The Legend of Beowulf

Once upon a time, there was a
horrible monster called Grendel. He
was half-man and half-monster. He
lived in Denmark. One day, he went
to the King's castle. The king and his
men tried to kill the monster but their
swords were useless. A knight called
Beowulf heard about the problem and
went to Denmark to help the king.
That night, Beowulf and his men
took off their armour and put away
their swords and went to sleep. The
monster came into the castle and killed
a knight. Beowulf woke up and fought
the monster-he pulled off an arm!
Grendel went back to his home in a lake
and died. Grendel's mother was very
angry and the next night she went to
the castle and killed a knight.
In the morning, Beowulf went to
the lake. He killed Grendel's mother
with a special sword. When he came
back, the king was very happy and he
gave Beowulf presents and money.
Beowulf went back to his country
and became a king. He was king for
fifty years. But one day,  a dragon came
to his country, and it attacked people.
It lived in a cave with treasure. The
dragon was very big and breathed
fire. The knights were afraid and they
did not want to fight the dragon. King
Beowulf was an old man but he put
on his armour again and went to the
dragon's cave with his men. …
Taken from Opportunities Elementary, 2003
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