| There is o king in a land near the water who has eleven sons and a beautiful daughter. The Queen [s dead, and the King is alone. He wants a new wife to share his throne 1 | The new Queen is bad and sends Eliza to stay with a poor fomily in the woods far away. She uses o spell to change the sons. So now they all leave because they are swans. 2 | Eliza visits the King when she is flfteen. But she is afraid when she sees the Queen. She makes Eliza dirty with a new magic spell. So the King tells Ellza, "Go away! You smell” 3 |
He sends her away and Eliza is sad. But the wicked Queen is very glad. Eliza is lost, sad and alone,in the forest so dark, and far from her home. Here are some leaves.She lies down to sleep. She is very tired in the forest so deep. She thinks of her brothers, now handsome young men. She dreams of o woman and asks her of them. 4 | "Do you know my brothers? Tell me if you can. They are eleven princes. They are handsome young men." They are over there. Just follow thls stream," The old woman says in Eliza’s dream 5 | She runs to greet them. They have lots to tell of the country they live in. "Can I come as well?" "We can all make a net," the brothers say, "and then we can take you with us today." Eliza’s got o new home. She's happy, lt's true, but her brothers are swans. What can she do? 6 | One night she dreams of o magical spell to change back her brothers,and make all things well. She must make maglc shirts with nettles that sting But she must be careful She can't say a thing She cannot speak or the spell wlll break when making each shirt - for her brothers' sake 7 |