Aladdin

Author : Pam Storey

Setting : Small village in China

Characters : Aladdin, Mother and the boys

Plot :
Long ago, in a land far away, ther lived a young boy called Aladdin and his widowed mother. They livedin a small village in China, and life was very hard for them.
One day a strange man came to the village.
"Perhaps I will find what I'm looking for here," he muttered as he came to the houses and saw some boys playing.
"Aha!" he said. "I think my search is over." He watched for a few minutes, and then went up to the boys.
"Can you tell me where young Aladdin and his mother lives?"
"My boy!" cried the man. "I'm your uncle, your father brother! Take me to your mother."
Aladdin lived close by, so he led the way.

Nouns :
land, village, China, house, father, brother, mother, hole, ground, lamp.

Verbs :
came, climbed, get, put, twinkled, asked, give, collect, hid, bring.

The Fisherman And His Wife

Author : Sue Arengo

Setting : Pig-stye close by the sea

Characters : Husband, Wife and Magic Prince

Plot :

There was once upon a time a fisherman who lived with his wife in a pig-stye close by the sea, and every day he went out fishing. And he fished, and he fished. And once he was sitting with his rod, looking at the clear water, and he sat and he sat. Then his line suddenly went down, far down below, and when he drew it up again, he brought out a large flounder.
Then the flounder said to him, "Hark, you fisherman, I pray you, let me live, I am no flounder really, but an enchanted prince. What good will it do you to kill me. I should not be good to eat, put me in the water again, and let me go."
"Come," said the fisherman, "there is no need for so many words about it - a fish that can talk I should certainly let go, anyhow."
And with that he put him back again into the clear water, and the flounder went to the bottom, leaving a long streak of blood behind him. Then the fisherman got up and went home to his wife in the pig-stye.
"Husband," said the woman, "have you caught nothing to-day."
"No," said the man, "I did catch a flounder, who said he was an enchanted prince, so I let him go again."
"Did you not wish for anything first?" said the woman.
"No," said the man, "what should I wish for?"
"Ah," said the woman, "it is surely hard to have to live always in this pig-stye which stinks and is so disgusting. You might have wished for a little hut for us. Go back and call him. Tell him we want to have a little hut, he will certainly give us that."
"Ah," said the man, "why should I go there again?"
"Why?" said the woman, "you did catch him, and you let him go again. He is sure to do it. Go at once."
The man still did not quite like to go, but did not like to oppose his wife either, and went to the sea. When he got there the sea was all green and yellow, and no longer so smooth, so he stood still and said,
"Flounder, flounder in the sea,Come, I pray thee, here to me.For my wife, good ilsabil,Wills not as I'd have her will."
Then the flounder came swimming to him and said, "Well what does she want, then."
"Ah," said the man, "I did catch you, and my wife says I really ought to have wished for something. She does not like to live in a pig-stye any longer. She would like to have a hut."
"Go, then," said the flounder, "she has it already."

Nouns : fish, fisherman, sea, castle, cottage, hut, house, palace, water, wife.

Verbs : catch, put, shout, ask, see, speak, go, come, think, say.

A Picture Book Of Sacagawea

Author : David A. Adler

Setting : Western Rocky Mountain

Characters : Sacagawea, Shoshone

Plot :
Sacagawea was born in 1788 or 1789 in the western Rocky Mountains. She was a Native American, a Shoshone.
The Shoshone lived in tepees. They moved to gather food as the seasons changed. They ate seeds, berries, roots, and insects. In the spring and summer they fished, and in the fall they hunted bison. The Shoshone hunted jackrabbits, antelope, and other animals, too.They used branches to make beautiful baskets, bowls, hats, and traps.
The Shoshone were a peaceful people. But they were surrounded by enemy tribes. When Sacagawea was either ten or eleven, a large Hidatsa war party attacked. They Stole Shoshone horses and killed many men, women, and children, including Sacagawea'smother.
She was caught by a Hidatsa warrior and taken prisoner. The Hidatsa took her hundreds of miles away to their village near where the Knife and Missouri River cross.

Nouns :
mountain, basket, bowl, hat, trap, jackrabbit, antelope, bison, horse, warrior.

Verbs :
ate, hunted, ran, lived, moved, fished, used, made, stloe, caught.

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