohol, Mr Pierre sang in the

street, then next to the door and... ho no! in the stairs, in his house.

He sang the song entirely so the witch appeared. He said: « Sorry, sorry, please don't

touch me, today's Christmas day ». So the witch found a game. Mr Pierre had to find 3

impossible things. If she couldn’t give them to him she would leave him alone. The witch

wanted these things on the next day.

Mr Pierre needed a wish which was impossible. He remembered his friend Bachir had two

little magic fish. So, he left his house to ask for help.

He explained the problem to his friend and Bachir sang:

“Little Mouse

Little Friend

Come here

Speak with my little fish

And get the sausage!”

so that the mouse would come to translate to the fish. They found an idea. The wish was

rubber jewels which shone as true ones.

Mr Pierre went to see the witch who gave him the rubber jewels.

So Mr Pierre went back to Bachir's. He asked if the fish could find an idea. The fish

answered him to ask the witch a branch of the macaroni tree. So in the evening, Mr

Pierre went to find her to ask her for the branch. It was his second wish. But the witch

gave it to him.

So Mr Pierre didn't return to Bachir's who wondered if the witch had given him the

branch. Mr Pierre called him to say the bad news.

Still wanting to ask the fish for a last idea, he went to Bachir's. The fish told him to

return to his house to ask the witch for the hairy frog, because it was her! Mr Pierre had

to catch her and transform her, roll her up with a thread and shave her hair to make her

harmless.

Mr Pierre bought a string to catch the frog. In the evening, the witch came. Mr Pierre

asked for the hairy frog but the witch didn't accept. He insisted and finally the witch

transformed.

Immediately, he jumped on the frog to catch it. He soaped, shaved and left it in the

bath. He brought it to Bachir who put it in a jar next to the fish. Since then, they didn't

stop speaking.

One day, Mr Pierre asked Bachir to call his mouse to know that they were saying. The

mouse arrived but it didn't accept to translate because they were insults.

So, Mr Pierre told us the story of the witch and invited us to go to his house and sing:

“Witch, witch,

Watch out your bottom which

will switch.”

BLUE BEARD

(FRENCH STORY)

Collège Saint Exupéry

MR. SEGUIN

THE WITCH IN THE BROOM CUPBOARD

Mr SEGUIN’S GOAT

Questions:

Where did his goats go?

In the forest

In the mountain

In a plain

Who ate them?

a wolf

a chamois

an eagle

Did Mr Seguin have luck with his goats?

How old was his last goat?

How many goats did he get?

two

a dozen

seven

What did the wolf want?

How long did Whity fight?

1 hour

2 hours

1 night

1 day

What story did she remember?

Was Whity a dog?

Did the wolf eat Whity?

What was Whity?

A dog

a turtle

a monkey

a goat

Where did the wolf live?

in the mountain

on the beach

in the desert

in a prison

Did Whity want to go the moutains?

Where was Whity enclosed?

in the house

in the cowshed

in the garage

THE WITCH IN THE BROOM CUPBOARD

Questions:

1. HOW MANY LITTLE MAGIC FISH WERE THERE/

2. WHAT IS THE NAME OF BACHIR’S FRIEND?

3. WHAT HAPPENS TO THE WITCH AT THE END OF THE

STORY?

4. WHAT COLOUR IS THE LITTLE FISH?

5. WHAT IS THE TITLE OF THE STORY?

6. WHO WAS THE FROG?

FIRST BEAUTY CONTEST

(Turkish story) Ecole primaire et college privé de çakabey / Lycée Anatolien privé de Çakabey

Peleus and Thetis loved each other. They decided to get married.

They invited all gods and goddesses to the wedding except the

Goddess of Chaos and Rivalry, Eris. Eris got angry because she

wasn’t invited. So she had a plan, she threw a

golden apple to the dinning table. On the apple,

there was a note. It was: ‘To the most beautiful

goddess.’

While the goddesses were having fun at the

wedding party, this apple attracted the

goddesses’ attention. Zeus’s wife took the apple

and thought she was the most beautiful goddess.

