a mirror, a carpet and a lemon

Retold by Jenny Dooley ffi "() A Earu band!, ?' q;eF *qar Our story storts (n o poloce w(th towers, wtth beout(ful gordens full of b(rds ond flowers. Prtncess Per(hon l(ves (n th(s lond, ond everyone wqnts to w(n her hand. Pr(nces br(ng g(fts from everywhere, to show her dod how much they cdre. But tn th(s story you w(ll see whot the greotest g(ft con bel -\- Zz w i -*, at ,r- I Once upon o t(me there wos cr Sulton who hod o beoutlful doughter Her nome wos Per(hon ond she wos so beout(ful thot birds would stort s(ngtng when she wolked through the gordens Pr(nces everywhere wonted to morry her But the Sulton loved h(s Per(hon verv much crncJ he could not choose between the pr{nces )( "The Prlnce who br(ngs me the most wonderful gtft will morry my doughter " When they heord obout the competlt(on, Pr(nces from oll over the world brought the Sulton stronge g(fts. One brought o bird w(th golden feothers. "Hmm. Thot's very n(ce, but my gordens ore full of beout(ful birds thot con s(ng, too. I don't need thts golden one." The Pr[nce left the poloce, sodly, corry(ng the golden b(rd. 9 / /,, Another brought o hen thot could loy colourful eggs. Whot use do I hove for colourful eggs? lf I wont blue eggs or red eggs, I con just potnt theml" soid the Sulton. 11 Another brought o d(omond (n the shope of o stor ond os b(g os o coconut. The Sulton took the Pr[nce to o b(g room, opened the door, dnd the Pr(nce sow sporkl{ng dtomonds everywhere. "As you con see, I hove more d(omonds ond prec(ous jewels thon I need." 43- "They ore oll wonderful gtfts. But none of them ore speciol enough to let you morry my doughter." And oll the Pr(nces left, sodly. 15 2- rJ ffi Whot con we offer the Sulton? We brought h(m the best we con f(ndl But noth(ng (s better thon whot he hos got. We th(nk he ts very unklndl Whot con we offer the Sulton? I co,n't bel(eve whot I heardl He's not lmpressed w(th the golden feathers ot my beoutlful golden btrdl Whot con we offer the Sultan? A mcrg(ccrl hen (s just grectl lf you wont red, green or blue eggs, you've got them rtght there on your plctel Whot con we offer the Sulton, when d(cmonds ore not good enough? He's got more thon o jewellery shop ond lots of other stuffl ,Y lf) ( i) >1 r-') Y) t\ IP in crnother forowoy icrnd, therer l(ved three brothers who were Princes They, too, heord of Frtncess Per(hon's beouty ond they oli wonted to mcrrrl, her. Eoch of them hnd five thousond pieces of gold io buv o gift teir llre Sulton $r; they went to o morket full of stronge things to find gifts Ir .+ a 5.1 i+ \ t9 The first Pr(nce bought o mog(c mirror. In lt you could see whot wos hoppen(ng onywhere (n the worldl "Thls (s the most wonderful glft of oll! Qr rrolrr *ha Qr rl*rrn r.rlll la* rrro fi\/trr\/ hlc rlnr rnhtorl' [...]... thot (s how o s(mplelemon won the Sulton's Per(hon doughter - beout(ful Prlncess And they oll l(ved hopp(ly ever ofter is the f lo, t, *t Beqt Qfi4III We con g(ve jewels ond dlomonds, ond other gtfts to our fr(ends But someth(ngsore more hportont to us oll tn the end Chorus: What use ore jewels ond d(omonds, tf you hoven't got o wife? Whot use (s silverond gold? The best g(ft of all is ltfe! There... loughed "He potd flve thousondp(ecesof gold for one lemon! " "And now he th(nks will morrvthe Pr(ncessl" he br Y" " W hot do y ou thi nk the Pr ( nc es sook s l ( k