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Created by the K-12 ESL Students from

Cedar Falls, Iowa Spring 2014

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Stories from Africa Ethiopia The Smart Brother ............................................................................................... Tizita, age 13

Stories from Asia China Cao Chong Weighs an Elephant ........................................................................ Yuzhe, age 17

Where Chinese New Year Celebrations Came From ........................................ Haifeng, age 13

The Wind and the Sun ........................................................................................ Tianbo, age 6

Japan The Star Festival ................................................................................................... Anastasia, age 8

Stories from Europe Bosnia Ivica and Marica ................................................................................................... Aisa, age 11

Little Bunny ......................................................................................................... Ben, age 12

Little Red Ridinghood ......................................................................................... Jusuf, age 9

Nasrudin and Judge Kadija ................................................................................. Ibrahim, age 13

Nasrudin Hojja and the Poor Man; Nasrudin Hojja and the Scholar .............. Abdul, age 16

Poland The Legend of the Golden Duck ........................................................................ Claudia, age 10; Veronica, age 9; Miko, age 8; Jacob, age 7

Spain Don’t Talk Too Fast ............................................................................................ Samuel, age 12

The Horse’s Lesson .............................................................................................. Daniel, age 10

Uzbekistan Masha and the Bear ............................................................................................. Rubi, age 14

Stories from Latin America Colombia The Headless Priest .............................................................................................. Niko, age 13

Costa Rica The Ant and the Mouse Named Perez .............................................................. Ariana, age 6

Mexico The Crying Lady .................................................................................................. Bryan, age 6

The Headless Horseman ..................................................................................... Armando, age 9

How the Aztecs Got Corn .................................................................................. Carolina, age 9

The Jaguars of the Sunrise and Sunset ............................................................... Max, age 13

The Legend of the Corn ...................................................................................... Tony, age 14

La Llorona ............................................................................................................ Javier, age 15

The Vampire’s Tree .............................................................................................. Karla, age 13

Stories from the Middle East Egypt Joha and the Donkey .......................................................................................... Hamza, age 9

The Prince and the Honest Girl .......................................................................... Alia, age 9

Iran The Lying Shepard ............................................................................................... Seyedeh Fatemeh, age 11

Lebanon The Grandma and Her Hens ............................................................................... Siraj, age 7; Moussa, age 10

Saudi Arabia Ali Baba and the Secret Cave .............................................................................. Eyad, age 15

The Boys and the Wishing Tree .......................................................................... Ali, age 8; Fatima, age 6

The Fox and the Crow ......................................................................................... Ameer, age 9

The Fisherman and the Pearl .............................................................................. Fatima, age 6

Friendship ............................................................................................................ Randah, age 15

Joha Going to the Market .................................................................................. Ahmad, age 12

The Liar Shepherd ................................................................................................ Leena, age 12

The Man Who Never Lied .................................................................................. Emad, age 6; Rana, age 7

The Princess and the Frog ................................................................................... Nadin, age 17

The Young Lady .................................................................................................. Raghad, age 13

Stories from the Pacific Islands Marshall Islands The Big Lizard of Kili Island ................................................................................ Lucas, age 15; Sophia, age 11

Philippines Legend of Mount Kanlaon ................................................................................. Julieann, age 13

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Stories from

Africa

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ብልሁብልሁብልሁብልሁ ወንድምወንድምወንድምወንድም በመርጋ ደበሎ የተተረከ

courtesy of www.ethiopianfolktales.com

በአንድ ወቅት ሶስት ወንድ ልጆች የነበሩት አባት ነበር፡፡ ታዲያ ከሶስቱ በዕድሜ ትንሹ በጣም ብልህ ስለነበረ አባትየው አብልጦ ይወደው ነበር፡፡ ነገር ግን ሌሎቹ ሁለቱ ወንድሞቹ በትንሹ ወንድማቸው ይቀኑበት እንደነበር አባትየው ስለሚያውቅ ሲሞት ከብቶቹን በሙሉ ለሁለቱ ታላላቅ ልጆቹ ሲያወርስ ለትንሹ ልጅ ግን አንድ በሬ ብቻ ትቶለት ሞተ፡፡

ሆኖም ታላላቅ ወንድሞቹ ትንሹ ወንድማቸው ባገኘው አንድ በሬ እንኳን ቀንተው አንድ ቀን “በሬህን ማረድ አለብን፡፡” ሲሉት ታናሻቸው ስለነበረ እምቢ ማለት አልቻለም፡፡

እናም “እንግዲያው እንደዚያ ከሆነ እኔ ምንም ማድረግ አልችልምና ቆዳውን ብቻ ስጡኝ፡፡” አላቸው፡፡

በሬውንም አርደው ሲጨርሱ ትንሹ ወንድማቸው ቆዳውን ወስዶ ካደረቀው በኋላ ሲመሽ ወደ ገበያ ወስዶ ከአንድ ዛፍ ላይ ወጣ፡፡ ቀኑም በጣም እየመሸ ሲሄድ የተወሰኑ ነጋዴዎች ዛፉ ስር ለመተኛት መጡ፡፡ እኩለ ሌሊት በሆነም ጊዜ ትንሹ ወንድም ተነስቶ ቆዳውን በዱላ መቀጥቀጥ ጀመረ፡፡ በዚህ ጊዜ ደንግጠው ከእንቅልፋቸው የባነኑት ነጋዴዎች ዛፉን መብረቅ የመታው ስለመሰላቸው የያዙትን ዕቃ በሙሉ ጥለው ሸሹ፡፡ ከዚያም ልጁ እቃቸውን ወስዶ ወደ ወንድሞቹ ይዞ ሄደ፡፡

እነርሱም “ይህንን ሁሉ ዕቃ ከየት አገኘህ” ብለው ሲጠይቁት “የቆዳ ዋጋ እጅግ ስለናረ ይህንን ሁሉ ዕቃ ያገኘሁት በአንድ ቆዳ ምትክ ነው፡፡” አላቸው፡፡

በዚህ ጊዜ ወንድሞቹ ከብቶቻቸውን በፍጥነት ካረዱ በኋላ ቆዳውን ወደ ገበያ ይዘው ሄደው “አለ ቆዳ የሚሸጥ! አለ ቆዳ የሚሸጥ!” እያሉ ቢጮሁም ገበያተኛው ሁሉ “የእናንተን ቆዳ አንፈልግም! እናንተ ደደቦች!” ብሎ አላገጠባቸው፡፡

