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Shelly Loves Shopping

shortstories — Tue, 31 Jan 2023 17:11:35 +0000

The Elves and the Shoemaker

shortstories — Wed, 25 Jan 2023 20:48:06 +0000

Quiz 1

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workroom, village, everybody, work, evening, make, money, shoes, snowy, never, carefully, pair, precious, elves, leather, cut up, shoemaker, hard, cold, particularly

Quiz 2

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put, craft, surprise, next, ready, start, great, magic, enough, bed, worktable, together, sun, quickly, wife, window, design, shop, season, exquisitely, buy

Quiz 3

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hide, wonder, well-known, dream, masterpieces, help, bought, tonight, customer, finely, announce, finest, awoke, midnight, found, tiny, became, fell asleep, town, early, workshop

Quiz 4

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sale, happy, chuckle, several, dance, swiftly, tiptoe, shabbily, continue, daybreak, dress, clothes, dash off, leave, wearing, grateful, before, laugh, dress, clothing

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The Woman Runner

shortstories — Mon, 21 Nov 2022 21:43:29 +0000

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the story is about how icarus dad's builds a pair of wings so they can excape jail but icarus doesnt listen t o his dad and falying too close to the sun …

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stop, crowd, marry, race, shout, wife, watch, god, in front of, follow, prince, beat, practice, bother, runner, large, roll, faster, pick up, woman, win, help, idea, smile, beautiful, man, gather, golden apples, dust, sadly, fall in love

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Wings

shortstories — Mon, 21 Nov 2022 21:40:52 +0000

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the story is about how icarus dad's builds a pair of wings so they can excape jail but icarus doesnt listen t o his dad and falying too close to the sun …

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king, idea, fall, house, live, sky, wings, sun, sea, wax, let, listen, bird, hot, make, run, melt, island, wicked, wind, swim, kite, day, far, father, work, fly, feather, boat, night, listen

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The Maze

shortstories — Mon, 21 Nov 2022 21:09:09 +0000

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It was just about time for Athens to send seven boys and seven girls to Crete to be eaten by the Minotaur. Everyone in Athens was crying. Prince Theseus of …

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sting, magic, look, golden ring, night, lesson, loop, wings, sad, around, bored, jump, stars, neck, brag, teach, tired, take, go, little, find, back, put, fly, wise man, fall, dark, horse, boy, sky, bug

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Pegasus

shortstories — Mon, 21 Nov 2022 21:07:31 +0000

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"I am so BORED!" said a sad boy. "I am bored doing the same things day after day!" he said…

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around, brag, tired, back, magic, fall, bored, neck, boy, lesson, stars, little, teach, dark, find, look, sky, night, horse, sad, wings, jump, take, wise man, golden ring, fly, sting, put, loop, bug, go

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Midas Touch

shortstories — Mon, 21 Nov 2022 20:34:43 +0000

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The story of King Midas is a myth about the tragedy of avarice and narrates what happens when true happiness is not recognized. Midas was a man who wished that everything he touched would turn into gold. However …

Vocabulary Games

rich, flowers, genie, eat, garden, king, family, daughter, happy, food, ask, touch, love, sad, smell, gold, hug, wish, greedy

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The Wooden Horse

shortstories — Mon, 21 Nov 2022 19:33:40 +0000

The Wooden Horse

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One morning, the people of Troywoke and saw a huge wooden horse! The wooden horse was…

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sleep, open, wooden, wake, fool, stand, touch, morning, into, gift, door, inside, finally, talk, night, run out, gate, ask, horse, city, drag, walk, huge, people, around, men, hidden, move, big, outside, surprise

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The Little Red Hen

shortstories — Sun, 03 May 2020 09:33:34 +0000

Quiz 1

Words in this Quiz:

live, ask, yellow, find, ground, plant, once upon a time, idea, farm, noisy, friends, hen, seeds, help, cat, dog, little, sleepy, red, duck, lazy

Quiz 2

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wheat, back, by herself (or) herself (or), bring, grind, cut, sack, purr, bake, mill, take, flour, say, bread, tired, finish, grow, quack, heavy, eat, bark, carry

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The Princess and the Pea

shortstories — Sat, 02 May 2020 20:59:19 +0000

Quiz 1

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hurt, small, sleep, rest, bed, happy, back, mattress, castle, down, wet, evening, sleepy, feel, maid, blanket, breakfast, put, tired, say, marry, think, time for bed, comfortable, discover, beautiful, rock

Quiz 2

Words in this Quiz:

storm, prepare, queen, good idea, handsome, son, night, bright, outside, prince, find, please, smooth, pea, lightning, real, door, listen, soft, princess, loud, big, knock, sad, thunder, open

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