What is your favorite fairy tale?

kids” – do you agree?
What do you know about Hans Christian Andersen?
Have you ever heard about his fairy tale ‘The Princess and the Pea’? What is it about?

me!
despair
deserve
soggy
muddy
give up
grumpy

сдаваться
грязный, перепачканный
Горе мне!
несдержанный, раздражительный; сварливый
 слишком разборчивый
 отчаиваться
мокрый; промокший насквозь
заслуживать
неважно, не берите в голову

of the story?
How did the girl behind the door look?
Did the Prince want the girl to come in?
What did the Queen order to prepare for the girl? What did she place under the mattresses?
How did the girl sleep in the King’s castle?
Why did the girl leave the son and his mommy?

___ Pea is ___ interesting story. ____ overly picky Prince determined to find a true ___ princess and ____ pea in ____ bed… uhh never mind anyway! Odd tale indeed. Let’s look at how this ___ story should have ended. Shall we?
— Oh Mother. I fear I shall never find ____ true princess that is truly true and now it’s beginning to rain. Woe is me. — Don’t despair my darling dear, you deserve ___ princess as true as can be.
And while __ picky prince was at his whiniest and the storm had reached its stormiest… There came ___ knock at ____ castle’s front door. ____ Prince opened ___ door to find ___ soggiest, muddiest, least princess-iest looking young woman he had ever seen. ….. ___ next morning at ___ breakfast ___ prince and ___ Queen anxiously awaited ___ arrival of ___ princess. Finally, she dragged herself down ___ stairs with what ___ Prince thought were very promising bags under ___ her red, swollen eyes. ….. And she did find someone nicer. They lived happily ever after and never ate ___ peas. So, ___ moral of ___ story… Always be nice to people… and don’t hide your vegetables under ___ bed.

muddy. I _____, my dear.
— Oh thank you, I’m so tired, drenched, and _____. I’ve barely slept all on this trip. What I really need is ______ for the night.
— But mother, she’s…
— Of course, of course! Why don’t you get something to eat and _____ __ by the fire as we prepare a nice room for you to sleep in tonight.
— Thank you so much!
— But, mother. Why would you..?
— Don’t worry, _____. I have the perfect way to _____ if she is a true princess or not.

KING’S HOUSE

Grapes
Apples
Watermelon
Pee
Crowns
Pan
Tea-pot
Throne

version of the fairy tale – old or new – do you like more?
What is the moral of the new story?
How would you behave if you were the princess\the prince?