The Princess and The Pea

There was once a prince, and he wanted a princess, but then she must be a real Princess. He travelled right around the world to find one, but there was always something wrong. There were plenty of princesses, but whether they were real princesses he had great difficulty in discovering; there was always something which was not quite right about them. So at last he had come home again, and he was very sad because he wanted a real princess so badly.

One evening there was a terrible storm; it thundered and lightninged and the rain poured down in torrents; indeed it was a fearful night. In the middle of the storm somebody knocked at the town gate, and the old King himself sent to open it. It was a princess who stood outside, but she was in a terrible state from the rain and the storm. The water streamed out of her hair and her clothes; it ran in at the top of her shoes and out at the heel, but she said that she was a real princess. ''''Well we shall soon see if that is true,'''' thought the old Queen, but she said nothing.

She went into the bedroom, took all the bed clothes off and laid a pea on the bedstead: then she took twenty mattresses and piled them on top of the pea, and then twenty feather beds on top of the mattresses. This was where the princess was to sleep that night. In the morning they asked her how she slept. ''''Oh terribly bad!'''' said the princess. ''''I have hardly closed my eyes the whole night! Heaven knows what was in the bed. I seemed to be lying upon some hard thing, and my whole body is black and blue this morning. It is terrible!'''' They saw at once that she must be a real princess when she had felt the pea through twenty mattresses and twenty feather beds. Nobody but a real princess could have such a delicate skin. So the prince took her to be his wife, for now he was sure that he had found a real princess, and the pea was put into the Museum, where it may still be seen if no one has stolen it. Now this is a true story.

True or false questions.

1.The weather is fine when there a princess come at one night.(   )

2. The prince so sad because he still have not found the right princess yet at the beginning    story.(   )

3. The queen laid a pea on the beadstead.(   )

4. The princess feel happy after had a good night sleep.(   )

5. The princess marry the prince at the end of the story.(   )

 

Little Red Riding Hood

The story is about a lovely sweet girl who is loved by one and all. Everyone calls the girl Little Red Riding Hood as she always wears a riding hood made of red velvet, which was gifted to her by her grandmother. One fine day, Little Red Riding Hood’s mother packs a bottle of wine and a cake in a basket and asks her to take them to her sick grandmother. Before she leaves, her mother warns her not to talk to anyone on the way. Little Red Riding Hood promises her that she wouldn’t and sets off to her grandmother’s place, which was put up in the forest, half an hours walk from the village.

 When Little Red Riding Hood enters the forest, she comes across a wolf, who plans to eat her up. So when the wolf asks her where she is off to, she answers him that she is on her way to see her grandmother, without suspecting the wolf. When the wolf asks her where her grandmother lives, Little Red Riding Hood innocently answers that too. The wolf trots along with Little Red Riding Hood for sometime and tempts her to make a slow journey, asking her to enjoy the scenery. Little Red Riding Hood leaves the path and starts picking flowers and as she does so, she goes deeper and deeper into the forest. Meanwhile, the big bad wolf reaches grandmothers house and knocks the door. He enters the house and gobbles Little Red Riding Hood’s grandmother. Then, he puts on the grandmothers clothes and night cap and lies down in her bed.

 Little Red Riding Hood soon realizes that she is late and hurries to her grandmother’s house. She reaches the house and finds the front door wide open. She makes her way towards the bed, to see her grandmother looking very strange. “Grandmother, what big ears you have!” she asks. “All the better to hear you with,” the wolf replies. “Grandmother, what big eyes you have!” she asks. “All the better to see you with,” the wolf replies. “Grandmother, what big hands you have!” she asks. “All the better to hold you with,” the wolf replies. “But grandmother, what big teeth you have!” she asks. “All the better to eat you with,” the wolf replies, and leaps out of the bed and swallows Little Red Riding Hood. After that, the wolf gets back to the bed and starts sleeping.

After a while, a passing huntsman hears the loud snores and goes inside the house, to find a wolf sleeping on the bed. He immediately cuts open the wolf’s stomach with a pair of scissors. Little Red Riding Hood pops out of the wolf’s stomach, followed by her grandmother. They then fill the wolf’s stomach with stones and sew it. The wolf wakes up and tries to run, but falls down dead instead. The grandmother drinks the wine and eats the cake and feels much better and the story ends with Little Red Riding Hood promising her grandmother that she would never again leave the path when her mother has forbidden it.

Structured And Wh-Questions

1. Why everyone calls the girl Little Red Riding Hood?

2.What are the things Little Red Riding Hood's mother packs in a basket?

3.Who is Little Red Riding Hood's met when she came across the forest?


4.When is the grandmother of Little Red Riding Hood's eaten?


5. Where does Little Red Riding Hood's leading when she epick up some flowers?