Jane and the Moon

Sabrina D. Harris

Ilustrace: Michaela Beznoskova

www.atelier-wonderland.com

Grafická úprava: Jan Mikš
www.jam73.com

Sabrina D. Harris
www.houseofstories.cz

sabrinadharris@hotmail.com

ISBN: 978-80-87597-05-7

Copyright©2016 by Sabrina D. Harris

Copyright©2016 by Sabrina Harisova

List of Jane’s stories

Jane and the Moon

The prince and the tree

Jane and the Moon

Once upon a time, there was a little girl. Her name was Jane and she loved the Moon. Every night she sat by her window and talked to the Moon. And each time the Moon told her a bedtime story. She liked every story, but she wanted more. So she asked the Moon if he could tell her some more.

“Dear Jane”, said the Moon, “there are many stories around the world. Even I don’t know them all. But if you learn to read, you can read them yourself.”

“Oh, dear Moon, can you teach me to read?” Jane asked.

“Of course, we’ll start tomorrow.”

Little Jane was so excited the whole day that she could not even play in the garden. Finally, the day ended and the Moon was shining bright with all the little stars around him. Jane went and sat on the pillow at the window and looked up the sky.

“Are you ready, little Jane?” asked the Moon.

“Yes, yes…I am.”

So the Moon started with the letter A and the stars started dancing and then made the letter A. Then they made B and then C. By the end of the night Jane knew the whole alphabet. She was so happy!

After breakfast, she went to look for a book to read. All the books were dark blue, brown, or black, but she found one colored like a rainbow. She opened it and started to read. The book was full of stories about love and happiness. She loved it so much that she finished it by the time the first star was up in the sky.

Since then she was the one who told the story every night and the Moon just listened and smiled.

VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR

once upon a time - bylo, nebylo

bedtime story – pohádka na dobrou noc

alphabet – abeceda

since then – od té doby

by the time - než

The prince and the tree

After learning to read, Jane spent most of her time surrounded by books. Sometimes she found herself lost in a story. One day she was a fairy princess and a witch the next. Her friends could listen to her read for hours. They usually visited her in the afternoon, bringing a ball or a game, but then they sat down in the garden and listened to a story instead.

This afternoon she read a very old legend about a prince and a tree. Everybody loved it so much, so she decided to tell this story to the Moon. The Moon enjoyed their storytelling so he tried to appear a little bit earlier every night.

“Hello dear Jane. How was your day?” the Moon asked.

“Dear Moon, my day was very nice. I spent it with my friends and I found a beautiful story to tell you.”

“Oh, I can’t wait to hear it! I don’t know any of the stories you tell me and I really enjoy them.”

“So, the story is about a princess with golden hair,” said Jane and continued:

“She was so beautiful and kind that everyone loved her. But there was a really evil witch who envied the princess so she turned her into a tree. One day a prince was travelling through the woods and fell asleep under this tree. In his dream, he saw a beautiful princess who asked him to marry her and gave him her ring. When he woke up, he couldn’t believe what he saw in his dream, but found a ring in his hand. He decided to marry the tree. Everyone in the nearby village made fun of him, but he was serious. So the next day, he stood next the tree and the wedding started. The whole village came along to watch. He put his arm around the tree and said: “I love this tree and I want to spend the rest of my life as a husband to this tree.” Everybody laughed. But suddenly they stopped. He now held a beautiful woman in his arms instead of a tree. It was the princess from his dream and she told him about the evil witch. They travelled back to his castle and lived happily ever after.”

“Thank you for the story, my dear Jane. I see so many beautiful trees around the world. I am sure they all have their own stories to tell.”

“Oh, maybe I can talk to the trees in our garden.”

“Sure you can. Put your arms around them, close your eyes and listen.”

“Oh yes, I will do it tomorrow.”

“Goodnight, dear Jane. Sleep well,” said the Moon.

“Sweet dreams, dear Moon,” answered Jane and went to bed.

VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR

evil witch – zlá čarodějnice

nearby village – blízká vesnice

wedding – svatba

instead - místo

lost in the story - ztracen v příběhu

storytelling - vyprávění příběhů

he tried to appear - snažil se přijít (objevit se)

turn somebody into something - proměnit někoho v něco

the rest of my life - zbytek svého života

sure you can - určitě můžeš ( of course you can)

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