Teaching Values through Fairy Tales Series: Honesty by Teacher Superstore

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Curriculum Links The Pied Piper Activity 1 Activity 2 Activity 3 Activity 4 Activity 5 Activity 6 Activity 7

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Teachers’ Notes

Values

This book is intended for teachers, parents and storytellers and anyone else interested in teaching values to young people. Four fairy tales have been included in this book to illustrate four different aspects of honesty. They are: • “The Pied Piper” to teach children about the repercussions of telling lies.

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• “Rumpelstiltskin” to teach children about the folly of making promises that you can’t keep and about making claims that you can’t fulfill.

• “Three Golden Flowers” to teach children about the rewards of telling the truth.

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• “The Frog Prince” to teach children about the rewards of keeping a promise, even when the promise is kept on someone else’s insistence.

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Unlike fables, most fairy tales do not teach one value exclusively. For example, the fairy tale, “Puss in Boots” can be used to teach the values of loyalty and initiative. You may want to use the stories in this book therefore to teach a number of values.

Activities in this book reinforce the value of honesty. It is important that students are able to recognise values in texts and how these values are promoted throughout their school life.

The Stories

© R e a d y E d P u b l i c a t i o n s The Pied Piper Rumpelstitltskin “The Pied• Piper” is the first of four fairy tales p Ther second story, “Rumpelstitltskin” is about f o r r e v i e w u p o s e s o n l y • chosen to illustrate the value of honesty. It a miller who is dishonest because he makes

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claims that he cannot fulfil. As a result of his idle boasts and dishonesty, his daughter, Gisella, is faced with a cruel choice: carry out the impossible task of spinning straw into gold or be thrown into the king’s dungeon. Fortunately for Gisella, a dwarf named Rumpelstiltskin comes to her rescue and at a small price in the beginning, first a scarf and then a ring, completes Gisella’s task for her. However, Rumpelstiltskin’s demands soon escalate and Gisella finds herself facing yet another tormenting dilemma. Either, she must correctly guess the dwarf ’s name or lose her first-born child. Purely by chance she learns his name and when she correctly guesses, in a fit of rage he stamps his foot so hard that a great hole appears in the earth and he disappears forever. Consequently, Gisella goes on to enjoy her new life in the castle, but sadly the miller never seems to learn his lesson, even though his dishonesty has placed his daughter in such perilous situations.

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is a compelling tale of both dishonesty and revenge, and shows the horrific results that dishonesty can have. The Mayor’s failure to honour a promise leads to disaster for the town of Hamelin which, although once happy and vibrant, becomes a desert of sorrow and silence. But the Mayor is not the only culprit. The Pied Piper too, in exacting such a cruel revenge, is also to blame for what happens in Hamelin. Students are challenged in this story to consider the consequences of telling lies and the futility of taking revenge. They might also discuss better ways that the Pied Piper could have responded to the Mayor’s lies.

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Three Golden Flowers

The fourth story chosen to illustrate the value of honesty is “The Frog Prince.” In this story a princess loses her favourite ball in a pond. However, a frog appears on the scene and promises to retrieve her ball if she will let him eat at her table, drink from her cup and sleep in her bed. Desperate to have her ball back, the princess agrees, but when the frog appears at her door the next day she is disgusted by the prospect of being honest and fulfilling her promise. But her father, the king, gives her no choice and she is compelled to carry out her promise. When the promise has been fulfilled the frog disappears, its place being taken by a handsome prince with whom she falls in love. Grateful that she has been honest and kept her promise, even if it was on her father’s insistence, she marries the prince and they live happily ever after.

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The third tale, “ Three Golden Flowers” is a story about the daughter of an island chief who falls grievously ill and can only be cured with the scent of three golden orchids. Spurred on by the chief ’s promise of marriage to his daughter for any man who can bring him the flowers, three brothers on a nearby island, who know where nine of these flowers can be found, each select three of the flowers and take them to the chief. However, on the way, each brother is quizzed by an old fisherman concerning the contents of their baskets in which the flowers are carried. Afraid that the flowers will be stolen if they tell the truth, the two older brothers lie, saying that their baskets contain only fishing worms. Consequently, when they meet the chief they find only worms in their baskets. The youngest brother, however, tells the truth, with the result that the princess is healed and he wins her hand in marriage. A valuable lesson from “Three Golden Flowers” is that good things happen when we tell the truth and that those who tell lies are invariably caught out.

