BR:2-5 The three spinners

’”But you must promise us one thing. You must invite us to your wedding and you must say that we are your aunts. ”’(p. 14)

A long time ago, a woman and her daughter lived in a cottage in the forest. The girl worked hard. But she didn't want to spin the flax. One day her mother told a lie to the Queen, "My daughter wants to spin, but we haven't got enough flax." So the Queen took her the Queen's palace. The Queen let her spin the flax. However she couldn't spin, she didn't know what to do. She saw three woman outside from the window. They looked very strange. The first woman had a big foot. The second woman had a big lip. And the third woman had a big thumb. They helped her, and promised with her. Then she married with the prince. She invited the aunts, and the prince said "my beautiful wife must never spin again!".



Vocabulary

spin ～を紡いで・・・にする
naughty 言うことを聞かない
carriage 馬車

Heath, Jennifer. (2006). "The three spinners"(English Language Teaching).

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