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THE OTHER PINOCCHIO
Once upon a time there was a wooden boy whom a fairy transformed into a
real boy as a reward for his kindness. His name was Pinocchio!
Not much time ago, another boy emerged into this wonderful world of fairy
tales. He was a real boy, flesh and blood, whom a fairy changed into a wooden boy as
a punishment for all the bad things he had done. We’ll call him the other Pinocchio…
And his story goes like this:
Pinocchio was a nine-year-old boy who lived with his grandfather, Geppetto in
Calimanesti. He wasn’t that kind of good boy that any parents would want their
children to be. On the contrary, he was rude, mean and showing no caring nature. He
wouldn’t help anyone in need, people or animals; he wouldn’t doa good deed.
So, one day, a fairy appeared and said: “For all the bad things that
you’ve done so far, I’ll punish you and change you in a wooden boy. If this doesn’t
teach you anything and if you continue with your bad behavior, more bad things will
happen to you in return. But if you change, you’ll be again that real boy that you used
to be.”
And so the boy was transformed into a wooden boy. To come back again to his
original form he will have to behave himself, as the fairy said. He knew that very well.
But, will he succeed?
Old habits die hard, as the old saying goes. And it soon turned out that it was a
bit difficult for him to change his bad behavior. So, he continued behaving the same
way he used to: being rude, mean and telling lies. But when this happened, something
extraordinary happened too. His nose grew very long.
“What a big nose I have!” he said to himself.
He didn’t like this new nose at all.
“It doesn’t fit my face!”, he thought. “What shall I do?”
He decided to cut his nose short. And he asked Geppetto, his grandfather, to
do that for him.
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Geppetto cut his nose down to size and the extra part of the nose dropped on
the ground. And from that piece of wood a big tree emerged. A beautiful tree on the
side of the road! And what is more, the tree was magic!
Being emerged from the boy’s nose, it was linked to the boy in a special way.
And everything that the tree felt, the boy felt too.
Pinocchio didn’t know that, but he was soon going to find out. Because, you
see, just like our boy, there were others too, boys and girls, who would hit the tree
and break its branches when passing by, never once thinking of the harm they were
doing.
Feeling all the pain the tree could feel, Pinocchio started to protect the tree.
And when the children passed the tree and wanted to break its branches, he would
say:
“Don’t do that! Don’t hurt the tree! It can feel the pain just as you could feel it if
anyone hit you! Be nice to the tree. He didn’t do anything bad to you.”
And while he was saying that, an image appeared into his mind. It was the
image of a boy who used to do all those bad things that his friends were doing now.
And he felt ashamed, for that boy was him….Pinocchio!
A tear was running down his face….He was human again!
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ALICE IN WONDERLAND
Alice goes out for a walk in the garden. After some time, she feels tired. She
sits under a tree in the garden. Then she falls asleep. She is in such a deep sleep thaat
she is as if n a different world. As if a noise is calling Alice deeply. Alice opens her eyes.
This calling noise is not a person different from her mother. She stands up where she
sleeps and looks for the sound. She says “Yes, mummy?”.
Alice goes towards her house. She looks inside the house at the door and she
can’t believe in her eyes. Here is an extraordinary nice place. There are speaking
animals, flowers and strange people inside. She is shocked. Then, she starts to walk
around the forest. She sees a strange house. There ara strange people around a table,
speaking rabbits and a huge cat in the house. They invite Alice inside. They eat meal
together with great enjoy. Alice leaves them and goes out. Near the house, there is a
river. She plays here for a while. She imagines different things.
Alice adapts these strange people and starts to play with them. They play hide
and seek, blind man’s bluff and other games. Time goes so quickly that they finish a
game and start another. Alice is in such a good mood that she doesn’t even know
these huge people’s names. She, then, learns their names and the fact that they are
twins at the end.
Alice is so tired that she wants to rest and drink a cup of tea. She drinks it. She
suggest her friends to drink tea and they drink, too. They thank her.
In this strong a forest, Alice is spending very good time with different trees
that are like eagles, with speaking rabbits, and strange people taht she has never seen
before.
She makes crows from beatiful flowers and wears them on her head and also
gives them to her friends. She, also, sings a song sincerely. They clap her. Alice sits on
a tree which is different like a throne for a while.
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Again, she contiunes walking around the forest. She seems someone coming
towards her. Here is a different place where there are huge mushroom and people in
strange clothes. This is the person with different hair and eyes, who says he is the
prince of here. He asks Alice: “What are you doing friends.”
She asks: “What are you doing here?”
He answers: “I am Prince Martin. I live here. How did you find this forest?”.
She sees a big door. See sees roses resembling humans. Alice chats with these
roses for a while. Then she realizes that she is late and she must go. She says goodbye
to her friends and leaves there. Alice goes back where she comes. She feels very
happy and lucky herself.
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BALD MAN AND NASRETTIN HODJA
“Keloğlan look, I have a treasure map. I am alone, and I’ve already got old.
That’s why I couldn’t look for the treasure. I used to work at Zenginoğlu’s mansion.
Zenginoğlu gave me this map. Let me have the two chickens, have the map, look for
and find the treasure, be happy all your life” he said. Keloğlan believed the man, and
agreed. Keloğlan returned home in the late afternoon.
His mother shouted:
“Oh my stupid son! Can two chickens be bartered for this piece of paper? You were
meant to buy gas and salt after selling the chickens. You have been cheated. Sit in the
dark, eat the meals without any salt and make up your mind”. Keloğlan didn’t care, he
was only thinking about the treasure. He passed the night in difficulty and got up very
early.
Keloğlan said:
“Mother, I am going to look for the treasure. I prepared food for winter. Let there be
no gas; you will go to bed early in the evenings. Let there be salt; you will get it from
the neighbour. If I find the treasure, I will make you live like a sultan ”. He kissed his
mother’s hand. Seeing that Keloğlan was determined, his mother desperately changed
her mind. She saw Keloğlan off saying “Goodbye, Keloğlan. I hope you find the
treasure”
Keloğlan crossed mountains and hills, looking for days until finally he found the
well on the map. The treasure was meant to be in this well. The stone he threw into
the well made a sound like BANG. Keloğlan understood that there was no water in the
well. However, three people who had gene down the well in his village and weren’t
able to come out last year come to his mind. “I have a rope, which I brought with me
from the village. He started worrying - What if I tie the rope to the edge of the well
and go down; but then die like them because of the poisonous smoke in the well?
That will be a bad state - firstly I need a helper who is manly, trustworthy and
who is able to remove the danger in the well. Nasreddin Hodja came to mind while
thinking where it might be possible to find somebody like this, and he said “Ok”, the
Hodja will find a way to resolve this matter.”
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After a long journey he eventually arrived in Akşehir. There he asked to be shown
Nasreddin Hodja’s house. He knocked on the door and Nasreddin Hodja opened it. He
said “You are most welcome, my son”, “I am Nasreddin Hodja. Would you like
something?”
“My hodja, I am called Keloğlan in my village. I would like your help for an important
matter. I would be very happy if you would be so kind as to listen to me.” Hodja
welcomed Keloğlan into his house. Keloğlan told him how he had got the treasure
map; he told him that he said goodbye to his mother and left the village, had found
the well on the map, he told himwhy he hadn’t been able to go down the well. He
concluded his remarks by saying - if we find the treasure, we will share it fifty – fifty,
my Hodja. What do you say?
Nasreddin Hodja replied:
“Since there is not enough current, this poisonous air gathers in the wells which
haven’t been used for a long time and into which poisonous air leaks from the layers
of earth around them. If someone goes down into these wells, they will poison and kill
the person. As you have told me, the depth of the well had been nearly 9 or 10 metres.
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It is too tiring and troublesome to dig and broaden the hole around the well, we can’t
accomplish that. If we try to find a helper, it will spread from ear to ear, and the public
will gather at the well. We must find another way Keloğlan. Stay with us for a couple
of days as my guest, and I will think and find a suitable way.”
Nasreddin Hodja made plans during the following two days, and drew up drafts. He
brought the plans to the smith. He admonished him to give the equipments that he
had; to make those he didn’t have according to the drawings. The equipment was
ready in a week. He had bought a cart which two donkeys pulled. He put the
equipments, and necessities like food and drink in the car. He said goodbye to his wife
and mounted his donkey. Hodja with his donkey in the front, and Keloğlan in the cart
at the back, set off. After a troublesome journey lasting for days, they reached the well
in which the treasure was.
