BR1-06: The Swan Princess

Princess Eliza and her brothers are perfectly happy until their father marries a woman who is secretly a witch.

This story is about a princess' life. Princess Eliza is the youngest child in the family. She loves her brothers very much, and they love her too. They are very closed family but their mother-in-law doesn't like them. She casted spells on the boys. They were become swans by their father's second wife. And she does something spiteful to Eliza. Eliza has leaded a painful life since then. But such as a story's end is always happy. Eliza and her brothers live happier than before. Because they became free from their mother-in-law and Eliza got married. I think Fairy tale's princesses are destined to be happy in the end.

Hans, C.A.(2005). The Swan Princess. London: Usborne Publishing Ltd.

Series: UYR2

Vocabulary: feast 祝宴、大宴会　toad ヒキガエル、ガマ　servant 召使、使用人　horrify ぞっとさせる、こわがらせる　dare あえて～する、思い切って～する　spell 呪文、魔法　palace 宮殿
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