The twelve months

This fairy-tale will be perfect for the Week of English.

Characters

The narrator Stepmother

Winter (December, January, February)

Spring (March, April, May)

Summer (June, July, August)

Autumn (September, October, November) Princess King

Stepdaughter

Father

Daughter

The narrator. Once upon a time there lived a nice girl. She lived in a small house with her father and stepmother. The woman was very strict to her stepdaughter. She had her own daughter who was very strict too. The father was not bad, but he was afraid of his wife.

In the house.

Stepmother. You are a very bad girl!

Daughter. Go away! Quickly!

Stepdaughter. Oh! I am sorry. I try to do all my work about the house. Stepmother. Hurry up!

The narrator. At the same time there lived a princess in the palace with her father, the king. He loved his daughter very much. The princess was really a very beautiful but spoilt.

In the palace.

Princess. I am a very, very nice girl! I am as beautiful as a flower! Oh! I want flowers! Living flowers!

King. Do you want snowdrops? But it is winter now!

Princess. I want snowdrops! Daddy! I want, I want, I want!

King. But, honey, there are no snowdrops in the woods now! They are in spring!

Princess. You are the King! Order the snowdrops to be! I will cry!

King. My dear baby! O.K. I'll give a basket of gold for the basket of snowdrops!

Princess. You are the best king in the world!

King. Who will bring a basket of snowdrops, will get a basket of gold!

In the house.

Daughter. Oh, Mum, good news! Wonderful news! Our king promises a lot of gold for a silly thing, a basket of snowdrops. We must get it!

Stepmother. Are you crazy, my dear? Snowdrops in winter?

Daughter. Let's send this miserable girl to the wood!

Stepmother. Listen to me, a lazy girl! Go to the wood and bring as many snowdrops as you find!

Stepdaughter. In winter? There are no flowers in winter! It is so cold and snowy outdoors!

Father. My dear wife, please, don't send my daughter to the woods, she will die!

Stepmother. Get out of here! Go! Go!

In the forest. Виходять 4 пори року.

Stepdaughter. Hello, good people! What are you doing here in the forest?

Winter. I am December, January and February!

Spring. I am March, April and May!

Summer. I am June, July and August!

Autumn. I am September, October and November! And who are you?

Stepdaughter. I am a poor girl, sent by stepmother to find snowdrops.

Winter. There are no snowdrops in winter. Come here in three months.

Stepdaughter. I can't come back home without snowdrops!

Winter. We shall help you! Let Spring come now!

Spring. Hurry up! You have only some minutes for collecting the snowdrops!

Дівчинка збирає квіти.

Stepdaughter. Thank you very much, my good friends! I hope to see you again!

In the palace.

Stepmother. Snowdrops for princess!

Daughter. We are here, King and Princess!

Princess. Oh, thank you! They are wonderful! Where are they from?

Король тримає корзинку із золотом.

Stepmother. We... we... we don't know, your Majesty!

Princess. You don't know? And who knows then?

Stepmother. My stepdaughter knows.

Princess. Bring her here! I want to see her now!

Stepdaughter. I am here, your Majesty!

Princess. Where did you get these lovely snowdrops?

Stepdaughter. I found them in the forest. The twelve months helped me!

Princess. Oh, you have got so nice friends! Would you be my friend too?

King. 'Here is your basket of gold! As for your stepmother, I will punish her! And you will live in my palace!

Stepdaughter. Thank you, your Majesty! But I'd like to buy a new house for my father and me!

King. Let it be so! Thank you for coming! Our fairy-tale is over! Let's sing a song about English all together!

I have father and mother,

I have sister and brother,

I have also a number of friends.

I am fond of my music,

I am crazy of dancing,

Happy learning my English again!

English language, English language,

We are speaking once again.

It's a pity, it's a pity

Many years we've spent in vain.

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