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Hodja scrutinized the well. He took down the big bellows, which they had got the
smith to make, next to the well with Keloğlan. They dangled one of the tips of a pipe,
which was nearly 10 centimetres wide, into the bottom of the well. They attached the
other tip to the bellows. They started to pump the bellows. The still and poisonous air which had accumulated for years - started to scatter, rise slowly and get out of the
well from the effect of the fresh and pressurized air. The rate of poisonous air in the
well, too.
On the third day they come to the conclusion that the well had been cleaned. Just to
make sure, Nasreddin Hodja put a cat, which he had brought in the cart, into a sack.
After tying up the sack with a rope, he lowered it into the bottom of the well. He saw
that the cat was alive and kicking after pulling it back two hours later.
Tying the rope around his waist, Keloğlan had gone down the well. He took out the
stone mentioned on the map. After digging the earth under the stone, he found the
chest. He tied up the chest with the other rope near him and called out to Hodja to
pull him. When Keloğlan had come out of the well, they pulled up the chest with
Hodja.
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When they broke its lock and opened the chest, to their surprise they saw it was full
of bright and shiny gold! They felt very happy. They shared the gold immediately. The
next day, Nasreddin Hodja set off to Akşehir on his donkey; and Keloğlan set off to his
village in the cart.
Keloğlan got a legendary mansion built in his village. He hired maids and menservants.
He bought fields, vineyards, gardens. He started to live like a sultan with his mother.
The Sultan heard about Keloğlan’s extraordinary wealth. When he was out hunting
one day, he stopped by Keloğlan’s mansion. Keloğlan showed respect for the Sultan,
and treated him in the best way.
The Sultan, who was very pleased with this close interest, invited Keloğlan to his
palace for the festival, which was going to be celebrated the following month.
Keloğlan went to the palace by coach and with manservants on the festival day. He
met the Sultan’s extremely beautiful daughter, Violet, and fell in love. Violet loved
Keloğlan at first sight and didn’t want him to leave . After the festival entertainments
had finished, Keloğlan returned to his mansion. He told his mother that he had fallen in
love with Sultan Violet at first sight and wouldn’t be able to live without her.
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They thought it over carefully and they decided to ask the Sultan’s consent to marry
Violet. Later he went with his mother to ask the Sultan if he could marry his daughter.
The Sultan accepted Violet’s marrying Keloğlan. Keloğlan returned to his mansion and
started the wedding preparations. On the way he had sent messengers to Nasreddin
Hodja to invite him to his wedding.
After Nasreddin Hodja had returned to Akşehir with his share, he clothed the poor
and the orphans, and spent most of his money on good deeds. And at the same time
he heard from his friends’ conversation and from the travellers passing by that
Keloğlan had got a mansion built in his village, had hired menservants, had bought
fields and started to live like a sultan, and he felt happy about the things he heard.
When he heard about Keloğlan’s wedding invitation and that he was going to marry
Sultan Violet, he regained a lot of his good humour. He started the preparations to go
to the wedding. He bought carpets, furs, and silk cloths. He bought jewellery like
earrings and a necklace for Violet.
He also bought two coaches, which four horses would puul, and he also hired two
menservants. He wore his most valuable clothes and his showiest fur. He set out with
his wife a couple of days before the wedding. The Hodja arrived at the palace with his
entourage, very ostentatiously. Keloğlan welcomed the Hodja at the door. He kissed
his hand.
They embraced and hugged each other. The Hodja told a lot of stories about events
that he had lived, including witty remarks, until the wedding day. He made the guests
have a funny time. Keloğlan and Sultan Violet married among the entertainments with
musical instruments and much conversation. There were no words to describe their
happiness. They lived happily for many years.
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THE BEAUTY AND THE BEAST
Once upon a time there was a family. They had three daughters but her mother died.
The girl was very beautiful and rich.The beast was rich too but every oneat school was
squashing him because of his being ugly. The beauty was also included it. Both were
studying in Robert College.
The beast falls in love with Beauty but she doesnt accept the beast love because she is
very poplular at school and doesnt want to lose this popularity. The beast was so sad
because of this and has made up his mind and has and operation on his face.
He becomes so handsome like and Justin Timberlake that the beauty falls in love her
this time... The best’s new look impresss on the beaty and they go out for a short
time.. after that the beast decide to talk with her because of her changes on her ideas
about the beast. Because she doesnt love her personality but appreance.. one day the
beast asks the beauty: Do you love me dear?
She says ,yes ,of course i love you...
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But the beast decides to tell tell what he thinks to her..
‘beauty ,when i was ugly ,i asked you to be with me together but you rejected me but
after operation on my face you became to love me.. So I don’t trust you because you
just love my look and personality.. And I have decided to break it up and wantto find a
girl who loves my personality and maybe she could be Lily because she really loves
me..
The beast and lily get married and live happily ever after but the beauty is very sad ,
cries and cries after she undertands that the apprearence is not important but the
inner love is much more important ....
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LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD
Today we will tell you a modern version of the tale “Little Red Riding Hood”
Once upon a time there was a small girl. She lived with her mother near a
forest . Her grandma sewed her a red riding hood. As the girl wore it every day people
started to call her Little Red Riding Hood.
One day her mother said: “My little child, today your grandma is ill, so take this
round white loaf with butter and bring it to her, but watch out for the Wolf.
The Little Red Riding Hood kissed her mother and left happy and smiling. She
was dancing and singing in the woods and picked a large bouquet of flowers for her
grandma.
Suddenly the Wolf jumped in front of herbut it was not the wolf we all know. It
was a young and romantic wolf, dressed as a rocker. When he saw the beautiful girl he
fell in love with her at once and started to pay her compliments for her pleasure.
But the Little Red Riding Hood did not believe him because she knew his
temper and refused his proposals.
At that time her grandmother was alone in her house waiting for her granddaughter.
Knock-knock-knock! Someone knocked on the door. The Wolf! But he was not going
to eat the sweet old lady and to tell her about his feelings for her granddaughter and
to convince her of his sincerity.
But it was not so easy. She was unbending and adamant for a long time.
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Later on the Little Red Riding Hood came and together with the wolf
convinced her granny of their love.
Around the house passed a brave hunter who heard their loud cries and came
into it ready to save the grandma and Little Red Riding Hood. He was greatly surprised
to see a different wolf, not evil and fierce but kind, loving and in love.
That is the end of our light reading story as a new version of the famous tale
“Little red Riding Hood” .
We hope it gave you a great pleasure.
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HEIDI
Heidi, as in the novel Pollyanna was a good girl who is happy with everything . But in
recent days, everything had gone . He had lost his grandfather .she did not leave his
room.she was also very depressed . Peter could not even fix his morale . But
monthslater she was recovered at theend .Meanwhile, Peter did not wanttohave a job
but Heidi had convincedhim .It is now . Peter is a veterinarian, Heidi has
beentheclassteacher . Heidi wasalsotryingtohelpchildren in
institutions .Bothwereveryhappy. But whathappenedto his grandfather made Heidi
veryupset .Grandfather had a heartattack .Thisshould be a
verybadsituationforeveryone .,Heidi wastryingtogo atchaletto from her grandfather
to rest in each opportunity . Heidi wasgoingtoschoolagainoneday , but while she was
thinking of her grandfather ,she couldn’t notice the car.. Heidi wasrescued , butnow
she wouldcontinue her life with one leg...
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Heidi’s students in theschool came to see Heidi at hospital. .Therewasnolonger a part
of Heidi , but there were 50 very cheerful students.sh spent most of her time with
them and the students are always helpful to her.she had many poor students.because
of their pitty situation ,she decided to built a very big apartment for homeless
children …..they lived with poor students together in that dormitory ever after…..
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THE BEAR TRICKED BY THE FOX
Once upon a time there was a cunning and tricky fox. She was looking all night for
something to eat, but she wasn’t lucky enough to find a single thing. When the light of
the day came, being very tired of his unlucky search , she got some rest in the tall
grass, trying to find a way to get some food.
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Laying on the ground, suddenly she felt some nice smell of food, something like fish.
Looking around, she saw a cart coming. What do you think she thought? She thought
that it would be better to lay in the middle of the road and see what will happen next!
When the peasant who, slowly drove the cart approached and saw the fox, he
stopped the bulls and congratulated himself on being so lucky to find a dead fox in the
middle of the road, because now he would be able to offer a nice coat to his wife!
The man threw the fox in the cart over the fish and continued his way back home.
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Being hungry, the fox started throwing the fish down from the cart, on the road.
When the fox considered that it was enough fish to have a good provision, she jumped
down from the cart to take all the fish.
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Then she took all the fish into her den and had a delicious meal.
While she was eating the fish, a bear just passed near his earth and asked:
What are you eating there?! Wow! Fish!!!
