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Setting: Fairytale
Goldilocks and the Three Bears
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Genre: Children’sSetting: FairytaleNew Vocabulary: Fur coat, Judge, Lonely, Normal-sized, Owe, Porridge, Shout, Smell, Sunrise, Swan, Try (Food)Word Count: 2115Original Author: Ariel GoodbodyGoldilocks goes into the forest and gets lost. She finds a house with porridge by the window, and it smells so good… The old man who lives there would want her to go and eat it, wouldn’t he?
The Boy Who Knew No Fear (Beginner)
One day, a young man called Anders hears his brother say, ‘Oh, those scary stories make me shudder!’ ‘I wonder what it means to shudder?’ Anders thinks, and he goes out on a journey to find out.
Hector the Snail
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Genre: Children’sSetting: FairytaleNew Vocabulary: All over, Cave, False eyelashes, Free (verb), Human, Kick, Ostrich, Ride, Snail, Snail trail, Solve a problem, Swap, WizardWord Count: 1033Original Author: Ariel GoodbodyHector is a snail, so of course he’s very slow. But he dreams of becoming fast. He decides to find a wizard and ask the wizard to swap his body with an ostrich’s. What could go wrong? Well, a lot, actually…
The Turnip Princess
A young man called Arran hates eating his vegetables. One day, his mother locks him out. Arran finds a house with a strange old woman inside, and a dog that talks. Will he find his way home, and will he discover the secret of the house?
The North Wind and the Sun (Pre-Intermediate)
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Genre: Children’sSetting: FairytaleNew Vocabulary: Bam, Bathe, Bitter cold, Harmony, Hold tightly, Kindness, Retreat (holiday), Strength, Suffocate, Sweat, WeaklingWord Count: 862Original Author: Aesop’s FablesThe North Wind and the Sun are always arguing about what true power is. Does power come from strength, or from kindness? So the North Wind challenges the Sun to a competition to see who is right.
The Very Hungry Dragon (Beginner)
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Genre: Children’sSetting: FairytaleNew Vocabulary: Cart, Dragon, Freezer, From now on, Hug, Ignore, In one go, Jewel, Reputation, Smell, Spit out, Taste of somethingWord Count: 1290Original Author: Ariel GoodbodyShe flew down and took the roof off the cart. The people with the cart saw her and ran away. Grella laughed, and picked up the cart in her hand. She emptied it into her mouth, eating all of the jewels in one go. Grella understood now. Her mother had been right. Jewels were amazing. They made her feel wonderful inside, like there was a party inside her stomach. Grella flew off to find more…
One-Eyed, Two-Eyed, Three-Eyed (Beginner)
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Genre: Children’sSetting: FairytaleNew Vocabulary: Asleep, Awake, Dig a hole, Fringe, Goat, Hoof, Horn, Marry, Pick (fruit), Skin, Work hardWord Count: 2083Original Author: Fairy TalesSuddenly, the goat started changing. It grew long and square, and became a big white table. And on the table were all kinds of food: bread, cheeses, jams, pickles, tomatoes, olives, and so on. The girl was hungry from the work, so she ate lots and lots of food, and when she was done, she said, ‘Little goat, little goat, it’s time to go.’
Sleeping Beauty (Advanced)
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Genre: Children’sSetting: FairytaleNew Vocabulary: Beloved, Cloak, Compassion, Compliment, Crack, Curse, Dye, Gladiator, Seafoam, Throne, Under a spellWord Count: 2354Original Author: Fairy TalesDella stopped suddenly. The fairy’s face changed, filling with anger. She jumped towards the wings, and her spell was broken. The guards ran forward, grabbing her thin arms and easily holding her back. ‘If she will not give me my wings, then let her suffer like me! If I cannot fly, then she must sleep. Tonight, your beloved princess will fall into a deep sleep and never wake up again!’
Strange Friends (Intermediate)
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Genre: Children’sSetting: FairytaleNew Vocabulary: ‘Good things come in threes’, Altar, Anticipation, Christening, Deter, Evoke memories, Fantasise, From top to bottom, Gravely, Spare (Give)Word Count: 1384Original Author: Fairy TalesBut as the weeks passed, she thought more and more about the fat, and her thoughts began to turn selfish. She fantasised about going and eating the fat. It would taste so good! So the cat came up with a plan. She came to the mouse and said, ‘Dear mouse, I have to ask you a favour. You see, my cousin has given birth to a beautiful little kitten with white and brown fur. He…
Big Peter and Little Peter
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Genre: PhilosophicalSetting: FairytaleNew Vocabulary: Basket, Chop off, Heaven, Let someone out, Priest, Scared, Shove, Stupid, Tell the future, WoollenWord Count: 2016Original Author: Norwegian MythsAs Little Peter rode his horse, he held the basket so that the priest could not get out. ‘Help! Help!’ shouted the priest. ‘Shh!’ said Little Peter. ‘Do you hear that?’ They were by a river, and the priest listened to the water. ‘Most baskets do not talk, so if you can talk, you must be a magic basket. And I don’t like magic. I think I’ll throw you in the river!’