Teaching Values through Fairy Tales Series: Kindness by Teacher Superstore

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Teachers’ Notes

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Welcome to the world of fairy tales. This is a world of handsome princes, beautiful princesses, good fairies, evil witches, dwarves, giants, dragons, fantasy and magic spells. It is a world in which good invariably triumphs over evil and in which there are usually important values to be learned by readers of all ages, i.e. honesty, kindness, courage and so forth.

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Four fairy tales have been included in this book to illustrate the value of kindness. They are: • “Cinderella” which teaches students about being kind, even to those who are cruel.

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• “The Enchanted Princess” which teaches students that kindness will be rewarded and cruelty will be punished. This fairy tale also highlights the importance of being kind to animals as well as people.

• “Rip Van Winkle” which teaches students about the rewards of living a life of kindness. • “Snow White and Rose Red” which teaches students about the rewards of persistent kindness, even when kindness is repaid with anger and hostility. This book includes activities which reinforce the value of kindness and enhance interest in, and understanding of, the stories.

© ReadyEdPubl i cat i ons •f orr evi ew pur posesonl y• The Stories “Cinderella” is one of the most popular fairy tales and is the first of four stories chosen to illustrate kindness. It is a powerful story which shows how Cinderella’s life is changed for the better when her Fairy Godmother is kind to her. It also reveals how Cinderella is kind to those who have mistreated her. When Cinderella is changed forever into a beautiful princess, her stepmother and stepsisters ask her, “Can you ever forgive us?” and Cinderella readily replies, “Of course I forgive you.”

The second story teaches its readers that kindness brings rewards, while cruelty brings punishment. The story contrasts the behaviour of two brothers, one kind and gentle, the other a bully. Those hearing this story are shown the consequences of the two brothers’ behaviours. The kind brother receives unexpected blessings while a dreadful fate awaits the bully. The story shows that being kind involves effort, but that this effort results in the kind person always having friends to help him, while the life of the bully is lonely and futile. Finally, the story especially emphasizes the importance of kindness to animals.

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Teachers’ Notes “Snow White and Rose Red”

A tale for all ages, “Rip Van Winkle” tells the story of a simple, good-natured fellow, Rip Van Winkle, who is always ready to help with a neighbour’s washing, assist with a farmer’s sick cow or fix children’s kites. On one of his mountain rambles with his dog Wolf, Rip comes across a little man carrying a heavy barrel and his first instinct is to carry it for him. After he has slept for twenty years and returns to his village to find that people, places, names and faces have all changed, his earlier kindness stands him in good stead. He is fondly remembered by an old friend, and his daughter takes him under her wing and lets him live with her. Friends of Rip’s from long ago bring their children and grandchildren to sit on his knee to hear of his strange adventures in the mountains.

The final story chosen to illustrate the value of kindness is “Snow White and Rose Red”. Following the example of their kind mother, the girls make welcome a bear which has sought a warm fireplace in winter. Also, they persist in coming to the rescue of a dwarf who repays their kindness with anger and hostility. In the end when the dwarf attacks them with all his fury, the bear, to whom they have shown earlier kindness, deals with the dwarf. The bear then sheds his furry coat to reveal beneath a handsome Prince who marries Snow White while his brother marries Rose Red.

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• Do you think Cinderella’s stepmother and stepsisters were truly sorry for having mistreated Cinderella? • How would the stepmother and stepsisters have felt to be so readily forgiven? • Do you know any other stories in which the characters are kind to those who have mistreated them? • • • •

In “The Enchanted Princess” did Hans deserve his success? In what ways was Henry a bully? Would Henry have had many friends? How important is it that we are kind to other people and to animals?

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Could the story of Rip Van Winkle be based on a true story? How did Rip Van Winkle show kindness to others? How would he have felt when he returned to his village after twenty years? How did he benefit in his old age from his earlier kindness?

