Answers to the Exercises for The Good Prince Part 3
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A. How much did you understand?
- The sorceress wanted to marry the prince, but first he had to break her evil magic.
- The prince stood at the edge of the water and called to the King of the Seas.
- The prince went down into the whale's stomach.
- "You hid yourself well, and I will give you another chance."
- The antelope took the prince into the high mountains.
- At last, on the fourth day, she picked up her magic telescope.
- The mouse took the prince to a great hole in the ground.
- The prince hid under the throne of the King of the Jinns.
- The sorceress hunted for the prince through the whole world.
- So the prince married the sorceress.
B. When?
- The sorceress told the prince to come back after how many days?
Four days - When did the prince leave the golden house to go down to the sea?
The next morning, very early - How often did the sorceress use her magic telescope?
Three times - When did the whale swim back to the edge of the sea?
At the end of the day/after four days - When the antelope hid the prince, for how many days did the sorceress look for him?
For four days - When did the prince come out of the antelope's cave?
At the end of the day/on the fourth day - For how long did the prince hide under the throne of the King of the Jinns?
For four days - When did the mouse come back to the prince?
At the end of the fourth day - For how long did the prince and the sorceress live together in the golden house?
For many, many years