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• Was the Mayor in “The Pied Piper” an honest person? • Do you think the Mayor really forgot the fifty thousand dollars? • If you had been the Pied Piper what would you have done when the Mayor broke his promise? • What were the results of the Mayor’s broken promise?

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Questions for Class Discussions

• In the story “Three Golden Flowers” what were the results of the two older brothers’ lies? • How did the fisherman reward the younger brother for his honesty? • What other good things happened because the youngest brother told the truth?

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• In the story “Rumpelstiltskin” why do you think the miller boasted so much about his daughter? • Why did the miller’s daughter so easily agree to giving up her first-born child? • Into what dangers did the miller’s boasts put his daughter?

• If you were the princess in “The Frog Prince” would you have promised what the frog wanted? • Do you think the king was right to insist on the princess fulfilling her promise? • Did the princess deserve her reward of marriage to the prince? • How do the two fathers in “Rumpelstiltskin” and “The Frog Prince” compare?

Curriculum Links SA Text and Context - Standards 1 and 2 Language - Standards 1 and 2 Strategies - Standards 1 and 2

TAS Reading and Viewing - Standard 2 Writing and Representing - Standard 2 Speaking and Listening - Standard 2

VIC English - Levels 2 and 3

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ACT Essential Leaning Achievements: 8, 9, 10 and 11 - Early and Later Childhood NT Listening and Speaking - Bands 2 and 3 Writing - Bands 2 and 3 Reading and Viewing - Bands 2 and 3

WA Early and Middle Childhood Conventions (3) Processes and Strategies (4) Listening (5) Viewing (7) Reading (8) Writing (9)

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NSW Talking and Listening - Stages 1 and 2 Reading - Stages 1 and 2 Writing - Stages 1 and 2

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QLD Essential Learnings by the end of Years 3 and 5: Ways of working Speaking and Listening Reading and Viewing Writing and Designing Language Elements Literary and Non-Literary Texts

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“Your Honour,” said the stranger, “I am a piper with magic powers. I can rid your town of rats if you pay me one thousand dollars.”

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The rats were everywhere, squeaking, squealing, gnawing everything in sight, running through bathrooms and jumping into babies’ cradles. People started to get frantic.

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Once upon a time, nestled in the hills of Germany, there was a little town called Hamelin. It was a pleasant town and the people who lived there were content. The crops grew well and the children played happily in the streets. But one day, disaster struck! Rats invaded the town.

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“Is this your word of honour?” asked the Piper.

“It is my word of honour”, insisted the Mayor.

The next day, the Piper played a strange and haunting tune and a rat came out to listen. Then another and then another, until there were hundreds of rats following the Piper. They followed him down to the river, into the water and in no time at all every rat in the town of Hamelin had drowned.

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The townspeople were delighted and held another meeting in the town square to celebrate and this time the Mayor did not hide. Instead, he came out on his balcony to accept all the credit and to receive the praise of the mob. “Who was that funny fellow playing the pipe?” someone in the crowd shouted. “Oh, he was an expert who I called for. A good Mayor always knows who to call in an emergency,” he gloated.

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One afternoon, a funny-looking fellow, wearing a red and yellow suit and playing a long pipe danced into the Mayor’s office.

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In despair, the town councilors held an emergency meeting and put their beards together to solve the problem. One councilor suggested traps, but as another councilor put it, “Where do we get that many traps?” A third councilor suggested cats, but the rats had eaten every cat in town. Finally, they decided to place the matter in the hands of the Mayor, but he claimed that he was too busy to see them. Furious and frustrated, the people gathered in the town square to protest while the Mayor hid inside.

The Mayor, who felt very pleased with himself would have forgotten his promise of fifty thousand dollars if the Piper had not knocked on his door to ask for his reward. “What, fifty thousand dollars?” shouted the Mayor.

“You promised,” said the Piper. But the Mayor refused to listen and would not pay even the one thousand dollars that the Piper had first asked for. “You’ll be sorry,” threatened the Piper as he left. “Next time, I’ll play a different tune.”

