CINDERELLA

Once upon a time there _________ (be) a pretty girl who __________ (live) with her father. One day, her father ____________ (decide) to marry a beautiful, but mean woman who_________ (have) two ugly daughters. Shortly afterwards the man___________(die) and his sweet little girl was left with her stepmother and stepsisters. They ________(call) her Cinderella and __________ (make) her work very hard in the house. She __________ (clean) the house, _________(cook) the meals, __________(wash) and ________ (iron) their clothes. One day, an invitation ___________ (come) from the palace to a great ball. The prince ___________ (want) to find a beautiful young lady to marry. Cinderella ___________ (be) very upset because her stepmother ___________ (not want) to let her go to the ball. She only _________ (help) her stepsisters prepare and __________ (cry) bitter tears. After they left, Cinderella was visited by her Godmother, who_________ (be) a good fairy and ____________ (promise) to send her to the ball. Using her magic wand, the fairy _____________ (give) Cinderella a carriage, horses and a footman, and _____________(dress) her in a wonderful dress and glass slippers. Cinderella __________(have) to promise to return home by midnight. Cinderella __________________(go) to the ball and the prince ____________(dance) with her the whole night. Just before midnight Cinderella ________________(remember) her promise and _________ (run) away from the prince. On the stairs she _____________ (lose) a slipper. The next day everybody _____________(talk) about the beautiful and mysterious princess at the ball. The prince _______________(want)to find her and marry her. He ____________(take) the glass slipper and __________(go) to every house for every girl to try it on. The slipper only ____________(fit) on Cinderellas foot. The prince ________________(recognize) Cinderella and _____________(marry) her. They ________________(live) happily ever after.

LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD

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_____________(love)her very much. She _________(make)her daughter a nice red coat with a hood and that is why everybody ___________(call) the girl Little Red Riding Hood. One day mother ___________ (send) her with a basket full of fruit and cakes to her grandmother. Her grandmother __________(be) very old and ill and ____________(live) all alone in a cottage in the woods. Mother ___________(tell) Little Red Riding Hood not to stray On from her the path she and not to stop on some her way. The flowers little that girl she ____________(promise)and______________(leave). way _______________(see) beautiful ______________(want) to pick. Suddenly there ______________(appear) a wolf who ___________(ask) her where she was going. The little girl __________(tell) him all about her grandmother and the cottage she ________________(live) in. The wolf _____________(run) to the cottage, _____________(go) in and _______________(eat) grandmother. Then he ____________(put) on her clothes and _____________ (wait) for Little Red Riding Hood. When she ___________(arrive) at the cottage, the little girl ___________ (be) surprised at the big ears, eyes and mouth of her grandmother, but she __________________ ( not know) that it _____________(be)the wolf in the bed. Suddenly, the wolf _____________(jump) out of the bed to swallow the girl, but she ________________(start) to scream. Her father, who was cutting wood in the forest, ________________(hear)her. He ______________ (come) running to the cottage and _____________(kill)the wolf. When he __________(cut)the wolfs belly, out ____________(jump) Grandmother. Little Red Riding Hood __________(promise)to always listen to what her parents ________________(tell)her.

BEAUTY AND THE BEAST

Once upon a time there ___________(be)an old merchant who __________(have) three daughters, the youngest of which was called Beauty. Unfortunately, the man __________(lose) all his money and _________ (have) to move to the countryside. His two elder daughters ________ (be) very unhappy, only Beauty _________ (be) glad because she _________(love) her father very much and __________(like) animals and flowers a lot. Her father had to work hard to make money. One day the merchant ___________(go) to town on business. His daughters ___________ (ask) for presents: the first ________(want) diamonds, the second ____________(want)pearls, but Beauty ___________(prefer)some white roses. On his way back from home, the old man _________(see) a castle in the distance and ____________(decide) to stop for some rest. He ____________(go) in, __________(find) dinner on the table and ___________(start) eating. Later, he ___________(go) to bed, still surprised that there ____________(be) no one in the castle. In the morning he __________(see) some white roses in the garden and _____________________(remember) his promise to Beauty. He __________________(stop) to pick a rose and suddenly there ________________(appear) a horrible beast who __________________(threaten) to kill him. The Beast ________________(make) the old man promise to bring him the first thing he _____________(see) when he _____________________(get) home. Beauty ______________(run) to meet her father, but he _______________(be)sad to give her the bad news. She ________________(have) to go live with the Beast in his castle. Beauty ________________(move) to the Beasts castle. There she ______________(spend) her days reading, picking flowers and playing. At first, she ____________(fear) the Beast, but soon ______________(grow) to like him. Beautys father ______________(fall) ill and she _______________(go) home to take care of him. When she ___________________(return) to the Beasts castle, she ______________(find) him lying on the ground in the garden. The Beast ______________(ask) Beauty if she ____________(love) him and she ____________(answer) that she_____________ (do). Thus, the spell was broken. The Beast ________________(turn) into a handsome prince and he ______________(marry) Beauty.

SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS

Once upon a time there ______________(be) a beautiful queen who ____________(want) to have a little girl. Soon her wish __________(come) true and she ___________(give) birth to a pretty baby girl with a white face, red lips and black hair. She ___________(call) her Snow White. The babys mother soon______________(die). The king ___________(marry) a beautiful but vain woman, who ____________(have) a magic mirror. The new queen ____________(hate) Snow White for her beauty. Whenever the queen ___________(ask) who ____________(be) the most beautiful in the whole world, the mirror ____________(answer) that it ______________(be) Snow White. The queen ____________(be) so angry that she _______________(want) the girl dead. She ________________(call) a hunter and ______________(tell) him to kill Snow White. The hunter ______________(take) Snow White to the forest, but he ____________(feel) sorry for her and _______________(spare) her life. Alone in the forest Snow White ________________(start) crying. Soon she __________(see) a little house in the distance. She _____________(go) in and ______________(fall) asleep on a tiny bed. The house _____________(belong) to seven little dwarfs who ___________(work) in a mine. When they _________________(come) home and __________(see) Snow White they ________________(be)very surprised. She __________(tell) them her sad story and they _____________(decide) to let her stay with them. The queen _______________(find) out that Snow White _______________(be) alive. She _________________(put) on some old clothes, _______________(go) to the dwarfs cottage and _______________(try) to poison Snow White. After she _____________(eat) the poisoned apple, Snow White ____________(appear) to be dead. The dwarfs _________(put) her in a glass coffin. One day, a prince _____________(come) riding by and ____________(see) the beautiful girl in the coffin. He ______________(decide) to take her back to his castle. As a man ____________(lift) the coffin, the piece of poisoned apple __________(fall) out of her throat and she ______________(come) back to life. The prince ________________(marry) Snow White and they _______________(live) happily ever after.