10. The nighingale sang its most beautiful song about love. It pressed itself against the thorn. The pink rose turned red! A beautiful red! The nightingale sang more quietly. Its eyes closed. And it fell to the ground. "The little nightingale is dead," cried the rose tree. "It is dead for one beautiful red rose."

VALENTINE`S DAY IS COMING!!

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Our students from form 4 are invited to the Valentine`s Day Party to Luunja Secondary School on 10 February at 12 o`clock.
We have to introduce our school and prepare a short song or play coming from Great Britain.
We are looking forward to taking part in.

9.
The nightingale pressed itself onto the thorn.
It sang even more beautifully.
Soon, the white rose turned pink.
"Press harder" Come closer," said the rose tree.
"Only the blood from your heart can make the rose red."

8.
That night, when the moon was up, the nightingale flew to the rose tree.
It pressed itself against a thorn and began to sing.
As the nightingale sang, a white rose grew.
"Press harder!" Come closer," said the rose tree.
"The sun will come up before the rose is red."

7.
"I must die for one rose, "said the nightingale.
"But love is better than life. The young man can dance with the girl he loves."
The nightingale flew around the garden. It was happy.

The young man saw the nightingale. He heard its beautiful singing.
He liked its music but he thought it wasn`t useful.
"The nightingale sings a beautiful song but only for itself. It doesn`t help anyone! It only sounds beautiful."

6.
The nightingale couldn`t find a red rose.
It flew to the last rose tree in the garden.
"Give me a red rose and I will sing for you,"it said.
"I`m sorry, nightingale. My roses are red but winter was very cold, and now I don`t have any."
The nightingale was very sad.
"I only want one red rose. Help me, please!"
The rose tree said, "I know how to get a red rose, but iti is very sad way."
"Tell me! Tell me," said the nightingale.
"You must sing a beautiful song. You must press yourself onto one of my thorns. You must sing all night. Your blood will make one red rose grow."

NEW WORDS:

• PRESS- VAJUTAMA
• BLOOD - VERI
• GROW - KASVAMA
• THORN - OKAS
  

5.

The nightingale didn`t laugh.
It wanted to help the young man.
The nightingale liked to sing about love.
It flew to a rose tree and said,
"Give me a red rose and I will sing for you."
But the tree said, "My roses are white."
The nightingale flew to another rose tree.
"Give me a red rose and I will sing for you!"
"I`m sorry, little nightingale, " said the rose tree.
"My roses are yellow."

4.
"Why is he crying?" said a green lizard.
"Why is he sad?" said a red and yellow butterfly.
"Why is he unhappy?" said a daisy to the grass.
"He is crying for a red rose," the nightingale told the garden.
"For a red rose?" said the lizard. He started to laugh.

NEW WORDS:

• LIZARD - SISALIK
• DAISY - KARIKAKAR

3.
The nightingale sang a beautiful song
while the young man looked
in every corner of the garden.
But he couldn`t find a red rose!
"All I want is one red rose!
One red rose and my love will dance with me!
Where, o where I find a red rose?"

2.
The beautiful girl left the garden and the young man began to look for a rose.
He looked at all the rose trees but he couldn`t find a red rose.
He started to look sad.
The nightingale saw him and started to sing.
"This handsome young man should not look so sad. I will sing a song to make him happy again."

READ ALONG

Fairy tale written by Oscar Wilde
THE NIGHTINGALE AND THE ROSE


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Every day will appear a short part of this lovely tale.

New words:

• NIGHTINGALE - ÖÖBIK
• A HANDSOME YOUNG MAN - NÄGUS NOORMEES
• TOMORROW - HOMME
  

1.
One day, a nightingale in a tree heard a beautiful girl and a handsome young man talking in a garden.
"I like you very much, young man. But I will dance with you at the Prince`s party tomorrow if you bring me a red rose."
"A red rose?" said the young man.
"All right! I will find one."

THE YEAR OF READING

In Estonia, the year 2010 is announced to be the year of reading.

• Reading is enjoyable(nauditav), thrilling and gives us a lot of knowledge.

• Reading is a superb and cheap pastime(ajaviide).

• You can borrow books from your school library or your friends.

• When you open a book you`ll get into a new and exciting world.

I hope you`ll read a lot of books in Estonian but why not to read some stories in English as well.

HAVE A NICE READING EXPERIENCE!!!

The year 2010

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Hello again and a very HAPPY NEW YEAR!

If you look out of the window you can see a real winter around us. It`s like a nature`s masterpiece. (looduse meistriteos).

New winter words:

ICICLE - JÄÄPURIKAS

FROST - HÄRMATIS

FREEZE - PAKANE, JÄÄTUMA

BLIZZARD - LUMETORM

SNOWFLAKE - LUMEHELVES

SNOW FORT - LUMEKINDLUS

Thick and soft snow falls to the ground.

Icicles hang from the roof.

Ice covers ponds and lakes.

Children make snowmen, snow angels, snowballs and snow forts when it snows.