Once
upon a time, there was a horrible monster called Grendel. He was half-man and
half-monster. He lived in Denmark. One day, he went to the King's castle. The
king and his men tried to kill the monster but their swords were useless. A
knight called Beowulf heard about the problem and went to Denmark to help the
king.
That
night, Beowulf and his men took off their armour and put away their swords and
went to sleep. The monster came into the castle and killed a knight. Beowulf
woke up and fought the monster-he pulled off an arm! Grendel went back to his
home in a lake and died. Grendel's mother was very angry and the next night she
went to the castle and killed a knight.
In
the morning, Beowulf went to the lake. He killed Grendel's mother with a
special sword. When he came back, the king was very happy and he gave Beowulf
presents and money.
Beowulf
went back to his country and became a king. He was king for fifty years. But
one day, a dragon came to his country, and it attacked people. It lived in a
cave with treasure. The dragon was very big and breathed fire. The knights were
afraid and they did not want to fight the dragon. King Beowulf was an old man
but he put on his armour again and went to the dragon's cave with his men. …
Taken from Opportunities Elementary, 2003
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