Сборник лучших английских сказок. Уровень 1

 They… (to ride) till at last they… (to stop) before a cottage door.

3. So she… (to take) the box of ointment and… (to stroke) its two eyelids with it.

4. The cottage… (to become) elegantly furnished.

4)В Translate the following sentences:

1. Мать была красивой леди, одетой в белый шёлк.

2. Но она ничего никому не сказала.

3. Она поплелась на рынок, чтобы купить нужные вещи.

4. Он ходил от прилавка к прилавку, забирая что-нибудь с каждого.

5. Вот тебе за то, что суёшь нос в не своё дело!

5)В Retell the fairy-tale.

The Pied[14 - pied – пёстрый] Piper[15 - piper – дудочник]

Newtown is a sleepy little town that was once noisy enough, and what made the noise was – rats. They ate their way into every barn[16 - barn – амбар], store-room[17 - store-room – кладовая] and a cupboard.

Even beer in the barrels was not safe from them.

Why didn’t the good people of the town have cats? Well, they did, and there was a fair fight, but in the end the rats were too many, and the pussies were defeated. Poison, I hear you say? They poisoned so many that it nearly caused a plague. Ratcatchers? Many of them tried their luck but there seemed to be more rats than ever.

The Mayor[18 - mayor – мэр] and the town council were desperate.

As they were sitting one day in the town hall trying to figure up what to do, the town messenger run in. �Please your Honour[19 - your Honour – Ваша честь (обращение)],’ he said, �here is one fellow come to town. I don’t know what to think of him.’ �Show him in[20 - show smb in – провести кого-нибудь внутрь],’ said the Mayor, and he stepped in. He was tall and thin, and had piercing eyes[21 - piercing eyes – пронзительный взгляд]. His clothes was painted in all colours of the rainbow.

�I’m called the Pied Piper,’ he said. �What will you pay me if I free your town of every single rat?’

Fifty pounds[22 - pound – фунт (денежная единица)] were promised him (and it meant a lot of money in those days) as soon as not a rat was left in Newtown.

The Piper laid his pipe to his lips and started playing it.