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• How did the bear in “Snow White and Rose Red” repay the girls for their kindness? • How did the dwarf respond to the kindness of Snow White and Rose Red? • How difficult would it have been for Snow White and Rose Red to have persisted in being kind to the dwarf?

Curriculum Links NSW

Talking and Listening - Stages 1 and 2

Text and Context Standards 1 and 2

Reading - Stages 1 and 2

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Essential Learnings by the end of Years 3 and 5: Ways of working

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Suddenly, there was a burst of light and a fairy appeared. “I am your Fairy Godmother,” she announced. “I am here to get you ready for the ball.”

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Once upon a time there was a beautiful girl named Cinderella. Her mother had died and her father had married again. Unfortunately, her stepmother hated her and her stepsisters were very cruel to her. They spent their time trying to make themselves look beautiful and made sure that Cinderella spent her time scrubbing the floors, cleaning up the ashes from the fireplace and washing all the linen and clothes. She had to take her stepmother breakfast in bed and polish her stepsisters’ shoes. She also had to make the beds, cook the dinner and even had to powder her stepsisters’ noses and clean their mirrors. All day she worked without ceasing.

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on her feet she suddenly wore a pair of beautiful glass slippers.

“Now, fetch me a pumpkin from your garden,” instructed the Fairy Godmother. “Also, bring me six mice from the mouse trap and six lizards from behind the shed.” Magically, at the wave of her wand, the pumpkin became a handsome coach, the mice became six prancing white horses and the lizards became six footmen with silverbuttoned coats. Finally, Cinderella’s cat became a smart coachman.

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One day, a messenger arrived with invitations to attend a royal ball at the castle so that the prince could choose a bride. “Please, may I go to the ball too?” begged Cinderella.

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When Cinderella arrived at the ball, the prince could not take his eyes off her and he insisted on having every single dance with her. It wasn’t long before he realized that he was

into a stunning ball gown and the coach arrived to take her to the castle to marry the prince. When her stepsisters saw that Cinderella was forever changed into a beautiful princess, they pleaded with her. “Will you ever forgive us?” they begged.

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The prince was beside himself. He had to know who this beautiful girl was. Every girl in the kingdom was to try on the glass slipper so that whoever it fitted could marry him. When it came to the stepsisters’ turn they tried their hardest to squeeze their feet into the slipper but no matter how hard they tried the slipper would not fit. Finally, someone suggested that Cinderella be given a turn.

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in love with her. Cinderella enjoyed herself so much that she didn’t notice the time until the clock began to strike twelve. All of a sudden she remembered the Fairy Godmother’s warning and she slipped from the prince’s arms, dashed from the ballroom, fled down the castle steps and into her waiting coach. She did not even notice that in her rush to leave, she lost one of her slippers on the castle steps. It wasn’t until she had gone that the prince realized that he didn’t even know her name.

Soon, Cinderella and the prince were married and everyone went to the wedding, even the stepsisters whom Cinderella had completely forgiven for their previous cruelty towards her.

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“But she is only a servant. The slipper won’t fit her,” howled her stepsisters. But, in spite of their protests, Cinderella was given a turn and her dainty foot slipped smoothly into the slipper. Immediately, her Fairy Godmother returned, and at the wave of her magic wand, Cinderella’s tattered rags were once again transformed

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Colour the picture with these colours and then answer the question.

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Write a paragraph about one of the following: • When someone was unkind to you

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Look at the picture then answer the questions. 1. The picture below shows Cinderella proving that she is the person who the prince has been looking for. Moments before she places her foot into the slipper, the stepsisters are unkind to her. Explain how.

2. How would the stepsisters have felt when they were forgiven by Cinderella for their unkindness?

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There are 20 words in the grid below, ten of them describe Cinderella and ten of them describe her stepsisters. Look for them vertically, horizontally, diagonally, forwards and backwards. Colour the words that describe Cinderella one colour and the words that describe the stepsisters another colour.

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Follow the odd numbers to complete the picture.

