Лучшие сказки загадочной Шотландии. Уровень 1 / The Best Tales of Enchanted Scotland

Then they reached the top of the cliff. The great black horse waited for them.

They left the water. Their strange disguise dropped from them. They were now a seal catcher and a tall, well-dressed gentleman.

Soon the seal catcher found himself in safety before his own garden gate. He wanted to say “good-bye”. But the stranger pulled out a huge bag of gold.

“This bag is for you. I think that is enough for the rest of your days,” he said.

Then he vanished. The astonished seal catcher carried the bag into his cottage.

He turned the gold out on the table. The stranger was right. The hunter became a rich man for the rest of his days!

Упражнения

1. Какую клятву дал охотник на тюленей?

1)В never to fish

2)В never to dance

3)В never to wound a seal

4)В never to eat meat

5)В never to sing songs

2. Кто такие Merwomen?

1) феи

2)В РІРґРѕРІС‹

3) жёны рыбаков

4) русалки

5) лесные ведьмы

3.

 С помощью какого оружия охотник собирался убить тюленя?

1)В pistol

2)В stick

3)В harpoon

4)В knife

5)В knuckleduster

4.В Who was the stranger?

1)В A great brown seal's son.

2)В A great black seal's brother.

3)В A great blue seal's father.

4)В A great white seal's cousin.

5)В A great red seal's uncle.

5. Вставьте нужное слово:

The country people called the big seals ____________________.

1)В Doane

2)В Roane

3)В Moane

4)В Foane

5)В Woane

Ответы:

never to wound a seal, русалки, knife, A great brown seal's son, Roane

The Elfin Knight

There is a lone moor[15 - moor – болото] in Scotland. Once in every seven years, people saw Elfin Knight there. Everyone was scared of him. Sometimes someone crossed the moor and disappeared.

Men searched every inch of the ground. But they found no trace of him.

With a thrill of horror the searching party went home again. They shook their heads and whispered to one another the terrible stories about the dreaded Knight.

So the moor was deserted. Nobody dared pass that way. It became the haunt of wild animals. They made their lairs there. Mortal huntsmen never disturbed them.

In that same region lived two young earls, Earl St. Clair and Earl Gregory. They were very good friends. They rode, and hunted, and fought together.