The Story of the Young King of the Black Islands by Victoria Bradshaw - A2 - English Stories

Level: A2 Elementary Title: The Story of the Young King of the Black Islands Script: On request only Author: Victoria Bradshaw Accent: American British English Unique words: 256 Total words: 817 Synopsis: King of the Black Islands Mahmoud died. His young son inherited the throne. Soon he married his cousin. The young man loved his wife very much and thought it was mutual. But the girl was a bad wife. She had no tender feelings for her husband. And also she was a witch. The king and queen had lived together for five years. But this king's happiness was not to last any longer. One day the monarch happened to hear a conversation between two maids. They said it was very sad that the queen did not love her husband. Every night the sly witch poured the sleeping potion into the king's glass and went to her lover. The next night, the king decided not to drink wine. In despair he followed his unfaithful wife to the wood and killed her lover. Hard words: queen, vizier, potion, passionately, horrify, mourning, peacefully, heated, maid, loudly, grind, dome, marble, sofa, palace, kingdom, spell, safely, whip, sword, midnight, magic, asleep, closer, soup, joy, lover, cousin, distant, journey, reply. Level: A1 Starter    • A1 Starter - Easy English Stories   A2 Elementary    • A2 Elementary   Please email us for any inquiries, requests, or objections. #EnglishReading #EnglishListening #EnglishStories