The Flowers from the Moon

    High in the mountains live a prince whose great wish was to journey to the moon, because he love its gentle glow. His dream finally come true. When he reach the moon he discovered its light came from the moon king's beautiful daughter.

    The two young people soon fall in love, but the worlds they come was just too different and soon they had to part. As a sign of her great love, the moon king's daughter give the prince one of the smooth and lovely flowers that covered the moon like snow and this was how the first alpine flower was bring to earth.

Taken from 366 and More Fairy Tales, 1990

Work with your partner. Answer the following questions based on the text you hear.

What did the prince great wish?