THE ENCHANTED DEER

Once there were two

warring tribes whose kingdoms
were divided only by a wide
river. The king on the land
north of the river had a
beautiful daughter named
Mayumi; while the king on the
land south of the river had a
brave handsome son named
Bayani.
Both kings hated each other so much that they
even wanted their children to hate each other, too.
But fate played a trick on them. Mayumi and
Bayani fell so madly in love with each other that
they defied their parents’ wish. They often met
secretly in the nearby forest.
One early morning, Mayumi went to meet
Bayani in the forest. She had some enchanted
power so she changed herself into a deer. She did
not want anybody to see her.
Bayani waited for her. When he saw the deer,
he was attracted to it. He quickly shot it with an
arrow not knowing it was Mayumi.
The deer fell bleeding, Bayani ran to see his
prize, but he saw Mayumi instead. He wept and in
his grief, he stabbed himself to death.

THE ENCHANTED DEER

1) The two kingdoms were divided by ______.
A. mountains B. seas C. a river
2) Mayumi was the daughter of the king of the
______.
A. South B. North C. East
3) Bayani was the son of the king of the ______.
A. South B. North C. East
4) The kings were _____.
A. good friends C. very old
B. enemies
5) Mayumi and Bayani _____.
A. hated each other
B. loved each other
C. envied each other
6) Mayumi and Bayani met in the forest ______.
A. openly C. secretly
B. very often
7) Mayumi _______.
A. was a witch C. was a magician
B. possessed some enchanted power
8) She could change herself into a _____.
A. dog B. horse C. deer
9) Bayani ____ the deer.
A. shot C. ignored
B. did not see
10) The story ended ______.
A. happily B. foolishly C. sadly
Vocabulary:
tribes defied trick enchanted