Sweet Porridge

There was a poor but good little girl who lived alone with her mother, and they no longer had anything to eat. So the child went into the forest, and there an aged woman met her who was aware of her sorrow, and presented her with a little pot, which when she said, "Cook, little pot, cook," would cook good, sweet porridge, and when she said, "Stop, little pot," it ceased to cook.

The girl took the pot home to her mother, and now they were freed from their poverty and hunger, and ate sweet porridge as often as they chose. Once on a time when the girl had gone out, her mother said, "Cook, little pot, cook." And it did cook and she ate until she was satisfied, and then she wanted the pot to stop cooking, but did not know the word.

 So it went on cooking and the porridge rose over the edge, and still it cooked on until the kitchen and whole house were full, and then the next house, and then the whole street, just as if it wanted to satisfy the hunger of the whole world, and there was the greatest distress, but no one knew how to stop it. At last when only one single house remained, the child came home and just said, "Stop, little pot," and it stopped and gave up cooking, and whosoever wished to return to the town had to eat their way back.

The story is also well known by the name of "The Magic Porridge Pot"

Rearrage back these story events in the right sequnce of the story.

• The mother and the little girl freed from thier poverty and hunger.(   )
• An aged woman aware of the little girl who is sorrow and represented her with a little pot that could cook  sweet porridge.(   )
• The pot won’t stop cooking because the mother don’t know the word.(   )
• Whoever want to return to the town have to eat the over cooked porridge on the way back.(   )

The Fisherman and His Wife

The Fisherman and his Wife is one of the Grimm Brothers' fairy tales. It is the story of a poor fisherman and his wife who lived in deep poverty. One day the fisherman was out doing his job when he caught a flounder. To his great surprise, the flounder spoke to him, begging to be released and explaining that he was really a prince. The fisherman let him go and went home. When his wife found out what had happened, she was angry at her husband for not asking the prince for something. She demanded that he go back and ask for a hut for them to live in.

The flounder granted the wish, and the fisherman came home to a pretty little hut with a nice little yard. He was very happy, but his wife was soon dissatisfied. She had her husband go back again and ask for a castle. The husband was not willing, but she finally wore him down. He asked, and his request was granted. A huge castle complete with servants was waiting for him when he arrived back home; however, it wasn't long before his wife was again unhappy.

This time her demand was to be king. The poor husband was very distressed, but his wife was extremely persistent. He went back, and once more the flounder granted him what he asked. Still that was not enough. Next she wanted to be emperor and then she wanted to be pope. The husband was more and more mortified by his wife's behavior, but each time he relented and the wife's demands were met.

Finally the wife decided that the only thing that could satisfy her now was to be in control of the sun, when it rose and when it set. She pressured her poor husband once more to return to the flounder. He did, but this time the flounder had completely lost patience with the situation. Instead of granting the request, he told the fisherman to return home to the pig sty he had lived in at the beginning.

The message of this story is that one must be careful not to let greed take control. If a person depends on material things for happiness, that person will never have enough. True happiness is something a person has within and not something that can be attained through material wealth or power.

Rearrange these events in the right sequence of the story.

• The fisherman came home to a pretty little hut with a nice little yard but his wife dissatisfied and she ask for huge castle and completed with servants.(   )
• The fisherman caught a flounder and surprise it can talk as the flounder mention he is a prince.(   )
• Next wishes of his wife is the fisherman to be a king,herself would be the emporor because still dissatisfied of what she have currently.(   )
• His wife found out what had happened, she was angry at her husband for not asking the prince for something and demand his husband to go back and make a wish.(   )
• The final wish that made the wif satisfied is to be able control the sun.(   )
• The wife are punish for her greedy and turn out to be a pig sty.(   )

The Three Little Birds

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flute	evil	thrown	deeds	beautiful
jealous	defect	reunited	recognizes	message

The story of The Three Little Birds features several characters and two sets of siblings. The tale begins with three sisters, all (   1   ), who marry a king and two ministers. The king is a just and forgiving man and the sister and the king are very happy together. When the Queen gives birth, her child has a a birth (   2   ) and is thrown in the river. This happens two more times and each time a bird flies out of the water singing the sisters' misdeeds. The Queen is then (   3   ) in jail by the King who is unsure whether he is lying or (   4   ).

Years later each of the Queen's children try to find their father and an old woman helps them find each other. They go away without their father but with newfound siblings. The king later hears the (   5   ) playing of his middle son and(   6   ) the child as his own. When this is discovered, the birds return to tell of the sisters' evil (   7   ). They are thrown in jail, the Queen is released, and the family is (   8   ).

This fairytale has several themes such as the treatment of family and lessons about jealousy. The Queen's sisters, (   9   ) of her, sinned and the tale tells how lying and jealousy doesn't simply hurt the Queen but everyone in the tale. The sisters also pay for what they did. The other set of siblings, however, treat each other with kindness and are eventually reunited with their parents because of their good behavior. The main (   10   ) of this fairytale teaches children to be honest and to take care of and love their family, particularly their siblings.