Big Baby Finn is a very big baby. His name Big Baby Finn MacCool.He has friend. Her name is Oonah. Oonah is very clever.
Finn and Oonah grow. They are friends until they grow up. They both like to play. They run and jump. They sometimes jump into the river.
One day, while playing in the river, they saw a fish.
"Catch the fish, Oonah!" says Finn.
And she catches it. Clever Oonah catches the silver fish.
Today is Finn's birthday. As usual, they went to the river to play.
"Look!" cries Oonah. "A gold fish! It must be a magic fish!"
Oonah is right. It's a magic fish.
The magic fish sings: "Finn! Have this girl for your wife. She can help you in your life."
So Finn marries Oonah. They live on a green hill. And they can see the sea. The beautiful, big, blue sea.
Finn is a good giant. He is a good strong giant.
Oonah is a good wife. She is a good, clever wife.
One day, Finn decided to make a bridge so they can cross to the other side of the water.
"OK, men!" says Finn. "I want to make a bridge! A bridge across the water!"
So, he started to make the bridge with the men in the village.
Finn throws a big stone. Splash! Into the sea! And another! And another! Splash! Splash! Into the sea!
"I am big and strong," says Finn. "I do good things."
Then suddenly, he sees something.
Something a long way across the sea.
And he doesn't like it.
"Oh! What is that?" he asks.
"Oh!" say's one of the Finn's men. "That's Big Bad Benan! With his bad magic finger!"
Benan shouted to the them.
"Hey!" he shouts. "I'm looking for Finn. Do you know him?"
"No!" shouts Finn.
"No!" say his men. "No! We don't! We don't know Finn!"
Then Finn ran home to his wife.
"Help!" shouts Finn.
"What's the matter?" says Oonah.
"It's Big Bad Benan," says Finn. "He's coming for me!"
"Quick!" says Oonah. "Make a cradle. Make a big baby cradle. And bring it inside."
Finn made a big baby cradle quickly and brought it inside the house.
"Now get in!" says Oonah. "Get in the cradle! And don't say anything!"
A few minutes later, Benan came. He opened the door angrily.
"Where's Finn?" he shouts.
"He's not here," says Oonah. "It's just me here. Me and the baby."
Benan looked at the baby in the cradle.
"That's a big baby," he says.
"Yes," says Oonah. "Just like his daddy. Finn is a very big giant. Much bigger than you!"
"Can you help me?" says Oonah to Benan. "Can you turn the house, please? Finn usually does it. But he's not here."
"OK," says Benan. And he turns the house.
Then Oonah picks up some stones. She puts them in her pocket.
Oonah is making bread.
She is making bread rolls.
But she has something.
She has some stones.
She puts the stones in them.
But... she also made one with no stone.
Benan is still inside waiting for Finn to come.
"Mm!" says Benan. "Those rolls smell good."
"Here you are!" says Oonah.
She gave him the rolls with stone inside.
Benan starts to eat.
"Ow!" he shouts. "What's wrong with this bread? Ow! My teeth!"
"Your teeth aren't very strong," says Oonah.
"My Finn eats this bread everyday."
Then the baby starts to cry.
"What's wrong with the baby?" shouts Benan.
"He's hungry too," says Oonah. "Here, baby! Here's a bread roll for you."
She gave the one with no stone inside.
"That baby has strong teeth," says Benan.
"Yes," says Oonah. "Just like his daddy. Finn has very strong teeth. Much stronger than yours."
Then the baby starts to cry again.
"Oh no!" says Oonah. "Finn's coming home soon. He gets angry when the baby cries!"
"Be quiet, baby!" says Benan.
"Give him your finger!" says Oonah. "I'll make milk for him."
"Here, baby," says Benan.
He puts his finger into Finn's mouth.
His magic finger!
Then Big Baby Finn bites it! He bites off the magic finger!
"Ow!" shouts Benan. "Ow! Ow!"
And he gets smaller.
He gets smaller and smaller and smaller!
Now Benan is tiny. Tiny, tiny Benan.
And tiny, tiny Benan... runs away!
"My clever Oonah!" says Finn.
"Goodbye, Benan!" says Oonah.
"Goodbye, Benan!" says Finn.
"Bye Bye!" they say happily.
Note: The story is taken from the book Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs of Oxford University Press (www.oup.com/elt). Some sentences have been changed because some of the situations need pictures. So, it's much better if you can get your own book because of the beautiful and colorful pictures. Cd is also included in the book. What I do for my students is to let them listen to the story everyday before taking the lesson. And after a month, it's amazing that most of them can memorize most of the content of the book. Some can even memorize everything.
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