The greedy King and Queen who live in a castle impose new taxes on the people to get more money. They overwork their maid who wants a holiday. A Sound Collector saves animal sounds in bottles but the King and Queen take his sounds without paying. The maid gets revenge by putting the sounds in their food, making them talk like animals. They beg the maid to find the Sound Collector to help them. He agrees if they become generous and stop being greedy.

1. THE GREEDY
KING AND
QUEEN

2. A greedy king and queen live in a castle

3. The King likes to
count his money.
The Queen likes to eat
bread and honey.
The King and the Queen want more money
and they make new taxes for people to pay.

4. The King and the Queen are
not good with their maid.
The maid works seven days of
the week:
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday,
Thursday, Friday, Saturday
and Sunday.

5. She washes the clothes
cleans the shoes
and polishes the crowns.
She is sad...
the maid wants holidays!

6. The King and the Queen are
bored...
The King wants the famous
sound collector to have fun!

7. When the Sound
Collector arrives... they
listen to some of the
animal sounds.
He saves the sounds in
magic bottles.

8. The Sound Collector
wants to sell his sounds
but the greedy king and
queen don’t want to pay
him...
And they take his sounds
while he is sleeping!!!!!!!

9. The sounds
disappear from
the castle!!!!!!!

10. The maid hangs out the washing.
The blackbirds aren’t making any sound
and the maid doesn’t see the bird come
down and peck off her nose.
She plans a surprise
for the king and queen...

11. The maid lets the sounds of of the magic
bottles and puts them in the king and
queen’s dinner.
The king and the queen eat the sounds!!!
Their voices disappear and they start to
talk like animals.

12. Sound Collector can help!!!!!!
The king and queen beg the
maid to find the Sound
Collector.

13. The sound collector returns but... he
wants them to stop being greedy.
They have to be generous and fair with the
maid.
King and queen give the money to the poor
and help the maid.

14. The King and queen get their voices back
and the sounds return to the castle!

15. The maid goes on holiday to the seaside and
brings back a present: a seashell.
She finally has THE SOUND OF THE SEA!

17. LONG LIVE THE KING!
I am the King
And I live in the castle
My favourite thing
Is counting money
Everybody sing
One, two, three...
I am the Queen
And I live in the castle.
My favourite thing
Is eating honey
Everybody sing
One, two, three
Everybody sing
One, two, three
He is the King
And he lives in the castle
His favourite thing
Is counting money
Everybody sing
Long live the King
She is the Queen
And she lives in the castle.
Her favourite thing
Is eating honey
Everybody sing
Long live the King
Everybody sing
Long live the ing

18. RYE

19. PIE

20. HONEY

21. SOUND

22. KEY

23. VILLAGE

24. PRESENT

25. SHELL

26. GREEDY GENEROUS

27. • RICH POOR

29. BUY SELL

30. VERBS

31. PECK OFF

33. ANIMALS
ELEPHANT LION OWL BIRD
BLACKBIRD GORILLA BEE

34. WHICH ARE THESE ANIMALS?

35. VOCABULARY
RYE