Learn English through Story Level 1 | The Magic Cow - english story with subtitles

once upon a time there was a man who had two wives one day his first wife became ill she called her two children and said to them my dear children soon I will die now kiss me and say goodbye her children were very sad mother they said our father's second wife hates us if she doesn't give us food what shall we do don't worry their mother said when you're hungry go into the forest you'll find someone to feed you there the mother died and the two boys cried for many days then they went to their

father's second wife please they said we're hungry let us eat with you what said their stepmother you want me to give you food I don't have enough for my children go away I haven't got anything for you the younger brother be began to cry I'm hungry he said to his older brother I want something to [Music] eat his older brother took his hand don't worry he said remember what our mother said we'll go into the forest and find someone to feed us there so the two children went into the forest and there they found a

cow the cow was very kind to them every day she gave them food to eat the children were happy they were never hungry now the children of the second wife could not understand it who feeds you they asked their brothers why are you never hungry and why do you go to the forest every day one morning the oldest girl said I'm coming with you to the forest today I want to know where you find your food her Two Step Brothers tried to stop her no don't come they said you'll be tired and hungry we we

don't do anything in the forest we have no mother to give us food so we just walk all day until we tired but their sister asked them again and again so at last they agreed to take her they walked about in The Forest all day until they came to the home of the cow the older boy didn't want to tell his stepsister about the cow he wanted to keep the secret but his little brother was very hungry and he said please I'll die if I don't have some food call the cow and let's eat so

they called the cow and she came and gave food to the brothers and they ate it when they got home the children's steps sister said to her mother I know my brother's secret there's a cow in the forest who gives them food every day the next day the woman went to her husband husband she said you know that I'm pregnant and our new baby will soon be born I need to eat very good food if I don't eat well the baby won't be strong bring me the cow from the forest what cow her husband said

I don't have a cow his wife became angry I know your secret she said I want the cow that feeds your children so her husband brought the cow from the forest and gave it to his wife kill it she said I must eat its meat to make my baby strong her husband tried to argue with her but she didn't listen to him at last he agreed to kill the cow he picked up his knife and cut the cow's throat but the cow refused to die then his wife said if the cow doesn't die I will

kill your two children When the Children heard this they said let the cow die and she died the woman tried to skin the cow but the skin refused to come off the meat if this skin doesn't come off the dead cow the woman said I will kill the children When the Children heard this they said let the skin come off and the skin came off the dead cow the woman put the meat into the pot and tried to cook it but the meat refused to cook if the meat doesn't cook I I will kill the

children said the woman When the Children heard this they said let the meat cook and the meat began to cook when the meat was cooked the woman tried to take the pot off the fire but the pot didn't move if the pot doesn't come off the fire I will kill the children said the woman When the Children heard this they said let the pot come off the fire and it came off the fire then the woman took the meat out of the pot and ate it the two brothers were worried now our stepmother has killed

our cow and now she wants to kill us they said we must run away so they ran away into the forest there they lost each other one brother went one way the other went another way years passed and the brothers grew up the younger brother went away but the older brother stayed near the forest one day as the older brother was walking near a village he saw a girl and he fell in love with her she was the daughter of the chief the chief had many daughters but this one was the most beautiful of them

all the young man began to meet the girl secretly and she fell in love with him too now there was a war between the Villages at that time every night when it was dark enemies came to fight against the village where the chief and his daughter lived so every night the young man came to fight for the chief one day the chief said to his men who is the stranger who comes every night and fights beside me I want to meet him ask your daughters his men said they will know so the chief told everyone

to come to a meeting when they were all together he called his daughters and said to them bring your husbands and your lovers here so that I can see them all so all the chief's daughters came with their husbands and their lovers but the young man from the forest who loved the chief's most beautiful daughter had smallpox and he was very ill he sat far away from the others and did not look up at the chief the chief's beautiful daughter ran up to him and took his hand what are you doing said the chief come

away from that man he has small pox but father said the girl this is the man who fights beside you every night he is brave and strong I love him and I want to marry him the chief was angry when he heard this he didn't want his daughter to marry a man with small poox he began to shout at her then he stopped everyone was looking at him what's the matter asked the chief why are you all looking at me your your head sir the people said look it's growing it's getting bigger and bigger the

chief put his hands up to his head it was true his head was growing bigger and bigger please father his daughter said please let me marry this man if you don't let me marry him your head will grow and grow if you do it will become the right size again everyone said yes sir let her marry the young man do what she says so the chief agreed to the marriage at once his head stopped growing and became the right size again then the young man and the chief's daughter were married and they lived happily ever

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