the legend of the wawel dragon
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THE LEGEND OF THE WAWEL DRAGON. Limassol , Cyprus 27-31 August 2013. In a cave , at the bottom of Wawel Hill there once lived a terrible fire-belching dragon. He roamed around and did whatever he wanted to. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
THE LEGEND OF THE WAWEL DRAGON
Limassol, Cyprus
27-31 August 2013
In a cave, at the bottom of Wawel Hill there once lived a terrible fire-
belching dragon. He roamed around and did whatever he wanted to.
One day, a young handsome but poor
shoemaker’s apprentice named KRAK asked the
king if he could try to slay the dragon.
To king’s surprise, Krak had no armor, neither a
horse nor a sword.
What he had was just his tools and a plan
The boy bought a dead sheep from a butcher and some sulphur (the
powder that is used in making matches) from a miner.
He put the sheep by the dragon’s cave and waited behind the rock for the dragon
to come out.
After a while, the greedy dragon came out and greedily ate the animal.
The sulphur caught fire, like a match, and the dragon felt his stomach
burning. He ran to the river and started drinking water. He drank so much that
he filled up like a balloon. Suddenly the dragon went BANG and
exploded!
Exactly what the shoemaker had planned
At last the people were free of him.All started to cheer.
Krak and the princess married.
After her father, the King, died, Krak became King, as
promised.He built a castle on top of
the Wawel Hill and for hundreds of years it was
where the Kings of Poland lived.
People built a city around the hill, which they named
Krakow, after their new king.
The end