በዚህም በጣም ተበሳጭተው ወንድማቸውን “ስላታለልከን እንደ ቅጣት ይሆንህ ዘንድ ጎጆህን እናቃጥላለን፡፡” አሉት፡፡

ብልሁም ወንድም “ያንን የምታደርጉ ከሆነ ምንም ማድረግ አልችልምና አመዱን ብቻ ስጡኝ፡፡” አላቸው፡፡

እነርሱም ጎጆውን ካቃጠሉ በኋላ ልጁ አመዱን በስልቻ ሞልቶ ወደ አንድ ሃብታም ሰው ቤት ሄደ፡፡ ሃብታሙንም ሰው እንዲያሳድረው ሲጠይቀው ሰውየው ፈቀደለት፡፡

ከዚያም ለእራት በተጠራ ጊዜ “እነዚህ ስልቻዎች ብዙ ውድ ንብረቶች ስላሉባቸው ጠብቁልኝ፡፡” አላቸው፡፡

ከዚያም እራቱን በልቶ ወደ መኝታው ሄደ፡፡ በንጋታው ጠዋት ከእንቅልፉ ተነስቶ መጮህ በጀመረ ጊዜ ሃብታሙ ሰው ምን ሆኖ እንደሚጮህ ሲጠይቀው ልጁም ሰዎች ንብረቶቹን ሁሉ ወስደው ስልቻዎቹን በአመድ እንደሞሉበት ነገረው፡፡

ሃብታሙም ሰው ስሙና ክብሩ እንዲጎድፍ ስላልፈገለገ ልጁን “አንተ በፈለከው ነገር ስልቻዎችህን እሞላልሃለሁ፡፡” ብሎ ስልቻዎቹን በሙሉ በስንዴ፣ በጤፍና በመሣሰሉት ጥራጥሬዎች ሞላለት፡፡

ከዚያም እህሉን ጭኖ ወደ ቤቱ በመመለስ ለወንድሞቹ “አመድ በጣም በመወደዱ በምን ቀይሬው እንደመጣሁ ተመልከቱ፡፡” ብሎ ያመጣውን እህል አሳያቸው፡፡

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ወንድሞቹም ጎጆዎቻቸውን ካቃጠሉ በኋላ አመዱን ወደ ገበያ ወስደው “አመድ የሚገዛ!” ብለው ሲጮሁ ሁሉም ሰው “እናንተ ደደቦች! አመድ ማን ይገዛል?” ብለው ተሳለቁባቸው፡፡ አሁን እጅግ በጣም ስለተበሳጩ ወንድማቸውን ሊገድሉት በማሰብ በቅርጫት ጠቅልለው ገደል ውስጥ ሊወረውሩት ወሰኑ፡፡

ተሸክመውትም ወደ ገደል አፋፍ እየወሰዱት ሳለ በመንገዳቸው ላይ አንድ አዛውንት ሰው መጥተው “ከብቶቼ ስለበረገጉብኝ እባካችሁ መልሱልኝ፡፡” ብለው ተማፀኗቸው፡፡

እናም ወንድሞቹ ቅርጫቱን አስቀምጠው ወደ ከብቶቹ ሲሮጡ ትንሹ ልጅ ከቅርጫቱ ውስጥ ሲጣራ ሰምተው አዛውንቱ “ምን ሆነሃል?” ብለው ጠየቁት፡፡

ልጁም “ንጉስ ካልሆንክ እያሉኝ ነው፡፡ እኔ ግን አልፈልግም፡፡” አላቸው፡፡

በዚህ ጊዜ አዛውንቱ ሰው “እኔ ቅርጫቱ ውስጥ ብገባ ንጉስ እሆናለሁ?” ብለው ጠየቁት፡፡

ልጁም ፈጠን ብሎ “አዎን” አላቸው፡፡

ስለዚህ አዛውንቱ ሰው ልጁን ፈትተው ራሳቸው በቅርጫቱ ተጠቀለሉ፡፡ ወንድሞቹም ሲመለሱ ቅርጫቱን ተሸክመው ወስደው ገደል ውስጥ ወረወሩት፡፡

ከዚያም ትንሹ ልጅ ከብቶቻቸውን ሁሉ ወስዶ ወደቤት ሲመለስ ወንድሞቹ “እነዚህን ሁሉ ከብቶች ከየት አመጣህ?” ብለው ጠየቁት፡፡

እርሱም “ገደሉ ውስጥ ብዙ ከብቶች አሉ፡፡ እናንተም በቅርጫት ውስጥ ሆናችሁ ወደገደሉ ብትዘሉ ከብቶች ታገኛላችሁ፡፡” ሲላቸው ቅርጫት ውስጥ ገብተው ራሳቸውን ወደ ገደሉ ወርውረው ሲሞቱ እርሱ በሰላም መኖር ጀመረ፡፡

ይህ የሚያሳየው ክፉ ነገር በሌሎች ላይ ማድረግ ዞሮ በራስ ላይ እንደሚደርስ ነው፡፡

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The Smart Brother retold by Tizita Williams

There was a father who had three sons, but the father loved the youngest son the best. The

other brothers were so jealous of the younger brother. When the father died, he left all the cattle

to his older sons and only one ox to the youngest.

The brothers were still jealous of him. So they told the youngest brother that they were going

to kill his ox. The boy said, “That’s ok, but give me the hide.” So they did.

The brothers killed the ox and they gave the younger brother the hide. He was walking to the

market and it was dark so he climbed a tree. A group came and slept under the tree and in the

night he hit the hide with a stick and made a scary noise. They were scared and ran away and he

took their stuff.

The brothers said, “Where did you get the expensive things?”

So he told the brothers that he sold the hide. He said that a lot of people wanted it, so the

older brothers went to kill their ox. But when they went to sell the hides, the people just made

fun of them.

The brothers were angry so they wanted to burn his hut. He said they could burn his hut but

to give him the ashes. After they gave him the ashes, he went on his way to a rich person’s

house. The rich person said he could eat and sleep there. The younger brother told the rich man

to watch out for his bag so people wouldn’t take it.

The younger brother woke in the morning and started screaming. The rich man asked what

was wrong and the younger brother said, “Somebody took my valuables and put in ash!”

The rich man said, “I will fill up your bag with anything you want.” The younger brother

then filled his bag with expensive things.

So when the boy got home, the brothers asked, “Where did you get those things?’’

The boy said, “You can burn your hut and they would love to buy ashes from you.’’ So they

burned their huts but when they tried to sell the ashes, the people just made fun of them.

The brothers were very mad at their youngest brother. They said, “We are going to kill you!”

They put him in a basket and went to throw him off the cliff, but a man came. He said, “Can

you help me with my cattle?” So the brothers went to help the old man.

