Real or Fake News #2

The Swedish news site The Local reports that Saga Vanecek was playing in Vidöstern Lake this summer when she stepped on something that felt kind of like a stick.

“I picked it up and was going to drop it back in the water, but it had a handle, and I saw that it was pointy and rusty,” she told The Local. “I held it up in the air and I said ‘Daddy, I found a sword!’

The Jönköpings Läns Museum estimates that the sword is at least 1,000 years old.

Her father told The Local that some of his friends have joked that Saga’s discovery makes her the Queen of Sweden. On Twitter, many others agreed, while one Swede declared: “She will get a saga written about her, The saga of Saga.”
Vocabulary
saga = a long story about past events, especially from medieval Scandinavia
Comprehension Questions
  1. She stepped on something that felt like what?
  2. About how old is the sword?
  3. Some have joked that her discovery makes her what?
Discussion Questions
  1. Have you ever found something special?
  2. Have you ever been to Sweden?
  3. When was the last time you swam in a lake?
  4. What do you know about the story of King Arthur?
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