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“The fifty thousand dollars you promised me to get rid of the rats,” replied the Piper. “The rats got rid of themselves,” lied the Mayor.

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came out of their homes, their schoolrooms and their playgrounds, first to listen and then to run after the Piper as he led them out of the town and away towards a nearby mountain. The Piper’s bewitching tune led the children to a mysterious doorway in the side of the mountain and through it went the children.

what had happened. Once again the Mayor hid in fear.

The town of Hamelin was still a peaceful town but there was only silence and sorrow where once there had been laughter and contentment.

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tune was different. All the children

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Read the story to help you colour in the picture and complete the question. The story will tell you the colours of the Pied Piper’s suit.

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What did the Pied Piper ask for in return for his honesty?

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Complete the acrostics below. Draw a character from the story beside your first acrostic who was honest, then draw a character beside your second acrostic who was dishonest.

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1. What two lies does the Mayor tell? The lie that he tells to the Piper is: __________ _ _____________________________________

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_ _____________________________________ 2. What is the result of the lie that he tells to the Piper? _ _____________________________________

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Hamelin would have looked like at the end of the story if the Mayor had been honest.

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Draw what the town of Hamelin looked like at the end of the story because of the Mayor’s dishonesty.

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1. The Pied Piper wanted to punish the Mayor for lying to him. But who did he also punish? _ __________________________________________________________

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2. What do you think would have been a better punishment for the Mayor?

Rewrite the ending of “The Pied Piper” below making the Mayor an honest man. Start from:

The Mayor, who felt very pleased with himself, would have forgotten his promise of fifty thousand dollars, if the Piper had not knocked on his door to ask for his reward …

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The ______________ , who felt very ______________ with himself, would have ______________ his ______________ if the ______________

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“What, fifty thousand dollars?”

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“You promised,” said the Piper. But the Mayor ______________ to ______________ .

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When rats invaded the town and the people protested.

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Draw and label faces to show how the Mayor felt at different parts of the story.

When he lied to the Piper and said that he hadn’t promised him a reward.

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4 When the Piper was honest and fulfilled his promise to rid the town of the rats.

5 When the Piper punished the Mayor for his dishonesty by driving all the children out of the town. 15

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4. Who became angry over the broken promise?

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When finished, he disappeared, not even giving Gisella the chance to thank him. When the king returned the next day at sunrise he could hardly believe his eyes! The room was full of gold with not a wisp of straw remaining. But instead of letting Gisella return home, he gave her a delicious meal and led her to a bedchamber for a good rest. As she had sat up during the night anxiously watching the dwarf at work, Gisella was tired and was grateful for the food and rest. However, she was shocked to find the following day, that an even larger room full of straw to be turned into gold, awaited her. Once more, she sobbed bitterly, not knowing how she would complete such an impossible task, but again the dwarf appeared. This time for the price of Gisella’s ring, he proceeded to spin the straw into gold for her.

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Although she was horrified to hear what her father had claimed, the miller’s daughter, Gisella, obediently presented herself at the castle where the king immediately led her to a tower and showed her into a room which was full of straw and had a spinning wheel ready for action.

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Once upon a time there was a miller who was always boasting about his daughter. One day when the king passed by, the miller bragged to him about how beautiful and clever his daughter was and lied that she could even spin straw into gold. The king replied that he would like to see this for himself and so he told the miller to send his daughter to his castle the next day to spin straw into gold for him.

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After the king had departed, Gisella sobbed uncontrollably because she did not know where or how to begin. Suddenly the locked door opened and into the room walked a tiny dwarf who asked Gisella why she was crying. When Gisella told the tiny dwarf about the impossible situation in which her father had placed her, he replied, “Please do not be anxious. I can spin the straw into gold for you. But what will you give me as payment?” When Gisella offered him her pretty scarf, he agreed to begin at once. Soon he was hard at work, spinning the wheel and before long the straw had turned into glittering gold.

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Soon, a second room full of straw had been turned into gold, but still the greedy king was not satisfied. The next night he led her to a third room to spin straw into gold. This time, however, he promised that if she succeeded he would make her his queen.

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“Now, let me see if your father speaks the truth. Spin this straw into gold for me. If you value your freedom do not fail because I have a dark dungeon for liars,” said the king sternly. “I will return at sunrise tomorrow,” continued the king, “and I expect to see this room full of gold.”