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The youngest brother said, “Can you help me? They want me to be the king, but I do not

want to be the king.”

The man said, “So if I get in the basket, I can be a king?”

“Yes,” said the boy.

So the man got in the basket. Then the brothers came back and threw the basket down the

mountain. The younger brother took all the cattle home. When the boy got home the brothers

asked, “Where did you get the cattle?”

The boy said, “If you jump off the cliff you will get it.’’ So they did. The younger brother

lived happily ever after.

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Stories from

Asia

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曹冲称象曹冲称象曹冲称象曹冲称象

讲述人:庄宇哲

有一天有人送给曹操一头大象ₒ曹操想知道它的重量,但是没有足够大的东西来称量。

人们提出了各种想法,但仍未能解决。

曹冲是曹操的一个儿子ₒ他告诉他的父亲如果他有一艘大船和一大堆沉重的石头,他可

以称出大象的重量ₒ曹操和其他一些人都感到很惊讶,但曹操仍然命令部下把一切都准备好ₒ

准备就绪后,曹冲命令部下把大象赶上船ₒ当部下把大象赶到船上时,船下沉了ₒ然后曹冲命

令部下在水位线上作了标标。

完成以后,曹冲命令部下把大象赶回岸上,在船上放入石头直到船下沉到相同的水位线。

最后,曹冲命令部下去称出石头的重量ₒ石头的重量就等于大象的重量ₒ用这种方式,他称出

了大象的重量。

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Cao Chong Weighs an Elephant retold by Yuzhe Zhuang

Cao Cao was an emperor during the Wei Dynasty. One day a leader from another region

gave Cao Cao an elephant. Cao Cao wanted to know its weight. But at that time people didn’t

have a way to weigh anything that big. Everyone tried to find a good way to weigh the elephant.

But no idea was useful.

Cao Chong was the youngest son of Cao Cao. He told his father he could weigh the elephant

if he had a big boat and many big stones. Cao Cao and the others were very surprised. But Cao

Cao still ordered his soldiers to prepare everything.

After it was ready, Cao Chong ordered the soldiers to lead the elephant on the boat. The boat

began sinking. Then a soldier marked the water line. Next, Cao Chong ordered the soldiers to

drive the elephant back onto the land. Then they put big stones on the boat until the water came

up to the same water line. Finally, Cao Chong ordered the soldiers to weigh the stones. The

weight of the elephant would equal the weight of the stones.

In this way, he weighed the elephant.

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为什么人们庆祝新年

讲故事的人:梁海丰

从前人们是不过新年的,因为每到这个时候一个叫“年”的怪兽会到村子里大搞破坏,把人

们的东西都抢走,还打伤他们,让人们生不如死。

但是有一天“年”在搞破坏的时候,人们看见“年”在躲着一个小孩子,而那只是一个三四岁

的,不懂事的,玩着鞭炮的小孩子,而“年“却在躲着他ₒ人们想:”也许我们能用一些“年”害怕的

东西来对付它ₒ”就这样,人们发现了很多可以让“年”害怕的东西ₒ“年”又来了,可是这次人们是

有准备的,他们有很多的红色的东西,他们还有许多会弄出响声的东西,像乐器ₒ在人们的努

力下,“年”终于被赶跑了,大家都在庆祝。

慢慢得,在“年”入侵的日子,村子里到处都是能把“年”赶跑的东西,这些东西慢慢得变成了

喜庆的东西,“年”入侵的日子也变成了一个喜庆的日子,而且这是“年”入侵的日子,所以人们

把它命名为“新年”,这就是新年的来源。

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Where Chinese New Year Celebrations Came From retold by Haifeng Liang

A long time ago, people thought Chinese New Year was a bad day. Every Chinese New

Year, there was a monster called Nian that invaded towns and hurt people, destroyed buildings,

and took lots of food, water, and treasures. It made people really scared.

One year when Nian returned to a town, people saw a little boy playing with red fireworks.

Nian wouldn’t go near him or hurt him. People thought maybe they could use red paper or

fireworks to scare Nian away. So the next time Nian invaded the town, people glued red paper on

their doors, windows, and walls. They lit red fireworks and played lots of loud Chinese

instruments. Nian was really scared of the color red and loud noises, so it ran out of town.

People were really happy because they had defeated the scary monster. People thought the

red fireworks and paper that scared Nian were lucky. So they used red colors every year to make

Nian scared to come to their towns. Slowly, it became part of the Chinese culture. People also

celebrated this day because Nian was gone. This is where Chinese New Year celebrations came

from.

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风风风风和太和太和太和太阳阳阳阳 讲述人: 张天博

天冷了，风在吹，他得意地说：“你看那些小树，他们在风里摇ₒ”风又吹得更大一

些，他说：“看那些房子，他们也在摇摇ₒ”风高兴地说：“我是世界上最强壮的ₒ”风越

吹越大，天气越来越冷。

太阳来了ₒ 他说：“风你好，天气冷，风很大ₒ 你很强壮ₒ” 风说：“是的，我是世界

上最强壮的ₒ”太阳说：“你强壮，但是我比你还要强壮ₒ”风和太阳要比赛看谁更强ₒ

这时路上走来一个人，风说：“我们来比赛，看谁能把他的大衣脱掉ₒ”太阳说： “

好，你先来ₒ”风开始吹了，他越吹，路人就把大衣越裹越紧ₒ 风说： “怎么回事？”太

阳说：“你这这没用的ₒ”风说：“让我最后再试一次ₒ”太阳说：“再给你最后一次机会

ₒ”风拼命地吹，但是路人的大衣还是没有吹走，路人把大衣越裹越紧ₒ

太阳说：“风，你很强壮，但是有时候力量是没有用的ₒ 现在轮到我了ₒ” 风说：“

你来ₒ ”太阳出来了，温暖地照在路人身上ₒ 路人说： “风停了， 太阳出来了，天气真奇

怪ₒ ”路人感到热了，他把大衣的扣子解开了ₒ 风说：“我不明白，你什么也没做ₒ ”太阳

说： “有时候力量是没有用的ₒ 你看着ₒ” 太阳继继照在路人身上ₒ 路人说： “我还是很

热， 春天来了， 我要把大衣脱掉ₒ”

风风太阳说：“他把大衣脱了，我不敢相信，你什么也没做ₒ”太阳说：“我做了，

我给了他阳光，让他温暖，我说了力量不代表一切ₒ”风说：“你说得风，力量不代表一

切，你赢了，你是世界上最强的ₒ”太阳说：“谢谢你ₒ我不能把树吹倒，但是我可以让人

们温暖高兴，所以人们喜欢我ₒ ”

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The Wind and the Sun retold by Tianbo Zhang

Once upon a time there was the wind and the sun. The wind said, “I’m stronger than you.”

