NOODLES GATE

Long, long time ego, there lived a very calm couple, Agnes and Konrad. Agnes made tasty noodles. Konrad made pots and then sold them on a market. Once Agnes became seriously sick and after a few days she died. Konrad was desperate. He was hungry all the time because he did not know how to cook. Women from neighbourhood would give him what they cooked, but Konrad did not like the food. One day, hungry and tired he was coming back from the market, and he fell asleep at a gate. He dreamed about Agnes; she gave him a bowl filled with noodles, but under one condition: everyday he was supposed to leave one noodle in the bowl, and the bowl would again fill itself with noodles. And then Konrad woke up. He was thinking about how strange the dream was when suddenly he noticed the bowl filled with noodles. Konrad started to eat them quickly. One, big noodle was left on the bottom. Probably it was the tastiest noodle and worth eating, he thought. He took it in his hand, but the noodle fell out. He caught it, but it again slipped, this time on the top of the gate. He started to climb and when he reached the top, the noodle became petrified. Konrad went down, took the bowl and went back home. The next day he saw the bowl empty. From that day, the petrified noodle is present on one of gates in Wroclaw. 


 calm - spokojny, opanowany; spokój, cisza
noodles - kluski, makaron
pot - garnek
neighbourhood - dzielnica; sąsiedztwo, okolica
filled - wypełniony
condition - warunek, klauzula, zastrzeżenie (w umowie)
suppose - przypuszczać; zakładać
tasty - smaczny; smakowity, pikantny (p. wiadomość)
worth - warty; godzien, wart, zasługujący
fall out - wypadać
slip - poślizgnąć się; wyślizgnąć się
climb - wpisanąć się, wdrapywać się
reach - osiągać (na drodze rozwoju, np. poziom, etap); uzyskiwać, osiągać (meć czasami jakąś wartość, np. wiatr osiągający 100 km/h); osiągać (np. porozumienie)
petrified - skamieniały ze strachu, sparaliżowany, osłupiały