The Stone Flower (Level: A2)

Showtime Readers is a series of simplified versions of literary classics (including children’s classics), specially adapted with a focus on stage performance, in line with the series’ motto: From the page to the stage!

Students can develop their language skills by reading the text and completing the accompanying language activities and/or by preparing a performance.

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Story excerpt:

Prokopych, a stone carver, takes in an orphan named Danila. With Prokopych’s help, Danila becomes a very skilled stone carver. Danila hears the story of the Stone Flower, which belongs to the Mistress of Copper Mountain, and starts thinking about it all the time. On the day before his wedding to Katya, Danila goes to Serpent Hill in search of the Stone Flower and meets the Mistress of Copper Mountain. Danila begs her to show him the Stone Flower, so she takes him to the Magic Garden. Will Danila stay with the Mistress of Copper Mountain, or will he return to his own people?