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Emily and the Dragon.

Emily was tired of watching wimpy princes trying to get rid of the local dragon, so she decided to have a go herself. Soon she came upon the dragon who was singeing the top of a freckle-faced boy's head.

Being a resourceful princess, Emily set a trap for the dragon and then tricked him into following her..

"You're just a silly girl, and even though it's hardly worth it, i'm going to toast you to a crisp and have you for pudding' boomed the dragon. Just then, the branches he was standing on gave way, and he fell down a very deep well, his fire put out once and for all.

Emily returned to the boy.

'What's your name?' she asked.

'Prince Mathew' said the boy.

'That'll do nicely,' said Emily. 'Where do you live?'

'In Happy-Ever-After,' he replied.

'That'll do nicely too,' said Emily.

And with that, she and Matthew rode off together to Happy-Ever-After.

Todorov’s Stages	Todorov applied to 'Emily and the Dragon.'
1. Equilibrium	We meet key character Emily and find out that she wants to kill the dragon
2. Disruption	When emily approached the dragon and attempted to get rid off it
3. Recognition of disruption	emily got approached by the dragon
4. Attempt to repair disruption	emily talked to Matthew
5. Reinstatement of equilibrium	she rode off with Matthew  to happy-ever-after.

2. In pairs or small groups, identify each of the stages in a film you know well.

Name of film: Lord of the rings trilogy

Todorov’s Stages	Applied to one of the films
1. Equilibrium	Frodo is in the shire doing what he dose normally
2. Disruption	his uncle gives him a ring that he then approached by gandalf who tells him about the ring
3. Recognition of disruption	frodo then has to go away from the shire to throw the ring into a volcano
4. Attempt to repair disruption	frodo throws the ring in then gadalf flies to save him and sam with eagles
5. Reinstatement of equilibrium	frodo wakes up in rivendale and then he goes on a boat with his uncle and some elves

3. Think of your own simple narrative featuring a small girl or boy. Write a 50 word story

that follows Todorov's narrative structure.

The Dream
My story is about a girl called Callum she has a peaceful life living in a town  called Fairy land
where boys acted like girls and girls acted like boys she worked in the castle as a cook to the 
fairy princess called James . One day James was not very happy
 as Callum forgets  to cook her favourite  meal that James casts a spell on Callums
that he will have to Cook until he dies, Callum Knew the only one that could save him
is the wise Bartek  

Todorov’s Stages
1. Equilibrium
2. Disruption
3. Recognition of disruption
4. Attempt to repair disruption
5. Reinstatement of equilibrium

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