Zeus’s daughter Athena got angry to her mother

and wanted the apple for herself. And then there

was Aphrodite who was the Goddess of Love

wanted the apple for herself. They asked Zeus to

be the judge. But Zeus didn’t want to be the judge. So he said: ‘I

love you all. You are all ‘the most beautiful’ for me. So I can’t

decide. There is a shepherd who lives on Mount Ida. His name is

Paris. He can be the judge in this

competition.’

Goddesses thought it was a good idea so

they went to Mount Ida with Hermes

(messenger of Gods).

Actually Paris wasn’t a shepherd. He was

the son of the Trojan King. He was left by

his parents on Mount Ida on the day he

was born because the King’s fortuneteller had said: ‘When Paris

grows up, he will wipe out Troy. He will cause a big fire and Troy

will be destroyed.’ But fortunately shepherds found him and they

raised him. When Paris saw the goddesses, he was surprised.

Goddesses offered gifts to be chosen.

Hera said: ‘If you choose me, you will be the King of Europe and

Asia.’ Athena said: ‘If you choose me, you will be the most

intelligent person in the world.’ Aphrodite said: ‘If you choose me,

Helena’s (the most beautiful woman in the world) love will be

yours.’ Paris thought for a while and finally he gave the apple to

Aphrodite.

So, Aphrodite became the goddess of beauty and also goddess of

love.

Paris went to Greece because Helena lived in Greece. But Helena

was married to King of Sparta called Menelaus.

Paris slept for a day in the palace. When he saw Helena he fell in

love. Paris and Helena decided to run away. This made Menelaus

very angry and he attacked Troy. Troy was destroyed.

Eventually, Eris was successful in her plan.

First Beauty Contest Name: ______________________________

Fill in the circle beside the correct answer

1. Whose wedding is mentioned in the story?

Ares and Thetis

Zeus and Thetis

Peleus and Thetis

Hera and Thetis

2. Who is the God of the Gods

Zeus

Athena

Hermes

Aphrodite

3. Who is Paris?

A farmer

Son of the Troyan King

A messenger

A sheperd

4. Who is the God of Love?

Aphrodite

Hera

Athena

Zeus

5. Where does Helena live?

Greece

Germany

France

Italy

6. What is written on the apple?

To the ugliest woman

To the most beautiful woman

To the richest woman

To the worst woman

7. Who wasn't invited to the wedding?

Eris

Eras

Heras

Eres

8. Where did Paris live?

Mount Alp

Mount Everest

Mount Ida

Mount Troy

KELOGLAN (baldman) and NASREDDIN HODJA

(Turkish story)

Özel Diltaş İlköğretim Okulu

Keloglan went to town for selling the chicken. When he arrived at the bazaar he

started to search for costumers for his chickens. One man gave him one piece of

gold for chickens. But keloglan didn’t accept this. Keloğlan said ‘’I want two

pieces of gold for two chıckens. Then, the man said:’’Look keloglan, I have got a

treasure map. I’m lonely and I get older. Therefore I haven’t looked for the

treasure. I was working in a nobleman’s mansion. He gave this treasure map to

me. If I can get the chickens you can get the map, you can look for the treasure,

find it and be happy forever. Keloglan believed him, and they exchanged. Keloglan

went back to his town and he was very tired. His mother:

Ohh, my son my pumpkin son ! ! How did you take this paper instead of 2

chickens!? You would sell the chickens and you would buy some gas and some salt.

He deceived you. Now, you sit in the dark and you eat meals without salt.

Keloglan didn’t care. He only thought about the treaure, he got up early. He said

to his mother:

‘’Mum, I am going to look for treasure. I prepared some food. Don’t have the gas,

you can sleep early, don’t have the salt, you can take from neighbours. If I can

find the treasure, I am going to make you live like a queen. He kissed his

mother’s hand. His mother noticed her son’s determination and she changed her

mind. ‘’Goodbye Keloglan, I hope you can find the treasure ‘’.

Keloglan looked for it many days and finally he found the well that is showed in

the map. Treasure was inside the well. But how could he go inside the well? Then

he reminded Nasreddin Hodja who is supposed to be good at these kind of

things.

He went to Aksehir town and asked for Nasreddin Hodja’s house. He found the

house and knocked the door. Nasreddin Hodja opened it and he said ‘ if we can

be successful I can give you the half ‘.