Yummy…and you have a lot! Please, give me some, please, I am so hungry too!”The
greedy fox answered then:
“Don’t you even think about it, bear ! I took a big risk to get this fish and I don’t take
risks for anybody but myself. If you are so hungry ,go to the pond and try to catch with
your tail as many fish as you want!’’
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“You go in the evening to the pond , in the woods, and you put your tail into the water
and wait until the day comes. Then you give a pull on it and see how many fish you
got!”
“You go in the evening to the pond , in the woods, and you put your tail into the
water and wait until the day comes. Then you give a pull on it and see how many fish
you got!”
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Very happy and confident, the bear went in the woods to the pond and put his tail in
the cold water. It was a very cold night and the wind was blowing even colder. The
water froze over and caught the bear’s tail in ice.
After a night of waiting, the poor bear was almost frozen and tried to pull his tail out
from the cold water.
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Poor bear!, instead of fish, he lost his tail! Screaming in pain, the bear went to catch
the fox to get his revenge .
But the tricky fox was hiding in the hollow of a tree and started laughing at the naïve
bear.
‘Hey, bear! You wanted to catch all the fish from the pond or the fish ate your tail ? “
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Angry, the bear found a branch and started searching the fox in the hole. The fox cried
then:
”Stop pushing so hard, cause you are breaking my legs“, was pretending the tricky
fox!
In vain the poor bear tried to pull out the fox from the hole, and, tired and angry, he
abandoned the idea…
And so….the poor bear was tricked by the smart fox!
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LITTLE RED RIDING HORSE
Today we will tell you a modern version of the tale “Little Red Riding Hood”
Once upon a time there was a small girl. She lived with her mother near a forest. Her
grandma sewed her a red riding hood. As the girl wore it every day people started to
call her Little Red Riding Hood.
One day her mother said: “My little child, today your grandma is ill, so take this round
white loaf with butter and bring it to her, but watch out for the Wolf.
The Little Red Riding Hood kissed her mother and left happy and smiling. She was
dancing and singing in the woods and picked a large bouquet of flowers for her
grandma.
Suddenly the Wolf jumped in front of herbut it was not the wolf we all know. It was a
young and romantic wolf, dressed as a rocker. When he saw the beautiful girl he fell in
love with her at once and started to pay her compliments for her pleasure.
But the Little Red Riding Hood did not believe him because she knew his temper and
refused his proposals.
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At that time her grandmother was alone in her house waiting for her granddaughter.
Knock-knock-knock! Someone knocked on the door. The Wolf! But he was not going
to eat the sweet old lady and to tell her about his feelings for her granddaughter and
to convince her of his sincerity.
But it was not so easy. She was unbending and adamant for a long time.
Later on the Little Red Riding Hood came and together with the wolf convinced her
granny of their love.
Around the house passed a brave hunter who heard their loud cries and came into it
ready to save the grandma and Little Red Riding Hood. He was greatly surprised to see
a different wolf, not evil and fierce but kind, loving and in love.
That is the end of our light reading story as a new version of the famous tale “Little
red Riding Hood” .
We hope it gave you a great pleasure.
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BIG BLACK BORING HOOD
Once upon a time, in a country town, a young girl lived. She was pestiferous and
listless. Her name was Big Black Boring Hood, because she always wore a with a black
hood.
One day her mother asked her to take a hot pizza to her grandmother further the
golden field. Big Black Boring Hood accepted after discussing a long with her mother
because that evening she had to her friend’s birthday party.
So the girl walked towards the fields.When she saw a kid, she hit him with a slingshot;
then she saw a kitten and she gave him a chewing gum but the animal choked.
Big Black Boring Hood laughed so much the she stumble and fell to the ground, losing
her mobile.
She began to look for it but she found the feet of a large bald man with eyes of fire,
who asked: “What are you doing ‘strange’ girl?” But suddenly Big Black Boring Hood
said:
“Move over, I’m looking for my mobile phone! I’m in a hurry, I have to go to my
grandmother, near the golden field. But who are you?”But the man disappeared by
her sight.
The bold strange man went to Grandma’s house. He wanted to steal his belongings,
and did so.
Catching her by surprise, while she was on the sofa, watching her favorite programme
on the TV. He took and locked her in the closet.
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In the meantime Big Black Boring Hood arrived. She was taken and locked in the closet
too. The criminal believed to act undisturbed, when… the doorbell rang!
The grandmother’s boyfriend, and just arrived at the door. He was very jealous. At the
sight of a man at home, he went on a rampage, asking insistently where the
grandmother was! The old man had already raised his arm to strike the criminal, when
he heard the sound of a mobile phone coming on the closet. His beloved was there!
The bald man stood on the run. Big Black Boring Hood and grandmother were
free.“What a terribile adventure!” the two women cried.
“Yeah, okay, but now I have to go, or I’ll be late to the party” Big Black Boring Hood
concluded.
It was sunny day. Little Red Riding Hood decided to visit her Grandma. When
she came to her house she was amused. Inside Grandma’s house were Woolf,
Woodsman and other Grandmother’s friends. They were sitting next to the table.
“Where is my Grandma”- she thought because
she didn’t see her at first. Suddenly she saw her. She was sitting behind Woolf, so
that’s why a girl couldn’t see her. Grandmother wore a fancy shiny dress which she
wears it only for special occasions. She put her favourite shoes and old fashioned
jewellery. That day her straight hair war curlied. She looked very nice and on her face
Little Red Riding Hood saw smile. She was laughing because Woolf was telling jokes.
When Little Red Riding Hood wanted to say “hello” her grandma saw her. She
said: “ We are waiting for you!” In that moment she think over why Grandma have got
so many guests. It was 26-th of June, so she had a birthday.
Little Red Riding Hood felt stupidly because she forgot about her birthday. So
she didn’t have any present for her. She run away… Near Grandma’s house was
growing flowers. She cut daisies and come back to give it her. Then she felt much
better.
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HANSEL AND GRETEL
At the edge of a dense of a forest a happy family lived. It was composed by: mother,
father and two children a daughter Gretel and a son Hansel.
One day the two children went in the wood whit they to collect some firewood. They
started to play with the animals suddenly they saw a squirrel jumping from a branch
to branch they followed him but… A few minutes later they realized they last the
way to come back home!
The two children walked a long time but they were far and far from their father. They
were scare of the dark and very very frightened. In tears, they feel asleep at foot of a
old oak tree.
At dawn, the firs shy sunbeams awoke them. Hansel and Gretel tried again to find
night wag. Further the old oak, they saw a curios, colored, unusual and candy little
house. Slowly they got near they found a really greed. The sweet house was
astonishing! There were pink and blue sugar confetto on the paved was decored.
There was a dark chocolate door and a delicious ring cake for handling. And the roof?A
flow of caramel with tiles of roasted peanuts.
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In front of all this amazing thing, never seen before the two children stared to nibble
the walls and windows. While they was eating, an old toothless, wicked, myopic which
opened the door and, in a flash, grabbled the children by neck dragging them in to the
house.
The witch closed Hansel in a cell to get him fat and then eat him. The witch put Gretel
near the fireplace for household chores.
Two days passed and Hansel was always in cage. Gretel started to think how to
escape from that
house!! She put some butter on the witch’s glasses and she gave Hansel a bone to use
as a finger. Touching the bone, the witch should think he was still thin.
One day while the witch was preparing the fire, Gretel threw her into the fireplace and
opened the cage!! Hansel was finally free!!. They went out of the witch’s house and
walked their way home.
They came back to their family and all lived happily ever after.
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HANSEL AND GRETEL
Once upon a time a very poor woodcutter lived in a tiny cottage in the forest with his
two children, Hansel and Gretel. His second wife often ill-treated the children and was
forever nagging the woodcutter.
"There is not enough food in the house for us all. There are too many mouths to feed!
We must get rid of the two brats," she declared. And she kept on trying to persuade
her husband to abandon his children in the forest.
"Take them miles from home, so far that they can never find their way back! Maybe
someone will find them and give them a home." The downcast woodcutter didn't
know what to do. Hansel who, one evening, had overheard his parents' conversation,
comforted Gretel.
"Don't worry! If they do leave us in the forest, we'll find the way home," he said. And
slipping out of the house he filled his pockets with little white pebbles, then went back
to bed.
All night long, the woodcutter's wife harped on and on at her husband till, at dawn, he
led Hansel and Gretel away into the forest. But as they went into the depths of the
trees, Hansel dropped a little white pebble here and there on the mossy green ground.
At a certain point, the two children found they really were alone: the woodcutter had
plucked up enough courage to desert them, had mumbledan excuse and was gone.
