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2 Complete the sentences using a linking word from the box. Use each linking word once only.
THE EMPEROR AND HIS DAUGHTERS
There was once an emperor He had three daughters_
lived in a palace.
_no sons.
He wanted his daughters to marry_he died.
He found three princes._his daughters didn't like them.
They refused to marry the princes,_the emperor became very angry.
He said they must get married The three daughters ran away
_they were sixteen years old.
_the night and found work on a farm.
They fell in love with the farmer's sons_they were working there.
They married the sons_they were sixteen.
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3 In what ways are these sentences different from the ones in exercise 2?
There was once an old emperor who lived in an enormous, golden palace in the middle of the city Ping Chong. He had three beautiful daughters, but unfortunately no sons.
Continue rewriting the story, adding more detail to make it more interesting.
4 Write a folk tale or fairy story that you know. Write about 200 words.
Begin:
TUeve w<*s/vw<2ve ov\ce ...
or
w^s/weve ...
End:
... <nv\<A H\ey WveA U^ppily evev
If your story has a moral, give it at the end.
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