The sun said, “Nuh, uh! I’m stronger than you!”

The wind said, “Let’s see who is stronger.”

The wind and the sun saw a little boy and they decided to see who could make him take off his coat.

Then they went to the little boy and asked him, “Will you please stand here and help us see who is

stronger?”

The wind went first, and tried to blow, and blow, and blow his coat off. The little boy crossed his

arms in front to hold his coat tighter. The wind blew stronger and stronger and the wind was so tired so he

said, “It’s Sun’s turn.”

Then the sun started to shine bright and hot on the boy and the sun got bigger and bigger and the boy

took off his coat and then he got hotter and the boy took off all his shirts.

The wind said, “How could you do that?”

The sun said, “Because I’m hot and warm and I can make people happy, so I’m stronger.”

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The Star Festival retold by Anastasia Sanders

Long, long ago there was a beautiful daughter of God who wove cloth at the loom. Her name

was Vega. Her cloth was more beautiful than anything, so she made a lot really pretty cloth

every day. Soon it was time for her to get married. Her father found a hard-working man to be

her husband. His name was Altair and he was a farmer and he took care of fields and cows.

When they met they fell in love right away. They got married and started a sweet life in their

home. They wanted to be together every minute and stopped doing their work. Vega stopped

weaving and Altair stopped taking care of his farm.

Vega’s dad told them they needed to do their jobs, and if they didn’t the farm wouldn’t be so

well and plants and animals might die, but they just wanted to be together and not do their work.

Vega’s dad got mad and made a river out of stars, and he separated them on each side of the

river. There were so many stars it looked white so it is called the Milky Way. The river got so

big they couldn’t even see each other and they got really, really sad.

Vega couldn’t weave because she was crying and Altair thought so much about Vega that he

forgot to do his work. Finally Vega’s dad felt sorry for them and made them promise that if they

do their work all year, they can see each other on one day. They agreed and when July 7 came,

they could cross the river on a bridge made from flock of birds. They were so happy and now

they meet each other once every year, and that is why they have the Star Festival in Japan.

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Stories from

Europe

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Ivica i Marica Prepricano od: Aisa Rasidagic

Jednoga dana bio je jedan djačak i djevojčica po imenu Ivica i Marica. Njihova majka nije ih baš voljela ali otac ih je voljeo više nego iko. Jedne sedmice je bilo puno vruće da nisu imali puno hrane. Jedne noći kada su dijeca trebali da spavaju, roditelji su se dogovarali kako ce da dodu do hrane. Majka je predložila dijeca odu u šumu da naberu jagode. Otac se nije složio sa tim i rekao je da će otići sutra u jutro da donese hrane. Dijeca su to čula pa su se prepala. Sutradan majka ih je odvela dupoko u šumu da beru jagode. Ivica je ponijo male kamenčiće koji sjaje po noći, Ivica je ih bacao na bod na putu ka šumi. Marcia nije baš jaka pa se umorila i pala pa su pitali da se malo odmore. Majka ih je ostavila i rekla da ona ode da nade gljiva ali ih je prevarila i otišla kući. Noć je stigla a Ivica i Marica nisu još stigli kući. Ivica i Marica su pratili sjajne kamenčiće i došli kući. Sutradan opet su morali ići da beru jagode. Majka im dala hljeb da jedu na putu. Ali Ivica je bacao da se mogu vratit kući ali mama ih je odvela dalje nego juče. Marica je opet pala i nije mogla dalje. Mama je opet rekla da ode gledat za gljive ali je otišla kući. Sutradan našli su kuću napravljena od bombona. Tu je življela vještica i ona ih uvuče u kuću I da im hrane. Vještica je zatvorila Ivicu u zatvor. Marica je pomogla Ivici da izade. Ivica i Marica su pacili vješticu u vatru. Ivica i Marica su se vratili kući ali nije bilo mame nego je samo bio otac. Upitalisu gdje je mama otac je rekao"ona je umrla zato što je bila napolju I grom je udarijo. I oni su sretno življeli.

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Ivica and Marica retold by Aisa Rasidagic

Once upon a time there were two little kids named Ivica and Marica. Their mom didn’t like

them but their dad loved them a lot. One week it was really hot and sunny all week. They didn’t

have anything to eat. At night, instead of sleeping they were listening to their parents talk. Mom

said, “Maybe you should send the kids into the woods to find mushrooms to eat.”

Dad said, “No. There is no chance I would let just the kids go into the woods. I will go get

food from my friend tomorrow.”

The next morning, dad left to go see his friend. Mom woke the kids up and brought them

with her into the woods. Ivica grabbed a handful of sparkly rocks and dropped them on the path

as they walked.

Marica is very weak and she can’t walk a long way. She stopped walking in the middle of the

woods and said, “I can’t walk any more.”

Mom said, “Come on.”

Ivica said, “Let’s rest a little bit.” Mom told the kids she was going to go look for food and

she expected the kids to have a full basket of mushrooms by the time she got back. Instead of

going to search for food, she went home.

It turned into night and it was dark in the woods. The kids used the sparkly rocks that Ivica

had left on the path to find their way home. The moon made the rocks shine.

When they got home mom was mad that they didn’t get any mushrooms. She told them to go

to sleep and that early in the morning they would go get more mushrooms with her.

When they got up the mom gave them a little bread to eat. Instead of eating the bread he

dropped the little crumbs on the ground to leave another path. Mom took even deeper into the

woods. Again, Marica said that she can’t go walk any more. Mom said she was going to go look

for mushrooms and that they should come home before night with a basket full of mushrooms.

Marica said she was hungry and Ivica gave her the last crumb of bread. He said they were

going to follow the path of crumbs and eat the crumbs they find as they go home. When they

looked for the bread, it was gone. The birds had ate them all. It turned dark and started raining

and thundering.

They were walking and were lost but then they found a house. The house was all made out of

candy. They started eating the house because they were so hungry. An old woman came out of

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the house and asked them what they were doing. They were scared but she said, “Come in. It’s

okay. I can give you food.”

They went into the house and ate food and then fell asleep. The old woman was reading a

cookbook and found a recipe with kids in it. She thought she hadn’t eaten that in a long time and

wanted to make it.

Ivica woke up and saw her ears and knew she was a witch. He woke up his sister. The witch

came into the room and they ran out but she caught them. She turned her house into a big scary

house. She took Marica to help her get the water and fire ready and put Ivica in a jail. She gave

him food to eat to make him bigger.

