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n Ancient Rome there was once a young slave called Androcles


Iwho served a cruel master. His master was so unkind to him that


Androcles decided to escape.



At that time, masters owned their slaves, so running away was a serious

crime – there were even slave-catchers who hunted runaway slaves.


The poor slave was so miserable he thought, “I’d rather take my

chances in the forest than be bullied and beaten here.”









































































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Lh] gilhbh`Ү qa]h abm gXmn]l aX\ e]^n na]bl pbeeXҮ =h\li[e]m Ƈ]\ ni na] ^il]mn

where he hid in dense undergrowth and slept huddled against fallen tree trunks.


It felt good to be free, but Androcles soon became hungry. He didn’t know which

berries and mushrooms were safe to eat and he felt himself growing weak. One


cold evening, famished and exhausted, he crawled inside a cave to sleep.



In the middle of the night, a thunderous roar disturbed his dreams. Androcles was

mnXlne]\ ni Ƅh\ X `l]Xn aoedbh` ebih mnXedbh` niqXl\m abgҫ E] aX\ ^Xee]h Xme]]j bh X


lion’s den! He leapt to his feet to look for a weapon, but the lion surprised him by

slumping to the ground. It let out an agonised growl and licked its paw.



=h\li[e]m mjinn]\ X eXl`] nailh mnb[dbh` ion i^ na] mi^n Ƈ]ma Z]eiq na] ebihӆm


claws. The lion whined and looked at Androcles sorrowfully.



“You’re in pain, poor lion. If I help you now, perhaps you will spare my life.”







































































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Androcles carefully ventured towards the lion. As he knelt by the lion’s paw, his


hands began to tremble. He steadied himself and tugged the thorn hard. The lion

groaned, but in one swift move, the thorn came out.



Androcles tore off the end of his tunic and made a bandage around the lion’s


paw. The lion purred softly, then Androcles and the lion fell asleep side by side.








That was the beginning of an unusual but wonderful friendship. From that day,


the loyal lion didn’t leave Androcles’ side. It even shared its food with Androcles.

Meanwhile, Androcles nursed the lion’s paw back to full health.



One day, while the lion was hunting, Androcles went to fetch some water.















































































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Suddenly, slave-catchers crashed Androcles felt weak at the knees. He


through the bushes and arrested him. knew he was about to face his doom.

They dragged him to Rome, where his As he stepped into the huge arena,

master decreed that Androcles should the crowd roared with excitement, but


face the most frightening punishment the noise was nothing compared to

of all – fighting a wild animal in an the deafening roars of the beast he


arena, just like the gladiators did. was about to face.



Androcles was imprisoned for several The guards opened a cage on the far


weeks until, one morning, the guards side of the arena and a majestic lion

came for him. “I hope you’re feeling leapt out, snarling with rage. It raced

brave today, slave,” said one. “I hear towards Androcles, who readied his


the beast you’re about to fight hasn’t sword but as the lion got closer, he

eaten for some time. The emperor is realised this was no enemy at all.

looking forward to his entertainment.” “It’s you, my old friend!” he cried.

The lion stopped in its tracks, then “Because we know each other,” said

it nuzzled Androcles playfully and Androcles, and he explained how


licked him. Androcles threw his arms he had helped the lion when it had

around the lion’s mane. “I’m so glad to been injured.


see you again,” he said joyfully.
The emperor was so impressed, he


The crowd sat in stunned silence – decided to pardon Androcles for

they had never seen a man tame a running away from his master and


lion before. “Free the slave!” cried he set him free, along with the lion.

someone, and the emperor was so


intrigued, he asked Androcles to Afterwards, Androcles and the friendly

come forward and speak. lion were often seen walking through
the streets of Rome – and wherever

“Why didn’t this lion attack you?” they went, they were showered with


asked the puzzled emperor. money, food and gifts.








































Watching gladiators fight

wild animals (or each other)

was popular entertainment
in Ancient Rome. Some

gladiators volunteered, but
most were slaves. Gladiators

lived and trained in special
schools and were always

preparing for the next fight. The

most successful gladiator who
ever lived fought 150 times, but
nobody knows his name.


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Around the World Tales





The Fox’s Tail















erhaps this story is true, perhaps it isn’t. Once in Armenia,


PXh ie\ qigXh aX\ comn Ƅee]\ oj X co` qbna ^l]ma `iXnӆm gbed

qa]h X ^ir [Xg] Xeih` Xh\ \lXhd na] qaie] einҫ





“I turned my back for one second and look what


you did, you greedy fox!” cried the old woman.

