The Mouse,The Bird And The Sausage

Once upon a time, the Mouse, the Bird, and the Sausage lived happily together. The Bird brings home wood from the forest; the Mouse delivers water, makes the cooking fire, lays the table; and the Sausage cooks.

One day, the Bird has a chat with some other birds. They make fun of the Bird, saying that it was doing all the work. The next day, the Bird suggests that they switch roles and refuses to go to the forest. The Mouse and the Sausage oppose the idea at first, but in the end, they give in. The Bird now is responsible for bringing home the water, the Mouse cooks, and the Sausage goes to the forest to collect wood.

The Sausage leaves to gather wood in the forest early in the morning but does not come home again. The Bird gets worried and starts looking for it. Soon, it finds a dog, who has attacked and eaten the Sausage. The Bird is going to accuse the dog, but the dog lies and says that the Sausage was carrying a lot of forged letters with him, and therefore it needs to be punished. The Bird cannot argue, so it goes home and tells the Mouse what has happened. They decide to do their best together from now on.

The Mouse starts to cook. It imitates the Sausage, rolling himself in the pot to mix and season the food. However, the Mouse cannot stand the heat and dies. The Bird comes home from the forest. It panics as it cannot find the Mouse and starts throwing the wood here and there. It yells and searches, but suddenly the wood catches fire. In order to put out the fire, the Bird goes to the well to get some water. It falls into the well after dropping the bucket. The Bird cannot get back out and drowns.

Multiple Choices Question.



1. Before three of them switch roles to do chores,what are their chores at the beginning?



a.The Bird brings home wood from the forest; the Mouse delivers water, makes the cooking fire, lays the table; and the Sausage cooks.
b.The Mouse brings home wood from the forest; the Sausage delivers water, makes the cooking fire, lays the table; and the Bird cooks.
c.The Sausage brings home wood from the forest; the Bird delivers water, makes the cooking fire, lays the table; and the Mouse cooks.


2. Why the bird want to switch roles of doing chore?


a.The bird scare of the water.
b.Its wings broke so it cannot fly.
c.Other birds make fun by telling that the bird was doing all the work.


3.What are the chores they do after exchange the role?


a.The Sausage now is responsible for bringing home the water, the Bird cooks, and the Mouse goes to the forest to collect wood.
b. The Bird now is responsible for bringing home the water, the Mouse cooks, and the Sausage goes to the forest to collect wood.
c.The Mouse now is responsible for bringing home the water, the Sausage cooks, and the Mouse goes to the forest to collect wood.


4. What are the reaction of the mouse and the sausage about switching the roles?


a. oppose the idea at first, but in the end, they give in
b.both of them scream in angry and say no.
c.both of them laugh and say you are joking bird.


5. Why the sausage does not go home again?


a.Upset because not happy to switch roles.
b.Eaten up by a dog.
c.Fall asleep in the wood.

Frau Trude

The fairy tale Frau Trude originated in Germany. Its main characters are a disobedient little girl and a witch named Frau Trude. The main theme in this story is that children should listen to their parents. Although she has a loving mother and father who try to protect her, this girl chooses to ignore their advice and ends up paying for her decision.

One lesson in this fairy tale is that parents know best. When their daughter wants to visit Frau Trude's house, they warn her that the woman is evil. Instead of listening, though, the little girl sets off on the trip. She sees several strange people on Frau Trude's steps and then notices a devil inside the house. This demonic figure is Frau Trude, who transforms the girl into wood and burns her in a fire.

The story's message is that strangers should not be trusted. The little girl has good reasons to be frightened of Frau Trude, since she has heard scary things about her and has been warned by her parents. However, she disregards everything she has been told because of her own obstinacy.

True or False.

·In this story there is a little girl who have character of disobedient. (   )

·The little girl have a unloving mother and father who does not protect her. (   )

·The little girl does not listen her parents warning about Frau Trude’s is an evil woman.(   )

·The little girl fill pleased when she enter   Frau Trude’s house. (   )

·Frau Trude’s change the little girl into wood and burns her in fire. (   )

Bearskin

A man was a soldier, but when war ended, his parents were dead, and his brothers had no place for him.

A green-coated man with a cloven hoof appeared to him and offered to make him rich if he would for seven years not cut his hair, clip his nails, bathe, or pray, and wear a coat and cloak that he would give him. At the end, if he survived, he would be rich and free; if he died during the time, the devil would have him. The desperate soldier agreed, and the devil gave him the green coat, telling him he would find its pockets full of money, and then a bearskin, telling him that he had to sleep in it and would be known as Bearskin because of it.

Bearskin set out, and gave much money to the poor that they would pray for him, to live out the seven years. After several years, he grew so hideous that he had to pay heavily to get any shelter. In the fourth year, he heard an old man lamenting, and persuaded him to tell his tale: he had lost all his money, did not know how to provide for his daughters, and could not pay the innkeeper, so he would be sent to jail. Bearskin paid the innkeeper and gave the old man a purse of gold as well.

The old man said that he would marry him to one of his daughters in gratitude. The oldest ran away, screaming, from the sight; the middle one said he was worse than a bear that had tried to pass itself off as human; the youngest one agreed to fulfill her father's promise. Bearskin gave her half a ring and promised to return in three years. Her sisters ridiculed her at length.

At the end of the seven years, Bearskin found the devil again and demanded he fulfill his promise. Clean and with his money, he dressed himself as a fine gentleman and went to the old man's house, where the older sisters served him, and his bride, dressed in black, showed no reaction to him. He told the old man that he would marry one of his daughters. The two older sisters ran off to dress splendidly, and Bearskin dropped his half of the ring into a winecup and gave it to his bride. She drank it and realized that he was her bridegroom.

They married. One sister hung herself in rage, and the other drowned herself, and the devil knocked on the door to tell Bearskin that he had gotten two souls instead of Bearskin's one.

Structured And Wh-Questions.

1.   What are the conditions that the soldier have to follow in other to accept offer of richness from man who green-coated with a cloven hoof?

2. Why Bearskin give the old man a purse of gold?

3.   What are the promise that the old men mad to bearskin in other to show his gratitude?

4.Which daugter agreed to marry bearskin?

5.When bearskin tuns into his normal form again?