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Το Δ1 στο πλαίσιο του προγράμματος Comenius ολοκλήρωσε τη συγγραφή ενός παραμυθιού με τίτλο: « The enormous turnip ». Παρακάτω αναγράφεται το παραμύθι στην αγγλική γλώσσα.

The enormous turnip

Once upon a time there lived an old couple. They lived in a small wooden house in a green meadow. The old man, a long time ago, had planted a lot of turnips in the meadow. The couple was poor so their only food was the vegetables and fruit from their garden.

A winter Sunday afternoon, it was raining heavily and the water swept away all the turnips in the centre of the meadow. They all joined together and they formed a huge turnip, the biggest of all!

The next morning, the old man woke up and saw the turnip. He couldn’t believe his eyes! He immediately shouted out to his wife “ I need your help to uproot it! My back hurts, the aspirin did not help much!’ The old lady came out of the house looking worried.

-What do you want to uproot?’

-‘Our enormous turnip’ he answered.

-‘How on earth did that happen?’

-‘I have no idea, it happened at night’

And then they started pulling. They pulled and pulled and pulled again but the turnip wouldn’t come out. A girl, who happened to pass by, saw them and decided to help. A boy helped them, too. Even the dog together with a cat and the mouse stopped chasing each other and gave a hand. Finally, the turnip came out of the ground. When they saw it, they shouted all together ‘wow, what a huge turnip!’

Then the old lady had an idea: ‘I found it!’ she said. ‘We should take it to the feast of the village and sell it!’ They believed that in this way they would make some money.

Everyone in the feast bought a piece of the turnip and the old couple managed to gather a lot of money. Of course they kept some pieces for them to eat when they were hungry.

The money they got lasted for their whole life. As time went by, the story of the enormous turnip started to fade out. However, the old couple never forgot about it. And so, they lived happily ever after!