THE PRINCE AND THE PAUPER by ALEJANDRA CARDONA

In 1537 two identical boys were born in London. One was Edward Tudor, the Prince of Wales, and the other was Tom Canty a pauper.

Tom had to beg in the streets to obtain money for his family because his father didn’t work, and he hit Tom if he didn’t bring any money. Edward lived in Westminster Palace and had a lot of food, clothes and many servants.

One day Tom went to Westminster Palace and he could know Prince Edward, who invited him to enter the palace. They spent all the afternoon talking about how their life was, and at the end, they decided to change places for a while. No one would notice it because they were identical.

Both could know how the other one lived. Tom was very happy as a Prince because he had lot of luxury around him, but he thought that the Prince life was very boring, and he also missed his mother and sisters. Eduard could know how difficult was to live without money and how different was the attitude of the people depending on who you are.

At the end they changed the places again and they became friends for all their lives.