Tales from childhood: If there was magic in our world.

Hi! I'm Sophie. I want to tell you about my world.

What if we were all wizards? People would be able to do whatever they wanted.

"I want to get a magic wand now!" I say out loud.

The object immediately appears in my hands. And with the help of my magic wand, I continue my spell.

This way, I can improve some difficult situations. For example, when someone is arguing with someone else. Or if I want to get something quickly.

But these are all just dreams... As well as unicorns, mermaids, dragons, and fairies.

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Literature. Part hundred thirty four.

                                                   "The Wild Swans" by Hans Christian Andersen.

Once upon a time there was a king with his twelve children: eleven sons and one daughter.

Their stepmother was an evil witch. She turned her stepsons into swans and made her stepdaughter Elisa ugly.

The swan brothers flew away, and no one recognized their sister.

After some time, Elisa became beautiful again and found her brothers.

Then sister gathered nettles and made shirts from them. This saved eleven brothers.

At the end of the fairy tale, Elisa got married.

Literature. Part hundred thirty two.

                                             The Chronicles of Narnia by C. S. Lewis.

These fantasy books were written in the mid-twentieth century.

In that magical world, animals talk to people, there are many fantastic creatures, and magic.

The characters encounter adventures and grow up.

Literature. Part hundred twenty nine.

                                      "One-Eye, Two-Eyes, and Three-Eyes" by the Brothers Grimm.

Once upon a time there was a woman. She had three daughters: the eldest had the only eye, the middle had two eyes like normal people, and the youngest had three eyes.

The mother and sisters couldn't accept Two-Eyes because she was very simple. Then, with the help of magic, she was able to take care of herself.

Having suffered betrayal by her family, the character met a young knight and married him. At the end of the tale, Two-Eyes forgave One-Eye, and Three-Eyes.

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Literature. Part hundred twenty three.

                                                  The Wonderful Adventures of Nils by Selma Lagerlöf.

Once upon a time there was a boy named Nils. He tortured animals. Nils was turned into a little man.

He visited many different places with his friend goose named Martin.

In the end, Nils and his friend returned home and the boy became his previous size.

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Literature. Part hundred twenty one.

                                                        "The Story of Caliph Stork" by Wilhelm Hauff.

Once upon a time there was a ruler named Caliph Charid.

By magic he turned into different animals. When ruler Caliph turned into a stork, he forgot the spell.

Then he and the Princess learned the magic word and turned back into people.

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Literature. Part hundred thirteen.

                                                  The Story of Little Muck by Wilhelm Hauff. 

Little Muck was a little person. His father died.

Little Muck worked for an old woman. Then he left and took his shoes. These shoes were magical. They could transport the Little Muck wherever he wanted very quickly.

So, the Little Muck became the king’s runner. Then he was deprived of the magic shoes.

The Little Muck found two fig trees. If person ate figs from the first tree, then donkey ears would grow, but if person ate figs from the second tree, then donkey ears would disappear. 

He changed his clothes and went to the palace. There Little Muck treated the king to figs and he became ugly.

The king hoped for a recovery, but Little Muck didn’t give him the healing figs. The Little Muck only took his magic shoes.

There are many different movies and cartoons about this fairy tale.

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Literature. Part hundred six.

                                                  Mio, My Son by Astrid Lindgren.

Bo Vilhelm Olsson or Bosse lives with people who dislike him.

Bosse gets the golden apple and finds the Genie. Then he finds himself in a magical land and finds out that his name is Mio, his father is the king of the country, and he is a prince.

Jum-Jum is Mio's friend. Also, his father gives the horse Miramis.

The characters met with evil knight Kato in this country.

Literature. Part eighty eight.

                                      "The Magic Porridge Pot" by the Brothers Grimm.

Once upon a time there was a girl. She lived with her mother in a town.

When the girl went in the forest, she met an old woman.

This old woman gave the girl a magic pot.

When the phrase 'Pot cook!' was spoken the sweet porridge appeared. When the phrase 'Pot stop!' was spoken porridge wasn't getting cooked. 

At home, the girl said, 'Pot cook!', so the sweet porridge was in the dish.

One day the girl went to her friends. The mother wanted to eat, she said 'Pot cook!', but the mother didn't know how to stop the pot.

The sweet porridge was all around in the house, on the road, in the neighborhood houses.

Then the girl returned home she said, 'Pot stop!'.

The pot stopped the process, but people ate a lot of porridge. 

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Literature. Part fifty one.

                                                   "The Snow Queen" by Hans Christian Andersen.

Once upon a time evil troll created a magic mirror. Bad things became good, good things became bad in it. The mirror broke into small pieces.

Kai and Gerda were friends. They lived not far from each other.

A small piece of the magic mirror got in Kai'e eye. The boy became evil and rube.

During winter Kai disappeared. Little girl went to find the boy. At that time Kai was with the Snow Queen. His heart became ice.

Gerda met many different people on her way. They were kind and evil. But little Gerda found Kai and saved him. At the end he became kind again.

There are many illustrations, movies, and cartoons about this story. Fairy tale was translated to many languages.

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Hecate.

Hecate was a goddess of the moon and magic. Her parents were Pareses and Asteria.

Goddess had relations with other greek creatures. Hecate was important for the underworld. Her own symbols were: keys, wheel, dogs, and polecat.

Hecate had several offsprings. There are statues and paintings about this goddess.

Literature. Part thirty eight.

                                   The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum.

Dorothy and her dog Toto appeared in the magical place. During cyclone they were inside the house that was swept away. Toto could talk in the Land of Oz. Also, Dorothy had the silver shoes.

Frineds wanted to go home. Dorothy and Toto had to go Emerald City. On the way they met a Scarecrow. Dorothy, Toto, and Scarecrow went to the Wizard of Oz. Afterwards, friends met Tin Woodman and the Cowardly Lion.

Each of them had own wishes: Dorothy and Toto wanted to return home, Scarecrow wanted to have a brain, Tin Woodman wanted to have a heart, Cowardly Lion wanted to be brave.

During the novel characters appeared in different magical lands. They met kind and evil wizards and witches. Also, creatures helped each other in hard situations.

At the end they arrived to Emerald City. After adventures their wishes became true.

There are many illustrations, cartoons, and movies about this book. Students study the novel in school. Famous work was translated in many languages. Even written continuations.

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Literature. Part six.

       Mary Poppins by Pamela Travers.

I listen two parts of this book "Mary Poppins" and "Mary Poppins comes back".

Mr. and Mrs. Banks have five children: daughter Jane, son Michael, twin babies John and Barbara. In the second part the yourger daughter Annabel appear.

Mary Poppins is a fairy tale nanny. In each chapter she does a marvelous things. She is strict but fair. Children love their nanny very much!

Nanny never says about her magic power. This is the main secret.

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