When I was young, instead of singing me lullabies before going to sleep, my parents used to tell me some kind of fair tales, and each story had their own moral. And I remember one time, a day before leaving me alone at home, my parents decided to tell me one story about seven lamps a wolf and their mother. The story is about the mother decided to leave her lamps alone at home because she needed to go for milk. And when lambs were left alone, a wolf came to their house. He decided to pretend to be their mother and lambs, without checking whether it was their mother or not, they have just let him in. And as a sequence, the wolf has eaten all of the lambs, except one the youngest. Because that one lamb was hiding in the Owen and he lately told his mother about it. I guess when telling me such kind of stories my parents wanted to teach me something. They wanted to give me a one-life lesson without letting me experience it on my own life. And I was really young, and when I first heard it, it kind of frightened me. And I immediately understood that I should not open my door for strangers. I should always double or triple check whether it was it is my parents or not.
Band 7+: Describe an interesting traditional story. You should say: 🟠 what it is about 🟠 how you knew it, who told you the story 🟠 how you felt when you first heard it and explain why this story is memorable to you.
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When I was young, instead of singing me lullabies before going to sleep, my parents used to tell me some kind of fairy tales, and each story had its own moral. I remember one time, a day before leaving me alone at home, my parents decided to tell me a story about seven lambs, a wolf, and their mother. The story is about the mother who decided to leave her lambs alone at home because she needed to go for milk. When the lambs were left alone, a wolf came to their house. He decided to pretend to be their mother, and the lambs, without checking whether it was their mother or not, let him in. As a result, the wolf ate all of the lambs except for the youngest. That one lamb was hiding in the oven, and he later told his mother about it. I guess when telling me such stories, my parents wanted to teach me something. They wanted to give me a life lesson without letting me experience it in my own life. I was really young, and when I first heard it, it kind of frightened me. I immediately understood that I should not open my door for strangers. I should always double or triple check whether it is my parents or not.
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