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¥ sent OXFORD i, ee The Teacher’s Secret and Other Folk Tales DOMINOES | | Ons itors: Bill Bowler and Sue Parminter The Teacher’s Secret and Other Folk Tales Retold by Joyce Hannam Illustrated by Martina Farrow Joyce Hannam has taught English in several European countries including Greece, Spain, Turkey and the Czech Republic. She now lives in York, in the north of England, and works mainly with Japanese and Chinese university students, and business people from Europe. She has written a number of other stories for students of English, including The Death of Karen Silkwood in the Oxford Bookworms Library, and The Curse of the Mummy in the Dominoes series. OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS lad | inta VI ~ EQ (f = vear men’s clothes,’ she said. and later that day she left with the army After some time. she saw some tall trees. ‘Look! she cried. ‘I can cook dinner for all the army with wood from only one of those trees.” iB fight for their country fight (past fought) to hit someone General a very im again and again an army Mut army a large number of people who cook to e ‘Cook*!" cried the man next to her, “The general is a woman!" eryone laughed. The oldest daughter went home at once, and ie the army came home behind her. eat fant person in woed the hard part of a tree [The next day the second sister left with the army, She ven they | said nothing when she saw the tall trees | Look!’ she cried, ‘Lean wash the dirtiest shirts in | ‘ itpagiind | that river and they're going fo come oul white again. ‘Wash?!’ cried the man next to her, woman, too!’ fanta-Ghird didn’t talk on the road. “This general is quit,’ thought the man next to her. ‘But he rides and carries his sword well.” | When his second daughter came back, | King Marco said, ‘Oh not I'm going to | lose my country to King Laveal” | “Don't forget me!’ said Fanta-Ghird, wash to stop something bem ity Sword a toni sharp knife tor fy hing | Hide (past rede) to go on a horse | Alright.” said Lu Jet's go to my palace.” Fanta-Ghird asked the man next to her, Tonino, to go with her. | Athis palace. Luca spoke to his mother. | ‘Perhaps King Marco's | but how can I be sure: | Hismother said, “Take him to the sword | room. Women aren't interested in swords.” E But Fanta-Ghird looked at the swords for hours. neral is a woman. | | | man puts it be | Then Luca’s moth into the garden | he picks a flow | ower down t mm sure

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