She grabbed the fox’s bushy tail and gave it a

maXlj sXhd ӕ Xh\ bn [Xg] lb`an iƂ bh a]l aXh\ұ




The fox spun round looking for her tail and,

when she realised it was gone, she whimpered,


“Grandma, please give me back my tail. The

other foxes will make fun of me!”






















































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“I’ll give it back,” said the old woman, give it to the goat. Then the goat

“when you give me back my milk.” will give me some milk for the


old woman and she will give
So the fox stalked away, feeling odd
me back my tail – and my
without her tail swishing behind her.
friends won’t make fun of me.”



“Okay,” said the meadow.


Soon she came to a wild goat and “Get me some water and I’ll

asked politely, “Goat, dear goat, give you some grass.”


please give me some milk. If you do,
So the fox stalked away and,
I can give it to the old woman and
after a while, she met a girl carrying
she will give me back my tail – and
a pail of water. “Girl, kind girl, please
my friends won’t make fun of me.”
give me that pail of water. If you do,


“Sure,” said the goat. “Get me some I can give it to the meadow. Then the


grass and I’ll give you some milk.” meadow will give me some grass for

the goat, the goat will give me some
So the fox stalked away and came
milk for the old woman and she will
to a lush meadow, where she asked,
give me back my tail – and my

“Meadow, sweet meadow, please give
friends won’t make fun of me.”
me some grass. If you do, I can


















































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“Very well,” said the girl. “Get me some new shoes and I’ll

give you my pail of water.”




So the fox stalked away and, in the nearest town, found

a shoemaker. “Shoemaker, clever shoemaker, please


give me some shoes. If you do, I can give them to the

girl. Then the girl will give me her pail of water for the

meadow, the meadow will give me some grass for the


goat, the goat will give me some milk for the old woman

and she will give me back my tail – and my friends won’t


make fun of me.”



“Gladly,” said the shoemaker. “Get me some fresh eggs and

I’ll give you a pair of shoes.”











COUNT IT!





How many little mice
[Xh sio Ƅh\ bh na]

picture? Write it
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Answer: Qa]l] Xl] gb[]ҫ

So the fox stalked away and, on So the fox stalked away into the barn,

a farm, she found a red hen. “Hen, where she met the farmer. “Farmer,


lovely hen, please give me some wise farmer, please give me some

fresh eggs. If you do, I can give grain. If you do, I can give it to the


them to the shoemaker. Then the hen. Then the hen will give me some

shoemaker will give me some shoes fresh eggs for the shoemaker, the


for the girl, the girl will give me her shoemaker will give me some shoes

pail of water for the meadow, the for the girl, the girl will give me her

meadow will give me some grass pail of water for the meadow, the


for the goat, the goat will give me meadow will give me some grass for

some milk for the old woman and the goat, the goat will give me some

she will give me back my tail – and milk for the old woman and she will


my friends won’t make fun of me.” give me back my tail – and my friends

won’t make fun of me.”
“Of course,” said the hen. “Get me


some grain and I’ll give you some The farmer looked at the tired, tailless

fresh eggs.” fox and felt sorry for her. “Very well,


here you go,” he said, handing her

a small sack of grain.
























































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The fox was so happy, she dashed to the hen and gave

her the grain. In return, the hen laid her some fresh eggs. Write It


She gave the eggs to the shoemaker in exchange for new

Have a go at writing
shoes. She delivered the shoes to the girl, who gave her an extra paragraph

a pail of water. She poured water on the meadow, which for this story. Who

gave her some grass. She carried the grass to the goat, else could the fox ask

for help and what will
who gave her a pail of milk. Finally, she took the milk to they want in return?

the old woman, who returned her swishy tail. What would a horse

or a duck ask for?
Then the fox ran back to her den, where none of her


friends made fun of her!



















































































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Storyland Adventures




Storyland













Sports Day


















n qXm PnilseXh\ӆm Ƅlmn ]p]l mjilnm \XsҮ Xh\ ]p]lsih] qXm Xn


I BXlҮ BXl =qXs Bb]e\m l]X\s ni nXd] jXlnҫ Qa]s q]l] Xee ]r[bn]\Ү


]r[]jn ^il Mlbh[] Bl]\]lb[dҮ qai aXn]\ mjilnҫ




“I’ve always been terrible at it,”

he confessed to Princess Elinor.


“Apart from footie, I hated sport

at school. I’ve got two left feet.”



“If I could kiss you and turn


you into an athlete I would, but

I already changed you from a


frog into a human. It’s just for

fun!” said Princess Elinor.



Prince Frederick sighed. He


didn’t think the words ‘sport’

and ‘fun’ belonged together.




Just then, Daddy Bear’s

booming voice cried, “All

competitors for the beanbag


race to the start line, please!”





