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Vocabulary: Strength

The Dragon of Kraków

Feb 18, 2025

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Genre: Myths & Legends

Setting: Fairytale

New Vocabulary: Cobbler, Device, Flame, Flesh, Powder, Prove yourself, Strength, Sulphur, Terrorise, Wander, Wisdom

Word Count: 1901

Original Author: Marcjan

A dragon is terrorising the city of Kraków, but one man has a way to defeat it. It won’t take strength, though, but wisdom.
The North Wind and the Sun (Pre-Intermediate)

Jul 5, 2022

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Genre: Children’s

Setting: Fairytale

New Vocabulary: Bam, Bathe, Bitter cold, Harmony, Hold tightly, Kindness, Retreat (holiday), Strength, Suffocate, Sweat, Weakling

Word Count: 862

Original Author: Aesop’s Fables

The 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.