The Princess Easter

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复活节前夕，公主发现她准备用来下复活节彩蛋的鸡不见了！这可如何是好？幸亏有人出手相助，公主最终过了个快乐的复活节。

Once upon a time, on a faraway island, there lived a little princess. Her name was Princess Easter. She was named Easter because she was born on Easter Day. Princess Easter loved the spring. She was so excited when the flowers began tobloom[开花]. She liked watching the baby birds hatch and learn to fly. The beautiful butter flies always made her smile. Of course,the thing she loved most about the spring was Easter. Princess Easter worked very hard every year to get ready for Easter.There was an Easter party at the castle on Easter Everyone on the island would come to the castle t spend the day celebrating Princess Easter’s birthday.They would have an Easter egg hunt and a birthday party for Princess Easter. One year, Princess Easter went to see theroyal[王室的]chickens to make sure they were laying eggs for the egg hunt. She was surprised to see that all of the royal chickens had been stolen from the chickencoop[笼子]. Princess Easter was ve upset. She ran all the way back to the castle to tell her father, King Lewis. King Lewis called his royal army. The royal army went all over the island, but they could not find the royal chickens. Princess Easter sat on her mother’slap[膝]and cried. The royal chickens had been taken from the island and could not be found. King Lewis sent out his royal army again, to tell all the people living on the island about the problem.

A young boy that lived on the island told the royal army to take his three chickens to Princess Easter. The royal army did not think that this would help, but they took the three chickens back to the castle, anyway. Princess Easter wanted thousands of eggs, enough to feed everyone on the island.She usually needed all of her one hundred chickens to lay the eggs for the egg hunt. Still, Princess Easter was very happy to see the three chickens. At least there would be some eggs.Princess Easter took the chickens to the chicken coop. The next morning, Princess Easter went out to the chicken coop. There were one thousand eggs in the chicken coop! Princess Easter ran all the way back to the castle to get help to bring all the eggs to the kitchen. Princess Easter and the cooks boiled anddyed[染色]all of the eggs for the egg hunt. The young boy who had shared his magical chickens was theguest of honor[荣誉嘉宾]on Easter Day at the castle. Princess Easter and the young boy had a wonderful Easter Day. They would be friends forever.

1. Who did Princess Easter tell about the stolen chickens?

a. The royal army

b. Her mother

c. Her father

d. The young boy

2. The young boy solved the problem by giving Princess Easter ____.

a. a diamond ring

b. a golden Easter egg

c. a golden bird

d. three chickens

3. Why was Princess Easter surprised when she went to the chicken coop to see the three chickens?

a. They had laid one thousand eggs.

b. They had laid one hundred eggs.

c. The eggs were all blue.

d. The chickens did not lay any eggs.

4. Who sent the royal army to look for Princess Easter’s stolen chickens?

a. King Lewis

b. The young boy

c. Princess Easter

d. The Princess’ mother

5. Who helped Princess Easter boil and dye the eggs for the egg hunt?

a. The young boy

b. The cooks

c. The Queen

d. The royal army

6. Why did the royal army think the three chickens would not help Princess Easter?

a. They were all very old chickens.

b. They needed at least one hundred chickens.

c. The chickens were sick.

d. The royal army did not like chickens.

7. What did the Princess like most about the spring?

a. The butter flies

b. The birds

c. The flowers

d. Easter

8. What did King Lewis send the royal army to do first?

a. to tell everyone about Princess Easter’s problem

b. to look for the royal chickens

c. to boil and dye the eggs

d. to buy more chickens

9. The princess was named Easter because ____.

a. She loved spring.

b. She liked to hunt eggs.

c. She was born on Easter.

d. King Lewis and Queen Leah liked spring.

10. The Princess Easter lived ___________.

a. on a mountain

b. on a river

c. in a valley

d. on an island