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For a third time, the dwarf appeared, but as Gisella had nothing to give him as payment, he demanded that she promise to give him her first-born child when she became queen. Gisella agreed to do what the dwarf asked.

When the king returned and saw all of the gold, he was delighted and announced that he would make Gisella his bride. A wonderful wedding then took place and Gisella soon became a much-loved queen, popular in the castle and throughout

the whole land. The days passed happily and about a year after her wedding, Gisella gave birth to a beautiful child.

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As Gisella wept, the dwarf decided to give her a chance to keep her child. “You may keep your baby,” announced the dwarf, “if you are able to guess my name. I will give you three days to correctly guess, but if, after those three days you have not succeeded, your child will be mine.”

Today I brew, tomorrow I bake, For soon a royal child I’ll take, For neither man, king, queen or dame,

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One day, as she was resting in the royal garden, nursing her new baby, the little dwarf appeared before her, demanding that she fulfill her promise by handing over her child. Horrified at this thought, Gisella offered him her richest jewels instead, but the dwarf insisted that she give him the child.

On the third night, Gisella’s messengers returned and one, who had journeyed to the farthest corner of the kingdom, came back and said, “Your Majesty, when in a forest on my travels, I climbed a tree to rest awhile and I saw a little house with a fire burning outside. Around the fire danced a little man, singing this song …

Know Rumpelstiltskin is my name.”

“Thank you,” cried Gisella, “you have saved me from having to give up my child.” When the dwarf arrived to hear her final guesses, Gisella said, “Is your name Higgledypiggledy … or is it Hezekiah… or Felix…or maybe Rumpelstiltskin?”

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“No”, laughed the dwarf, “none of those is my name.”

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On the second night, Gisella tried again. “Is your name Spiderlegs…or perhaps it is Greybeard… is it Marmaduke… or Jeremiah?”

hole appeared in the Earth and he vanished forever. Gisella kept her baby and went on to enjoy a happy life as queen. Sadly however, her father never learned his lesson and he continued to make dishonest idle boasts.

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Without delay, Gisella sent messengers all over the kingdom, searching for the most unusual names, and on the first night when the dwarf visited to hear her guesses, Gisella said to him, “Is your name Roastribs…or Spindleshanks… is it Conrad…or Peppercorn?”

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“No, you will have to try again,” laughed the dwarf.

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Colour this picture. It shows one of the awful situations that resulted from the dishonest claims that the miller made. Then complete the task.

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On the back of this sheet, explain the situation that Gisella is in, in this picture.

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Use the code to colour the picture and then explain on the back of this sheet how Rumplestiltskin is honest in the story.

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hair yellow moustache yellow beard yellow coat green ground grey

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Question (Complete on the back of this sheet.) At the end of the story, Rumpelstiltskin is angry that he will have to keep his promise and be honest. What happens to him when he shows his anger at the thought of being honest? 22

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Write about one of the following: A time …

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• when you were put in a difficult situation because of someone else’s lies. • when you were angry at having to be honest. • you broke a promise. • you were honest.

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1. The King threatened to throw Gisella in the dungeon if he found out that her father had lied.

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The miller was wrong to boast like he did about his daughter. He caused her a lot of pain. Draw pictures to match the different parts of the story.

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3. Gisella was made to promise that she would give her first-born child to Rumpelstiltskin.

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The part of the story below shows how Gisella escapes another difficult situation that her father’s lies put her in. Use the words to complete this part of the story. saw returned r o e t s climbed Bo child r e p stamped o rage u k SGisella’s messengers ______________ and one, who had On the third night, take danced bake

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______________ to the farthest corner of the kingdom, came back and said, “Your Majesty, when in a forest on my travels, I ______________ a tree to rest awhile and I ______________ a little house with a fire burning outside. Around the fire ______________ a little man, singing this song … Today I ______________, tomorrow I ______________, for soon a royal child I’ll ______________, for neither, man, king, queen or dame, know Rumpelstiltskin is my name.”

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“Thank you,” cried Gisella, “you have saved me from having to give up my __________.” When the dwarf arrived to hear her final guesses, Gisella said, “Is your name Higgledypiggledy ... or is it Hezekiah ... or Felix ... or maybe Rumpelstiltskin?” Hearing Gisella say his name, made him fly into a ____________ and he ______________ his foot so hard that a great hole appeared in the earth and he ______________ forever.