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Draw faces to show how Cinderella would have felt at the different stages of the story. 3. When she saw the r o e t s Bo handsome coach? r e p ok u S 2. When her kind Fairy Godmother appeared?

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1. When she was left home alone by her unkind stepsisters?

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4. When the prince danced every dance with her?

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The Enchanted Princess

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Once upon a time there was a cabinet maker who lived with his wife and two sons, Hans and Henry. The elder son, Hans, was kind and generous. The younger son, Henry, who was his father’s favourite, was mean and selfish.

treating all whom he met on the way with cruelty. He threw stones at the birds and ducks and he crushed the ants’ nests and destroyed the bee hives.

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Crops were destroyed, cattle died and people lost their jobs. As a result, many people owed the cabinet maker money. One day, the cabinet maker stopped at the inn for a glass of ale and he heard a strange tale. The king’s daughter had been captured by a wicked sorceress and was imprisoned in a castle tower. Only a brave youth who could pass three difficult tests would be able to free her. The man who succeeded would be able to marry the princess and share her riches.

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When he arrived at the castle, he r o e t s Bodoor, impatiently r e pounded on the p orudely at an The cabinet maker wasu well-known kicked it and shoutedk for the quality of hisS work, but one old woman who opened the window day misfortune fell upon the land. and asked him what he wanted, “I’ve

come to free the princess, old hag,” he shouted. “Hurry up and let me in.” The old woman replied that he would have to wait until the next day, so Henry had to spend a sleepless night in the forest. At sunrise the next day, the old woman appeared with a basket of tiny seeds which she scattered all over the paddock, and told Henry that his first task was to collect all of the seeds in one hour.

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are not clever enough to pass the tests or handsome enough to marry the princess. I will send your younger brother, Henry.”

from her apron, threw them into the moat and instructed Henry to retrieve them. Once again, Henry was too lazy to even try and did nothing but rest.

So the next day, mean and selfish Henry set off, confident of success and

The old woman then gave Henry his final task. She took him to the great

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When the cabinet maker told his sons this story, kind and generous Hans offered to free the princess.

Henry decided that he had no energy to do what the old woman instructed, choosing instead to rest. When the hour was up the old woman returned, only to find the basket empty.

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hall of the castle, showed him three figures dressed in muslin and told him to choose one of them. Without hesitation, Henry made his choice. “I choose the one on the right,” said Henry confidently. Immediately, the three figures threw off their veils, revealing the beautiful princess in the centre with a dragon on either side of her. The dragons seized Henry and threw him into the deepest part of the moat.

pond, which dived down into the moat to retrieve the keys. Finally, Hans was faced with the task of choosing one of the figures in the great hall of the castle. As he was trying to decide, a swarm of bees flew in through the open window and buzzed around his head.

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“ ZZZzzz! Choose the middle one… r o e t s B r e oo the middle one…zzz…choose the p middle one” they buzzed in Hans’ ear. u k S “I choose the middle one,” said Hans. The poor cabinet maker waited and

Instantly, the three figures threw off their veils and while the two dragons fled from the hall, the beautiful princess smiled warmly at Hans and offered On the way, Hans was kind to all he met. him her hand. She was at last free. He did not throw stones at the birds, Soon, wedding preparations were helped the ants rebuild their nests, and under way. Hans sent a golden fed the ducks crumbs. He also picked wildflowers and gave them to the bees to coach drawn by six white horses to help them make their honey. Arriving at bring his parents to the castle and the castle he knocked gently on the door following their marriage, Hans and the princess lived happily ever after. and when the old woman appeared, he respectfully requested that he be given a chance to free the princess. waited for Henry to return, but when he did not, he reluctantly sent Hans to attempt to free the princess.

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He was told that he would have to wait until the next day to try to free the princess and that night he slept soundly in the forest as the birds sang him to sleep.

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On the back of this sheet, explain what is happening in this picture and why the bees are helping Hans.

