Name: Vocabulary: 5 uses of 'cry' - Rumplestiltskin part 1
Uploaded: 2020-07-01T10:40:50.000Z
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Hello I'm Darren. Today I've got a fairy story to tell you about a girl who gets to marry

Modal verbs - A2

a king but has to complete an impossible task before she can - but things don't go as well

Along time ago there was a poor man who had a daughter. She was beautiful and full of life.

One day her father has to go and see the king - he's very embarrassed about seeing

him because his life is a far cry from that of the king. So to try and impress him he

tells him that he has a daughter who can spin straw into gold. Well, I'd be impressed by that!

The king wants proof and demands to see her. She's taken to the palace where she is shown

a room full of straw and a spinning-wheel and is told to spin the straw into gold by

the morning - and if not she will die. And then he leaves. This comes as a shock to the

poor girl and she starts to cry. Suddenly, a little man with wrinkly skin enters the

room. She's so pleased to have a shoulder to cry on but he says, "good evening miss:

I can help you if you give me something in return." Well, she was quite happy to offer

her necklace as a reward for his help - and sure enough he spends all night spinning the

Morning arrives and king sees the gold. "Amazing!" he cries - but then thinks to himself, "Hmm...

maybe she can make more gold..." He demands that the next night she will spin even more

straw and make even more gold. If she doesn't, she will die.

The girl bursts into tears but once again, the little man bursts into the room. "Don't

cry your eyes out!" he says and offers to help her - but still wants something in return.

This time she offers him the ring on her finger. He's happy with the deal and gets to work,

Will the king now be satisfied? Or will he want more? Join me in part 2 to see what happens.