The Three Little Pigs

At the heart of the forest lived three little pigs who were brothers. The wolf was always chasing them to eat. To escape the wolf, the pigs decided to build a house. Little was made of straw, and power to finish before going to play. The medium built a wooden house. Seeing that his little brother had finished, hurried to go and play with him. The major working on his brick house. - You'll see what the wolf in your houses, said to his brothers while they spent playing it.

The wolf came behind the little pig and he ran to his house of straw, but the wolf huffed and puffed and collapsed thatched cottage. The wolf chased after the pig through the forest, he ran to take refuge with his middle brother. But the wolf blew and blew and knocked the wooden house.

The two little pigs ran away. Almost breathless, with the wolf at his heels, came to the Big Brother house. The three went inside and shut all doors and windows. The wolf ran round the house, looking for somewhere to go. With a very, very long staircase climbed to the roof, to enter the chimney. But the big pig fire put a pot of water. The gluttonous wolf came down the inside of the chimney, but fell on the boiling water and burned. He escaped from there giving a terrible howls were heard throughout the forest. It is said that never wanted to eat a pig.

And bunting, this story is over!

The Canterville Ghost

RESUMEN.

The Canterville Ghost

the American, Mr Otis, bought Canterville Castle, everyone told him it was foolish, since the place was haunted, Mr. Otis, his wife and children, Washington, Virginia and the twins went to their new home Canterville Castle Mr. Otis I face when the ghost came to a small secret chamber, took a deep breath. There are no ghosts in history had ever been treated this way!

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Chapter I

When the American, Mr Otis, bought Canterville Castle, everyone told him that this was very foolish, as the place was haunted. But Mr Otis answered, “I come from a modern country, where we have everything that money can buy. And if there were such a thing as a ghost in Europe, we would have it at home in one of our museums.”

A few weeks later, on a lovely July evening, Mr Otis, his wife and their children, Washington, Virginia and the twins, went down to their new home. When they entered the avenue of Canterville Castle, the sky suddenly became dark and a spooky stillness was in the air.

Mrs Umney, the housekeeper, led them into the library of the castle, where they sat down and began to look around. Suddenly, Mrs Otis saw a red stain on the floor just by the fireplace and said to Mrs Umney, “I am afraid something has been spilt there.”

“Yes, madam,” said the old housekeeper in a low voice, “blood has been spilt on that spot.”

“How terrible,” said Mrs Otis; “I don't want any blood-stains in my sitting-room. It must be removed at once.”

The old woman smiled and answered, “It is the blood of Lady Eleanore de Canterville, who was murdered on that spot by her husband, Sir Simon de Canterville, in 1575. Sir Simon disappeared seven years later. His body has never been found, but his ghost still haunts the Castle. The blood-stain is a tourist attraction now and it cannot be removed.”

“That is all nonsense,” said Washington, the eldest son of the Otis family, “stain remover will clean it up in no time,” and he took a bottle of stain remover out of his pocket and cleaned the spot. But as soon as the blood-stain had disappeared, a terrible flash of lightning lit up the room and a fearful peal of thunder made the whole building shake.

The Canterville Ghost

Chapter I

Questions on the text.

• Where is Mr Otis from?  England  Scotland  USA 
• Does Mr Otis believe in ghosts?  yes  no 
• Which statement about the stain is true?
   The housekeeper has spilt coffee there.
   It's the blood of Sir Simon.
   Washington Otis removes the stain. 

Rewrite the following sentences in the passive voice.

• A ghost haunts the castle. The castle is haunted by a ghost.
• Sir Simon murdered Lady Eleanore. Lady Eleanore was murdered by Sir Simon.

Rewrite the following sentences in the active voice.

• They were led into the library by Mrs Umney. Mrs Umney led them into the library.
• The spot was cleaned by Washington Otis. Washington Otis cleaned the spot.

Great, all answers are correct!

Chapter II

There was a horrible storm that night, but apart from that nothing scary happened. The next morning, however, when the family came down to breakfast, they found the terrible stain of blood once again on the floor. Washington cleaned it a second time, but the second morning it appeared again. The third morning it was there, too, although the library had been locked up at night by Mr Otis himself.

The following night, all doubts about the existence of the ghost were finally removed forever. At eleven o'clock the family went to bed and some time after, Mr Otis was awakened by a strange noise in the corridor, outside his room. It sounded like the clank of metal, and it came nearer every moment. Mr Otis got up and looked at the time. It was exactly one o'clock. So Mr Otis put on his slippers, went to the door and opened it. There, right in front of him, stood the ghost - his eyes were as red as burning coals; long grey hair fell over his shoulders and from his wrists and ankles hung heavy chains.

“My dear Sir,” said Mr Otis, “you must oil those chains. It's impossible to sleep with such a noise going on outside the bedrooms. I have therefore brought you this bottle of lubricator, and I will be happy to supply you with more if you require it.” With these words Mr Otis laid the bottle down, closed his door and went back to bed.

Shocked, the Canterville ghost stood quite motionless for a moment, but then he growled angrily. Just at this moment, the twins appeared on the corridor and threw a large pillow at him! The ghost hastily escaped through the wall, and the house became quiet again.

When the ghost reached his small secret chamber, he took a deep breath. No ghosts in history had ever been treated in this manner!

The Canterville Ghost

Chapter II

Questions on the text

• Which statement is true?
   The ghost appears on the first night the Otis family spends in the castle.
   Washington runs out of stain remover.
   The blood-stain is there again every morning. 
• What wakes Mr Otis up?
   The ghost's chains. 
   His wife's snoring.
   The screaming of a person.
• Is Mr Otis afraid of the ghost?  yes  no 

Find a synonym for each word in the text.

• terrible → horrible
• closer → nearer

Why do we use the simple past in the following sentences?

• He put on his slippers, went to the door and opened it.
   states in the past
   actions that happened one after the other
• His eyes were red; grey hair fell over his shoulders and from his wrists hung heavy chains.
   states in the past
   actions that happened one after the other

Great, all answers are correct!

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