📝 Description
Characters & Their Appearance
🔷 Bluebeard – A tall, imposing nobleman with a thick blue-streaked beard, wearing lavish dark clothes and fine jewelry. He carries an air of mystery and solemn authority.
👰 Young Bride – A beautiful, kind-hearted woman with long brown hair, gentle eyes, and an elegant gown. She’s curious and trusting.
🔑 Maid – The bride’s loyal servant, small in stature with quick hands, dressed in simple clothing. She cares for her mistress.
📯 Relatives (Sisters/Aunts) – Attentive and caring, dressed modestly but neatly, they are sensible and protective.
📜 Script
Narrator:
Once, a young woman married the mysterious Bluebeard 🔷. His fortune and charm masked a dark secret. He handed her a set of keys and warned:
Bluebeard:
“Use every room in the castle—except for one. That door is forbidden. Trust me.”
Narrator:
Curiosity grew in the bride’s heart. She explored every lavish room—library, music room, kitchen—then came to the forbidden door. Though her heart trembled, she unlocked it.
Inside lay a horrific sight: the bodies of Bluebeard’s former wives, murdered and resting in a chilling, bloodstained room. The bride dropped the key in terror.
🔑 Maid (quietly):
“Your key—your key!”
Narrator:
The bride, shaking, picked it up. But the key was stained with blood that would not wash away. Bluebeard found out.
Bluebeard (angrily):
“You’ve disobeyed me. Now you shall join them.”
Narrator:
Doom loomed as he prepared to kill her. Frantically, the bride’s relatives—her sisters or aunts—arrived, summoned by the maid’s secret plea for help.
📯 Relative (urgently):
“Stop! Bluebeard, you must let her go.”
Narrator:
Outnumbered and surprised, Bluebeard was forced to yield. The bride was saved just in time.
Bluebeard (defeated):
“All right… she is spared.”
Narrator:
Later, the bride inherited his fortune and lived peacefully with her loved ones, wiser for her ordeal.
📚 Vocabulary
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Mansion – a very large, impressive house.
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Forbidden – not allowed or permitted.
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Relatives – family members.
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Doom – an awaited harmful fate.
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Yield – to give in or surrender.
💬 Useful Expressions
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“That door is forbidden.” – A mystery or secret that must not be touched.
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“The key was stained with blood that would not wash away.” – Proof of guilt that can’t be hidden.
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“Her sisters arrived just in time.” – Rescue through timely intervention.
❓ Comprehension Questions
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Why did Bluebeard forbid the bride from entering one room?
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What did the bride discover behind the forbidden door?
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How did the key betray her?
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Who rescued the bride, and how did they know she was in danger?
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What happened to Bluebeard at the end of the story?