They went to well together and Hodja said ‘ This is really dangerous’. But then

he made some plans and gave the plans to blacksmith. He asked him to prepare

the stuff.

After that, Nasreddin Hodja rode a donkey and Keloglan was on his hand made

car and they reached the well.

They knew that the well was full of dirty air, so they pumped clean air by the

help of their stuff (for one day). They realized that the well is clean now. They

tied a rope to cat and sent the cat down to make sure that the air was clean.

Yess, they made it, the air was clean. Finally Keloglan tied a rope and went into

the well. After an hour he got out with a treasure chest which is full of gold.

They were very happy and shared the gold.

Then, they went back to their home.

Keloglan bought some big houses, had servants and were very happy with his

Mum. Then, the king heard that and visited Keloglan. The king liked him so much.

King invited him into his palace and Keloglan accepted that. He went for the

feast and as soon as he saw King’s daughter, who is called Fatma, he fell in love.

She also liked her and they married.

What about Hodja? He spent most of his Money for charities. He heard about

Keloglan and went to his wedding. They had a good time together. Our new couple

lived happily ever after.

Keoglan Nasredddin Hodja

CROSSWORD PUZZLE BY 7A GRADE

1_ What did keloglan take in exchange of his chickens?

2_ What did Keloglan plan to take with his money for chickens?

3_ Why did Keloglan and Nasrettin Hodja bust into the well?

4_ What did they sendown into the well to make sure everything is OK?

5_ Why did the king invite keloğlan to his palace?

6_What did Keloglan search?

7_ What was inside the chest?

8_ How did Keloglan begin to live with his mother?

9_ To whom did keloglan fell in love during the festival

10_How many people went down to the well before

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Keloglan and

Nasrettin Hodja

Name: ______________________________

Fill in the circle beside the correct answer

1. Why did Keloglan go to small town ?

To sell donkey

To sell two chickens and buy salt

To buy chicken(s)

To meet with Nasrettin Hodja

2. Where was the treasure ?

in the well

on the island

in the palace

none of them

3. Why did Keloglan's mother get angry ?

Keloglan exchanged..

He forgot the chickens.

He ate the chickens .

He swapped chickens for bean

4. Where did Keloglan go ?

Akseki

Antalya

Ankara

Aksehir

5. Keloglan didn't go to well. Why?

He was scared

He got hungry

People were poisoned

He got thirsty.

6. How did they clean the poison?

By blowing

By blower

By pickaxe

By spoon

7. What did Nasreddin Hodja do with his money ?

He bought palace

He bought new donkeys

He donated money

He burned money

8. What is the Keloglan's wife's name ?

Aslı

Menekse

Nese

Ayse

7 QUESTIONS ABOUT OUR STORY BY 7A GRADE

1- Who gave a treasure map to Keloğlan ?

2- Why could not the old man go looking for treasure ?

3- Why did Keloglan go to Aksehir?

4- Why was there poisonous gas inside the well?

5- Why didn’t Keloğlan and Nasreddin Hodja ask for help from other people ?

6- What did Hodja send down at first into the well?

7- Who did Keloglan fell in love with ?

Daedalus and Icarus

(Greek story)

2ο Γυμνάσιο Ιωαννίνων - Διαπολιτισμικής Εκπεύδευσης

Once upon a time the king of Crete, Minos, heard about

Daedalus’ amazing works and decided to ask him to decorate his

palace too. Daedalus was a famous sculptor and architect. He

lived in Athens and he had a son, Icarus.

Well, Daedalus went to Crete and

make remarkable works, such as statues

and buildings. Also, he built a

complicated building, the Labyrinth,

where they would put the Minotaur, who

had a human’s body and a bull’s head.

It was a huge and impressive palace with

1300 flats, rooms, gardens and

storerooms.

But king Minos was scared that Daedalus might leave and go

to another country to build a similar building to the Labyrinth.

For this reason he imprisoned Daedalus with his son, Icarus, in

the labyrinth and didn’t let them leave.

Then, Deadalus made two pairs of wings, one for himself and

one for his son so that they could escape. He made them from

feathers and fixed them with wax. But before they tried them

on, he warned his son not to fly very close to the sun and to

follow his father.

