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5th Grade, Lesson 5c

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The Samruk

5TH GRADE
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magic >long ago ->travel
steppe ->nest ->branch -
>spring->
• golden egg ->appear -
>contain ->happiness -
>wish ->summer ->hatch->
winter ->disappear -
>dragon ->underworld -
>beneath ->swallow -
>crawl -> legend - >foot
Kazakh legends have it that on the
World River bank, there grows the
Tree of Life, called Bayterek. Samruk
history

the holy bird of happiness is flying to it


to lay a golden egg in the nest, located
on its top. The egg symbolizes the Sun,
granting life and hope. But beneath,
there is Aydakhar, a wicked dragon,
hiding among the roots, and wishing
to eat the egg.
This is a Kazakh version of the
universe.
1 The Samruk was a magic bird.
She lived in Kazakhstan long ago.
Every year, she travelled to the
3 A huge dragon lived in the
underworld beneakd the tree. He
Tree of Life out on the steppe.
watched the Samruk leave and
The Samuk had a nest high in
then he climbed up the think of
the branches of the tree. In
the tree to the Samuk's nest.
spring, a golden egg appeared in
the nest.

2 Some people say the egg


contained the happiness and
wishes of all the people in the
world. All summer, the bird
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stayed in the tree, but the egg


didn't hatch. Then, in winter, the
Samruk disappeared, leaving her
egg in the nest.

According to legend, Baiterek is


5 the Tree of Life. Every year the
Samruk lays an egg on it, the
Sun. Ajdahar, a dragon that lives
at the foot of the Tree of Lile
swallows it.
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The Samruk's story tells
us that, just as day
follows night and
4 He swallowed the golden egg spring follows winter,
and clawied back down to the good times follow
underworld. difficult times in our
The next spring, the Samruk lives.
returned to the Tree of Life again
and another golden egg
appeared. The same thing
happened year after year.
The Tree of Life was far away from
the Samruk's home.

The Samruk had a golden nest.

The Samruk was sad because her egg didn't hatch.

The dragon wanted to eat the egg.


number
speaking

Anna Pavlova
(1881-1931)
Agatha
Christie

1890-1976
William Shakespeare

1564-1616
Giuseppe
Verdi

1813-1901
DIEGO
VELAZQUEZ

1599-1660
for your attention

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