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The next night the Hobyahs came again, and said ‘Hobyah! Hobyah! Hobyah! Tear down the hempstalks, eat up the old man and woman, and carry off the little girl!’ And when the Hobyahs found that little dog Turpie’s head was off they tore down hempstalks, ate up the old man and the woman, and carried the girl in a bag.’

And when the Hobyahs came to their home they hung up the bag with the little girl in it, and every Hobyah knocked on the top of the bag and said, ‘Look me! look me!’ And then they went to sleep until the next night, for the Hobyahs slept in the daytime.

The little girl cried a great deal, and a man with a big dog came that way and heard her crying. When he asked her how she came there and she told him, he put the dog in the bag and took the little girl to his home.

The next night the Hobyahs took down the bag and knocked at the top of it, and said ‘Look me, look me!’ and when they opened the bag the big dog jumped out and ate them all up; so there are no Hobyahs now.

EXERCISES

1) True or false?

1. An old man and an woman had a little boy.

2. Turpie was a little dog.

3. In the morning the old man cut off little dog Turpie's tail.

4. The Hobyahs came to the old man’s house ten times.

5. The Hobyahs sleep at night.

6. A man with a big dog put the dog in a bag and took the girl.

7. The big dog ate all of the Hobyahs.

2) Fill in the gaps using words in brackets.

1. When the Hobyahs… (to find) that little dog Turpie’s… (to be) there they… (to tear) down hempstalks,… (to eat) up the old man and the woman, and… (to carry) the girl in a bag.

2. They… (to go) to sleep until the next night, for the Hobyahs… (to sleep) in the daytime.

3. The little girl… (to cry) a great deal, and a man with a big dog… (to come) that way and… (to hear) her crying.

4. He… (to ask) her how she… (to come) there and she… (to tell) him.

5. When they… (to open) the bag the big dog… (to jump) out and… (to eat) them all up.

3) Translate the following sentences:

1. Жили-были старик со старухой в доме из стеблей конопли.

2. Старик сказал: «Пёсик лает так громко, что я не могу ни спать, ни дремать».

3. Хобья! Съедим старика со старухой и утащим девочку!

4. Когда хобьи пришли к себе домой, они повесили сумку с девочкой и легли спать до следующей ночи.

5. Девочка плакала изо всех сил.

6. Когда хобьи сняли сумку и стали по ней стучать, из неё выпрыгнула большая собака и съела их всех.

4) Answer the following questions:

1. Why are there no Hobyahs now?

2. Who heard the little girl crying?

3. How many times did the Hobyahs come to the old man’s house?

4. What happened to the girl at Hobyahs home?

5) Retell the fairy-tale.

English fairy tales about Jack and others

Tom Tit Tot

Once upon a time, there was a woman⁹⁵, and she baked five pies. And when they came out of the oven, they were very hard to eat. So she says to her daughter:

“Daughter, put the pies on the shelf and leave them there a little, and they will come again⁹⁶.” That is⁹⁷, the crust will become softer.

But the girl says to herself, “Well, if they come again, I will eat them now.” And she ate them all.

Well, when supper-time came, the woman said, “Go and get one of the pies. I think they came again now.”

The girl went and looked, and there were only dishes. So she comes back and says, “No, they did not come again.”

“No?” says the mother.

“No,” says the daughter.

“Well,” said the woman, “I’ll⁹⁸ eat one for supper.”

“But you can’t⁹⁹ if they didn’t¹⁰⁰ come,” said the girl.

“But I can,” says she. “Go you and bring the best pie.”

“Best or worst,” says the girl, “I ate them all, and you can’t eat the pie till it comes again.”

Well, the woman was very angry, and she took her spinning to the door, and she began to sing:

“My daughter ate five, five pies today.

My daughter ate five, five pies today.”

The king was coming down the street, and he heard her song. So he stopped and said, “What were you singing, my good woman?”

The woman told him these other words instead of that¹⁰¹:

“My daughter span five, five skeins today.

My daughter span five, five skeins today.”

“Oh!” said the king, “I never heard of anyone who could do that.” Then he said, “Listen, I want a wife, and I’ll marry your daughter. During eleven months of the year, she will have everything that she wants; but the last month of the year she will spin five skeins every day, and if she can’t, I shall kill her.”

“All right,” says the woman; she thought only about a grand marriage. Her daughter was very happy. “I’ll marry a king!” she thought. “And in eleven months the king will forget about skeins.”

Well, so they were married. And for eleven months the girl had all she liked to eat, all the dresses she liked to wear, and all the friends she liked.

When the time came, she began to think about the skeins. But the king did not say any word about them, and she decided that he forgot them.