22876 till sleeps in a beehive key included

Maybe one of you
has heard of a
man named

Till sleeps in a beehive

Till Eulenspiegel.

Fill in: past simple or past continuous

He was quite a
joker and had a lot of fun
playing tricks on his fellow

One day Till Eulenspiegel ……….. (go) to a

men. Mostly he used their

fun fair in his town. There ………….. (be)

own stupidity, even if people

many people in the streets. They ……………..

did not really wanted to
admit that. He used to take

(celebrate), ………….. (dance) and ………….. (have) a lot of

phrases literally.

fun. Till Eulenspiegel ………....….. (enjoy) that day. Around
midnight, he ………….. (be) so tired that he …….…….. (look)
for a place to sleep. In a meadow near the town he …………..
(find) it. There a beekeeper ………….. (have) his beehives.
One of the hives ………….. (be) empty and Till ………..…..
(decide) to sleep in it. He ………….. (climb) into it and
………….. (fall) asleep immediately.

Till Eulenspiegel

Till ………….. (smile) because he …………..

………....….. (sleep)

(have) an idea. He ………….. (bend) out of

peacefully and ……….………....

the basket and ………….. (pull) the thief´s

(snore) gently in his

hair who ………….. (go) in front. "Ouch, let it

beehive when two dark men ………..…..…..

be," the thief ………….. (say) and …………..

(crawl) across the meadow. They …………..

(look) back to the other thief.

(be) thieves who ………….. (want) to use

"I've done nothing," the other one …………..

the darkness of the night to steal a

(say). And it ………….. (be) true. But no one

beehive. And then they ………….. (want) to

had discovered Till Eulenspiegel. Then Till

sell it for much money. They ……..……..

………….. (pull) the thief´s hair who …………..

(look) for the biggest and heaviest

(go) in the back. And so it ………….. (go)

beehive and ………….. (put) it on their

back and forth. After a while the two

shoulders. But it ………….. (be) the beehive

………….. (put) down the beehive and

in which Till ………..…….. (sleep). The

………….. (start) quarrelling. They …………....

thieves ………….. (walk) away quickly. Till

(fight) quite wildly and ………….. (forget)

………….. (feel) the movement and …………..

about the beehive.

(wake) up. Who had disturbed his

And Till? He ……...…….. (laugh) and

beautiful dreams? He ………….. (look) out

………….. (creep) out from his

of the beehive and ………….. (see) the two

hiding place and ………….. (go)

men. He ………….. (get) very angry.

out into the world.

(translated and adapted)

KEY—Till sleeps in a beehive
One day Till Eulenspiegel went to a fun fair in his town. There were many people in the
streets. They were celebrating, dancing and having a lot of fun.
Till Eulenspiegel was enjoying that day. Around midnight, he was so tired that he was
looking for a place to sleep. In a meadow near the town he found it. There a beekeeper
had his beehives. One of the hives was empty and Till decided to sleep in it. He
climbed into it and fell asleep immediately.

Till Eulenspiegel was sleeping peacefully

Till smiled because he had an idea. He

and was snoring gently in his beehive when

bent out of the basket and pulled the

two dark men were crawling across the

thief´s hair who went in front. "Ouch, let

meadow.

it be," the thief said and looked back to

They were thieves who wanted to use the

the other thief.

darkness of the night to steal a beehive.

"I've done nothing," the other one said.

And then they wanted to sell it for much

And it was true. But no one had

money. They looked for the biggest and

discovered Till Eulenspiegel. Then Till

heaviest beehive and put it on their

pulled the thief´s hair who went in the

shoulders. But it was the beehive in which

back. And so it went back and forth.

Till was sleeping. The thieves walked away

After a while the two put down the

quickly. Till felt the movement and woke up.

beehive and started quarrelling. They

Who had disturbed his beautiful dreams?

were fighting quite wildly and forgot

He looked out of the beehive and saw the

about the beehive.

two men. He got very angry.

And Till? He was laughing and crept out
from his hiding place and went out into
the world.