The Magic CandleOne day, a young wanderer got lost in the wood. Suddenly he saw a light from an old hut. He knocked on the door, and an old woman opened it. She was crying. She said that the devil had stolen her magic candle. The candle could grant anything she asked. The wanderer asked her where the devil lived. "In castle not far from here," said the old woman.

The wanderer went to the castle. There he found the devil, but he was old and weak. Therefore when the wanderer grabbed the magic candle from the devil's table and run away, he couldn't chase him. But the wanderer was not a kind man. He didn't return the candle into the old woman, but kept it for himself.

He lit the candle and made a wish, "I want to go far away from here." Suddenly the genies appeared and took him to a beautiful palace. There was a party in the palace. The wonderer wanted to make some money. So, he lit the candle again and wished for some jewelry. He sold them to the guests and was soon making a lot of money. Then, the princess came to buy the jewelry, but there was nothing left.

The wanderer fell in love with her and asked her to marry him. The kind princess said yes, and they got married the next day. In his happiness, the wanderer told the princess about his trick. The princess got very angry. At night she lit the candle and wished that the wanderer disappear. In the morning the wanderer woke up and found himself in an ugly house in the village. Everything he had had been lost without a trace and he became poor.

Task 2

1. Where is the setting of place of the story?

2. Whom was the magic candle belong to?

3. What did the man do after grabbing the magic candle?

4. How was the characteristic of the man and the princess? Give your own answer!

5. What the moral lesson of the story?
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