Kitabı oku: «Scary Fairy Tales. A1 / Страшные сказки», sayfa 9

nibble[nɪbl] – v грызть

pull out[pʊl 'aʊt] – v вытаскивать; вытягивать

friɡhtened [fraɪtnd] – adv испуганный

heaven ['hev(ǝ)n] – n небеса; рай

pretend[prɪ'tend] – v претворяться

trap[træp] – v заманивать; ловить n ловушка; западня

catch (cauɡht, cauɡht) [kæʧ] – v поймать; схватить

stall [stɔ:l] – n стойло

pot [pɒt] – n котел; котелок

oven [ʌvn] – n печь; духовка

douɡh [dǝʊ] – n тесто

bar[bɑ:] – n прут; стержень; v запирать; препятствовать

pearl [pɜ:l] – n жемчуг

Blue Beard

There was once a man who was very rich. But this man had a blue beard, so all the women and girls thought that he was scary and ugly and didn't want to marry him.

One of his neighbors was anoble lady, who had two beautiful daughters. He wanted to marry one of them and let the lady decide which of the two would become his wife. But the daughters did not agree. They were afraid of a man with a blue beard. He also seemed suspicious to them. He was already married several times. But nobody knew what happened to his previous wives.

Blue Beard decided to impress them. He took them, with their mother and some other young people, to one of his country houses. They stayed there a whole week.

The time was filled with parties, hunting, fishing, dancing, and joy. Nobody went to bed, but all were gathering together and joking with each other all night long. In short, everything was so good that the youngest daughter began to think that the man's beard was not so very blue after all, and that he was a very polite gentleman.

When they returned home, they got married. A month later, Blue Beard told his wife that he had to take a journey to the country for six weeks at least, about a case of great importance. He did not want her to feel lonely and told her to invite her friends over.