Night fell but the woodcutter did not return. Gretel began to sob bitterly. Hansel too
felt scared but he tried to hide his feelings and comfort his sister.
"Don't cry, trust me! I swear I'll take you home even if Father doesn't come back for
us!" Luckily the moon was full that night and Hansel waited till its cold light filtered
through the trees.
"Now give me your hand!" he said. "We'll get home safely, you'll see!" The tiny white
pebbles gleamed in the moonlight, and the children found their way home. They crept
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through a half open window, without wakening their parents. Cold, tired but thankful
to be home again, they slipped into bed.
Next day, when their stepmother discovered that Hansel and Gretel had returned, she
went into a rage. Stifling her anger in front of the children, she locked her bedroom
door, reproaching her husband for failing to carry out her orders. The weak
woodcutter protested, torn as he was between shame and fear of disobeying his cruel
wife. The wicked stepmother kept Hansel and Gretel under lock and key all day with
nothing for supper but a sip of water and some hard bread. All night, husband and
wife quarreled, and when dawn came, the woodcutter led the children out into the
forest.
Hansel, however, had not eaten his bread, and as he walked through the trees, he left
a trail of crumbs behind him to mark the way. But the little boy had forgotten about
the hungry birds that lived in the forest. When they saw him, they flew along behind
and in no time at all, had eaten all the crumbs. Again, with a lame excuse, the
woodcutter left his two children by themselves.
"I've left a trail, like last time!" Hansel whispered to Gretel, consolingly. But when
night fell, they saw to their horror, that all the crumbs had gone.
"I'm frightened!" wept Gretel bitterly. "I'm cold and hungry and I want to go home!"
"Don't be afraid. I'm here to look after you!" Hansel tried to encourage his sister, but
he too shivered when he glimpsed frightening shadows and evil eyes around them in
the darkness. All night the two children huddled together for warmth at the foot of a
large tree.
When dawn broke, they started to wander about the forest, seeking a path, but all
hope soon faded. They were well and truly lost. On they walked and walked, till
suddenly they saw a white bird on the tree.he was singing beautifully.Hansel and
gretel impressed its voice and forgat that
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They lost and started to folllow him.
The bird took them to the beautiful house full of flowers. The owner of the house was
very rich. Suddenly an old man apperared and asked:
Hey children ,what are you doing here? We have lost our way on the forest and our
father wanted to leave us in the forest,we are so hungry and thirsty,please help us ‘
said Hansel.The old man got them inside and gave them food and bed.The next day
he took them to their father’s house.he was so s ad because he left his children in the
forestand became so happy when he saw them again at home.The old man talked to
him and he told the whole story to the old man and also he explained how sorry he
was after that he divorced the step mother and lived all threehappily ever after…
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SNOW WHITE
Snow White left Dwarfs’ home. While she was walking to home she was thinking
about the reasons for its decision. Dwarfs did not get the salary for her work. What is
more they didn’t give her any gifts. Her bad mood was getting worse when a girl heard
that nobody doesn’t want to work with her. So she decided to return to his father and
forget about the problems of the past.
But ... on the way back Snow White got the idea: Why don’t I poison the queen,
to have peace and inherit property?- she thought. That is way she collected berries
and ran in a big hurry to the castle.
She managed to sneak in maidservant’s disguise to the castle. She added berries to a
queen’s cocktail. However it wasn’t so easy to kill stepmother. The Queen did not
want to leave this world. Half alive, half dead she was wandering the castle…
Snow White’s father was a pushover and he was afraid of the Queen. That’s
why he barricaded in the tower of the castle. He couldn’t help his wife. Snow White
made decided to finish that situation. While she killed a stepmother, she sold the
castle. Her father was putin a nursing home. Snow white went abroad to escape
from paying tax for salingof estate. She was never happy
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THE TIN SOLDIER
Once a little boy was given a birthday present of a set of twenty-five tin
soldiers. All the soldiers had shiny red and blue uniforms and gleaming tin muskets.
However, one of the soldiers stood out from the rest because he had only one leg. In
the same nursery there were many other toys. There were wax puppets and jack-inthe-boxes. There were playing cards and porcelain dolls. There were colour pencils
and bouncing balls
.
There also lived a beautiful, dancing ballerina doll who stood at the entrance to a
cardboard castle which had a small mirror for a lake in front of it. She balanced herself
on one leg so well that the tin soldier thought that she had only one leg. She wore a
blue dress with a scarf. The scarf had a tinsel rose pinned on it in the centre. The tin
soldier admired the ballerina from .a distance and soon fell in love with her. “But she is
so beautiful and she lives in a beautiful castle! She will not like me at all!” thought the
poor tin soldier and felt very sad. A goblin, who also lived in the same nursery, did not
like the tin soldier at all. He was jealous of the tin soldier whenever the ballerina smiled
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at him. The ballerina really liked the one-legged tin soldier in his smart red uniform.
One day, the goblin warned the tin soldier, “You better stay away from the ballerina!
She is mine! I am warning you!” But the tin soldier loved the ballerina so much that he
just couldn’t stop admiring her. One day, the puppets were playing together and the
ballerina was dancing prettily. It was raining heavily outside. The tin soldier was
standing on the windowsill and watching the dancing doll. The window was open. The
angry goblin crept behind the tin soldier and pushed him out of the window. Two
boys, who were passing by found him on the street and floated him down a gutter in a
paper boat. The little tin soldier flowed away in the water, into the drain nearby. He
was heartbroken because Ire feared lie would never see his ballerina ever again. He
saw a huge rat but the tin soldier was brave and holding onto his musket he floated
away just in time and escaped. In the dark drain, the poor one-legged tin soldier had to
fight many rats. The drain led into a canal where the water swirled fiercely, and here
the little paper boat was torn. A fish saw the tin soldier and swallowed him. He lay
inside the fish for three days, in the dark. The tin soldier thought that he would die
inside the fish.
One day, a fishermen caught the fish and sold it in the market. A lady bought the fish
from the market. Now this lady happened to be the little boy’s mother. Soon, the fish
was being prepared for dinner in their kitchen. When the cook cut the fish, she found
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the tin soldier. Exclaiming in wonder, she called the boy and gave him the tin soldier.
The tin soldier was very happy to be back in the same house with the same toys! He
saw his beautiful ballerina dancing at the end of the table. while he stood at the other
end.
But alas! The naughty little boy did not like the tin soldier anymore and he threw the
poor tin soldier into the fireplace. Suddenly, there was a gush of strong, cold wind
which blew the ballerina as well, into the fire. The tin soldier and the ballerina melted
in the fire. The next morning.when a maid cleaned the fireplace of the ashes, she
found a tiny red tin heart and tiny red rose. These belonged to the tin soldier and the
ballerina. who were finally together.The tin soldier and the ballerina married.they had
a daughter with blue eyes and blonde hair. She was so beautiful thatthe tin soldier
didn’t want her yo go out with any boys.but she had a boyfriend.she was closed at
home and didnt have anyfriends.she always cried and cried but she couldn’t reach her
boyfriend.the ballerina was very sad fir her daughter situation.she tried to convince tin
soldier and said , remember how we rescued from the ass when alad threw us into the
ass.please let them marry. The tin soldier thought deeply and allowed them
marry.they lived happily ever after.
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ALICE IN WONDERLAND
ALICE IN TARA MINUNILOR
STORYTELLER:
POVESTITORUL:
Alice and her big sister sat under a tree one sunny day. Alice’s sister had a book.
There were no pictures or conversations in it. Suddenly, a white rabbit ran close
by her. It took a watch out of its pocket and looked at it.
Intr-o dupa-amiaza fierbinte de vara, Alice statea impreuna cu sora sa mai mare la
umbra unui copac. Sora lui Alice avea o carte fara poze si fara dialoguri. Deodata vazu
trecand un iepuras alb. Iepurasul scoase un ceas din buzunar si se uita la el.
WHITE RABBIT:
IEPURELE ALB:
Oh, dear! Oh, dear! I shall be too late!
Aoleu! Am intarziat!
ALICE:
What’s all the hurry, Mr. Rabbit? Where are you going?
Unde va grabiti, Domnule Iepure? Unde mergeti?
WHITE RABBIT:
IEPURELE ALB:
I’m going home…Oh, my ears and whiskers, how late it's getting!
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Acasa...Vai de mustatile si de urechile mele...Este foarte tarziu!
ALICE:
Do you live far away?
Stati departe?
WHITE RABBIT:
IEPURELE ALB:
I used to live closer, but I kept wandering through these gardens and now I do
live far away. Have you got the time?
