Сборник лучших английских сказок. Уровень 1

And what do you think he was doing? He went about from stall to stall taking things from each, here some fruit, and there some eggs, and so on[11 - and so on – и так далее]; and no one seemed to take any notice.

Now Dame Goody did not think it her business to interfere, but she thought she ought not to let so good a customer pass without speaking. So she went to him and said: �Good day, sir, I hope as how your good lady and the little one are as well as – ’

But she couldn’t finish what she was saying, for the funny old fellow started back in surprise, and he says to her:

�What! Do you see me today?’

�See you,’ says she, �why, of course I do, as plain as the sun in the skies, and what’s more,’ says she, �I see you are busy, too, into the bargain.

�Ah, you see too much,’ said he; �now, with which eye do you see all this?’

�With the right eye to be sure[12 - to be sure – бесспорно],’ said she, as proud as can be to find him out.

�The ointment! The ointment!’ cried the old pixy thief. �Don’t meddle[13 - meddle – совать свой нос] with what don’t concern you:you shall see me no more.’ And with that he struck her on the right eye, and she couldn’t see him any more; and, what was worse, she was blind on the right side from that hour till the day of her death.

EXERCISES

1)В True of false?

1.В Dame Goody was a doctor.

2.В A strange old fellow came to Dame Goody at midnight.

3.В The mother gave Dame Goody a box of ointment.

4. Dame Goody stroked baby�s nose with ointment.

5.В Dame Goody knew that she was in a house of pixies.

6.В Next day Dame Goody stayed at home.

7.В Dame Goody was blind on the left side.

2)В Fill in the gaps with the following words:

hold on like grim death; make faces at; look after; and so on; to be sure

1. He stayed a little longer to…children.

2. She always drives the bike and I sit behind her, trying to…

3.

4. My little brothers always… at each other when mom doesn’t look.

5. He took some fruit from one stall, some eggs from another, some bread from the third and…

3)В Fill in the gaps using words in brackets.

1. One night she… (to be) woke up at midnight, and when she… (to go) downstairs, she… (to see) a strange old fellow.

2.