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The Ugly Duckling

(Present Simple Tense – prítomný jednoduchý čas)

 

It is spring. In a small village, there is a farm where live lots of animals. There is a pig, a hen, a rooster and a duck. The duck has a nest and there are five eggs in it. One day the eggs crack open and five little ducklings come out. One of them is much bigger than his brothers and sisters. The animals think he is ugly and they call him the Ugly Duckling.

It is summer. Day after day ducklings grow, but the Ugly Duckling grows bigger and bigger. He doesn´t look like his brothers and sisters but his mother loves him very much. Every day the animals play on a farm. They don´t want to play with the Ugly Duckling. He is very sad and lonely. One day he decides to leave the farm and go into the world.

There is a lake near the farm. The Ugly Duckling wants to swim in it. He can see three beautiful white birds flying across the sky. They are going south for the winter. He wants to fly with them.

It is autumn. The days are shorter and it is colder and colder. The Ugly Duckling looks for food. He goes to a little house near the lake. There is an old woman. She looks at the Ugly Duckling and says, „I don´t want you here. You are not a hen and you can´t give me any eggs. Go away!“

Winter comes and it is very cold. One day a farmer finds the Ugly Duckling in his garden. He is cold and hungry. The man takes him home. The farmer´s children play with the Ugly Duckling in the living room. He feels warm and safe. Everybody here thinks he is really pretty.

Spring comes soon. There are green leaves on the trees and it is warmer and warmer. One sunny day the children take the Ugly Duckling to the lake. There are two beautiful white swans swimming in it. The Ugly Duckling looks at them. He can see they look exatcly like him. Now he knows he is a swan too. He is no longer the Ugly Duckling.

 

 

The Ugly Duckling

(Past Simple Tense – minulý jednoduchý čas)

 

It was spring. In a small village, there was a farm where lived lots of animals. There was a pig, a hen, a rooster and a duck. The duck had a nest and there were five eggs in it. One day the eggs cracked open and five little ducklings came out. One of them was much bigger than his brothers and sisters. The animals thought he was ugly and they called him the Ugly Duckling.

It was summer. Day after day ducklings grew, but the Ugly Duckling grew bigger and bigger. He didn´t look like his brothers and sisters but his mother loved him very much. Every day the animals played on a farm. They didn´t want to play with the Ugly Duckling. He was very sad and lonely. One day he decided to leave the farm and went into the world.

There was a lake near the farm. The Ugly Duckling wanted to swim in it. He could see three beautiful white birds flying across the sky. They were going south for the winter. He wanted to fly with them.

It was autumn. The days were shorter and it was colder and colder. The Ugly Duckling looked for food. He went to a little house near the lake. There was an old woman. She looked at the Ugly Duckling and said, „I don´t want you here. You are not a hen and you can´t give me any eggs. Go away!“

Winter came and it was very cold. One day a farmer found the Ugly Duckling in his garden. He was cold and hungry. The man took him home. The farmer´s children played with the Ugly Duckling in the living room. He felt warm and safe. Everybody here thought he was really pretty.

Spring came soon. There were green leaves on the trees and it was warmer and warmer. One sunny day the children took the Ugly Duckling to the lake. There were two beautiful white swans swimming in it. The Ugly Duckling looked at them. He could see they looked exatcly like him. Now he knew he was a swan too. He was no longer the Ugly Duckling.

 

LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD       

(present simple tense – prítomný jednoduchý čas)

 

Little Red Riding Hood lives with her mother in a litle house near the woods. One day her mother says, „Your Granny is ill. Go and take her a cake, a honey and some medicine.“ The girl takes a basket and goes to see her Granny.

It is a sunny day. Little Red Riding Hood walks along the wood. She looks around. She can see lots of beautiful flowers. Suddenly comes a wolf. „Where are you going to, little girl?“ he asks. „To my Granny´s house,“ says the girl. „Don´t hurry. Pick some flowers for your Granny“, he says and runs to Granny´s house.

He looks through the window and sees the old woman sitting in her chair and having a nap. The wolf opens the door without knocking and get into the house. The wolf eats poor Granny. He puts on her clothes and lies down into her bed.

I           n a few minutes Little Red Riding Hood comes to Granny´s house and opens the bedroom door. „It is strange... What big eyes and ears and teeth Granny has... is it really her?“ she thinks. Suddenly the wolf jumps out of bed and eats the girl.

Now the wolf is full and he falls asleep. A hunter goes around Granny´s house and hears some loud snoring. He opens the door and sees the wolf asleep in bed. He cuts his fat belly and out jump Granny and her granddaughter. „Thank you for saving us,“ they say to the hunter.

Now the bad wolf is gone. Granny, the hunter and Little Red Riding Hood are in the garden, sitting and having some cake and tea. They are all very happy.

„All is well that ends well“ says the hunter.

 

 

 

LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD     

(past simple tense – minulý jednoduchý čas)

 

Little Red Riding Hood lived with her mother in a litle house near the woods. One day her mother said, „Your Granny is ill. Go and take her a cake, a honey and some medicine.“ The girl took a basket and went to see her Granny.

It was a sunny day. Little Red Riding Hood walked along the wood. She looked around. She could see lots of beautiful flowers. Suddenly came a wolf. „Where are you going to, little girl?“ he asked. „To my Granny´s house,“ said the girl. „Don´t hurry. Pick some flowers for your Granny“, he said and ran to Granny´s house.

He looked through the window and saw the old woman sitting in her chair and having a nap. The wolf opened the door without knocking and got into the house. The wolf ate poor Granny. He put on her clothes and lied down into her bed.

In a few minutes Little Red Riding Hood came to Granny´s house and opened the bedroom door. „It is strange... What big eyes and ears and teeth Granny has... is it really her?“ she thought. Suddenly the wolf jumped out of bed and ate the girl.

Now the wolf was full and he fell asleep. A hunter went around Granny´s house and heard some loud snoring. He opened the door and saw the wolf asleep in bed. He cut his fat belly and out jumped Granny and her granddaughter. „Thank you for saving us,“ they said to the hunter.

Now the bad wolf was gone. Granny, the hunter and Little Red Riding Hood were in the garden, sitting and having some cake and tea. They were all very happy.

„All is well that ends well“ said the hunter.