Once upon a
time, there was a beautiful forest, with a lot of trees and flowers of
all the colours which gladden the sight to all the people who went there. Every
afternoon, the animals of the forest meet there to play.
The rabbits had
a race to see who was the first to arrive to the finishing line. The ants made
a long line to go to their nest. The colourful birds and bright butterflies
land among the bushes.
Everything was
peace and tranquillity. Until that… One day, the animals heard noises,
strange steps and they got very frightened because the land started to shake.
Suddenly, a very ugly and bad warlock appeared
in the forest. He was lived in an abandoned house and was very solitary, that
is why he did not have any family nor friends. He was old and crooked, his face
was sad and anguished. He did not want anyone to be happy so when he heard the
children’s laughter he got so angry that he cried very loud and
went running to look for them. Quickly he touched the tree with his wand and
after a few minutes all its leaves fell and it lost its colour. He did the same
with the flowers, the grass, the animals and the children
After doing this great and terrible evil deed, he went
on laughing and repeating
-Nobody will have life while I am alive!
Many years weny by since nobody treaded that dark and
horrible place, until a dove arrived flying and singing cheerfully, but
she was very astonished to see that forest that had been beautiful once, full
of children, turned into an horrifying forest.
What happened here? All of them lost their colour and
movement… It is so gloomy. As if it was nighr! I have to do
something for this forest be what it was before with its colour, bright and
life… Let’s see, what can
I do?”
And after thinking for a while she said.
-“I got it!
The dove landed in the dried branch of a tree that, as
if by magic, started to recover its natural colour and moving slowly.
Then she posed in the back of the rabbit and his soft
ears started to stand up and little by little, his bright grey colour could be
noticed.
And that was how
she got all the inhabitants of the forest back to life. The children played and
laughed again. They, with the animals, thanked the dove because thanks to her
they had gone back to life. The dove was very happy and she went singing.
And the wind
came and took the warlock and the tale!
QUESTIONS:
1. Where does the story happen?
2. Who help the inhabitants of the forest?
3. How was the forest when the dove arrived?
QUESTIONS:
1. Where does the story happen?
2. Who help the inhabitants of the forest?
3. How was the forest when the dove arrived?
