Beauty
in Stone
Once
upon a time there was a palace. It was in Vienna on the
banks of the River Leasing. Now, the palace is no
longer there. There is, instead, an old people's
home. And, this old people's home has a wonderful garden,
and in this wonderful garden is a beautiful girl – a girl made of
stone.
The
count who owned the palace was a very rich man. And, one day he fell
in love with a poor Viennese flower girl!
And, because he loved her so much, he made a statue
of her. And, the count and the flower girl wanted to marry.
But,
the flower girl ran away. She was too poor for the
count. But, no problem. Every time the count was unhappy he went
into the garden and kissed his beautiful princess made of stone.
And,
there she still stands, the most beautiful girl in the
world. The poor little flower girl who gave her heart to a count!
Vocabulary
bank
– Ufer
became
– wurde (become/became/became)
count
– Graff
flower
girl – Blumenmädchen
Hungarian
– Ungarisch
instead
– stattdessen
marry
– heiraten
old
people's home – Altesheim
Once
upon a time, Es war einmal
poor
– arm
remember
– erinnern
(remember/remembered/remembered)
stand
– stehen (stand/stood/stood)
statue
– Denkmal
still
-noch
stood
– stand (stand/stood/stood)
Question
number one. The first question
Where
is the old people's home?
Question
number two. The second question.
Was
there a castle there?
Question
number three. The third question.
Was
the girl in this story a window cleaner?
Question
number four. The fourth question.
Was
the man in this story a very poor man?
Question
number five. The fifth question.
Was
the man in this story an Hungarian king?
Question
number six. The sixth question.
Why
did the flower girl run away?
Question
number seven. The seventh question.
Why
did the count kiss the statue?
Question
number eight. The eighth question.
Is
this a sad story?
And,
now the text once again!
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