Text type:
Story
(Adapted from the book
by Robert Munsch)
In a castle there lived a
beautiful princess named
Elizabeth. She was going to
marry Prince Ronald. Then
SOMETHING happened!
1.
Stomp! Swish...! Stomp!
Swish...! Smash! A dragon’s tail smashed the
castle and its claws crushed it FLAT! With a
huff and a puff, flames of fire spewed from
its nostrils. Princess Elizabeth’s expensive
clothes turned into ashes. The dragon
carried Prince Ronald off.
2.
Elizabeth searched everywhere for
something to wear, but she could only find a
paper bag. After putting it on, she followed
the dragon’s trail of burnt forests and
horses’ bones. Finally, she came to a cave
with a large door that had a huge knocker.
Elizabeth took hold of the knocker and
banged hard on the door.
3.
Sticking his nose out of the door, the
dragon bellowed, “Well, a princess! I love
eating princesses, but I have already eaten a
whole castle today. I’m very busy. Come back
tomorrow.”
4.
Grabbing the knocker again, she banged
on the door even louder.
5.
6.“Go
away!” the dragon snorted.
Elizabeth shouted, “Wait! Is it true
you’re the smartest and fiercest dragon in the
world? You can burn up ten forests with your
fiery breath?”
7.
8.“Oh,
yes!” exclaimed the dragon. Then
Princess Elizabeth cleverly praised him more
and more. To show off his might, the dragon
breathed out so much fire that he burnt up 50
forests. Then he took another deep breath
and burnt up 100 forests.
9.“Fantastic!
Magnificent! Well done!”
Elizabeth shouted.
The puffed up dragon had so little
fire left in him that he could not even cook a
meatball!
10.
11.“Can
you fly around the world in just
ten seconds, Dragon?” she asked.
12.“Why,
yes,” said the dragon, and he
jumped up and flew all the way around the
world in just ten seconds. Elizabeth urged
him to fly around again, which he did.
When he got back he was too tired to talk.
He lay down and went straight to sleep.
First, Elizabeth whispered very softly
and then she shouted, “Hey, dragon. Wake
up!” The dragon was so tired he could
neither hear her nor move.
13.
Elizabeth walked right over the
dragon and opened the door to the cave.
14.
15.“Prince
Ronald!” she called happily.
Looking at her, Ronald said, “Oh no,
Elizabeth, what a mess you are in! You smell
likes ashes, your hair is all tangled and you
are wearing a dirty old paper bag. Come back
when you are dressed like a real princess.”
16.
17.“Ronald,”
said Elizabeth, “your clothes
are really pretty and your hair is very neat.
You look like a real prince, but you are a bum.”
They didn’t get married after all.
The End
smash(ed)
crush(ed) it flat
a castle
claws
a tail
a huff = breathe with a noisy movement of air
a puff = breathe rapidly and with effort
spew(ed)
flames of fire
nostrils
clothes turn(ed) into ashes
trails of burnt forests and horses’ bones
a cave
a knocker
grab(bed)
bellow(ed) = to shout in a deep voice
snort(ed) = to make a rough noise by
forcing air down the nose
spew(ed)
flames of fire
fiery (as if on fire) breath
puff(ed) up
a meatball
lie(lay) down
tangled hair
whisper(ed)