Stateam mai aproape, dar am hoinarit prin gradinile acestea si acum stau departe. Nu
stiti cat e ceasul?
ALICE:
Has your watch stopped?
Dar ceasul dumneavoastra nu merge?
WHITE RABBIT:
IEPURELE ALB:
My watch! Look! When I walk it walks too, when I run it runs too, when I stop
it stops too. Oh, dear! It’s late! I must go home.
Ceasul meu, uite, cand merg eu, merge si el, cand fug eu, fuge si el, cand stau eu, sta si
el! Aoleu! E tarziu! Trebuie sa merg acasa.
ALICE:
A rabbit house! That's very curious! But everything's curious today. Curiouser
and curiouser!
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O casuta de iepuras! Tare curios! Dar totul e curios astazi! Din ce in ce mai curios!
STORYTELLER:
POVESTITORUL:
Alice was so much surprised, that for the moment she quite forgot how to speak
good English. The Rabbit ran faster and vanished through a large rabbit-hole
under the hedge. The rabbit-hole went straight on like a tunnel for some way,
and then dipped suddenly down, so suddenly that Alice had not a moment to
think about stopping herself before she found herself falling down a very deep
well. Now she was in a very long room. There were four doors in the room, but
Alice couldn’t open them. Then she saw a little table. It had a tiny golden key on
it.
Alice a fost asa de surprinsa ca, pentru moment, a uitat sa vorbeasca limba engleza
corecta. Iepurasul porni mai departe si disparu intr-o vizuina de sub gardul viu. Vizuina
avea o portiune sub forma de tunel si apoi, se afunda brusc. Alice s-a trezit cazand intro gaura foarte adanca si a ajuns intr-o sala lunga cu patru usi de jur imprejur. Toate
usile erau incuiate. Apoi, Alice vazu o masuta si pe masa o cheita din aur.
ALICE:
This key has to open something!
Aceasta cheie trebuie sa deschida una din usi!
STORYTELLER:
POVESTITORUL:
Then she saw a very small door about 40 centimetres high. The little key opened
it. She put her head down and looked through the door into a beautiful garden.
She tried to walk through it, but she was too big. Sadly, she shut the door again
and put the key back on the table.
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Apoi Alice a vazut o usita de aproape 40 de centimetri. Cheita deschidea aceasta usa. S
-a aplecat si s-a uitat prin usa la o gradina frumoasa. A incercat sa treaca prin usa, dar
nu incapea. Trista, a inchis usa si a pus cheia inapoi pe masa.
ALICE:
Why can’t I get smaller? What’s this? That bottle was not on the table before.
The bottle has “DRINK ME” on it. Is it all right to drink? I’ll drink a little. It’s
very nice. This feels strange. I’m getting smaller and smaller. What’s this? It’s a
little box under the table! There’s a cake inside with the words “EAT ME” on it.
Well, I'll eat it. Perhaps I’ll get bigger. Oh! What a curious feeling! What’s
happening? I’m getting taller and taller! Good-bye, feet! I’m more than three
metres high!
Daca m-as putea face mai mica, mica de tot…dar ce e asta? Sticluta asta nu era pe
masa inainte. Scrie ,, Bea-ma!’’ pe ea. Sa beau? Voi bea putin! Ce gust grozav are. Ce
ciudat ma simt… vai, ce mica m-am facut. Ce e asta? Uite o cutiuta sub masa! E o
prajitura inauntru… Scrie ,,Mananca-ma“ pe cutie. Da, o voi manca! Poate devin din
nou mare! La revedere, picioare! Am mai mult de trei metri!
STORYTELLER:
POVESTITORUL:
Alice sat down and began to cry. She looked down and there was the White
Rabbit again. He had his best clothes on and, a pair of white kid gloves in one
hand and a large fan in the other.
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Alice se aseza si incepu sa planga. Se uita in jos si il vazu din nou pe Iepurele Alb. Era
imbracat elegant si avea intr-o mana o pereche de manusi albe si in cealalta un evantai
mare.
WHITE RABBIT:
IEPURELE ALB:
Oh, the Duchess, the Duchess! She’ll be angry with me because I’m late!
Vai, ducesa, ducesa! Ce manioasa va fi ca am intarziat!
ALICE:
(Crying) A duchess! Dear, dear! That's very curious! But everything's curious
today.
(Plangand) O ducesa! Vai! Ce curios! Cate lucruri ciudate mi se intampla astazi!
WHITE RABBIT:
IEPURELE ALB:
Come, there’s no use in crying like that! Stop it this minute! Your tears are very
big. There’s water everywhere!
Dar nu mai plange! Opreste-te! Lacrimile tale sunt foarte mari. Este apa peste tot!
ALICE:
What’s floating there? Oh, the fan! (She is fanning herself with it). Oh, dear!
I’m getting smaller all the time! I’m drowning!
Ce pluteste acolo? A, evantaiul! ( Isi face vant cu el) Aoleu! Ma fac tot mai mica! Ma
inec!
WHITE RABBIT:
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IEPURELE ALB:
Drop the fan!
Arunca evantaiul!
ALICE:
Oh, it was the fan! Mr. Rabbit! Mr. Rabbit! Where are you going? Wait for me!
Mr. Rabbit!
A, evantaiul era de vina! Domnule Iepure! Domnule Iepure! Unde pleci? Asteapta-ma!
Domnule Iepure!
MOUSE:
SOARECELE:
I can’t see any rabbits here.
Nu vad niciun iepure pe aici!
ALICE:
If only my cat, Dinah, were here!
Macar de-ar fi pisica mea, Dinah, cu mine…
MOUSE:
SOARECELE:
Eek, a cat? I never speak about cats! I don’t want to hear any more about them!
Iiu, pisica? Niciodataa nu vorbesc despre pisici! Nu mai vreau sa mai aud de ele!
ALICE:
Oh, I beg your pardon, Mr. Mouse! Wait for me! Help me!
Va cer iertare, domnule Soarece! Asteptati-ma! Ajutati-ma!
MOUSE:
SOARECELE:
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You don’t deserve it, but still.... Look, we reached the shore. Goodbye, I have to
go now!
Nu prea meriti, dar fie…Uite ca am ajuns la mal. La revedere, trebuie sa plec.
WHITE RABBIT:
IEPURELE ALB:
Oh, my ears and whiskers! The Duchess! The Duchess! She’ll be angry! They’ll
cut off my head, I know! Oh, where are my white gloves? Where did they fall?
Vai de mustatile si de urechile mele! Ducesa! Ducesa! Va fi manioasa pe mine! O sa-mi
taie capul, stiu asta! Vai, unde-mi sunt manusile albe? Unde au cazut?
ALICE:
Mr. White Rabbit!
Domnule Iepure!
WHITE RABBIT:
IEPURELE ALB:
What are you doing out here, Mary Ann? Run home this minute and fetch me
my white gloves. Quick, now!
Ce faci aici Mary Ann? Du-te acasa si cauta-mi manusile mele albe. Fugi!
ALICE:
I’m not Mary Ann, I’m Alice!
Dar eu nu sunt Mary Ann , sunt Alice!
WHITE RABBIT:
IEPURELE ALB:
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What are you waiting for? Go home!
Du-te, nu auzi? Nu mai sta!
ALICE:
O.K., I’m going! What a neat little house!
Bine, ma duc! Ce casuta frumoasa!
On the door of the house there was a bright brass plate with the name 'W.
RABBIT' engraved upon it.
Pe usa casei era o placuta stralucitoare din bronz, gravata cu numele ,,IEPURELE
ALB”.
ALICE:
Where could they be? I can’t see them anywhere! Instead, on this table, there’s a
little bottle. Is it all right to drink? I’ll drink a little! Oops! I’m getting much
taller! I can’t do it anymore! First I get larger, then I get smaller, then larger…It
was much pleasanter at home.
Unde or fi manusile? Nu le vad nicaieri! In schimb, pe masa asta este o sticluta. Ce-ar fi
sa gust din ea? O sa beau putin! Aoleu, iar am inceput sa cresc! M-am saturat! Mai intai
mare, apoi mica, apoi mare din nou…Era mai frumos acasa!
WHITE RABBIT:
IEPURELE ALB:
Mary Ann, Mary Ann? Where are you? Fetch me my gloves this moment! Oh!
You got bigger again! We must make her small again! Gardener, bring me a
wheelbarrow full of pebbles! Good, now throw them to her!
Mary Ann, Mary Ann? Unde esti? Adu-mi manusile chiar acum!Aoleu! Iar ai crescut!
Trebuie sa o facem din nou mica! Gradinar, adu o roaba plina cu pietriceele! Asa, acum
arunca-i-le!
