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<strong>The</strong> Story of <strong>The</strong> <strong>Magic</strong> <strong>Flute</strong><br />
Our story begins in a magical land that is ruled by the Queen of<br />
the Night. Traveling through this land is a handsome prince<br />
named Tamino. Suddenly a giant serpent is chasing Tamino and as<br />
it gets closer he faints in fear. <strong>The</strong> serpent is just about to eat him, and<br />
suddenly Three Ladies with magical powers appear and kill the serpent with<br />
their magic wands. <strong>The</strong> Ladies look at the handsome Tamino, and think he’s<br />
pretty cute! So they go to tell their Queen, the Queen of the Night, about<br />
him.<br />
After the Three Ladies leave, a strange little man, named Papageno, sees<br />
Tamino lying there. Tamino wakes up, sees the dead serpent, sees Papageno,<br />
and thinks that Papageno killed the serpent. He asks, “Did you kill this<br />
serpent?” Papageno lies and says, “Yes!” <strong>The</strong> Three Ladies<br />
overhear Papageno’s lie and, using their magic, they lock up<br />
Papageno’s mouth. This way he cannot tell any more lies.<br />
<strong>The</strong>n the Three Ladies give Tamino a necklace with a picture in it.<br />
<strong>The</strong> picture is of a beautiful girl. She is so beautiful that Tamino<br />
instantly falls in love with her!<br />
Tamino is taken to the Queen of the Night who tells him that the beautiful<br />
girl in the picture is her daughter, Pamina. <strong>The</strong> Princess Pamina has been<br />
kidnapped by an evil, powerful man named Sarastro. <strong>The</strong> Queen promises<br />
Tamino that if he rescues Pamina, he may marry her. Tamino agrees, and<br />
after the Three Ladies unlock Papageno’s mouth he agrees to help too. To<br />
help them on their journey the Queen gives Tamino and Papageno magic<br />
gifts. Tamino gets a magic flute, and Papageno gets magic bells.<br />
Tamino and Papageno set out to find Pamina, but they get separated.<br />
Papageno finds Pamina first, and tells her about the brave prince that is<br />
coming to rescue her. After hearing all this Pamina falls in love with Tamino<br />
too. <strong>The</strong>y set out to find him, but before they can escape, they are<br />
captured by Sarastro’s servants who try to chain them up. Papageno gets an<br />
idea and plays the magic bells. <strong>The</strong> sound of the bells enchants the servants,<br />
and they dance away. Now Papageno and Pamina are free to find Tamino.<br />
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