An hour later Marica tried getting out Ivica but made noise and the witch came. Ivica tried to

hide but the witch got her and told her not to do that again. The witch tried putting Marica in the

fire. Ivica had unlocked the door and went out to help his sister. He pushed the witch away and

then Marica and Ivica both pushed the witch in the fire and closed the door. The whole house

started on fire.

Marica and Ivica went home. Their dad came home and said, “Welcome home! I was

worried about you!”

The kids asked, “Where’s mom?”

The dad said, “The day she brought you to the forest she died in the storm on her way back.”

The kids and their dad lived happily ever after.

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Mali Zeko Prepricano od: Ben Pajazetovic

Zima ide, ide zima

Mali zeko mamu ima

Zima ide, ide zima

Mali zeko šumu ima

Zima ide, ide zima

Mali zeko krzno ima

Samo jedno zeko nema

Seku da joj krevet sprema

Da joj hladne šape grije

Dok u šumi vjetar vije

Little Bunny Retold by Ben Pajazetovic

Winter is coming, winter is coming

Little bunny has a mom

Winter is coming, winter is coming

Little bunny has a forest

Winter is coming, winter is coming

Little bunny has a coat

Only one thing little bunny doesn’t have

A little sister to make her bed

To keep her cold paws warm

While the cold wind through the forest blows

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Crvenkapica Prepricano od: Jusuf Rasidagic

Jednoga dana mama je tjelan Crvenkapicu da odnese lijek baki da moze ozdraviti. Njena mama je tijela da ona ne bude nigdje skrenula sa staze kad bude ona isla. Ona je rekla dobro mama i ona je krenula o sumi bio jedan vuk koi je tio da prevari i da poide Crvenkapica. Vuk joj je rekao da ona poce sa njim ona je rekla da joj mama rekla da ona ne skrece sa staze vuk je pita gde to ti ides ona kaze ja idem da odnesem lijek baki vuk kaze dobro vidi mose i vuk ode ipoide baku. Kad Crvenkapica doce ona je rekla dojnelasam ti lek vuk kase dobro doce crvenkapica tamo i upita bako zasto ti imas velke usi kase vuk da te bolje cujem Crvenkapica upita zasto imas velke oci kase vuki da te bolje vidim. Onda Crvenkapica upita zasto imas velki nos kase vuk da te bolje mirisem pa Crvenkapica upita zasto imas velka usta kase vuk da te mogu poisti i on poide Crvenkapica. Lovac cuo kako Crvenkapica vrisnula i on uce u kucu i vidi vuka spava na bakinom krevetu. On uzeo makaze i rasekomu stomak i izvadio baku i Crvenkapicu. Lovac je rekao Crvenkapica da donese kamenje da moze stavit u vukov stomak i onda gurnulisuga dole nizbrdo i onda svi su bili veseli. Zavrseno

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Little Red Ridinghood

retold by Jusuf Rasidagic

The girl is playing at her house and her mom called her and gave her a basket of food to give

to her grandmother. Her grandma is sick and they want to make her better. When she was

walking through the forest all of sudden the wolf saw her and wanted to trick her. The wolf

asked her, “Where are you going little girl?”

She said, “I’m going to give food to my grandmother.”

He said, “Okay” and just ran away.

He went to her grandmother’s house and ate the grandmother. When Little Red Riding Hood

came the wolf was pretending to be her grandmother. The girl came in and said the she brought

her food to make her feel better.

When the girl came to the bed she asked her grandmother “Why do you have big eyes?”

He said, “So you can see you better little dear!”

The girl asked, “Why do you have a big nose?”

He said, “So you can smell you better!”

She asked, “Why do you have big ears?”

He said, “So I can hear you better little dear!”

She asked, “Why do you have big teeth?”

He said, “SO I CAN EAT YOU!”

Then a hunter heard a loud voice screaming at the grandma’s house so he went to see what

was going on. He saw a big wolf with a big stomach sleeping on grandma’s bed. He heard a

grandma and a little from inside the wolf’s belly.

He took some scissors and cut the wolf’s stomach and took the grandma and girl out. He told

the little girl to go get a lot of rocks. He put the rocks in the wolf’s belly and sewed him back up.

Then they rolled the wolf down the hill. The grandma, girl, and hunter were so happy.

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Nasrudin hodža i kadija Prepricano od: Ibrahim Rasidagic

Prica se kako je jedno jedan Kadija zvao Nasrudina da mu dođe u posjtu, ali mu on nikad nije

htio doći. Onda je Kadija nagovorio svog ćatiba da ode i nešto uradi kako bi mu on mogao doći.

Sutradan poslije podne kad je Nasrudin bio na pjaci ćatib mu dođe i odvali mu jednu ljusku. Pa

se on okrenu i ugleda ćatiba kako bježe i sakri se. Sutradan dođe Nasrudin Kadiji u mehćemu.

Kad uniđe Kadija ustade prema njemu na noge govoreći mu:

- Hodi, Nasrudine, sjedi, otkad mi nisi došao!

- Neću sjesti nego sam dosao ovdje da tuzim ovog tvog nesretnika,-i pokazo prstom na ćatiba.-

Jučer mi odvali šamar bez razoga na sred ćaršije.

- Na to Kadija se okrenu i upita ćatiba:

- Jesili ošamario nasrudina?

- Jesam, -odgovori ćatib.

- A zašto si to uradio? –upita Kadija

- Ja imam jednu mahanu, koja mi dođe jednom u mjesecu pa moram nekog ošinuti šamarom

ko ga provog dohvatim. I jučer mi dođe ta mahana, pa, Nasrudin mi je bio najbliži pa sam njega

udario šamarom i otišao svojim putem.

- Zatim Kadija dohvati njegovu knjigu i prelisa par stranica pa će ćatibu:

- Ovdje kaže da trebas dati Nasrudinu 4 marke, a da on tebi oprosti.

- Nemam sitna -reće ćatib

- Pa idi razmjeni,-i namignu mu da bježi.

- Zatim on ustade i ode.

- Kadija će opet nasrudinu “sjedi Nasrudine dok on nestigne.”

- Mogu ja i stajati, Odgovori Nasrudin.

- Nakon sat dva, ćatiba još nema pa pogleda nasrudin u Kadiju pa viđe da ćatib neće doći pa

primače se Kadiji koji je gledao u knjigu i smješio se. Pa mu on priđe i ošamari Kadiju što jače

može i govoreći mu.

- “Kad se ćatib vrati neka tebi da te 4 marke a ja nemam kad ćekat.

