I. Your teacher will read the story “The Magic Spring.” Listen carefully and
answer the following questions:
1. Why did the old man go to the mountains?
2. Who touched his feet?
3. How did the old man turn into a young man? Who helped him?
4. The old woman could not recognise her husband. Why?
5. Why do you think the old woman went to the spring very early in the morning?
6. Why did the old woman turn into a small baby? What would you do if you were in
her place?
7. Do you believe in such magic pools? Talk about them to the members of your
group.
Oral Activity
I. Imagine you are a villager thinking about the sudden disappearance of Rip Van
Winkle. Guess what may have happened to Rip and tell the members of your
group using one of the following expressions:
II. Lots of things might have happened in the village when Rip was away. Imagine
you are the neighbour who greets Rip after 20 years. One student should act as
Rip. Tell Rip about all that happened in the village after he had left.
Talk about what had happened to his family, to his friends, to the other villagers, to the
children he played with, the changes in the village…etc. Take the help of your teacher.