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Colour Hans with these colours and then answer the question. yellow green orange purple black

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Complete the acrostics, then answer the question. Create acrostics for the words KIND and UNKIND and beside each acrostic draw a character from the story who matches these adjectives.

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Answer the questions below. 1. How was Hans repaid for his kindness?

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Snow White & Rose Red

Adapted by Ron Newton

Once upon a time there was a poor widow who had two daughters who were as beautiful as the two rosebushes which grew on either side of her cottage door. One of the rosebushes was red and the other was white, so the two daughters were named Snow White and Rose Red.

to enjoy the fire. Throughout winter the girls enjoyed the bear’s company, playing with him, pulling at his fur, riding on his back and tickling him. At last the winter snow melted and spring came to the forest. The bear said goodbye, explaining that he had to stay in the forest to guard his treasure against wicked dwarves who were locked under the ground during winter but came out in spring to steal everything that they could find.

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Rose Red spent their time in the forest picking flowers, gathering nuts and playing with the creatures that lived in the forest. But in winter they stayed close to the hearth, and kept the fire going.

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Shortly after the bear’s departure, the mother sent the girls to collect some wood for the fire and they came across a grumpy old dwarf with his beard stuck in a crack in a log. He glared at the girls and demanded that they help him. “Don’t just stand there, you silly girls,” he shrieked, “do something to help me.”

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One evening, there was a loud knocking on the door. “Rose Red,” said the mother, “open the door. It is probably a traveler lost in the storm.” When Rose Red unbolted the door, a huge brown bear stood before her. “Don’t be afraid,” said the bear, “I’m frozen and just want to warm myself at your fire.”

The girls tugged as hard as they could but could not free the dwarf. So Rose Red pulled some scissors from her pocket and snipped off the end of his beard.

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contentedly as Snow White and Rose Red kindly brushed the snow from his fur. The next morning, the bear returned to the forest but each evening during the winter months, he knocked on the door and came inside 30

and, snatching a bag of gold that was lying nearby, he rushed off without even a word of thanks.

A few days later, the girls went to catch some fish in the forest and once

embrace him for saving them from the dwarf ’s fury, his shaggy fur fell off, revealing a handsome, young Prince dressed in gleaming gold. The Prince explained that the wicked dwarf had stolen his treasure and had placed a curse on him by changing him into a bear. The dwarf ’s death had set the Prince free. The sisters were overjoyed and soon Snow White married the Prince and Rose Red married his brother. Their mother came to live with them in the palace and brought with her the two rosebushes which had grown on either side of her cottage door.

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The next day, the mother sent the girls to the village to buy some thread, laces and ribbons. As they walked along the road, they heard someone screaming in terror. They looked up and saw a gigantic eagle clutching the dwarf in his talons and about to fly off with him. Desperately, the girls took hold of the dwarf ’s legs and tugged so strongly that eventually the eagle let the dwarf go. With that, the dwarf grabbed a bag of glittering gems from under a bush and ran off to his cave.

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again came across the cranky dwarf. This time, he had caught an enormous fish, but the wind had tangled his beard in his fishing line and with the weight of the fish he was being pulled into the water. Immediately, Rose Red came to the rescue, pulling out her scissors and snipping his beard free. Again the dwarf repaid the kindness of the girls by angrily shouting at them and, after snatching up a sack of pearls lying on the bank, departed without saying thank you.

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On their way home, the girls were surprised to come across the dwarf again, sitting by the road with his gold, pearls and gems. When the dwarf saw them admiring his treasure he attacked them angrily. As he did this though, a loud growling was heard and out of the forest appeared the bear. He seized the dwarf and dashed him lifeless to the ground and as Snow White and Rose Red began to gratefully

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1. Explain why Snow White and Rose Red are being kind in this picture. 2. How did the dwarf repay their kindness? 32

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Complete the tasks below.