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“I’ll give this one a miss,” said Prince The Hare and the White Rabbit kept

Frederick, sighing. dropping their beanbags with every


bounce and had to pick them up, but
A group of runners gathered at the
Cinderella charged ahead. Moments
start line, all balancing beanbags on
eXn]lҮ ma] [limm]\ na] Ƅhbma ebh] bh

their heads. There were the Hare and
Ƅlmn jeX[]ҫ Ap]lsih] [eXjj]\ҫ
the Tortoise, Wee Willie Winkie, the

White Rabbit – who kept checking his “Running away from the ball in high


watch anxiously – and Cinderella. heels is excellent training for a race

like this,” explained Princess Elinor.
“Surely Cinderella isn’t racing in glass

slippers and a tiara!” gasped Prince Next it was the obstacle course.


Frederick. Princess Elinor nodded
“Not for me,” said Prince Frederick,
and gave a knowing smile.
while Gingerbread Man, Tom Thumb,


“On your marks, get set, go!” shouted Goldilocks, a dancing princess and

Daddy Bear, and the runners sprinted Old Mother Hubbard’s dog prepared


away at full pelt. for the race.




























































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@X\\s >]XlҮ Xh\ iƂ na]s q]hnҫ Bl]\]lb[dҮ ^]]ebh` aij]e]mmҫ



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mdbj qbna lij]mҮ cogj ip]l aol\e]mҮ Mlbh[]mm Aebhilҫ ӂI]n g] maiq sioҫӃ

[lXqe oh\]l Z]h[a]m Xh\ \lbZZe]
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[ioe\ [Xn[a Cbh`]lZl]X\ JXhҫ
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Mlbh[] Bl]\]lb[d XjjeXo\]\ abgҫ
ӂTaXnҶӃ mXb\ Bl]\]lb[dҫ ӂF [Xhӆnұ Fӆee Z]

om]e]mm Xn bnҫӃ




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h]rn ^]q lX[]m niiҫ Fn qXm [eim]Ү Zon ?ig] ihҮ bn mnXlnm miihҫӃ


GX[d Xh\ Gbee Z]Xn Mbhi[[abi bh na] ӄƄee
Mlbh[] Bl]\]lb[d ebh]\ oj h]rn ni X
na] qXn]l Zo[d]nӆ [aXee]h`]ҫ E]hhs
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Xh\ Mlbh[] OXh\ieja ӕ qai ]p]lsih]
Xh\ mjiih lX[]Ү Xh\ Qq]]\e]\og
dh]q qXm na] mnlih`]mnҮ mjilnb]mn
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Prince Frederick’s heart sank, but Boing! He was now neck and neck with

before he could back out, Daddy Bear Prince Randolph.


boomed, “On your marks, get set, go!”
Frederick took one last almighty leap

The prince quickly pulled up his sack and BOING! E] [limm]\ na] Ƅhbma ebh] bh


and gripped tightly, but everyone was Ƅlmn jeX[]ұ Qa] [liq\ q]hn qbe\ҫ

already way ahead. Frederick leapt
Princess Elinor rushed over and gave
forward and was astonished by how

him his gold medal. “I knew all those
far he moved. Something strange was
years of being a frog would help,”
happening – something amazing. His
she said proudly.
legs were extra springy!


Prince Frederick beamed. It turned out
Boing! He overtook Puss in Boots.
that sport could be fun after all.

Boing! He bounded past the dwarf.




Boing! He passed Sleeping Beauty,

who was taking a nap in her sack.























































Next time: Tom Thumb


takes a teeny tiny holiday!

Poems and Rhymes


The Shark

















By Lord Alfred Douglas













































































A treacherous monster is the shark


He never makes the least remark.



And when he sees you on the sand,



He doesn’t seem to want to land.

E] qXn[a]m sio nXd] iƂ siol [eina]mҮ



=h\ hin na] e]Xmn ]r[bn]g]hn maiqmҫ


Ebm ]s]m \i hin `liq Zlb`an il lieeҮ



E] aXm Xmnihbmabh` m]e^Ӓ[ihnlieҫ









E] qXbnm nbee sio Xl] kobn] oh\l]mm]\Ү



=h\ m]]gm ni nXd] hi bhn]l]mnҫ



=h\ qa]h niqXl\m na] m]X sio e]XjҮ



E] eiidm Xm b^ a] q]l] Xme]]jҫ










>on qa]h sio ih[] `]n bh abm lXh`]Ү



Ebm qaie] \]g]Xhiol m]]gm ni [aXh`]ҫ


E] naliqm abm Zi\s lb`an XZionҮ



=h\ abm nlo] [aXlX[n]l [ig]m ionҫ






Fnӆm hi om] [lsbh` il Xjj]Xebh`Ү


E] m]]gm ni eim] Xee \][]hn ^]]ebh`ҫ



=^n]l nabm qXlhbh` sio qbee qbma



Qi d]]j [e]Xl i^ nabm nl]X[a]liom Ƅmaҫ





Ebm ZX[d bm ZeX[dҮ abm mnigX[a qabn]Ү



E] aXm X p]ls \Xh`]liom BITE!

Favourite Fairy Tales







Jack Makes the










Princess Laugh













nce upon a time, a widow lived with her son Jack. All they

O owned in the world were three cows. Life was good until,


one summer, their crops died and they had little to eat.





“Jack, we must sell our cows,” said the widow.

“Take them to the market tomorrow and try


to get good money for them.”



So the next day Jack took the three cows

to the market. When he arrived, he saw


a huge crowd. Being a curious soul, Jack

squeezed his way to the front where


he saw a wee man holding a bee,

a harp, a mouse and a beetle.



The man placed the menagerie on


the ground and whistled. All at once

the bee began to play the harp, and

the mouse and the beetle stood on


their hind legs and danced a waltz.



As soon as they began, every man,


woman and animal at the market

started dancing too. They jigged


and jumped all over town, and

so did Jack and his three cows!

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After a while, the man picked up the bee, harp, mouse and

beetle and put them in his pocket – and the whole town came


to a halt. Everyone burst into laughter. Then the wee man turned

to Jack and said, “How would you like to own these wonders, Jack?”




“I’d like them very much, but I have no money,” said Jack.



“I’ll take your cows in return for them,” said the man.



“I can’t. My mother is sad because we’re poor and hungry. If I sell


the cows and take home some money today, it will lift her heart.”



“But when she sees the bee playing the harp and the mouse and the


beetle waltzing, she’ll laugh like she’s never laughed before,” said the man.



“That’s true!” said Jack. So he swapped his cows for the bee, harp, mouse

and beetle and took them home.

“I see you have sold the cows,” said At last, Jack picked up the harp

his mother, looking pleased. “How and the animals and put them away.


much did you get for them?” Everything became still, but he and

his mother laughed for a long time.
“I sold them for something better than

money,” said Jack. “Wait until you see.” However, when his mother stopped


chuckling, she became angry. “What
Jack took the bee and the harp out good is dancing when we have no

of his pocket and set them on the food, you foolish lad? What will we


ground. Then he took out the mouse eat for supper?” She sat down in a

and beetle and he whistled. As before, heap and began to cry.


the bee began to play the harp and

the mouse and beetle started to waltz. Realising what a fool he had been,

Jack ran outside and wept.
Instantly, Jack and his mother leapt


up and started to dance too. The pots Just then, a wee woman passed by

and pans joined in, and so did the and said, “Why is a handsome lad

table and chairs. Soon, the whole like you crying when you should be


house was jigging and jumping. trying to impress the king’s daughter?”



























































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“What do you mean?” asked Jack. Next, he held one end of the string

and paraded before the king. It was
“Haven’t you heard? The king will a strange sight and when the royal


give half his kingdom to the person family saw Jack followed by his

who can make his daughter laugh unusual procession, they chuckled.

three times. She hasn’t laughed for Even the princess sniggered.


seven years.”

Jack bowed and said, “That’s one
“Then that’s what I’ll do!” cried Jack, laugh I’ve won from you, princess.”


and he set off immediately.

Next, he untied the string and put the


mouse and beetle back in his pocket.

When Jack arrived, he was shown He whistled to the bee and, instantly,


into the castle, where the king, queen it began to play the harp. Everybody

and princess were waiting on gold in the room started to wriggle in their


and silver thrones. Jack took out the thrones and they soon began to

bee, the mouse and the beetle and dance merrily.

he tied a string between them all.





























































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Jack, the guards, the king, the queen, the princess





































































































Can you spot these items in the scene:

and even the thrones were jigging and jumping!










































































































How many candles


can you count in


this busy scene? Answer: There are 9 candles.

The princess squealed with delight were swirling and twirling and even


and laughed even louder than before the castle walls jigged and jumped

– especially when she spotted the to the music. Before everyone got


candlesticks dancing too. dizzy, Jack picked up the animals

and put them back in his pocket.
In the middle of the fun, Jack bowed

and said, “Thank you. That’s two Ap]lsZi\s ^]ee ni na] Ƈiil Xh\ liXl]\


laughs I’ve won from you, princess.” with laughter. The princess was the

loudest of all. She had the loveliest,
While everyone was still dancing,
happiest laugh Jack had ever heard!
Jack pulled out the mouse and the

beetle and he whistled again. Now Jack bowed and said, “Thank you.

they began to waltz too, leading That’s three laughs I’ve won from


everyone around the room. They you now, princess.”






































































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Lp]lcis]\Ү na] dbh` qabmd]\ GX[d iƂ ni abm [aXgZ]lmҮ


where Jack was cleaned and tidied and dressed

bh mgXln h]q [eina]mҫ Ta]h a] Xjj]Xl]\ Z]^il]


na] jlbh[]mm X`XbhҮ a] eiid]\ mi Ƅh]Ү ma]
MOVE IT!
Xmd]\ abg ni gXlls a]lҫ



ӂFn qioe\ Z] Xh aihiolҮӃ mXb\ GX[dҮ Xh\ Can you waltz and whirl and


a] m]hn ^il abm gina]l ni cibh na]gҫ mnilsҶ Qls X \bƂ]l]hn \Xh[]
jig and jump like Jack in the


Qa]bl q]\\bh` []e]ZlXnbihm eXmn]\ ^il hbh] move every time the

characters in this
days and nights, and each day was story dance.

Z]nn]l naXh na] eXmnҫ L^ [iolm]Ү

naXn qXm Xee naXhdm ni na] Z]]Ү


na] aXljҮ na] giom] Xh\

na] Z]]ne]Ү qai gX\]


sure everyone in the

castle was jigging

Xh\ cogjbh`ұ

























































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Famous Fables


The Monkey Mother












ong ago Zeus, the king of the Greek gods, decided to hold a


Lcontest to see who had the most beautiful baby in the world.


He sent his son Hermes to spread the news far and wide.




Hermes took flight in his winged sandals and travelled the world. He announced


to every human and animal he met, “Come to Mount Olympus! Zeus is offering

a prize to the parent with the most beautiful child!”




The next day, proud parents began to gather outside Zeus’s palace on Mount

Olympus. Soon, the queue snaked all the way around the mountain.







































































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Humans bought along their beautiful When he spotted his wife looking

bouncing babies. Among the animals, stunned, Zeus called, “Hera, help


there were big cats, foxes and bears me judge this competition! I’m giving

with adorable cubs. Birds snuggled a prize to the most beautiful baby in


up with fluffy chicks, dogs had playful the world. Gather the other gods too.”

puppies, cats came with cute kittens


and deer brought along doe-eyed So Zeus, Hera and the other gods of

fawns. There were little lambs, downy Olympus stood before the crowded

ducklings and frolicking foals – every hall as, one by one, parents brought


baby animal you could imagine! forward their babies to be judged. The
gods were dewy-eyed and each baby

When the goddess Hera heard the seemed more angelic than the last.

commotion, she cried, “Zeus! Dear


husband, what have you been up to?” “How can we possibly choose?
They’re all so beautiful!” cried Hera,

But Zeus had already opened the while Zeus stroked a particularly


doors. Parents and children streamed charming bull calf.

into the great hall. They were excited.





























































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Just then, eyes shining with pride, a A wombat cuddled her naked

monkey mother came to the front to wrinkly baby and cried, “She’s right!”


present her baby. It had big eyes, a And the mother of a scruffy baby

tiny nose, and tufts of hair sticking out robin, tweeted, “Let’s get out of here!”


in every direction. When the gods saw

it they burst into laughter. One by one, the humans and animals
left. Zeus was forced to call off his

Offended, the monkey mother hugged contest and admit that every child is


her child tightly to her chest and said, the most beautiful in its parents’ eyes.

“I don’t need your judgement or your


prize. In my eyes, my child is the most

beautiful in the world – and I’m sure

every parent here agrees.” DRAW IT!




The monkey mother’s speech was Which baby animal do you think is the

met with shouts, roars, neighs, barks, most beautiful? Draw it on our Beautiful


chirps and howls of approval. Baby Drawing Sheet. Download it from
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Storyteller’s Corner
















The Troll Hat

























































fter a long day at work,


Aa young milkmaid was resting


on a hill on the way home and wishing

she could go to the village feast that night.




Qa] ^]Xmn aXjj]h]\ ih[] X s]Xl Xh\ Xee na] Ƅh]mn [iohnls


folk were invited. They wore fancy frocks and hats and dined on

\]eb[biom ^ii\ Xee hb`anҫ E]l giona qXn]l]\ comn nabhdbh` XZion bnҫ



Pa] qXm \Xs\l]Xgbh` XZion \Xh[bh` Xh\ ]Xnbh` qa]h ma] a]Xl\ X


mnlXh`] hibm] [igbh` ^lig bhmb\] na] abee na]h mig]ih] [Xee]\ ionҮ ӂTa]l]

bm gs aXnҶ Ta]l] bm gs aXnҶӃ Qa]l] qXm X `l]Xn [igginbih Xh\ na] pib[] [lb]\

ion X`XbhҮ ӂF Xmd sioҮ qa]l] bm gs aXnҶӃ


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Without thinking about it, the girl leapt feet or walked straight into her. And

to her feet and shouted, “What about when she said “Good evening” or

my hat? Is there one for me?” “Excuse me”, they jumped in surprise


and didn’t answer.
“You can have Father’s old hat,” said a

voice, and suddenly a strange purple The milkmaid soon realised that the


hat popped out of the hill. hat didn’t just let her see trolls – it

made her invisible too! “Now I can go
The girl inspected the hat and put it
ni na] ^]Xmn Xh\ Z] Xgih` na] Ƅh]
on. She could see a procession of hill
people,” she said. She headed for the
trolls – all wearing hats too – hurrying
village hall with a spring in her step.
towards the village hall.




“Oh, it must be a magic hat,” she said.

“It lets me see trolls, but what good is It was a wonderful sight. The hall was

naXnҶ P]]bh` nlieem qihӆn Ƅee gs ]gjns decorated with streamers, bunting and


noggsҫӃ Pa] m]n iƂ ^il aig]Ү eiidbh` Ƈiq]l `XleXh\m ӕ Xh\ `ie\ mnXlm q]l]

forward to her dinner. hanging from the ceiling.



However, on the way there, everyone


she passed either stepped on her

The ladies wore beautiful dresses “Well, why not?” thought the

and roses in their hair, while the milkmaid. “I haven’t eaten for hours

gentlemen wore smart suits and tall and I am sure Mother would be happy


hats. The milkmaid walked happily to try some of these delicacies too.”

among them, admiring their clothes
So the milkmaid sat at the end of
and listening to their conversations.
X nXZe] Xh\ gX\] X Ƅh] g]Xe i^
Nobody had any idea she was there.
the dishes before her. When she


When they all sat down to eat, the aX\ hi liig ^il gil]Ү ma] Ƅee]\

milkmaid laughed when she saw the her pockets with cakes and piled

trolls squeeze between them and sit up as many plates as she could


on the tables, helping themselves to in her arms, then she carried home

food and drink. to her mother.



The guests were so busy chatting, “What luck!” cried her mother, after


they didn’t notice their meals quickly the milkmaid removed the hat and

disappearing from their plates! explained where she had been.





























































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Tucking into her treats, her mother said, “Perhaps you could use the troll hat


to get us more food for the week ahead.”








Pi na] gbedgXb\ l]nolh]\ ni na] ^]Xmn Xh\ Ƅee]\ oj a]l ji[d]nm X`Xbhҫ Pa]


`lXZZ]\ Xee na] Ziqem Xh\ jeXn]m ma] [ioe\ҫ Pa] ]p]h mnoƂ]\ mig] ^ii\ oh\]l

her hat! Between her and the trolls, the platters were soon empty and the

guests were starting to wonder where all their delicious food had gone.




Before they could complain, the music began and everyone started to dance

– even the trolls! The milkmaid squeezed herself into a corner and delighted


in watching the guests spin merrily around the room. She was enjoying herself

mi go[aҮ a]l ^]]n Z]`Xh ni nXj Xh\ ma] mn]jj]\ ihni na] \Xh[] Ƈiil ni cibh bhҫ

>onҮ comn Xn naXn gig]hnҮ mig]ih] qable]\ Zs Xh\ dhi[d]\ iƂ a]l aXnҫ





































































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All of a sudden, she was visible to the whole room! When everyone


saw her loaded with roasts and bread and cakes and pies, they were stunned.



“So that’s why our food disappeared so quickly!” cried one of the organisers.



“It wasn’t just me, the trolls were eating it too!” cried the milkmaid. “Put my hat


on and you’ll see.”



>on a]l aXn aX\ `in db[d]\ Xh\ nlXgje]\ Xlioh\ na] \Xh[] ƇiilҮ Xh\ X [Xhhs

troll had picked it up and run away with it.




“What hat? What trolls?” said the merry-makers, laughing. “You’re making it up!”



Without the hat, the milkmaid couldn’t prove a thing, so she was scolded and

forced to return every scrap of food she was carrying.




That night, thanks to her greed, the milkmaid

went home with nothing but her memories

IMAGINE IT!
of a grand feast and a magic troll hat.



Where would you go and

what would you do if you

owned a magic troll hat?

Can you describe your

adventure to someone?










































37

Tales from Today


Pizza Boy



















ablo loved pizza. He loved it so much he wouldn’t eat anything


Pelse. He claimed it gave him superpowers, but his mum and


dad didn’t believe him.




Pablo’s love for pizza drove his parents crazy. “Pablo, please try some rice. It’s

nice!” they begged. But Pablo folded his arms, shook his head and clamped his


lips shut. He would only open them again for pizza. It was the same every day.



“You don’t understand,” said Pablo, as they tempted him with a tasty pie. “If I

don’t have pizza, my superpowers don’t work and then who’ll keep the school


playground in order?”



“Don’t you have teachers for that?” asked Mum.



“What about the local neighbourhood?


You should see what those cats get

up to when nobody’s looking,” cried


Pablo matter-of-factly. “There’s no

way Margarita and Pepe Roni


can handle it on their own.”































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Margarita and Pepe Roni were Pablo’s He grimaced with each bite. “There’s


two pet rats, but he claimed they were going to be trouble around here

his faithful sidekicks. without a superhero to save the day,”

he told his parents. “Just you wait and


see.” Mum and Dad rolled their eyes.


One day, Pablo’s parents decided
That night, Pablo was tired so he went
enough was enough – their son
to bed earlier than usual. Mum heard
needed more variety in his diet.
him say to his pet rats, “Put your
“No more pizza!” they said. “We’re
masks and capes away, my friends.
not buying it, we’re not making it.
There’ll be no defending the streets
We never want to see pizza again.”
tonight. I’m all out of pizza power.”


When Pablo opened his lunchbox,
When Dad opened the curtains the
he found hummus and carrot sticks.
next morning, he gasped. “Look at
“Urgh,” he groaned. “I can feel my
the state of the street! The bins are
superpowers draining away.”
turned over. There’s litter everywhere.


That night, Pablo had baked potato And are those Mrs Norman’s tights

with tuna and sweetcorn for dinner. hanging from our tree?”
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“Told you so!” said Pablo. “If you’d let “If I’d had pizza power, I could have

me have pizza, I could have made reached that banana skin before


those cats behave themselves.” anything happened,” Pablo muttered.



At school, lunchtime was complete When Mum and Dad got a message


chaos. Pablo was sitting quietly on that the concert had been cancelled

a bench when he spotted Josh drop ‘due to an unfortunate incident and

a banana skin on the ground. Ayesha several injuries in the playground’,


skidded on it, knocking over a whole they began to wonder whether Pablo

queue of children who were lining up might be telling the truth.


for hopscotch. They toppled sideways,
Then they spotted a gang of
crashing into the headteacher, Mrs
wild alley cats in their
Mohan, who was carrying a tower of
back garden.
Ziidmҫ Qa] Ziidm q]hn Ƈsbh` nalio`a

the air and landed on Mr Phillip’s


head – and he was supposed to

be in charge of the school concert

that evening. Instead, the school


nurse sent him home as he had

a nasty headache.
































COOK IT!





Make a Healthy Homemade

Pizza and see if it gives you

superpowers, just like Pablo!

Download our recipe from

40 storytimemagazine.com/free





When they saw them catapulting “Deal!” said Pablo grinning. “So now

\]X\ gb[] Xh\ linn]h Ƅma nalio`a do you believe in my superpowers?”


open windows, they were convinced.
“Perhaps,” said Dad. “Do you have a

“Your mum and I have been talking,” superhero name?”


said Dad, when he picked up Pablo
“Of course,” said Pablo. “They call
from school. “Perhaps pizza isn’t so
me... Pizza Boy.” And his brain went
bad, after all – but not every day and
into overdrive, working out how he,
not for lunch AND dinner. And you
JXl`XlbnX Xh\ M]j] Oihb [ioe\ ƄhXees
have to eat vegetables too! Deal?”
defeat their wicked arch-enemies –

the alley cats.
















































































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Playbox























Make a musical harp, take part in our fairy-tale sports

day and give our latest Big Quiz a go. Plus puzzles galore!


1 SHARP






SHARK





Our poem’s bad-

tempered sharkk b

has bitten chunk

out of this picture.

Which missing

jb][]m ƄnҶ

a
2 c d e f





WHO AM I?


? story character this is COUNT IT!


Can you work out which




from our clues? Bonus

jibhnm b^ sio [Xh `]n bn How many funny

bh comn ih] [eo]ҫ
troll hats are hiding


1. In my story, I lived in ancient times on these pages?
Write it here.
2. I like animals

3. My best friend is a lion

4 These animals are queuing up to see


Zeus. Can you work out which animal

comes next in each line?











A








B










C











5 PIZZA





CHEF






Decorate your

dream pizza! Use

your favourite

foods to get

superpowers

like Pablo.






























3

6 INVISIBLE The troll’s hat has made some of the

letters below disappear. Complete the

LETTERS words to see what the ilkm i at
ate.





A. _ _ D. _ _






B. _ IE _ E. F _ UI _








C. _ HI _ KE _ F. CH _ ES _












7 MAKE AN EASY HARP GROWN
U








Make your own harp and get everybody dancing, just like
Jack and the bee! This craft can be made in minutes.



• All you need is a set of elastic bands and an old

shoebox. Alternatively, use a tissue box, a plastic
tub without the lid or a magazine tidy box (empty

out your Storytime collection and use one of ours!).


• For a more interesting sound from your harp,
om] ]eXmnb[ ZXh\m bh \bƂ]l]hn nab[dh]mm]m Xh\ mbu]mҫ

Qabh mgXee ]eXmnb[ ZXh\m mnl]n[a nXon Xh\ gXd] X ab`a]l

nqXh` naXh nab[d eiim] ih]mҫ

• Kiq nXd] siol mai]ZirҮ noZ il nb\s Zir Xh\ mnl]n[a na] ]eXmnb[

ZXh\m ip]l na] nijҫ Mon nabh ih]m ni`]na]l Xh\ nab[d ih]m ni`]na]lҮ

m sio [Xh gXd] mioh\m naXn `i ^lig ab`a ni eiq Xh\ pb[] p]lmXҫ


• @ [ilXn] siol aig]gX\] aXlj qbna j]hm il mnb[d]lm ӕ Xh\ na]h jeo[dҮ

tw g and dance away!



Why not make two or three harps and form your
! own fairy-tale band? Can you get everyone jigging



and jumping, like the characters in our story?

8 DRAW A FOX!













Use our grid to help


you draw the perfect

fox – and don’t forget

to add her tail!






TEE HEE!








Q. What is a fox’s


favourite dance?


A. The foxtrot!







HA HA!










Q. Where did the

fox keep her socks?



A. In a fox socks

box, of course!








DID YOU




know?




Foxes are part of the dog
th ir
family, but they can retract
vertic aws and have

l pupils, just
like
L
Letters – A. Cake, B. Pies, C. Chicken, D. Bread, E. Fruit, F. Cheese.
e cats!
It! – 7 hats; 4. Beautiful Babies – A. Cat, B. Monkey, C. Bird; 6. Invisible
45
ANSWERS: 1. Sharp Shark – a and f; 2. Who Am I? – Androcles; 3. Count

Storytime fossils have been found
Did you know that lion



all over Europe?








BIG UIZ



















Which details can you remember

from our stories? Find out in our





In The Friendly quiz. Read our stories again
1 Lion, what was if you get stuck!


Androcles’ job?



2
a. What did the girl ask
a GladiatorGladiator
What colour
for in the Armenian
are my eyes?
b. Slave-catcher Can you remember
story, The Fox’s Tail?
c. Slave at the pictures?
without looking



a. New shoes


b. Milk


c. Fresh eggs






Tai [Xg] Ƅlmn bh na]

three-legged race in 3 What colour ar
armbands in ur
Storyland Sports Day? 4
poem The S ar




a. Hansel and Gretel


b. Jack and Jill
w
Pretend a. Yellow
c. Tweedledum and you’re Zeus and
b. Red
Tweedledee choo
e
h ose the cutest
bab c. Gre
by from our
Fam
mous Fable.
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Which story In Jack Makes the
5 g]hnbihm Ƈsbh` 6 Princess Laugh, which of


qbh`]\ mXh\XemҶҶ na]m] iZc][nm \b\hӆn \Xh[]Ҷ
m



a. Storyland Sports Day a. Hhbp]m Xh\ ^ildm
b. Tables and chairs
b. Pizza Boy

c. Pots and pans
c. The Monkey Mother









In our fable, The Monkey

MotherҮ qa]l] \i na] `i\m ebp]Ҷ 7






a. On a hill in Rome


b. On Mount Olympus in Greece


c. Fh X aXee bh =m`Xl\






How many trolls s

8 can you spot in

The Troll HatҶ






How many
a. 5 my troll friend What race do I win in
bananas does
10 Storyland Sports DayҶ
b. 6
p
run away
with?
c. 7




9 a
a. Sack race
In Pizza Boy, what were

b. Obstacle race
na] [abe\l]h jeXsbh` qa]h
]p]lsnabh` q]hn qlih`Ҷ
c. A`` Xh\ mjiih

race

. Hide and seek
and
seek
b. QX`



c. Hopscotch , 7b, 8b, 9c, 10b. NSWERS: 1c, 2a, 3c, 4a, 5c, AN
c

SPORTS DAY!










Your favourite fairy-tale characters

in Storyland Adventures are holding


another sports day. Who will win? Shoelaces

come undone.

How to Play Miss a turn.










Qi jeXsҮ sio h]]\ X \b[]Ү nqi ni Ƅp]

players, and you can use coins or our
Storyland Character Counters from

storytimemagazine.com/free


Line up your chosen character on the Slip on a
mnXln ebh] Xh\ [aiim] X jeXs]l ni liee Ƅlmnҫ cracked egg!



Player 1 rolls the dice and moves Back one space.
forward the correct number of spaces.


If you land on a square with an

instruction, make sure you follow it.


Players take it in turns to roll the dice.



n [aXlX[n]l ni l]X[a na] Ƅhbma

ine is the hamp! Why not design

a gold me al and enter it into
our comp tition on page 50?




s ll Again!

agic shoes.




TIP!





Why no
have a sack race, a
beanba
race, an egg and
mjiih lX
] na]h Ƅhbma qbna X X
relay? Fo
a relay, see who’s s
the faste
t at going up and
down the
rack three times