Happy as he was,

Icarus was flying high and

his wings were reflected in

the blue water. In vain his

father told him not to fly

near the sun. So soon

something bad happened. Icarus didn’t follow his father’s advice

and his wings melted. He then fell into the deep sea and died.

Since then, the sea in the east of Greece is named Icarian Sea

nd the island which is near this area is called Ikaria.

Daedalus and Icarus Crossword

Across

2. Deadalus made many _______________.

4. He was the king of Crete.

8. Icarus had wings made by ____________.

10. It had 1300 flats, rooms, gardens and storerooms.

11. Daedalus was an _____________.

13. Minotaur had a ___________ body.

14. What happened to the wings when they were close to the sun.

Down

1. Daedalus made them to get away from the island.

3. Icarus was flying close to the ____________.

5. The sea where Icarus fell.

6. Icarus was Daedalus' _____________.

7. Daedalus lived in ___________.

9. Daedalus and Icarus' story takes place in ___________.

12. Daedalus made the wings because he wanted to ___________ from the prison.

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Read the story and answer the following questions… or you can take

the online quiz if you like!

1. Which was the most beautiful work of Daedalus?

a. buildings

b. labyrinth

c. statues

d. roof

2. How was Daedalus' son called?

a. Zeus

b. Ronnie

c. Icarus

d. Midas

3. Who did Minos imprison in the labyrinth?

a. Deadalus

b. Icarus

c. Both the above (correct)

d. Thiseas

4. Why did Icarus fall in the sea?

a. Because the wings melted (correct)

b. Because the wings didn't work

c. Because he couldn't fly

d. Because it was windy

5. Who was the king of Crete?

a. Daedalus

b. Minos (correct)

c. Minotaur

d. Icarus

6. Why didn't Minos want Daedalus to leave?

a. Because he wanted Deadalus to make him a palace

b. Becaue he didn't like the statues that Daedalus made for him

c. Because he wanted his palace to be unique (correct)

d. Because Daedalus killed Minos' daughter

7. How did they call the sea when Icarus fell?

a. Ikarian (correct)

b. Mediterrenean

c. Minoan

d. Cretan

8. The minotaur had the head of a ________.

a. man

b. king

c. bird

d. bull (correct)

(Spanish story)

Escola Divina ProvidènciaVilanova i la Geltrú

Once upon a time a pretty rat swept the stairs every single day. One day, she

found some money. Soon, she started to think about

what she could buy with the money. She thought

about buying some sweet almonds, but her teeth

would fall, so finally, she decided to buy a beautiful

ribbon to look even prettier.

She went to Miss Rabbit’s, who owned a nice shop,

she looked and looked and finally, she bought a

beautiful pink ribbon. She was so happy with it

that she left the shop wearing her new fancy

ribbon.

She wanted to be the

neighborhood’s envy so she

started to sweep the floor in

the street. Soon, Mr. Duck

arrived and seeing her so beautiful, asked her to marry him.

The little rat wanted to check his

voice, so she asked the duck to

sing a song for her.

Unfortunately, Mr. Duck sang so badly that she

rejected him immediately. Later, Mr. Cock arrived and

asked the little rat to marry him. The cute rat asked

him to sing a song for her, but Mr. Cock’s voice was so

awful that she rejected him immediately and the poor cock went home very sad.

Then, Mr. Dog, Mr. Rabbit and Mr. Donkey sang

a song for her, but they were also rejected but

the cute little rat. When she started to think

she would never find a husband, Mr. Cat saw

and asked her to marry him. She was very glad

happy, she also wanted to listen to him, so she

asked Mr. Cat to sing a song for her. Mr. Cat

sang and sang so beautiful and sweet that she

could not reject him.

Everybody in the village was invited to the ceremony, but everybody thought a

marriage between a rat and a cat would

not have a happy ending. It was so

dangerous for the cute little rat!

However, the cute little rat chuckled

about it because only she and her new

husband knew the secret:

Mr. Cat was a vegetarian!