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ALICE:
Pebbles? Why did they throw pebbles? Look! The pebbles are all turning into
little cakes as they lay on the floor! I’ll eat one and perhaps I’ll get smaller
again. I can’t get bigger! Amazing! I’m getting smaller and smaller. Now I can
get out of the house.
Pietricele? De ce arunca cu pietricele? Priviti! Pietricelele se transforma in prajiturici
cand ajung pe podea! Ia sa mananc una, poate ma fac mica din nou! Mai mare de atat
nu se mai poate! Formidabil! Iar ma fac mica, tot mai mica. Acum pot sa ies din casa.
WHITE RABBIT:
IEPURELE ALB:
Oh, Alice, I’m getting tired of your silly tricks! Let’s go!
Ei, Alice, te tii numai de pozne! Hai sa plecam de aici!
STORYTELLER:
POVESTITORUL:
Alice followed the White Rabbit for a while, but then, it vanished. After some
time, she came to a garden. Delighted, she was admiring the flowers when she
discovered a mushroom. There, on top of the mushroom, was a large green
caterpillar.
Alice porni dupa urecheat, dar acesta disparu. Dupa o vreme, ea ajunse intr-o gradina.
Incantata, admira florile cand descoperi o ciuperca pe care se afla o omida mare si
verde.
ALICE:
Have you seen a white rabbit run by here?
Ai vazut cumva un iepure alb trecand pe aici?
CATERPILLAR:
OMIDA:
You will never catch it with these legs! Rabbits run very fast.
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Nu-l vei prinde niciodata cu picioarele astea! Iepurii alearga foarte repede!
ALICE:
I’ve changed size. Being more than one size in a day is very confusing
.
Am fost cand mare, cand mica. E ciudat ba sa cresti, ba sa te micsorezi de mai multe ori
in aceeasi zi.
CATERPILLAR:
OMIDA:
Eat this mushroom! One side will make you grow taller, and the other side will
make you grow shorter.
Mananca din aceasta ciuperca! O parte a ciupercii te va face mai inalta, cealalta parte
te va face mai mica.
STORYTELLER:
POVESTITORUL:
As she had no time to lose, Alice decided to take a bite out of the left-handed
bit, when, instantly, she became as tall as the trees; then, she quickly took a bite
out of the right-handed bit and became small in a few seconds. She put the rest
of the mushroom in her pocket and started to look for the rabbit again. She was
about to burst into tears, when the Cheshire Cat appeared and advised her to
visit the Mad Hatter and the March Hare. Following the cat’s instructions, Alice
found the two having a very good time at a strange tea-party. She joined them,
but, after a while, she became bored of that foolish party. She wanted to go
home, so she sat down in the middle of the road and started crying. The
Cheshire Cat appeared again and told her that all the roads belonged to the
Queen of the Hearts. The Cat pulled a branch covering a hole in the tree that was
leading to the Queen’s palace. Alice entered the hole and she found herself near
some playing cards which were busily painting the white roses into red.
Cum nu avea timp de pierdut, Alice se hotari sa muste mai intai din bucatica din mana
stanga si intr-o secunda se facu cat copacii de mare, apoi gusta repede din cealalta
bucata si in cateva secunde isi reveni. Puse restul ciupercii in buzunar si porni sa-l caute
din nou pe iepure. Alice era pe punctul de a izbucni in lacrimi, cand aparu pisica de
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Cheshire, care o indemna pe fata catre Palarierul Nebun si Iepurele de Martie. Luanduse dupa indicatiile pisicii, Alice ii gasi la o serata de ceai tare ciudata, unde cei doi
petreceau de zor. Alice li se alatura, dar, in scurt timp, se plictisi de acea petrecere
prosteasca. Voia sa mearga acasa, asa ca se aseza in mijlocul drumului si incepu sa
planga. Pisica de Cheshire isi facu din nou aparitia si ii spuse ca toate drumurile sunt ale
Reginei de Pica. Pisica trase o crenguta ce acoperea o deschizatura in trunchiul
copacului, care ducea catre palatul reginei. Alice intra prin deschizatura si se pomeni
langa niste carti de joc, preocupate sa picteze cu vopsea rosie tufele de trandafiri albi.
ALICE:
What are you doing?
Ce faceti aici?
PLAYING CARDS:
CARTILE DE JOC:
The Queen wants only red roses. If it happens to see another colour, she will cut
off our heads! ...The Queen! The Queen!
Regina vrea numai trandafiri rosii. Daca se intampla sa vada alta culoare, ne vom
pierde capetele!... Regina! Regina!
The White Rabbit shows up blowing out of a trumpet for the playing cards
to gather. All of them stood still like soldiers because the Queen was about
to arrive.
Isi face aparitia Iepurele Alb, care sulfa in trompeta pentru adunarea
tuturor cartilor, care erau, de fapt, soldati. Toate venira in pozitie de salut,
deoarece urma sa soseasca regina.
QUEEN:
REGINA:
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Are they dyeing the roses? They really want to die, don’t they? Off with their
heads! Who are you? What's your name, child?
Vopsesc trandafirii? Vor cu orice chip sa moara, nu-i asa? Sa li se taie capetele! Dar tu
cine esti? Cum te cheama, copila?
ALICE:
My name is Alice.
Numele meu este Alice.
QUEEN:
REGINA:
Can you play croquet?
Stii sa joci croquet?
ALICE:
Yes.
Da.
QUEEN:
REGINA:
Then, let the game begin!... It’s Alice’s fault! Off with her head!
Atunci, sa inceapa jocul!... Alice e de vina! Taiati-i capul!
ALICE:
Sorry, it’s not my fault!
Iertare, nu e vina mea!
STORYTELLER:
POVESTITORUL:
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went to court. As you may imagine, the trial was not fair, and the girl had to
defend herself all alone. The White Rabbit read, from a very long paper, all the
accusations that have been made against her. Despite apologizing, the Queen
showed no pity.
Regele o convinse pe sotia sa ca Alice avea nevoie de o judecata dreapta, asa ca toti se
indreptara spre tribunal. Dupa cum va imaginati, procesul nu fusese drept, iar fata
trebuia acum sa se apere singura. Iepurele Alb citi toate acuzatiile care ii erau aduse si,
in ciuda faptului ca micuta se scuzase, Regina ramase la fel de neinduplecata.
QUEEN:
REGINA:
Off with her head!
Jos cu capul ei!
Alice was hungry and she remembered the pieces of mushroom from her pocket. She
took a bite of one mushroom and she started growing again.
Alice simti ca i se face foame si isi aminti de bucatile de ciuperca din
buzunar. Musca din una si fata simti cum incepe sa creasca iar.
ALICE:
Who’s afraid of you? I’m not! You’re only cards! If I blow once, I’ll tear you
apart…What a strange dream! How am I now? Tall or small?
Cui ii e frica de voi? Nu sunteti decat un pachet de carti de joc! Daca suflu o data va
daram… Ce vis ciudat am avut! Nici nu mai stiu cum mai sunt acum! Mare sau mica?
SISTER:
SORA:
You’re small, but you’ll be growing each day. Let’s go home to tea and you’ll
tell me your dream.
Esti mica, dar in fiecare zi vei creste. Hai sa bem un ceai acasa si sa-mi povestesti tot!
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The Other Pinocchio
Once upon a time there was a wooden boy whom a fairy transformed into a real boy
as a reward for his kindness. His name was Pinocchio!
Not much time ago, another boy emerged into this wonderful world of fairy
tales. He was a real boy, flesh and blood, whom a fairy changed into a wooden boy as
a punishment for all the bad things he had done. We’ll call him the other Pinocchio…
And his story goes like this:
Pinocchio was a nine-year-old boy who lived with his grandfather, Geppetto in
Calimanesti. He wasn’t that kind of good boy that any parents would want their
children to be. On the contrary, he was rude, mean and showing no caring nature. He
wouldn’t help anyone in need, people or animals, he wouldn’t do a good deed.
So, one day, a fairy appeared and said:
“For all the bad things that you’ve done so far, I’ll punish you and change you in
a wooden boy. If this doesn’t teach you anything and if you continue with your bad
behaviour, more bad things will happen to you in return. But if you change, you’ll be
again that real boy that you used to be.”
And so the boy was transformed into a wooden boy. To come back again to his
original form he will have to behave himself, as the fairy said. He knew that very well.
But, will he succeed?
Old habits die hard, as the old saying goes. And it soon turned out that it was a
bit difficult for him to change his bad behaviour. So, he continued behaving the same
way he used to: being rude, mean and telling lies. But when this happened, something
extraordinary happened too. His nose grew very long.
