The Irupe Flower: Reading activities:

1) Listen to the short story. Then put the images in order with numbers from 1 to 6.

2) Read the text again and choose the correct options:

A_ The beautiful Guaraní girl fell in love with...
 the Moon
 a brave Guaraní warrior
 the Sun

B_ She tried by all her means

 to love another one
 to reach her beloved
 to go home

C_ One night, her dream came true. She saw the Moon's image reflected in the water, so
 she talked to the Moon
 the Moon got out of the water
 she jumped into the water

D_ Tupà, the God felt pity for the girl and...

 saved her
 turned her into a flower
 killed her to stop her suffering

3) Listen to the text again and complete the empty gaps with the missing words:
 Once upon a time, a little girl from ____________________.
 She suffered in silence because the _______________ was far, far away.
 One day, the girl decided to be near to her lover, so she climbed the tallest_____________.
 Then she climbed a _____________-and waited for the moon, but she couldn’t _____________ it.
 One night, she saw the_______________ of the moon in the ________________.
 Tupa, the god, felt pity for the girl and transformed her into the _________________________.

4) After reading the text, if you could change the ending of the story, what ending would you write?

Once upon a time, a little girl from Corrientes felt in love (…) Tupa, the god, felt pity for the girl and….