Once there was a very rich man. He lived in a beautiful house, and had a beautiful
garden. The rich man had a blue beard: so he was called             “Blue Beard ”．

   Near the rich man's house there lived a poor woman. She had three sons and two
beautiful girls. The name of one of the girls was Ann; the name of the other was
Fatima. Blue Beard wanted to marry one of the girls, but the girls did not want to
marry Blue Beard.

   Ann and Fatima did not want to marry the rich man because his bea ...