Самые лучшие английские сказки / The best english fairy tales - стр. 3
3. What do magicians usually do?
4. What do you like and what don't you like in the characters?
5. What would you do if you were the main character of the story?
6. What is the end of the story?
7. Retell the story.
13. Заполните таблицу:
Ответы
1. A learned man had a book in which he had the knowledge to control demons.
2. A demon is a supernatural, malevolent being.
3: the use of paranormal methods to manipulate natural forces
4. The foolish pupil one day found it open and read a spell from it.
5. The demon appeared and demanded a task from the foolish pupil.
6. The demon went on watering the flower until the room was filling with water.
7. The master remembered that he had left his book unlocked, returned and dispelled the demon.
8. He wanted to save his life.
9. Because the lad didn't know the words by which to send the demon away.
10. rose; The water rose to the boy's knees and still more water was poured.
11.
The master remembered on his journey that he had not locked his book, and therefore returned.
13.
The Golden Arm
Here was once a man who travelled the land all over[11] in search of a wife. He saw young and old, rich and poor, pretty and plain, and could not meet with one to his mind.[12] At last he found a woman, young, fair, and rich, who possessed a right arm of solid gold. He married her at once, and thought no man so fortunate as he was.[13] They lived happily together, but, though he wished people to think otherwise, he was fonder of the golden arm[14] than of all his wife’s gifts besides.
At last she died. The husband put on black clothes, and pulled the longest face at the funeral. But in the middle of the night, he dug up the body, and cut off the golden arm. He hurried home to hide his treasure, and thought no one would know.
The following night he put the golden arm under his pillow, and was just falling asleep, when the ghost of his dead wife glided into the room. Stalking up to the bedside it drew the curtain, and looked at him reproachfully. Pretending not to be afraid, he spoke to the ghost, and said, "What have you done with your red cheeks?"
"All withered and wasted away," replied the ghost, in a hollow tone.
"What have you done with your red rosy lips?"
"All withered and wasted away."
"What have you done with your golden hair?"
"All withered and wasted away."
"What have you done with your Golden Arm?"
"You have it!"
The Fish and the Ring
Once upon a time, there was a mighty Baron in the North Country who was a great magician and knew everything that would come to pass.