“What a big nose I have!” he said to himself.
He didn’t like this new nose at all.
“It doesn’t fit my face!”, he thought. “What shall I do?”
He decided to cut his nose short. And he asked Geppetto, his grandfather, to
do that for him.
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Geppetto cut his nose down to size and the extra part of the nose dropped on
the ground. And from that piece of wood a big tree emerged. A beautiful tree on the
side of the road! And what is more, the tree was magic!
Being emerged from the boy’s nose, it was linked to the boy in a special way.
And everything that the tree felt, the boy felt too.
Pinocchio didn’t know that, but he was soon going to find out. Because, you
see, just like our boy, there were others too, boys and girls, who would hit the tree
and break its branches when passing by, never once thinking of the harm they were
doing.
Feeling all the pain the tree could feel, Pinocchio started to protect the tree.
And when the children passed the tree and wanted to break its branches, he would
say:
“Don’t do that! Don’t hurt the tree! It can feel the pain just as you could feel it if
anyone hit you! Be nice to the tree. He didn’t do anything bad to you.”
And while he was saying that, an image appeared into his mind. It was the
image of a boy who used to do all those bad things that his friends were doing now.
And he felt ashamed, for that boy was him….Pinocchio!
A tear was running down his face….He was human again!
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ALICE IN WONDERLAND
Alice goes out for a walk in the garden. After some time, she feels tired. She sits
under a tree in the garden. Then she falls asleep. She is in such a deep sleep thaat she
is as if in a different world. As if a noise is calling Alice deeply. Alice opens her eyes.
This calling noise is not a person different from her mother. She stands up where she
sleeps and looks for the sound. She says “Yes, mummy?”.
Alice goes towards her house.She looks inside the house at the door and she
can’t believe in her eyes. Here is an extraordinary nice place. There are speaking
animals, flowers and strange people inside. She is shocked. Then, she starts to walk
around the forest. She sees a strange house. There ara strange people around a table,
speaking rabbits and a huge cat in the house. They invite Alice inside. They eat meal
together with great enjoy. Alice leaves them and goes out. Near the house, there is a
river. She plays here for a while. She imagines different things.
Alice adapts these strange people and starts to play with them. They play hide
and seek, blind man’s buff and other games. Time goes so quickly that they finish a
game and start another. Alice is in such a good mood that she doesn’t even know
these huge people’s names. She, then, learns their names and the fact that they are
twins at the end.
Alice is so tired that she wants to rest and drink a cup of tea. She drinks it. She
suggest her friends to drink tea and they drink, too. They thank her.
In this strong a forest, Alice is spending very good time with different trees
that are like eagles, with speaking rabbits, and strange people taht she has never seen
before.
She makes crows from beatiful flowers and wears them on her head and also
gives them to her friends. She, also, sings a song sincerely. They clap her. Alice sits on
a tree which is different like a throne for a while.
Again, she contiunes walking around the forest. She seems someone coming
towards her. Here is a different place where there are huge mushroom and people in
strange clothes. This is the person with different hair and eyes, who says he is the
prince of here. He asks Alice: “What are you doing friends.”
She asks: “What are you doing here?”
He answers: “I am Prince Martin. I live here. How did you find this forest?”.
She sees a big door. See sees roses resembling humans. Alice chats with these
roses for a while. Then she realizes that she is late and she must go. She says goodbye
to her friends and leaves there. Alice goes back where she comes. She feels very
happy and lucky herself.
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PINOCCIO
Once upon a time, there is an old toy-maker, called Geppetto. He lives on
selling the wooden toys that he makes himself. The only thing he is sad about is that
he hasn’t got a child. He can give everything to have a child. One day, he goes to
forest and looks for blocks to make toys. Then she finds the one he looks for exactly.
“This is what I looks for exactly. I will make a very good toy.” he says. With
pleasure, he takes the block to toyshop. He puts it on the table. He starts to shape it.
While Geppetto is shopping the block, there is a moon “Ah, oh..! Craftsman thinks
“Where does this noice come from?” Then he thinks thatt it is not important. He
begins to shape tu puppet in order firstly its head. Secondly its body and at last its
arms and legs. While he is cleaning the shop, he hears a voice “Hi!”. He turns his head
to realiize where the voice comes from. There is nobody except from the puppet
sitting on the chair.thinking again that he is wrong, he goes on his work. Later,
jumping from the chair, the puppet being to dance in the room. Seeing it, the
Craftsman, Geppetto is very shocked. “Oh my God, this puppet is alive. It is exactly the
child that I want.” he says. It is not an exact child with meat or bone, but he laughs,
runs, plays just like a child. He hugs the puppet child and says “You are really like a
child.Yourname is Pinoccio.” He is never bored anymore, he spends his time by looking
after Pinoccio. After some time, he thinks that Pinokyo must go to school. But
Pinoccio hasn’t got books or notebooks. Because Geppetto doesn’t have any money,
he sells his coat and gives the money toPinoccio.
He says “Look, Pinoccio. Get this money. Buy books, notebooks, pencils for
yourself and go to school regularly.”
Pinoccio gets the money, goes out and starts to walk with great fun. It looks
around curiously and watches the shops, people who are shouting. Meanwhile, he is
attracted by the crowd at the beginning of the road. He tries to realize what happens
by going among the crowd. There is a big colourful tent in front of the crowd. The
clown in front of the tent is shouting and gathers customers. This tent belongs to a
circus that has just come. Pinoccio becomes very curious. He wants to enter the tent
by passing through the crowd. The clown says Pinoccio that he can’t enter without
money. Because he is very curious about what is inside, he gives the clown the money
which Geppetto has given him for his school and he enters. He sees the puppets plying
on the stage which is set in the middle of the tent. Saying “heyy, there are puppets,
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they are from wood like me.”, he goes among them.the crowd watching the puppets
gets angry with Pinoccio. They reprimend Pinoccio saying “ Go out there, you prevent
us from seeingthe stage.” The man holding the ropes of the puppets, who is standing
over the stage becomes very happy to see an alive puppet like Pinoccio. He thinks that
such an alive puppet which can move without ropes will get me earn more money.
After the play finishes, he cathes Pinoccio and puts it in a cage. Pinoccio starts to cry
thinking that all these are his fault and if he goes to school as Geppetto has already
said, all these things don’t happen. The fairy, seeing that Pinoccio is sorry for that,
goes near Pinoccio and says . “You must do whatever your father says, I see that you
are sorry. So I will resque you. But don’t make such things anymore! This is the money
you give to circus.
Don’t spend it
for unnecessary things.Go to the school directly .’She takes him out of the
circus.Pinoccio goes to school with Money in his hand.Meanwhile ,he is singing a
song.Seeing Pinoccio,fox and the cat think that what a cheerful puppet is this.They
come near Pinoccio,What’s up Pinoccio?Where are you going cheerfully?’ they
asksPinoccio.Pinoccio answers’ I willbuy boks and notebooks for myself and I will g
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oto school.Tricky fox asks’ Have you got any Money?’Pinoccio answers ‘Of course ,I
have’and he shows his Money to tricky fox.Fox says ‘ give me your Money.I will plant
them to magic field.This Money will be Money tree.’’Pinoccio gives Money to
fox.Tricky fox and its friend gets the Money and run away.Then,there appears a fairy
neart Pinoccio and asks ‘Pinoccio ,Did you buy boks and notebooks?Tell the truth.If
you tell a lie,I will punish you.In fact ,fairy knows that Pinocciogave the Money to
fox.After she realize that Pinoccio lies her,she punishes Pinoccio hardly.Then Pinoccio
never lies and they live happily forever……
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LEGEND ABOUT KAZANLAK ROSE
In a country far, far away lived a rich trademan with his daughter. Every
morning she went to the rose garden kissed the roses leaves-bud and waked them up.
One day a young man came with his father’s caravans from the distance mountains.
Once she saw him, she became aware that he is the man from her sweet dreams.
In the early down , when he have to go back to his land , the young girl gave
him a blade of rose with the roots, she kissed it and whispered:
I couldn’t come with you in your land, but I give you the rose and my love. Every
spring time the rose will bloom for you and and for everyone who yearn
each oher. Goodbye!
The young man took the flower and kept it close to his heart .He planted it in his
garden, watered it with so many love and soon the rose bloomed. The rose filled up
with aroma the Kazanlak valley. The people named after it the Rose valley and the
flower – The queen of flowers.
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Bad characters needed
SCENE I:
WITCH :
Who is it? I'm sure that Hansel and Gretel are coming. Well, what do you want?