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Nasrudin and Judge Kadija

retold by Ibrahim Rasidagic

Judge Kadija was calling Nasrudin to come and visit him, but Nasrudin never wanted to

come. Judge Kadija decided to send his servant to do something to Nasrudin so Nasrudin would

come to testify about the servant.

The next day when Nasrudin was at the market, the servant came up behind him and hit him

on the back of his head. Nasrudin turned around and saw him running away. He tried to catch up

but the servant hid somewhere where Nasrudin couldn’t find him.

A day later, Nasrudin came to Judge Kadija. Judge Kadija said, “Welcome! Welcome! I

haven’t seen you for a long time. Sit down.”

Nasrudin said, “I didn’t come here to chat. I came here to testify about your jerk servant.

Yesterday at the market he hit me for no reason.”

Judge Kadija asked the servant, “Did you hit Nasrudin for no reason?”

The servant said, “Yes, because every month I have this feeling. When it comes, I hit the

man who is closest to me and yesterday it happened to be him.”

Judge Kadija opened a book and began searching. Then he said, “Here it says that you need

to give Nasrudin four marki and you, Nasrudin, need to forgive him.”

Then the servant said, “I don’t have change.” Judge Kadija told him to go and get it. At the

same time he winked, telling him to run away. The servant stood up and left.

Then Judge Kadija told Nasrudin to sit down until the servant came back. He said, “No, I can

stand and wait.” Two hours later Nasrudin saw Judge Kadija reading a book and smiling.

Nasrudin came over and hit him. Then he said, “When the servant comes back he can give you

all the money because I don’t have time to waste.”

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Nasrudin Hodza Prepricano od: Abdul-Medzid Rasidagic

Bio jednom jedan siromah koji nije imao nista osim malo hljeba da prezivi. Dok je hodao kroz

carsiju, paznju mu je privukao jako lijep miris iz restorana. U restoranu je bilo razlicitih vrsta

jela, ali siromah nije imao ni dinara da kupi bilo sta da jede. Dok je konobar sluzio musterije,

siromah je sjeo ispred hrane i izvadio parce hljeba i samo malo zahvatio pare a zatim pojeo.

Konobar je primijetio da siromah nesto jede pa se naljutio i poceo galamiti na siromaha. Siromah

se prepade i uzviknu “Da bog da umro ako sam takao hranu, samo sam pojeo svoj komad hljeba

uz miris i paru tvoje hrane”. Zatim konobar mu odgovori da mu duguje dva dinara, ali siromah

nije imao nista. Konobar je ljutito rekao da odu kod kadije da im kadija presudi. Kada su stigli

kod kadije, kadija ih je upitao u cemu se ne slazu. Konobar se prvi pozali “Kadijo, ovaj covjek je

jeo miris moje hrane, i ja zelim svoje pravo, tako da mi duguje dva dinara”. Kadija je zatim

upitao siromaha jel to istina, i siromah je potvrdio. Onda kadija izvadi dva dinara i baci na pod, i

dva novcica odzovonuse. Zatim kadija rece “Tebi konobaru ovaj zvuk a tebi siromahu ova dva

dinara”.

Nasrudin hodza i Ucenjak

Dok je Nasrudin hodza prevozio ucenjaka preko rijeke rekao mu je nesto gramaticki nepravilno.

“Zar nikad nisi izucavao gramatiku”, upita ga ucenjak. “Nisam”, odgovori hodza. “Onda si pola

svoga zivota protracao”, rece ucenjak sazaljivo ga gledajuci. Nesto kasnije hodza se obrati

putniku:

“Da li si ikad ucio plivati?” “Nisam”, odgovori ucenjak. “Onda je sav tvoj zivot je protracen”,

rece hodza. “Tonemo”.

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Nasrudin Hojja and the Poor Man retold by Abdul-Medzid Rasidagic

A long time ago in a city was a poor man who didn’t have anything except for a few pieces

of bread. While he was walking through the city, the smell from a restaurant attracted him to

come into the restaurant. He was so hungry he couldn’t stand it, but he also didn’t have money to

buy anything. He grabbed his bag, took a piece of his bread out, and started to eat.

A waiter saw him eating something and started to yell at him. The poor man replied, “I

swear, I didn’t touch your food. I only ate my piece of bread with the smell and steam from your

food.”

The waiter said that the poor man owed him two dinars, but the poor man didn’t have any

money at all. They decided to go to the judge Nasrudin, to see who was right.

When they arrived, the judge asked what the problem was. The waiter started first. “This

man ate the smell and steam from my food. I told him that he owes me two dinars, but he says

that he doesn’t have any money.”

Then the judge asked the poor man if it was true that he had eaten the smell and steam from

the waiter’s food. The poor man admitted it.

The judge took two dinars and threw them on the ground. The two coins bounced off each

other and made a noise. Then the judge said, “The waiter will get the sound of two dinars, and

the poor man will get two dinars.”

Nasrudin Hojja and the Scholar

While Nasrudin Hojja was rowing a scholar across the river, Nasrudin said something

grammatically wrong. The scholar asked him, “Have you ever studied grammar?”

Nasrudin replied, “No.”

The scholar said compassionately, “You wasted half your life doing nothing.”

Then Nasrudin Hojja asked him, “Did you ever learn how to swim?”

The scholar replied, “No.”

Nasrudin Hojja said, “Then you wasted your whole life for nothing because now we are

sinking.”

~ 29 ~

~ 30 ~

Legenda o Złotej Kaczki

nadesłane przez Claudia, Veronica, Miko, i Jacob Patterson Kiedyś w starym mieście w Warszawie żyło ucznia młodego szewca o imieniu Lutek. Lutek był bardzo słaby, ale on marzył o swój własny sklep z buta, ale jego pan nie zapłacił mu tyle pieniędzy.

Codziennie w drodze do domu, wykorzystywane do przekazania Zamku Ostrogskich i słyszał opowieści o złotej kaczki, która mieszkała w labirynt piwnic w zamku. Według opowieści, duck daje 100 złote monety, aby osoba, która udaje się jej znaleźć. Kaczka jest rzeczywiście księżniczka pod wpływem zaklęcia, a ona mieszka w małym stawie, otoczony ze złota i diamentów, a ona czeka na biednego chłopca, aby ustawić ją za darmo.

Lutek chce zmienić swoje szczęście i to on decyduje, że musi spróbuj znaleźć tę złotą kaczkę, a on idzie w dół do labiryntu zamku. Udaje mu się znaleźć kaczkę, a ona daje mu pieniądze, ale ona mówi: "Te pieniądze są tylko dla Ciebie, a wszystko to musi być wydane w ciągu jednego dnia. Ani jeden grosz może być rozdawane i nie ma pieniędzy jest pozostawiony na inny dzień.

