The enormous turnip_final

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The enormous turnip Alexei Tolstoy

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The enormous turnip

Alexei Tolstoy

Once upon a time there was a farmer and his wife. They lived happily on their farm. They loved their farm.

They had apple trees and pear trees and in the summer the farm was full of strawberries. There were also tomatoes, carrots and turnips on the farm.

One day the farmer went out to plant a seed. He planted a turnip seed.

The grandpa said, “grow turnip, grow! Grow sweet and grow big!”

The turnip was very big. In fact, it was very, very big!

It was huge! It was enormous!!!

The farmer was happy. The farmer was very happy.

sThe farmer was hungry.

The farmer decided to take the turnip to his wife and cook it for lunch.

He pulled the turnip but it didn’t move.

He pulled again. He pulled …

and pulled and pulled … but the turnip didn’t move!

So, the farmer called his wife to help him.

The wife hugged the farmer.

The farmer said, ‘One, two, three … pull!’.

They pulled …

… and pulled …

and pulled but the turnip didn’t move.

Then, grandma called her granddaughter.

The granddaughter hugged grandma.

Grandma hugged the farmer. The farmer said, ‘One, two, three … pull!’

They pulled and pulled and pulled but the turnip didn’t move.

Next, the granddaughter called …

… the dog.

The farmer said, ‘One, two, three … pull!’.

The dog pulled the farmer’s granddaughter.

The farmer’s granddaughter hugged grandma. Grandma hugged grandpa. Grandpa pulled and pulled and pulled, but the turnip didn’t move.

After, the dog called …

… the cat!

The cat pulled the dog, …

The dog pulled the farmer’s granddaughter …

Granddaughter hugged grandma, …

Grandma hugged grandpa and grandpa pulled the turnip.

They pulled and pulled and pulled, but the turnip didn’t move!

So the cat called …

… the mouse!

The farmer said, ‘One, two, three … pull!’.

The mouse pulled the cat, …

The cat pulled the dog, …

The dog pulled the farmer’s granddaughter, …

… the granddaughter hugged grandma, …

… grandma hugged grandpa, …

… and grandpa pulled the turnip.

They pulled, and pulled, and pulled, …

… and whoosh!!! Finally, the turnip came out!!!

Grandpa and grandma were so happy!

Everyone was very happy! They all had turnip soup! It was delicious!

The pictures used for this ppt where taken from an animated version of the

story, at

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBU9SYtszmY