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The miller’s lies lead to Gisella having to keep her promise to give Rumpelstiltskin her first-born child if she doesn’t guess his name correctly. The twelve words below are guesses that she makes. Look for them in the grid below and circle them in one colour.

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fisherman who asked him what he had in his basket. Fearing that someone would steal the orchids if the contents of the basket were known, the eldest brother lied, saying that there were only fishing worms in the basket. Imagine his surprise when he arrived before the chief and opened his basket to reveal only worms inside!

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“Where can these orchids be found?” asked the chief. The wise man replied, “Where the sun shines through the water.” Determined that his daughter be cured, the chief proclaimed that any man who brought him the orchids would marry the princess. Soon all of the tribal warriors began to search throughout the island for the flowers. On a nearby island three brothers also heard of the chief ’s proclamation and became very excited because they knew that there were nine golden orchids growing behind a waterfall in a hidden valley on their island.

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Once upon a time there was an island chief whose daughter fell grievously ill. He called his tribe’s healers who did everything they could, but she continued to grow weaker. He then called the tribal wise man who examined her and said, “Find three golden orchids. Their scent will cure her.”

When the eldest brother returned home, the middle brother decided to try his luck. He selected three more of the flowers and set off in his canoe for the chief ’s island. Like his older brother he met the fisherman and when asked about the contents of the basket he too lied, saying that it contained only fishing worms. When he stood before the chief and opened his basket, he also found only fishing worms.

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“Indeed you do,” replied the fisherman. “As a reward for telling the truth I want you to have this magic flute. It will bring you luck.”

Thanking the fisherman, the youngest brother presented himself before the chief and on opening the basket revealed three golden orchids. When the princess smelt them her eyes opened and she was completely healed.

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Although delighted that his daughter was better, the chief demanded that the youngest brother pass a test before he would let her marry the princess. He told the youngest brother that he must take a hundred parrots into the forest and at nightfall bring them all back safely.

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The next day, the youngest brother entered the forest with the parrots but by the evening he could not find a single parrot. Then he thought of the magic flute. When he played a few notes all of the parrots flew to him and he was able to return to the chief with all of the hundred parrots. As his reward, the chief gave him his daughter’s hand in marriage and they lived happily ever after.

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Colour this forest scene in bright, tropical colours. E.g. red. orange, yellow and dark green and then answer the question.

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In my basket I have flowers that will cure the princess

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The younger brother showed the chief three golden orchids.

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The older brothers lied to the fisherman and were punished. 1. What lie did they both tell?

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and ran to the ______________. The boy opened his ______________ to reveal the ______________ orchids. When the princess ______________ them she was ______________.

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Match the words with the people from the story.

“The orchids grow only where the sun shines through the water.”

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Place these events from the story in their correct order.

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The youngest brother told the fisherman the truth.

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The fisherman gave the youngest brother a magic flute as a reward for his honesty.

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The older brothers lied to the fisherman.

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Follow the footprints to the three golden orchids by colouring the words that describe the youngest brother in yellow.

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he gave it to the princess she fled, without giving a second thought to the promises that she had made.

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Suddenly, in the midst of her shrieking and tears she heard a voice coming from the edge of the pond and she noticed an enormous, green frog sitting nearby. When she showed her disgust at being so close to a slimy frog, the frog said, “I know I’m not beautiful but I am good at diving and can get your ball back for you. If I can find your ball will you do anything I ask?”

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Once upon a time there was a spoilt little princess who never seemed to be very happy. She always seemed to be dissatisfied, annoyed or restless. One day, she was playing near a pond with her most treasured possession, a golden ball, when she dropped it and it fell into the water. As it was made of gold, the ball sank right to the bottom of the pond. This made her fly into a terrible temper.

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when the princess opened it she saw the frog sitting outside. Quickly, she slammed the door shut, but when the king saw how worried the princess looked he asked her what was wrong. When the princess explained what had happened at the pond and told him about the promises that she had made, the king spoke sternly to her. “A promise is a promise,” said the king. “Haven’t I taught you not to be dishonest and break your promises?”