"Tobyła ogromna suma pieniędzy dla Lutek wydawać, ale idzie się kupić wszystko, co on chciał przez. Pod koniec dnia miał jeszcze trochę pieniędzy w lewo, gdy spotkał biednego żebraka. Lutek pamiętać, jak to jest być biednym, a więc zlitował się nad człowiekiem i dał mu resztę pieniędzy.

Po czym magia został uszkodzony i wszystko zostało zabrane Lutka. Żebrak mówi mu, nie martw się, bo to nie są pieniądze, które przynosi ci szczęście, tylko swoje zdrowie i ciężka praca przyniesie prawdziwe szczęście.

Podobnie jak stary żebrak powiedział, Lutek nie ciężko pracować i ostatecznie on miał sklep z jego własnej szewski i znalazł piękną żonę i miał wiele dzieci, żyje długo i szczęśliwie. Złota Kaczka zniknął wraz ze wszystkimi jej bogactwa i nigdy nie słyszałem o ponownie.

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The Legend of the Golden Duck

contributed by Claudia, Veronica, Miko, and Jacob Patterson

Once upon a time in the old town of Warsaw there lived a young shoemaker’s apprentice

named Lutek. Lutek was very poor, but he dreamed of having his own shoe shop but his master

did not pay him enough money.

Every day on his way home he used to pass the Ostrogski Castle and he had heard stories

about a golden duck that lived in the labyrinth of cellars in the castle. According to the story, the

duck will give 100 golden coins to the person who manages to find her. The duck is actually a

princess under a spell, and she is living in a small pond, surrounded with gold and diamonds, and

she is waiting for a poor boy to set her free.

Lutek wants to change his luck and so he decides he must try to find this golden duck and he

goes down into the castle labyrinth. He manages to find the duck and she gives him the money,

but she says: “This money is only for you and it must all be spent in one day. Not one single

coin can be given away and no money is to be left for another day.”

This was a huge sum of money for Lutek to spend, but he goes out to buy everything that he

had wished for. By the end of the day he still had some money left when he met a poor beggar.

Lutek remembered what it was like to be poor and so he took pity on the man and gave him the

rest of the money.

Whereupon the magic was broken and everything was taken away from Lutek. The beggar

tells him not to worry because it is not money which brings you luck, only your good health and

hard work will bring true happiness.

Just as the old beggar had said, Lutek did work hard and eventually he did have his own

shoemaker’s shop and he found a beautiful wife and had lots of children, living happily ever

after. The golden duck disappeared with all her wealth and was never heard of again.

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Desgracia o Suerte? Contada por Samuel Gómez Garcia

En una aldea había un anciano al que todos envidiaban porque poseía un hermoso caballo

blanco. Aunque era muy pobre, nunca quiso vender su caballo. Siempre decía:

-Para mí, él no es un caballo, es una persona. ¿Y cómo se puede vender a una persona, a un

amigo?

Una mañana descubrió que el caballo ya no estaba en el establo. Sus vecinos decían:

-Viejo tonto. Sabíamos que algún día te robarían tu caballo. Hubiera sido mejor que lo

vendieras.

-No adelanten acontecimientos -dijo el viejo-. Simplemente digan que el caballo no estaba en

el establo. Este es el hecho, todo lo demás son suposiciones. Yo no sé si es una desgracia o una

suerte. ¿Quién sabe lo que va a suceder mañana?

La gente se rió del viejo. Pensaban que estaba un poco loco. Después de 15 días, una noche

el caballo regresó. No había sido robado, se había escapado. Además, había vuelto con una

docena de caballos salvajes. Entonces la gente dijo:

-Tenías razón, viejo. No fue una desgracia sino una verdadera suerte.

-Otra vez están adelantando acontecimientos -dijo el viejo-. Digan sólo que el caballo ha

vuelto… ¿quién sabe si es una suerte o no?

Esta vez la gente no pudo decir mucho más, pero sabían que estaba equivocado. El anciano

tenía un hijo que montaba a los caballos. Una semana más tarde se cayó de un caballo y se quedó

cojo. La gente volvió a reunirse y a juzgar:

-De nuevo tenías razón -dijeron-. Era una desgracia. Tu único hijo ya no puede trabajar y

ayudarte. Ahora serás más pobre que nunca.

-Están obsesionados con juzgar -dijo el viejo-. No vayan tan lejos, sólo digan que mi hijo se

ha roto una pierna. Nadie sabe si es una desgracia o una fortuna. Pocas semanas después, el país

entró en guerra y todos los jóvenes del pueblo fueron a combatir. Todos, salvo el hijo del viejo,

ya que estaba cojo. El pueblo entero sabía que la mayoría de los jóvenes no volverían.

-Tenías razón, era una suerte-dijeron de nuevo al anciano. Aunque cojo, tu hijo aún está

contigo. Los nuestros se han ido para siempre.

-Siguen juzgando -dijo el viejo-. Nadie sabe. Aprendan a aceptar las cosas como nos vienen

dadas. Sólo Dios sabe si es una desgracia o una suerte que así suceda.

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Don’t Talk Too Fast retold by Samuel Gomez Garcia

In a city there was an old woman that everyone said that she can’t sell her horse. It was a

white horse that was so beautiful that everyone wanted it.

She didn’t want to sell her horse because for her it was like a friend. But one day the horse

got out and everyone said that her horse has gone and she didn’t get anything for it. Everyone

thought she did a bad thing because she didn’t want to sell her horse.

A few days later, her horse returned with five more horses. Everyone said she was lucky.

Later her son tried to feed the horses and broke his leg, and everyone sad she was going to be

poor because she was poor before, but now her son can’t help her take care of the horses, but he

said don’t talk too fast because we don’t know if breaking his leg was a good thing or a bad

thing.

A few years later, a war

started and all the young sons in

the city had to go to the war, but

her son couldn’t go because his

leg was broken before. Everyone

said that he was very lucky

because all their sons might die in

the war, but he got to stay and

would not die in the war.

Then the old woman said,

“Don’t talk too fast because only

God knows what will happen

tomorrow.”

