Fairy Tales

THE RESCUE
by Julio Ortiz, 1ºESO B

Once there was a princess who lived in a palace with her father, the King. One day, the princess left the palace and met an ogre who captured her and took her to an abandoned tower of a castle protected by a dragon.
Next day, the King realized that his daughter was not anywhere in his palace, neither in her room, neither anywhere else.
The King began to look around the garden, the town but she was not anywhere.
A young man heard the news that the princess had disappeared for one poster that said "wanted" and the reward was 50,000$.
Then the young man named Rowly, went to look for her with his horse for a very lush, dark forest. At the end of the forest he met a very old abondoned castle. He thought that she could be there at the top of the tower so, he began the journey.
When he was in the front door, he found a dragon that impeded to follow. So he had no choice that to fight the dragon.
At first he was afraid, but he was very brave. He was able to beat him and continued his way up the tower to free the princess, but suddenly they met the ogre who told them they will not easily escape. The princess remembered that she had a wizard friend who could help them. She shouted his name and the wizard friend appeared quickly and he killed the ogre. The princess and the young man went to the palace, the king was very happy to have his daughter back with him, for that the King gave the young man a reward.

Slang

Hi everyone,
Last week we learnt some examples of slang words from American, Australian and British English. Take a look at these websites:
*A selection of links to online slang dictionaries.
*Pages of commonly-used American slang words. Worth checking!
*From American public radio show "A Way with Words", a podcast quiz about regional slang from the US South (Audio only). Links to other podcasts about English words.