EVIL QUEEN :
Are you Baba - Yaga ? Am I right?
WITCH :
There could have been better , lady ...
EVIL QUEEN :
You have to call me: " Your Majesty ."
WITCH :
Well, well ... I've got something that will please you: A special ointment for pimples!
EVIL QUEEN :
Really? Will it disappear?
WITCH :
Of course not ! It pops ! ... And the flocks! Well, what ? Should I pack it?
EVIL QUEEN :
Er,er , no ... I got bored .
WITCH :
Why are you bored Majesty?
EVIL QUEEN :
Every time I think of something to kill Snow White - the dwarfs will save her. I don't
know what to do?
WITCH :
And you know I have similar problems. I'm fed up to teasing Hansel and Gratel. Hansel
isn't tasty....
EVIL QUEEN :
Have you herad what our subjects talk about us?
WITCH :
I've heard , I”ve already heard ... The worst thing for me is while I hear that kids don't
want to hear tales about witches.
EVIL QUEEN :
Yes, yes ... no one likes ...
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EVIL QUEEN :
Yes, yes ... no one likes ...
( Someone is knocking to the door )
WITCH :
Well, who is it now ?
WOLF :
Ladies let me to introduce myself , I'm bad mincer- each grandma and granddaughter is
afraid of me!
WITCH :
Why have you visited me, Mr Wolf?
WOLF :
I need to talk with somebody . Nobody wants to hear tales about the Wolf ... Little Red
Riding Hood doesn't want to walk through the forest ... Grandma doesn't want to open the
door ...
WITCH :
It sounds awful! I'm so sorry...
( Someone is knocking to the door, teraful dragongis coming )
DRAGON :
Uuuuu ... I'm unhappy! I'm so cute and cuddly - and nobody loves me ! From time to time
I have to kidnap a princess . However it isn't fair to feed me sulfur and Dratewka scares
me ? And what should I do ? I'm a dragon , not a butterfly ! I will not go back to the fairy
tale! Hold me , Auntie , oooh ... !
EVIL QUEEN :
Ok, it's ok! Don't cry poor dragon!
WITCH :
Calm down! I see that our lives are similar. Have a gingerbread first.... We will find the
best solution, I'm sure!
WOLF :
Thank you witch, for your advice . However we have to get out of our fairy tales. The
dragon is right.
DRAGON :
What will we do if they won't need us any more?
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WITCH
We will go to retire ! Look here's my magic bullet ! We will disappear from our fairy
tales , and the ball will told us what was going on without us ...
Beware! CHARMS !
Churum - Burum ! Szarum - czarum !
Mary - grease ! Pampalary !
There is no us!
ALL ( to the audience)
Forget about us !
Forget ...
Forget ...
( leave)
OWLS :
And here's our first story ,
What happens in Krakow.
There was no dragon and the Wawel
Immediately they bend over backwards ...
SCENE II
( On the grass is sitting King Krak . Szewczyk Dratewka is coming. )
KING :
How dare you invade before my throne without any invitation?
Dratewka :
I don't understand you, my King. I'm Dratewka ...
KING :
Dratewka or cord ... Well I don't care!
Dratewka :
You do not care???
KING :
Yes!
Dratewka :
Not at all ?!
KING :
Not at all!
Dratewka :
And what about your daughter?
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KING :
What : " my daughter ? "
Dratewka :
I have to release her from the dragon and she will marry me!
KING :
If the dragon kidnapped - which I doubt - you could saved her . However, it didn't happen!
Dratewka :
It hasn't kidnapped ? Why ?
KING :
The answer is simple: because in Krakow there is no dragon.
Dratewka :
As it is not a dragon? After all there was a dragon!
KING :
He was not ... Who knows ! Well, go away , go. And do not bother me.
Dratewka :
I wish ... I wish I had a dragon ... What a shame ...
( Dratewka out in tears , and the king is proud )
OWLS :
The next story is about Gretel
And so it went , her little brother.
My beloved , without Baba - Yaga
Fairy tales do not recognize the ...
SCENE III:
( Hansel and Gretel are apperaing. They are looking for something on the stage )
Hansel:
So what , Gretel , have you found anything?
Gretel:
Two mushrooms but with worms ... and a few cones . Oh! I'm not sure but I think I can
see some chocolates!
Hansel:
Show me, where can you see it! Phew, it's just plain pebble . Come on, look for some
sweets!
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Gretel :
I think it will be somewhere here ... I can recognize the old oak tree.
Hansel:
You're right , it's here ! But I can't see Marzipan path?
Gretel :
And where there are lollipops trees?
Hansel:
and what about house with gingerbread , there is no ... Strange ...
Gretel :
You know what Hansel- this forest is quite normal ... Maybe Baba - Yaga only was in our
dream?
Hansel:
What? What? Was she in our dream?And what about a gingerbread tea, a cage ? Look at
my face! You can see scratches on it!
Gretel:
Well actually , she was real. Do you remember how we comforted her? She was yelling :
" I'll eat you! I'll eat you! " and we escape of the cage.
Hansel :
Baba - Yaga went to check the cage , and the cage was empty! We were free!!!
Gretel:
She was screaming : "You are rascals ! Brats ! Where's my dinner ? "
Hansel :
We were running into the forest ! She sat on her broom and she was chasing us!
Gretel :
A broom was attached by us...he,he,he...
Hansel :
It was fantastic!
Gretel :
And now there is no our fairy tale ... I wish she is still here!
Hansel :
Oh , shame , shame ... We'd better go home.
Gretel:
Well, come on ! I will be first ! ..
( Run out )
OWLS :
Now, it's time for a story about the beautiful Snow White And the seven dwarfs .
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SCENE IV
( Dwarf appers)
Dwarf:
I give a telegram ! Note !
Rescue - stop!
With Snow White is not going to withstand - stop!
We urgently need an ingenious stepmother - stop!
Help - stop!
( Dwarfs comes with banners )
Dwarf 1 :
Down with Snow white!
Dwarf 2:
Forest for the Dwarfs!
Dwarf 3:
Long live for apples' producers!
Dwarf 4:
Save the Dwarves !
Dwarf 5:
Queen ! Do not leave your subjects !
(Voice from behind the scenes )
VOICE :
Hey - hey , guys, where are you?
Dwarf 1 :
Oh dear ! Snow White !
Dwarf 5:
Let's slip away!
( Dwarfs run away )
OWLS :
Surely you know the storyabout grandmother ,
who was loving granddaughter .
Brave gamekeeper rushed ,
To give Wolf a lesson
For this grandma ...
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SCENE V
Little Red Riding Hood:
Knock, knock !
GRANDMOTHER :
Is that you, my granddaughter?
Little Red Riding Hood: :
Yes, it's me, grandma ! Little Red Riding Hood .
GRANDMOTHER :
Come in my sweetheart.
Little Red Riding Hood:
( opens the door , looks at Grandma wit mistrust and celebrates her away . )
Are you all right , grandma ?
GRANDMOTHER :
Not really , but come on, say hello to me , baby.
Little Red Riding Hood:
Grandma ... I am afraid of something .... Grandma you arel ooking at me in weird way!
GRANDMOTHER :
What is your child 's talking today ? Stop me upset , my child. Tell better if you bring my
favorite radish ? You know how much I love it .
Little Red Riding Hood:( throws her grandmother 's neck )
So it's really you , dear grandma !
GRANDMOTHER :
Stop it ... stop it , because I choke ! Sure, it 's me! Who may I be?
Little Red Riding Hood :
That wolf ...
( Gmekeeper appears)
Gamekeeper :
Hands up you disgusting mincer !
GRANDMOTHER :
Who do you say that , Mr. Gamekeeper ?!
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Gamekeeper :
Really a shame ... shame ... I wanted to be brave gamekeeper! I've just wanted to save a
grandmother and granddaughter from the jaws of a wolf...
SCENE VI
( At the stage appears bad charcters)
DRAGON :
Did you hear ? Did you hear ? Dratewka said: " shame " ! Already back , shoemaker dear ,
I 'll be back . Bye , bye dear , I'm going to Krakow.
WITCH :
I can't belive ! He flew . And how his mood has improved!
WOLF :
You know , sisters I feel hungry! A gamekeeper is a nice guy! I have to help him! Bye!
WITCH :
Have you seen it ? They need so little to be happy! I'll do tea ... welcome ...
EVIL QUEEN :
Unfortunately, I can't stay any longer. My subjects need me ...they were calling me!
WITCH :
What shall I do? Well, Hansel and Gretel also've said:" shame ". Dear kids! I'm going to scare them ! Byebye , I have to back to my fairy tale!
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