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La historia de un caballo Contada por Daniel Gómez García

Ésta es la historia de un caballo. Un caballo que aprendió una importante lección. Estaba siendo un invierno muy duro. Nevaba mucho y el frío era terrible. En la granja vivía un precioso caballo, el protagonista de esta historia. Era precioso, pero siempre estaba enfadado. Cuando miraba su comida, protestaba: -¡Hierba seca!- decía con desprecio. -¡Qué asco, vaya una comida! El caballo quería que se acabara el invierno y llegara la primavera. Así podría comer la hierba fresca y jugosa. La hierba que crece en todas partes en primavera. Pasó el tiempo y llegó la primavera. Entonces creció la hermosa hierba verde. El caballo estaba muy contento. Pero su dueño cortó mucha hierba, para dar de comer a otros animales de la granja. El dueño de la granja usó al caballo para transportar la hierba verde. Y la hierba pesaba mucho. Pesaba muchísimo. Además, hicieron muchos viajes para llevar la hierba a la granja. Por eso, ya no le gustaba la primavera al caballo. -¡Quiero que llegue el verano, para no tener que cargar tanta hierba!- se quejaba el caballo. Llegó el verano. Pero el caballo seguía trabajando duro. Cargaba con todos los productos del huerto: tomates, cebollas, ajos, calabacines, lechugas, etc. El caballo sufría mucho porque hacía muchísimo calor. -¡Qué ganas tengo de que llegue el otoño! – Así no tendré que llevar pesados sacos de trigo y maíz. Y no sudaré tanto. Pasó el tiempo… Llegó el otoño. Pero, ¿qué pasó? El caballo seguía trabajando duro. Ahora transportaba leña para el invierto y las frutas y frutos secos del otoño. Todos los días el trabajo era duro. Para él y para su amo. Pero el amo no se quejaba, parecía feliz. Un día el caballo pensó: -En el invierno quería que llegase la primavera. Pero la primavera fue dura y deseaba la llegada del verano. Llegó el verano y tampoco me gustó. Pedía que llegara pronto el otoño. Ahora, que es otoño, tengo muchas ganas de que llegue el invierno. La comida no será tan rica, ¡pero podré descansar! ¡Bienvenido sea el invierno! Y cuando llegó el invierno, el caballo fue muy feliz. Descansaba en su cómodo establo y, acordándose de las otras estaciones, comía disfrutando la hierba seca. Ya no estaba triste. Desde su caliente establo contemplaba cómo nevaba en el campo. Y el caballo pensó: -El secreto de la felicidad consiste en disfrutar de lo que tenemos en cada momento.

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The Horse’s Lesson retold by Daniel Gómez García

This is the story about a horse. This horse learned an important lesson.

It was winter and the horse did not like the winter. It was a very bad, terrible winter because

it was so cold. He had to eat dry hay. It was without water and tasted bad. The horse wanted

spring to come, so he could eat fresh green grass.

When spring came, he had to work hard. He had to carry the grass to the barn so the farmer

could give food to the other animals. He didn’t want to work. He wanted summer to come so that

he could relax and eat good grass, but like in spring, he needed to work hard. So…

He wished for autumn to come. Like in summer and spring, he needed to work hard to help

the farmer bring food to the barn to get ready for winter again.

He then wanted winter to come so that he wouldn’t have to carry all of the grains and work

so hard.

When winter came, he had to eat bad food, but he was so happy because he didn’t need to

work in the winter.

He learned a very good lesson. You need to enjoy the things that you have in that moment.

~ 36 ~

Маша и Медведь Пересказе Руби Сабир

Были дедушка и бабушка, которые маленькая девочка по имени маша.они

жили рядом с лесом и в один прекрасный день друзья Маши подошел пойти с

Машей. Чтобы получить некоторые грибы и фрукты. Но ее бабушки и

дедушки не хотели ее отпускать, но затем они, наконец, сказал им, она может

пойти, но они сказали, не заблудиться и остаться близко друг к другу. Так

что, когда они вышли на улицу они начали охоту за грибами. Но затем Маша

заблудились, а затем она начала вопить о помощи, но никто не ответил, а

затем она увидела маленькое здание и она постучала. Никто не ответил, она

вошла внутрь и установить на скамейке рядом с окном. Но когда медведь

пришел он сказал: "Я не собираюсь тебя отпустить. Вы останавливаетесь

здесь, и вы будете работать на меня." Медведь сказал ей "Вы будете готовить

и убирать для меня." Когда медведь оставил она начала выпечки булочки и

когда медведь пришел, она сказала "Я могу идти дать эту корзину булочек

бабушкe и дедушкe, пожалуйста?" Но он сказал: "нет, я не верю, что вы

убежитe." Он сказал: "Я дам им сам." Маша сказала: "Но не ешьте их." Он

вышел на улицу, чтобы посмотреть, если лилося дождь. В то время как

медведь был снаружи Маша пошлa в корзину и прикрылась булочками. Oн

схватил корзину и начал ходить, он устал и сел хотел съесть булочки, но

Маша сказала "Нет быстрее и не ешь булочки" Медведь получил пугает и

спрашивает, как она может ее и увидеть его издалека? Он встал и начал

ходить быстро. Thenустали снова он остановился и решил съесть некоторые

булочки, но Маша сказала: "Нет не едят булочки идти быстрее!" Затем он

получил больше испугался и начал ходить быстрее и быстрее, чем он

побежал и он увидел здание он сбил и оставил корзину и убежал так быстро,

как только мог.

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Masha and the Bear

retold by Rubi Sabir

There was a grandpa and grandma who had little girl named Masha. They lived next to the

forest. One day Masha’s friends came over to take Masha to get some mushrooms and fruits. Her

grandparents didn't want to let her go. Then they finally told them she could go. But they said,

“Don't get lost. Stay close to each other. So the girls went outside and started hunting for

mushrooms.

Masha got lost and she started yelling for help. But no one answered. Then she saw a little

building so she knocked on the door. No one answered. She went inside and sat on the bench

next to the window.

When the bear that lived there came home, he said, “I'm not going to let you go. You are

staying here and you will work for me. You will cook and clean for me.”

When Bear left, Masha started baking buns. When Bear came back home, she said, “Can I go

give this basket of buns to my grandparents, please?”

But he said, “No, I don't trust you. You will run away. I’ll give it to them myself.”

Masha said, “Okay, but don't eat the buns.”

Bear went outside to see if it was raining. While Bear was outside Masha hid in the basket

and covered herself with buns. Bear came back, grabbed the basket and started walking.

Bear walked a long way. Then got tired and sat down. He wanted to eat some of the buns, but

Masha said, “No, go faster and don't eat the buns.” Bear got scared and wondered how she could

hear and see him from far away. He got up and started walking fast.

Then when he got tired again he stopped. Bear decided to eat some buns but Masha said,

“No, don't eat the buns! Go faster!” He got more scared and started walking faster and faster.

Then he ran and finally he saw a building. It was the grandparents’ house. He knocked and left

the basket by the door and ran away as fast as he could. Masha got out of the basket and went

home. They lived happily ever after.

~ 38 ~