FOLK TALES FROM YOUR COUNTRY by AURORA https://padlet.com/aurora_calvet/8onbxni0i641 WE LOVE BOOKS en-us 2018-02-01 09:23:01 UTC 2026-02-01 15:07:29 UTC hello@padlet.com SLOVENIA aurora_calvet https://padlet.com/aurora_calvet/8onbxni0i641/wish/226943522 Svetlana Makarovič is my favourite writter for kids... something is also in english.]]> 2018-02-01 09:24:38 UTC https://padlet.com/aurora_calvet/8onbxni0i641/wish/226943522 PETER KLEPEC (SLOVENIA) aurora_calvet https://padlet.com/aurora_calvet/8onbxni0i641/wish/226944332 Slovenian traditional tale about a boy with special physical powers: Peter ]]> 2018-02-01 09:27:39 UTC https://padlet.com/aurora_calvet/8onbxni0i641/wish/226944332 PETER KLEPEC (SLOVENIA) aurora_calvet https://padlet.com/aurora_calvet/8onbxni0i641/wish/229334744 2018-02-07 21:05:53 UTC https://padlet.com/aurora_calvet/8onbxni0i641/wish/229334744 It is the English version of the Hungarian folk tale: The salt BusAnnaG https://padlet.com/aurora_calvet/8onbxni0i641/wish/232585675 2018-02-17 14:44:18 UTC https://padlet.com/aurora_calvet/8onbxni0i641/wish/232585675 Hungarian folk tale: The salt BusAnnaG https://padlet.com/aurora_calvet/8onbxni0i641/wish/232585711 When asked by her father, the smallest daughter of the King answers: I love you like the people love salt. The king is very annoyed and chases has daughter into the forest. The young king of the neighbouring country finds her, and they decide to get married. They soon invite the old king to the celebration, and he finds that salt is missing from the food served for dinner. The old king then understands that he punished has youngest daughter unjustly.]]> 2018-02-17 14:44:41 UTC https://padlet.com/aurora_calvet/8onbxni0i641/wish/232585711 This is the English version of the Hungarian folk tale The litthe pig and the wolves BusAnnaG https://padlet.com/aurora_calvet/8onbxni0i641/wish/232585765 2018-02-17 14:45:13 UTC https://padlet.com/aurora_calvet/8onbxni0i641/wish/232585765 Hungarian folk tale The litthe pig and the wolves BusAnnaG https://padlet.com/aurora_calvet/8onbxni0i641/wish/232586340 Piggy lives alone in the middle of the woods. A wolf wants to eat him, but Piggy pours hot water on him. The wolf calls the others to help to get Piggy by joining forces. But Piggy escapes by taking advantage of the wolfs cowardice.]]> 2018-02-17 14:52:05 UTC https://padlet.com/aurora_calvet/8onbxni0i641/wish/232586340 The English audiobook version of a Hungarian tale: King Matthias and the Good Shepherd BusAnnaG https://padlet.com/aurora_calvet/8onbxni0i641/wish/232722418 2018-02-18 17:40:37 UTC https://padlet.com/aurora_calvet/8onbxni0i641/wish/232722418 The cartoon version of a Hungarian tale: King Matthias and the Good Shepherd in Hungarian BusAnnaG https://padlet.com/aurora_calvet/8onbxni0i641/wish/232722892 2018-02-18 17:43:33 UTC https://padlet.com/aurora_calvet/8onbxni0i641/wish/232722892 Greek folktale:The golden touch-The story of king Midas r_axamidou https://padlet.com/aurora_calvet/8onbxni0i641/wish/232913871 Children learn to love each other than money.]]> 2018-02-19 13:35:30 UTC https://padlet.com/aurora_calvet/8onbxni0i641/wish/232913871 One of our favorite Aesop's fables. r_axamidou https://padlet.com/aurora_calvet/8onbxni0i641/wish/232927888 2018-02-19 14:16:53 UTC https://padlet.com/aurora_calvet/8onbxni0i641/wish/232927888 The Dragon of Krakow ( Cracow ) drabarekkatarzyna https://padlet.com/aurora_calvet/8onbxni0i641/wish/268194939 Long ago in Poland’s early history, On the River Vistula, there was a small settlement of wooden huts inhabited by peaceful people who farmed the land and plied their trades. Near this village was Wawel Hill. In the side of Wawel Hill was a deep cave. The entrance was overgrown with tall, grass, bushes, and weeds. No man had ever ventured inside that cave, and some said that a fearsome dragon lived within it. The young people of the village didn’t believe in the dragon. The old people of the village said that they had heard their fathers tell of a dragon who slept in the cave, and no man must dare waken it, or there would be dire consequences for them all. Some of the youths decided to explore the cave and put an end to such foolish talk. They thought that they knew better and dragons were just old stories from the past. A group of these young people took some torches and went to the cave. They slowly entered the cave until they came to a dark mass of scales blocking their way and the sound of heavy breathing. The boys ran as the dragon awakened and roared. Fire came from it’s mouth warming the boys heels and backs. When they were far enough away, they looked back and saw the dragon at the entrance of the cave, very angry being awakened from it’s sleep. From that day on, the people knew no peace. Every day the dragon appeared and carried off a sheep or preferably young virgins. The populace made many attempts to kill the dragon but nothing succeeded and many of those that attempted were killed. The hero in this part of the story differs. In the village lived a wise man, or a shoemaker or a shoe makers apprentice named Krakus or Krac. He got some sheep and mixed a thick, yellow paste from sulfur. Krakus smeared it all over the animals. Then led them to a place where the dragon would see them. The dragon came out as expected, saw the sheep, roared, rushed down the hill and devoured the sheep. The dragon had a terrible fire within him, and a terrible thirst. It rushed to the R iver Vistula and started drinking. It drank and drank and could not stop. The dragon began to swell, but still it drank more and more. It went on drinking till suddenly there was a great explosion, and the dragon burst. There was great rejoicing by the people. Krakus, was made ruler of the village, and they built a stronghold on Wawel Hill. The country prospered under the rule of Krakus and a city grew up around the hill which was called Krakow, in honour of Krakus. When Krakus died, the people gave him a magnificent burial, and erected a mound over his tomb which can be seen to this day. The people brought earth with their own hands to the mound, and it has endured through all the centuries as a memorial to the person that killed the dragon of Krakow. 
The large 200-foot-long cave in Wawel Hill, Krakow, which has been known for centuries as the monster’s den, now attracts thousands of visitors each year. Whatever the truth of the dragon legend, the Dragon’s Cave (Polish ‘Smocza Jama’) is Cracow’s oldest residence, inhabited by man from the Stone Age through the 16th century.
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