Stories to tell

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The Fox and the Shoemaker
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Traditional Story from Cyprus
The Sly Fox A man is sewing a racket. The man
carries a barrel with grape juice. A fox tries to
steel the grapes but the man catches her. The
fox then goes to the king and apologizes. The fox
finds a coin and gives it to the king. Then the
fox finds the kings daughter. The princess
marries that man who was sewing the rackets and,
with their carriage, they go to the
castle. Dragons lived in the castle and the
fox throws them in the well.
The interpretation by the Greek children
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The Fox and the
Shoemaker Many years ago there was a shoemaker
that was very poor. One day, he had A beautiful
plant and saw a fox that wanted to eat it. The
fox was very happy Because the shoemaker did not
do anything bad to him, he just warned the Fox
not to eat what was not his. From that very day,
the fox began to look for Coins in order to help
the poor shoemaker. When the king saw that all
those Coins belonged to the shoemaker he allowed
his daughter to marry the shoemaker. They got
married and all the dragons in the palace were
burnt so they lived Happily ever after.
Traditional Story from Cyprus


The interpretation by the Spanish children
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Traditional Story from Cyprus

The Fox and the King Once upon a time a fox.
She was sitting down and had a friend. The friend
of the fox was making dinner. The friend went to
pick up a jug with water to give to the fox but
he got tired. Then the fox climbed up the vine
and felt like sniffing grapes. The friend called
on the fox to drink water from the jug and took
off the fox tree because she was trying to eat
the grapes. Then the fox got upset and gone take
a walk and crossed one bridge until he came to a
King castle . Then king said he was weighing some
gold coins to try to get rich. The fox gave a
few coins to the king and in return he gave him a
pink cape. The king weighed the coins that the
fox had given him and noticed of them was a
gold. The king were so happy that he called a
princess to go to the castle and they adopted the
fox as a pet. Then the fox said to his friend
who was now he was a pet and now she could not
leave the castle but could keep on going to be
his friend because he was no longer angry. Then
the priest married the princess to the king
because he was rich and then they went on
carriage to the castle. The fox, who was in the
castle, was handling dragons and picked up a
stick and managed to get rid of them. The fox
could be stronger and then burned in a dungeon
dragons. So they all lived happily ever after
because there was no more dragons in the castle. "
The interpretation by the Portuguese children
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The fox and the
shoemaker First the man had gloves and then he
hid. He saw that the fox stole the grapes and
then he went to and pulled it to catch the
fox. The fox escaped and went to the king with
rocks and then the fox brought the scale. The
basketball player is wearing a skirt and is
watching. Then the fox goes into the woods
wearing a cape and finds a rock of gold (or maybe
a yo-yo). The fox gives the king the rock of
gold. The fox is fat but the princess is
beautiful. The king is cool. The shoemaker and
the fox gave a High five! The king and the
queen are getting married (No! This is the
princess marrying a prince). The princess and the
prince are on their way to their palace in their
carriage. The dragons are going to eat the fox.
The fox is picking flowers for the princess.
Traditional Story from Cyprus

The interpretation by the Icelandic children
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Traditional Story from Cyprus

The Fox and the Shoemaker It was a fox and a
boy. The fox ate the boys grapes that was in the
tree, but he was caught by the boy. The fox went
to the king and gave him coins. They weighted the
coins. Then the boy could marry the princess and
the fox killed the dragons.
The interpretation by the Swedish children
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Traditional Story from Cyprus

The fox and the shoemaker Once upon a time
there was a shoemaker who repaired shoes, above
him there were grapes. The shoemaker is taking
shoes in a flower pot. The fox is going to pick
the grapes on the vine and eat it. The shoemaker
goes to the fox and take her by the tail because
it is his grapes, and he tells her. "Go away and
never come back." The fox goes away. She goes to
the king and said, "I couldnt take the grapes"
and she brings to the king some nuts. The fox
returned to the king with his cloak, and a penny
in her hand. The king takes the money and puts it
on the scale. The fox asks the king's daughter
Whats your name? and she says Lisa. The fox
returns to the shoemaker and says I knew the
king and the king's daughter The princess
decides to marry the shoemaker because he gave
her flowers. They go to the castle on the
mountain. In the castle, however, there are 3
dragons and the fox made ??them flee, they fled
into the well and then the fox burned them. At
the end of the shoemaker and the king's daughter
go to live in the castle.
The interpretation by the Italian children
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Traditional Story from Cyprus

The Fox and the Shoemaker The first class said
they liked the story, though they had trouble
explaining what it was about. They all knew it
was about a fox and some grapes. The fox ate all
the grapes and he made a house for the dragons.
The fox said hide! I like this story because
the fox hid the dragons. I know what its
called, The fox and the shoemaker. I like the
dragons. gtThe second class were asked.
Question Did you like the story? Answer 'Yes, I
really liked it because of the nice pictures
'Yes, it made me feel excited to see what would
happen next'    Q What did you think the story
is about? A 'I thought it was about a fox being
really kind and helping the man 'I thought the
story was about the king trying to find a man to
marry his daughter'   Q Who was your favourite
character? A'I like the fox because he was kind
'I like the king because he lives in a
palace'   Q What did you learn from this story?
A 'I learnt that the fox is very clever
The interpretation by the British children