And that is the end of the story…

Askeladden who fought with the troll

(Norwegian story)

Hovseter skole

Once upon a time there was a farmer who had three sons. He was old and

weak, and his sons wouldn`t work for him. Next to the farm there was a big

forest. The old farmer wanted his sons to cut some of the trees in the forest in

order to earn some money. This way he would be able to pay off his debt.

At last they agreed to work for him; the

oldest son went out to work first. When he

arrived at the forest he chose a tall tree.

Suddenly a big troll appeared. “If you cut

my tree I will kill you,” said the troll. When

the boy heard that, he threw away the ax,

and ran home as fast as he could. He came

home, out of breath, and told the others

what had happened. However, the father

said he was a coward. “That troll never

scared me whenever I was in the woods,”

the father thought.

The following day the second son went out to cut some wood. The same thing

happened to him. After he made some cuts in a tree, the troll showed up and

said: “If you chop my trees, I will kill you!” The boy didn`t dare to look at him,

he threw his ax away and started running, just like his other brother, and just

as fast. When the boy came home, the father was angry. He told him that the

troll never scared him when he was young.

The third day the youngest son, Askeladden, decided to have a try. “Yes, poor

you! “, said the two older brothers. “Do you really think you can do it, you have

never even stepped outside the frontdoor?”

Askeladden didn`t say much, all he asked for

was a good packed lunch he could take with him

on the way. His mother made him something to

eat, she put it in his leather bag and off he went.

After he had been chopping for a while, the troll

came and screamed: “If you chop my wood I will

kill you!” The boy didn`t hesitate, he grabbed

the cheese his mother had packed and squeezed

it. “If you don`t shut up, I will crush you like I

crushed this white stone!” He screamed.

“No, please! Have mercy on me! ”, said the troll.

“I can help you chop”. The boy said he would

save the troll’s life. However, the troll had to help him cut the trees in return.

The troll was very good at cutting trees, so they chopped many trees that day.

When the day became night, the troll said: “You can come to my place. We’re

closer to my house than to your house.” The boy joined him, and when they

came home the troll started burning some wood in the fireplace. He told the

boy to get some water in the well outside to prepare a stew. But when the boy

saw the two heavy metal buckets he knew he would not be able to carry them.

He told the troll that there was no point in using these two small buckets, and

that he was going to get the whole well.

“No, dear Lord,” the troll said, “I can`t lose my well! If you take care of the fire,

I will get the water from the well. When the troll came back with the water, a

big pot of porridge was cooking.

“What about having a competition, who

can eat the most?” Askeladden asked.

“Oh, sure!” the troll answered, he was

sure he would win. They sat down at the

table. The boy took his leather bag and

put it on his lap, and then he poured

more porridge than he could possibly

eat in the leather bag. When the bag was

full, Askeladden took his knife and cut

holes, so all the porridge ran out. The troll looked at him, but didn`t say a

word.

After a little while, the troll put away his spoon. “I can’t eat

anymore, I’m full,” he said. “You shall eat!” the boy

answered, “I’m not half full yet. You can do like me, and cut

your stomach. That way you can eat as much as you want.”

“But that hurts a lot, doesn’t it?” the troll asked. “Oh, that’s

nothing, you hardly feel it!” Askeladden said.

The troll did as Askeladden said, and you probably know

how that ended. Askeladden took all the silver and gold that

he could find, and went home. Now he could finally pay off

all their debt.

Askeladden who fought with the troll- quiz

1. How many brothers does Askeladden have?

o 1

o 2

o 3

o 4

2. Was the brothers’ father old or young?

o Old

o Young

3. Who was the first one to meet the troll?

o Brother #1

o Brother #2

o Askeladden

4. Did the troll scare away Askeladden?

o Yes

o No

5. Who suggested having an eating contest?

o Askeladden

o Troll

o Askeladden`s father

6. Were they eating porridge or soup?

o Porridge

o Soup

7. Who got half full?

o Askeladden

o Troll

o Neither of them

8. How did Askeladden trick the troll?

o Made the troll cut his stomach to make

More room for the porridge

o Made the troll run away

o Askeladden added poison to the troll`s porridge

9. Who was the one that died?

o Askeladden

o Troll

o The two brothers

10. Was it Askeladden or the troll who won the eating contest?

o Askeladden

o Troll

o Neither of them