Har du nogensinde set en jomfru? Det vil sige, hvad brolæggerne kalder en jomfru, én til at stampe stenbroen med. Hun er helt af træ, bred forneden med jernring om, og smal foroven med stok, den er hendes arme.
Inde i materielgården stod der to sådanne jomfruer, de stod mellem skovle, favnemål og hjulbør, og der var det rygtedes, at "jomfruen" ikke længere skulle kaldes "jomfru," men derimod "stempel," og det er den nyeste og eneste rigtige benævnelse i brolæggersproget, for hvad vi alle i gamle tider kaldte en jomfru.
Sådan starter HC Andersens eventyr, To jomfruer. Nu skal du finde eventyret frem og svare på nogle sprørgsmål:
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Have you ever seen "a maiden"? I am referring to what road pavers call a "maiden," a thing used for ramming down the paving stones. "She" is made entirely of wood, broad at the bottom, with iron hoops around it, and a stick run through it at the upper, narrower end, which gives the maiden arms.
Two maidens like this were once standing in the yard shed, among shovels, measuring tapes, and wheelbarrows. Now, there was a rumor going around that they were no longer to be called "maidens," but "stamps" or "hand rammers"; and this is the newest and only correct term in road pavers' language for what we all in olden times called "a maiden."
This is how the fairy tale, Two maidens, by HC Andersen begins. Now you have to find the fairy tale and answer some questions:
