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The Golden Duck

  
A.Не always helped poor people because he knew the meaning of happiness.

   B. In the evening, though, he still had lots of
money left.

  
C. One day he complained about his poverty to an old man.

 
  D. The princess
made a magic spell and gave him a hundred gold coins.

   
E. He bought a lot of expensive things and
spent all the money.

  F. There he
searched the dungeons.

 G. Hard work and good health bring happiness, not
money.

   
H. The shoemaker felt sorry for him and gave him some money.

              

Once upon a time there was an unhappy
shoemaker. He wanted to be rich because he thought
this was the only way to be happy. (1) The old man told him what to do.
"Go to the castle and look for the golden duck. It's really a
princess, and she will tell you what to do."

The shoemaker
was excited and went to the castle. (2) When he saw the duck, she turned into a
beautiful princess. "I want to be rich
and happy," he said. (3) "Spend all this money tomorrow," the
princess said, "but only on yourself, not on other people. Then when you have nothing I will make you
rich." "This is easy,"
thought the shoemaker, and the next day he started spending the money. (4) Then
he met an old soldier, a beggar, with
one leg. "I'm hungry, help me," he said. (5) The magic spell stopped working, and the princess appeared.
"You gave some money to another person," she said. "I cannot
make you rich." Then the old soldier said to the shoemaker, "Don't be
unhappy. (6)" At last the
shoemaker understood. He .worked hard, saved money and started his own shop. In time he got married and had a family.
(7) And he lived happily ever after.

 

 

Once upon a time there was an unhappy shoemaker. He wanted to be rich because he thought this was the only way to be happy. (1) C. One day he complained about his poverty to an old man. The old man told him what to do. "Go to the castle and look for the golden duck. It's really a princess, and she will tell you what to do." The shoemaker was excited and went to the castle. (2) F. There he searched the dungeons. When he saw the duck, she turned into a beautiful princess. "I want to be rich and happy," he said. (3) D. The princess made a magic spell and gave him a hundred gold coins. "Spend all this money tomorrow," the princess said, "but only on yourself, not on other people. Then when you have nothing I will make you rich." "This is easy," thought the shoemaker, and the next day he started spending the money. (4) B. In the evening, though, he still had lots of money left. Then he met an old soldier, a beggar, with one leg. "I'm hungry, help me," he said. (5) H. The shoemaker felt sorry for him and gave him some money. The magic spell stopped working, and the princess appeared. "You gave some money to another person," she said. "I cannot make you rich." Then the old soldier said to the shoemaker, "Don't be unhappy. (6) G. Hard work and good health bring happiness, not money." At last the shoemaker understood. He .worked hard, saved money and started his own shop. In time he got married and had a family. (7) A. Не always helped poor people because he knew the meaning of happiness. And he lived happily ever after.   E. He bought a lot of expensive things and spent all the money.