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Immediately, the frog dived down into the pond and came back to the surface with the ball. As soon as

“Then see to it that you are honest and fulfill your promises,” said the king, gently but firmly.

and share her lunch. Under her father’s strict stare, the princess watched the frog in disgust as it ate and drank heartily. When it was finished, the frog patted his fat belly

and asked the princess to take him to her bedroom so that he could sleep on her bed. At the thought of having the slimy old frog in her bed beside her, the princess was revolted, but when the king looked sternly at her she knew that she must fulfill this part of her promise.

and she gazed in wonder as he explained how an evil fairy had changed him into a frog, cast a spell on him and made him live in a pond. The only way that the spell could be broken was if a princess allowed him to sit at her table, eat from her plate and sleep in her bed.

night awake because of her disgust at having the frog sleeping next to her. Finally, in the early hours of the morning she was so exhausted that she fell asleep, only to wake in the morning to find the frog gone.

be my wife,” said the prince.

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It did not take long for the princess to realize that she was already in love with the handsome prince and she soon agreed to be his wife, grateful that her father had insisted that she kept her promises. A wonderful wedding followed and the joyful couple lived happily ever after.

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The ball was made of gold.

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If I can find your ball will you do anything I ask?”

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In the grid below find these eleven words that describe the princess.

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Answers P10 The Pied Piper Fifty thousand dollars.

P25 Rumpelstiltskin

P12 The Pied Piper

Returned, journeyed, climbed, saw, danced, brew, bake, take, child, rage, stamped, vanished.

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The Mayor lied to the Piper by breaking his promise to pay him fifty thousand dollars and by claiming that the rats got rid of themselves.

The Piper takes the town’s children. P13 The Pied Piper

Instead of punishing the Mayor, the Pied Piper punished all of the people who lived in Hamelin. P14 The Pied Piper

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Students should recognise that the picture shows Gisella being asked by Rumpelstiltskin to keep her promise to give him her first-born child. She promised him this at the start of the story in return for him spinning the straw into gold.

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The youngest brother was honest about the contents of his basket with the result that he was given a magic flute with which he was able to bring the hundred parrots safely to the chief. He also received the chief’s daughter’s hand in marriage.

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Rumpelstiltskin is honest in the story because he kept his promise to spin the straw into gold in return for Gisella’s scarf, ring and first-born child.

Students should colour in the following sentences: ‘The fisherman gave him a magic flute’, ‘The chief gave his daughter’s hand in marriage’ and ‘The younger brother showed the chief three golden orchids’. The word is honesty.

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When Gisella guesses Rumpelstiltskin’s name and he realises that he will have to stand by his promise not to take Gisella’s first-born child, he stamps his foot so hard that an enormous hole appears and he disappears forever.

1.Both of the older brothers lied about what was in their baskets.

2.Both were punished because their lies came true and they were consequently not offered

miserable, unhappy, silly, unrewarded.

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Orchids, youngest, chief, fisherman, basket, honest, carry, cure, magic, boy, village, basket, golden, smelled, healed.

1.The king tells the princess to be honest.

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Island chief - “Where can these orchids be found?”

Students should colour the sentence: “The princess treasured the golden ball.”

Youngest brother - “In my basket, I have flowers that will cure the princess.”

Because honest is the best policy and the princess is rewarded for her honesty in the story.

Wise man - “The orchids grow only where the sun shines through the water.”

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2.She was able to marry the handsome prince.

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Fisherman – “What do you have in the basket?” P35 Three Golden Flowers 1. The chief’s daughter became ill. 2. Nine golden orchids grew behind a waterfall. 3. The older brothers lied to the fisherman.

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The frog changed into a prince.

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9. The princess was completely healed because the youngest brother told the truth.

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10. The princess married the youngest brother. This was his reward for being honest.

Frog – “If I can find your ball, will you do anything I ask?”

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Princess – “Very well. Now will you get my ball?”

Students should colour the following words in yellow: honest, wise, excited, kind, fortunate, patient, concerned, pleased, happy, sensible, clever and rewarded.

King – “A promise is a promise. See to it that you are honest and fulfil your promise.”

Students should colour the following words in red: dishonest, unwise, glum, unfortunate,

Prince – “You have now broken the spell because you kept your promise.”

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