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English Singsing. Level 3. The Wild Swans
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The wild swans.
Long time ago, in a kingdom lived a beautiful princess named Elisa and eleven handsome princes. They were happy until The King got married to a stepmother. She was actually an evil witch.
She hated Elisa and the princes. With her magic spell, the princes turned into wild swans. Elisa was also kicked out. Elisa saw eleven wild swans flying in the sky. When the sun started to set, they turned back into the princes.
The next morning, they were swans again. They made a large net and carried Elisa to the forest. When she was asleep, dreaming, a goddess appeared and said: If you want to break the magic spell, make eleven sets of clothes out of nettles. Then, dress the swans one by one. But if you say a word before you finish, your brothers will die.
Elisa started to make the clothes for her brother. Though the nettles hurt her fingers to bleed, she never took a rest.
One day, a neighboring king saw Elisa in the forest and fell in love. He took her to his palace. Even in the palace, Elisa was busy weaving her brother's clothes while not saying a word. The archbishop of the country suspected Elisa as a witch, but The King did not listen.
One night, when the nettles ran out, Elisa went to the cemetery to pick them up. The archbishop of the country saw it all and became sure that she was a witch. The King couldn't help but agree to put her to death.
Elisa couldn't say any words and only concentrated on her work. On the morning of the execution day, her work came near to close. At the last moment, eleven swans appeared from the other side. Finally, Elisa finished eleven sets of nettle clothes.
As soon as she threw them to the swans, the swans turned into human princes. The King and Elisa got married and with them, the eleven princes lived happily ever after
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