e?" l " l k now l I w ( l l l ook [n m y m ogi c m i r r or l " So the thr ee Pr l nc esl oc k o'r into the mog(c mirrorond whot did they see? ) The beoutifulPrincess wos lying on her bed looking I Acttvt very ill,ond her fother wos crylng by her... brought th(s lemon, "the th(rd Pr[nceso(dond gove the Sultonthe squeezed lemon d(d not, H(sbrothersloughed but Per(hon She osked her fother which wos the best gift 'Well the mog(c mlrror ond the fl/ng corpet ore both very (nterest(ng " 43 the L"i,ff,J'}":,T5j but remon "You'rer(ght,Per(honl L(fe (s the most prec(ous -'i'lTl?-1,1i:1 g(ft of oll The youngest Pr(nceshould mcurymy doughter!" And thot (s... om them w i l l c ur e ony ( l l nes s l " 25 \ )a f,i I nr., trrgI(I'tcrn1 tlIr-J tl"relPrirtrc €c)r':ir i€n:lrr Ltiisl 1'tve l f r , r r r r g c r r r : rle c e s a f g c l r J 5c Ir r e F r tnc e t l r r ; r g f r t t p 1 6 1l ; r n g t i t r e " ' " Mrlv L -ief r i s g t f t w i l i b r : t h e r : n e t f r e - t i r l t c r n i i e s l t of And ire prcrtdft're tl"rotisonrJ[:](€(,.:es gnld... oport A mog(c lemon cures you ond mokesoll s(ckthtn Wh(ch of these gtfts ts the best, I wonder? Con you tell? The next doy, the three Pr(nces begon the(r journey poloce, They oll tqlked obout their gifts to the Sulton's "M(ne(s the best g(ftl I w(ll morrythe Prinoessl" "My moglc corpet [s better thon your moglc m(rror! I w(ll morrythe Princessl" "No, I wlll morry the Princesslhove o wonderfullemonl"... tr(ed to cure Pr(ncess Perlhon ond ll \ The three Prtnces followed the Sultonto o room loy where Per(hon on her bed, looktngvery (ll, The youngest Prtncesqueezedthe lemon ond gove d cup of the jutce to the Pr(ncess After o m(nute, her cheeks became p(nk ogo(n, She got up ond ron lnto her fother'sdrms "Perlhon, you ore well ogo(n!" shouted the Sultonond hugged h(sdoughterl He could not bel(evehls eyes! 39... jewels ond d(omonds, tf you hoven't got o wife? Whot use (s silverond gold? The best g(ft of all is ltfe! There ctre some th(ngs we con't buy, no motter how much we've got And l(fe ts the most precious gift of oll, no motter whot! Repeat chorus ... "il+.+ - ,.; , ,,;,ril Jj,' , _,-t If'g 5e,-.r-.21rtJ (.1 [,rirtr:e t^.,,'.,i]Oht rnrfgifj COfpel 'ull-ren yriLJ 5Ot On i't, f1,l Or\y,Nhere in the worlrjl yr;rr r".{1\Jifl " Irrir; i,, rJ frtntAiti(- _qif tl L z- i- Activities l) t:; \ | ]t - 4 _ In the mor ket, the thi r d Pr i nc e,the y ounges t of ol l , sow o mer chont w hom he hod nev er s een befor e " Lem ons l Lem ons !" the m er c hont c ol... \de don't wqnt to be lote! Pleosehurry,hurry,don't deloyl gote! Toke us to Perlhon's Oh moglc corpet, fly us ctwoy, over desertsmode of sond Pleosehurry,hurry,don't deloy! Fly us to Perihon's londl (t (A\ n jumped onto the mog(c corpet The three Pr(nces polocel In one m(nute,they were of the Sulton's The three Pr(nces wolked through the b(g poloce doors In the holl, they sow the Sultonsitt(ngon o sofo, . Retold by Jenny Dooley ffi "() A Earu band!, ?' q;eF *qar Our story storts (n o poloce w(th towers, wtth beout(ful gordens full. the Sulton? I co,n't bel(eve whot I heardl He's not lmpressed w(th the golden feathers ot my beoutlful golden btrdl Whot con we offer the Sultan? A mcrg(ccrl hen (s. Qr rl*rrn r.rlll la* rrro fi/trr/ hlc rlnr rnhtorl' I 3E t* -( : : i i- ,,.,t''.i ,.; ,;,.r . r "il+.+. , ., ,;,ril Jj, ' _,-t If'g 5e, r 21rtJ