Little One & the Ogre: A Tale of Courage

1. European Comenius Project “YOUR CULTURE AND TRADITIONS HELP ME TO APPRECIATE MINE” LITTLE ONEBuchettino Istituto Comprensivo Rignano - Incisaclasses 3 A/B/C - Rignano sull’Arno Primary school

2. Little one sweeps the floor and finds a penny.

3. Little one decides to buy some figs.

4. One fig falls down from the window.Father says: “Don’t worry Little one, very soon a figs plant will grow up!”

5. He climbs the tree to eat the figs.

6. A bad ogre smells him, gets near and asks him for a fig.

7. Little one throws him a fig, but it falls in the mud. Little one throws another fig, but it falls on excrement. Little one, scared, gives him a fig with his hand. The ogre catches him and puts the boy in a sack.

8. The ogre must leave the sack for a minute. The boy makes a hole in the sack and gets out. Then Little one fills the sack with stones.

9. The ogre goes home and asks his wife to cook the boy.

10. When they put stones in the pan, the hot water boils and comes out and kills the ogre’s wife.

11. Little one climbs up to the roof.

12. The ogre wants to catch him. He puts pans over pans, but he is too heavy so he falls down.

13. The ogre puts plates over plates, but he falls down again.

14. The ogre puts glasses over glasses, but he falls down and dies.

15. Little one goes back home to his mother and they live happily ever after.