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  • Once upon a time, there was a king and queen who lived in a golden castle with their beautiful daughter.

  • One night, an ugly ogre captured the beautiful princess and locked her up in his tall, dark tower.

  • Help me!

  • Ah, the king and queen were very sad.

  • They promised to give a bag of gold to the night that rescued the princess.

  • Please save our princess.

  • We'll say all the knights in the land wanted to rescue the princess.

  • They rode to the tower busters.

  • They could, uh the ugly yoga roared with anger when he saw the night role was so scary that they rode away as they could.

  • One day, a friendly dragon was flying over the August tower when he heard the princess cry for help.

  • How many?

  • The dragon flew down to the tower.

  • Took a big, fiery breath Blue the ogre far away, over the mountains and into the ocean.

  • Come with me, Princess.

  • Don't be scared.

  • Thank you for saving me.

  • My pleasure, Princess.

  • The dragon rescued the princess from the tower and gently put her on his strong back.

  • They flew high in the sky.

  • They flew over the tower and the castle over the mountains and caves and out towards the deep blue ocean.

  • We I can fly the dragon and the princess flew to the castle.

  • The King and Queen was so happy to see the princess.

  • They gave the dragon the bag of gold.

  • They all lived happily ever after.

  • Thank you for saving our princess.

  • My pleasure.

Once upon a time, there was a king and queen who lived in a golden castle with their beautiful daughter.

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Princess and the dragon - Kids Stories - LearnEnglish Kids British Council

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    林宜悉 posted on 2020/07/01
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Keywords

toll

US /tol/

UK /təʊl/

  • noun
  • Sound that a big bell makes, when it is rung
  • Number of people hurt or killed in a disaster
  • Sum of money to be paid to use a bridge or road
  • The number of deaths or casualties resulting from an event.
  • verb
  • (Bell) to ring in a slow, loud and repeated way
  • other
  • To sound a bell with a slow, regular rhythm, often to announce a death or funeral.
  • other
  • To charge a fee for using a road, bridge, or tunnel.
capture

US /ˈkæptʃɚ/

UK /'kæptʃə(r)/

  • verb
  • To attract and hold e.g. interest, attention
  • To record, tape, or film something
  • To catch and prevent from being free
  • To take control of a place or object by force
  • other
  • In chess, to take an opponent's piece off the board.
  • To record or preserve something, especially in a lasting form.
  • To represent or depict accurately in a work of art or literature.
  • To seize and take into custody; to take as a prisoner.
  • noun
  • The act of seizing or taking control of something.
pleasure

US /ˈplɛʒɚ/

UK /'pleʒə(r)/

  • noun
  • Feeling of happiness, enjoyment, or satisfaction
  • Sensual gratification; indulgence in one's desires.
  • A thing that causes enjoyment or delight.
  • A person's will or desire; preference.
  • other
  • A feeling of happy satisfaction and enjoyment.
  • other
  • To give someone pleasure or satisfaction.
role

US /rol/

UK /rəʊl/

  • noun
  • Character played by an actor
  • Part you play in an activity; job; responsibility
scary

US /ˈskɛri/

UK /'skeərɪ/

  • adjective
  • Causing fear; frightening
rescue

US /ˈrɛskju/

UK /'reskju:/

  • noun
  • Act of saving someone in danger or in trouble
  • Financial assistance to save a company or economy from collapse.
  • An act of saving someone or something from a dangerous or difficult situation.
  • An organization that saves animals or people from dangerous situations.
  • The act of saving someone or something from a dangerous or difficult situation.
  • verb
  • To save someone who is in danger or in trouble
  • other
  • To provide financial assistance to save a company or economy from collapse.
  • To save someone or something from a dangerous or difficult situation.
promise

US /ˈprɑmɪs/

UK /'prɒmɪs/

  • verb
  • To say you will certainly do something
  • Assure someone that one will definitely do, give, or arrange something; undertake or declare something.
  • To assure someone that one will definitely do something.
  • other
  • To assure someone that one will definitely do something or that something will happen.
  • To assure someone that one will definitely do, give, or arrange something; undertake or declare.
  • To indicate that something specified will develop.
  • To pledge or vow to do something.
  • noun
  • A declaration assuring that one will do something or that a particular thing will happen.
  • A declaration assuring that one will do something or that a particular thing will happen.
  • Potential for future success or excellence.
  • A declaration assuring that one will do something or that a particular thing will happen.
  • other
  • To show signs of (something good).
  • other
  • Grounds for feeling hopeful or confident about the future.
breath

US /brɛθ/

UK /breθ/

  • noun
  • Air you take in and out of your body
  • other
  • The air that you take into your lungs and send out again.
  • The state of being alive.
  • The smell of someone's breath.
land

US /lænd/

UK /lænd/

  • noun
  • Region or country
  • Earth; the ground
  • verb
  • To arrive or cause a boat to arrive at the shore
  • To obtain or get something that you wanted
  • To (cause to) come down to the ground safely
  • To cause to arrive in a specific place or state
deep

US /dip/

UK /di:p/

  • adjective
  • Complex and important
  • Extreme or intense
  • Going far down from the surface
  • Low in pitch, as a sound
  • adverb
  • At a certain distance beneath the surface