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¿La dama o el tigre? y otros cuentos

Name: ¿La dama o el tigre? y otros cuentos
Author: Frank R. Stockton

Título en inglés: The Lady, or the Tiger? and Other Stories

de Frank R. Stockton · lectura graduada

5 capítulos
4933 palabras
unos 38 min

Un rey deja que el azar decida: detrás de una puerta espera una dama, detrás de la otra un tigre. Una princesa conoce el secreto, pero ¿qué puerta le muestra? Luego, un grifo solitario vuela a un pueblo tranquilo para ver un retrato de sí mismo en piedra. Dos relatos famosos de Frank R. Stockton.

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A long, long time ago, there lived a king. He was half wild and half civilized. He had big, strange ideas, and he was very powerful. When he wanted something, it happened. He often talked to himself. And when he and himself agreed about something, it was done.

When everything in his kingdom went well, the king was calm and friendly. But when there was a problem, he was even calmer and friendlier. Nothing made him happier than to fix a problem in his own way.

The king had heard about the great arenas of other countries. In those arenas, men fought each other, or they fought wild animals, and the people watched. The king liked this idea, but he changed it. His arena was not for fighting. It was a place of justice. In his arena, bad people were punished and good people were rewarded. And the king did not decide who was good or bad. Chance decided.