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List and illustrate two ways that Snow White and Rose Red show kindness to the dwarf and explain how the dwarf responds to their kindness on both occasions.

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out in front of the blazing fire and ___________ contentedly as the girls ___________ the snow from his fur. The next morning the bear ___________ to the forest but each evening during winter he ___________ on the door and came inside to enjoy the fire.

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Extra Activity: With Plasticine, play dough or clay, make a model of one of the characters or a significant object in the story. 35

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“Practise Random Acts of Kindness” is a common saying used to promote the value of kindness. Create another saying to promote kindness and use it to design a car sticker below.

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In the boxes below, draw and label the three treasures that the dwarf saw the girls admiring before he cruelly attacked them.

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Rip Van Winkle

Adapted by Ron Newton

long bushy beards and wore big hats, long flapping coats and knickerbockers.

Rip would often be found in the Royal George Inn where he loved to share an ale with his friends and swap stories with them about strange adventures surrounding the mysterious Catskill Mountains.

When Rip awoke, he felt very sore and stiff and his clothes were torn and tattered. His best shoes were in shreds and his beard was caught in a thorny bush and his gun was rusty. He looked around to see that everything had changed! The bush around him was thick and wild and there was a stream where there had once been a path. He struggled to his feet and tried to start walking down the mountain side, but soon he was tired, and as it was beginning to get dark, he decided to sleep under a bush and continue walking when it was daylight.

They took the barrel from Rip and from it filled their own drinking cups from which they sipped as they played their game. After a while Rip, who sat on a tree stump watching the little men, let his curiosity about what was in the barrel get the better of him. He took one sip, liked the taste, then took another sip, and then another, and then another. He began to feel drowsy; very drowsy indeed …

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Once upon a time in a little village at the foot of the Catskill Mountains in North America there lived a kind, good-natured fellow named Rip Van Winkle. Rip knew everyone in the village and everyone knew Rip. He was kind to everyone, loving to his wife and family and always ready to lend a helping hand to anyone in trouble. He was willing to help with a neighbour’s washing, chat to a farmer about a sick cow or fly kites and play marbles with the children. Even the dogs loved Rip and none of them ever barked at him.

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One day, Rip headed off with his gun and trusty dog Wolf, to spend a day in the mountains. One day, as he sat in the sun on a grassy knoll, he saw in the distance a little man struggling with the weight of a heavy barrel which he carried on his shoulder. Rip watched from behind a rock but when he came closer Rip signalled to the little man that he was willing to help him by carrying the barrel for him. The two of them then walked in silence together until they reached a level clearing where there were seven other little men playing bowls. All of the little men had

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to reach his village, but everything had changed. People were dressed in peculiar clothes, there were new buildings that he had never seen before, faces were different and the

Then out of the crowd which had gathered around him, stepped a woman. “Father. I’m your daughter. You’ve been gone so long I never thought I would see you again.” Together, Rip and his daughter laughed and cried as she explained to him that his wife had died and that she was now married with a daughter of her own.

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As he walked, he noticed an old fellow with thick spectacles staring hard at him. “Surely not,” said the old fellow. “It is! It’s my old friend who shared stories and an ale with me long ago in the Royal George. It’s my old friend, Rip Van Winkle.”

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dogs barked at him. He came to his own house but the roof had fallen in and the windows were broken. He looked in a shop window and was horrified at the sight of an old man with tattered clothes and a long beard. Then all at once he realized that the old man was his own reflection. What had happened? He couldn’t understand it. Where were his friends from long ago and the children who he used to play with? One thing seemed certain though. He was now twenty years older and it seemed that no-one remembered him.

the little men playing bowls in the mountains and of how he had slept for twenty years. The children he had played with long ago brought their children to hear his story which Rip enjoyed telling to everyone who would listen. Rip continued his kind ways and spent the rest of his life enjoying new friends and old memories.

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The start of the story explains how Rip Van Winkle was kind to many people. Draw and label pictures to show four ways that he showed kindness.

