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The Tale of the Three Brothers

Part 1

There were once three brothers who were travelling along a lonely, winding road at twilight.
In time, the brothers reached a river too deep to wade through and too dangerous to swim across.
However, these brothers were learned in the magical arts, and so they simply waved their wands and
made a bridge appear across the treacherous water. They were halfway across it when they found
their path blocked by a hooded figure.

And Death spoke to them. He was angry that he had been cheated out of three new victims,
for travellers usually drowned in the river. But Death was cunning. He pretended to congratulate the
three brothers upon their magic, and said that each had earned a prize for having been clever
enough to evade him.
So the oldest brother, who was a combative man, asked for a wand more powerful than any
in existence: a wand that must always win duels for its owner, a wand worthy of a wizard who had
conquered Death! So Death crossed to an elder tree on the banks of the river, fashioned a wand
from a branch that hung there, and gave it to the oldest brother.
Then the second brother, who was an arrogant man, decided that he wanted to humiliate
Death still further, and asked for the power to recall others from Death. So Death picked up a stone
from the riverbank and gave it to the second brother, and told him that the stone would have the
power to bring back the dead.
And then Death asked the third and youngest brother what he would like. The youngest
brother was the humblest and also the wisest of the brothers, and he did not trust Death. So he
asked for something that would enable him to go forth from that place without being followed by
Death. And Death, most unwillingly, handed over his own Cloak of Invisibility.
Then Death stood aside and allowed the three brothers to continue on their way and they
did so, talking with wonder of the adventure they had had, and admiring Death’s gifts.
In due course the brothers separated, each for his own destination.
J.K. Rowling, The Tales of Beedle the Bard
 2. Match the words in bold to their synonyms.

1. wade through a). tricky

2. treacherous b). avoid

3. cunning c). to walk with effort through a substance, such as water

4. evade d). designed

5. fashioned e). allow

6. enable f). smart

3. Group work. What do you think will happen next? Where will they go? Who will they meet?
How will they use their magical prizes? Write your story (90-100 words).

Rta: After a time the brothers decided to meet at the older brother's house, but they did not
know that death was waiting for them there with a plan to take revenge for everything she
gave them.

She thought first of the older brother, thinking of scaring him from his room so that he
would fall on the second brother's stone and hit his head, but what death did not know is
that the younger brother would save them all with the gift that she gave him. He had
granted, which death could not overcome and the only thing he could do was surrender and
disappear from the life of the three brothers.
 Cinderella

Complete this fairy tale by forming the correct words from the words in brackets! If there
is no word in brackets, you need to add a causative!

once upon a time, there was a beautiful (beauty) girl named cinderella. she lived with her
wicked stepmother and two stepsisters. they treated (treatment) cinderella very badly (bad).
one day, they were invited (invitation) for a grand ball in the king’s palace. but cinderella’s
stepmother would not let her go. the wicket stepmother made cinderella sew new party
gowns for her stepmother and stepsisters, and curl their hair. they then went to the ball,
leaving cinderella alone (lonely) at home.

cinderella felt very sad and began (beginning) to cry. suddenly, a fairy godmother appeared
(appearance) and said, “don’t cry, cinderella! i will send you to the ball!” but cinderella was
sad. she said, “i don’t have a gown to wear for the ball!” the fairy godmother waved her
magic wand and changed cinderella’s old clothes into a beautiful new gown! the fairy
godmother then touched (touch) cinderella’s feet with the magic wand. and lo! she had
beautiful glass slippers! “how will i go to the grand ball?” asked cinderella. the fairy
godmother found (finding) six mice playing near a pumpkin, in the kitchen. she touched
them with her magic wand and the mice became four shiny (shine) black horses and two
coachmen and the pumpkin turned into a golden (gold) coach. cinderella was overjoyed and
at set off (departure) for the ball in the coach drawn by the six black horses. before leaving
the fairy godmother said, “cinderella, this magic will only last until midnight! you must reach
(reachable) home by then!”

when cinderella entered (entrance) the palace, everybody was struck by her beauty
beautiful). nobody, not even cinderella’s stepmother or stepsisters, knew who she really was
in her pretty (pleasure) clothes and shoes. the handsome prince also saw her and fell in love
with cinderella. he went to her and asked, “do you want to dance?” and cinderella said,
“yes!” the prince danced with her all night and nobody recognized (recognition) the
beautiful dancer. cinderella was so happy dancing with the prince that she almost forgot
(forgetful) what the fairy godmother had said. at the last moment, cinderella remembered
(remembrance) her fairy godmother’s words and she rushed to go home. “oh! i must go!”
she cried (outcry) and ran out of the palace. one of her glass slippers (slip) came off but
cinderella did not turn back for it. she reached home just as the clock struck twelve. her
coach turned back into a pumpkin, the horses into mice (mouse) and her fine ball gown into
rags. her stepmother and stepsisters reached home shortly (short) after that. they were
talking about the beautiful lady who had been dancing with the prince (principal).

the prince had fallen in love with (love) cinderella and wanted to find out who the beautiful
girl was, but he did not even know her name. he found the glass slipper that had come off
cinderella’s foot as she ran home. the prince said, “i will find her” (she). the lady whose
(who) foot fits this slipper will be the one i marry!” the next day, the prince and his servants
(serve) took the glass slipper and went to all the houses in the kingdom (king). they wanted
to find the lady whose feet would fit in the slipper. all the women in the kingdom tried the
slipper but it would not fit any of them. cinderella’s stepsisters also tried on the little glass
slipper. they tried to squeeze their feet and push hard into the slipper, but the servant was
afraid the slipper would break. cinderella’s stepmother would not let her try the slipper on,
but the prince saw her and said, “let her also try on the slipper!” the slipper fit her perfectly
(perfect). the prince recognized her from the ball. he married cinderella and together they
lived happily (happiness) ever after.
There 1. were once three brothers who were traveling along a lonely winding road at twilight. In
time, the brothers reached a river too treacherous to pass but being learned in the magical arts, the
three brothers simply waved their wands and 2. made a bridge. Before they could cross, however,
they 3. found their path blocked by a hooded figure. It was Death and he 4. felt cheated. Cheated
because travelers would normally drown in the river, but Death was cunning. He 5. pretended to
congratulate the three brothers on their magic and 6. said that each had earned a prize for having
been clever enough to evade him.

The oldest 7. asked for a wand more powerful than any in existence so Death fashioned him one
from an elder tree that stood nearby. The second brother 8. decided he wanted to humiliate Death
even further and asked for the power to recall loved ones from the grave so Death plucked a stone
from the river and 9. offered it to him. Finally Death turned to the third brother. A humble man, he
asked for something that would allow him to go forth from that place without being followed by
Death. And so it was that Death reluctantly 10. handed over his own cloak of invisibility.

The first brother 11. traveled to a distant village while with the Elder Wand in hand, he 12. killed a
wizard with whom he had once quarreled. Drunk with the power that the Elder Wand had given him,
he bragged of his invincibility. But that night, another wizard 13 stole the wand and slit the brother's
throat for good measure. And so Death took the first brother for his own.

The second brother journeyed to his home where he 14. took the stone and turned it thrice in hand.
To his delight, the girl he once hoped to marry before her untimely death 15. appeared before him.
Yet soon she 16. turned sad and cold for she did not belong in the mortal world. Driven mad with
hopeless longing, the second brother killed himself so as to join her. And so Death took the second
brother.

As for the third brother, Death 17. searched for many years but 18. was never able to find him only
when he attained a great age did the youngest brother shed the Cloak of Invisibility and give it to his
son.