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3. Rip Van Winkle seeing his reflection in a shop after sleeping for 20 years.

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1. The little man struggling with the weight of the barrel.

4. Rip Van Winkle seeing his old drinking friend after 20 years.

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cow or fly kites and play marbles with the children.

“Surely not,” said the old fellow. “It is! It’s my friend who shared stories and an ale with me long ago.”

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The Enchanted Princess page 22 Hans has chosen the correct veiled figure and has won the love of the princess. The bees help Hans because earlier he was kind to them when he gave them wildflowers to help them make honey.

Cinderella page 10 The Fairy Godmother changed Cinderella’s filthy rags into a ball gown and created a beautiful pair of glass slippers for her to wear. She created a stage coach for her to travel to the ball.

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The Enchanted Princess page 23 Hans is being kind to the ducks by feeding them crumbs. He also helped the ants rebuild their nests and gave the bees wildflowers to help them make honey.

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Cinderella page 11 Cinderella’s stepsisters refused to let her go to the ball saying that they needed her to help them get ready. Cinderella page 12 The Fairy Godmother is being kind in the picture.

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The Enchanted Princess page 24 The land was unkind to both people and animals because crops were destroyed, cattle died and people lost their jobs.

Cinderella page 13 1. The stepsisters ridiculed the idea that the slipper could possibly fit Cinderella. 2. They were probably very embarrassed when treated so well. 3. Cinderella’s reward is a wonderful new life with the prince.

The Enchanted Princess page 25 1. He was able to marry the princess, share her riches and live happily ever after. 2. The wicked sorceress is unkind because she captured the princess and imprisoned her in a castle tower. 3. The cabinet maker is unkind because he tells Hans that he is not clever enough to pass the tests to release the princess and is not handsome enough to marry her.

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The Enchanted Princess page 26 Mean, selfish, cruelty, threw, ducks, crushed, knocked, pounded, kicked, rudely, day, sleepless. The Enchanted Princess page 27

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Cinderella page 16 1. True 2. True 3. True 4. True 5. False 6. False 7. False 8. True 9. True 10. False

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Snow White and Rose Red page 32 1. Snow White and Rose Red are rescuing the dwarf from the eagle’s clutches because they feel genuinely sorry for the dwarf even though he has been unkind to them. 2. He repaid their kindness by running off without thanking them. Snow White and Rose Red page 33 The dwarf is punished for being unkind to the girls by being killed by the bear.

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discovered the other little men playing bowls. Rip Van Winkle page 43 In his old age, people remember how kind he was when he was a young man and they bring their children and grandchildren to sit on his knee to hear his stories. Rip Van Winkle page 44 the drink was not kind to Rip. It made him drunk and caused him to sleep for twenty years. Rip Van Winkle page 45 Students should draw and label Rip helping with a neighbour’s washing, chatting to a farmer about his sick cow, flying kites with the children and playing marbles with the children. Rip Van Winkle page 48

1. Rip was kind to everyone, loving to his wife and family and always ready to lend a helping hand to anyone in trouble. 2. He was willing to help with a neighbour’s washing, chat to a farmer about a sick cow or fly kites and play marbles with the children. 3. Rip signalled to the man that he was willing to help him by carrying the barrel for him. 4. He began to feel drowsy; very drowsy indeed … 5. “Surely not,” said the old fellow. “It is! It’s my friend who shared stories and an ale with me long ago.” Answers may vary. 6. Rip continued his kind ways and spent the rest of his life enjoying new friends and old memories. or Rip lived with his daughter, etc.

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Snow White and Rose Red page 37 By killing the dwarf that attacked them and by turning into a handsome prince that Snow White marries and by introducing Rose Red to his brother who she then marries. Snow White and Rose Red page 38 Students should draw and label gold, pearls and gems. Rip Van Winkle page 42 Had it not been for Rip offering to help the little man with his heavy load he would not have

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