Fairy Tales:
Write a short summary (5 lines) for each one of these fairy tales in English.
Include images for each one of the stories.
1.The Beauty and the beast
Bella lived in the realm of the beast only because her father asked her, eventually a love of the beast began.The Prince informs Belle that long ago a fairy turned him into a hideous beast after he refused to let her in from the rain, and that only by finding true love, despite his ugliness, could the curse be broken. He and Belle are married and they lived happily ever after together.
2.Aladdin and the wonderful lamp.
Aladdin is a very humble young man who, together with his inseparable monkey Abu, is dedicated to robbing or deceiving the people of Agrabah in order to survive, dreaming of being someday somebody important.
Aladdin meets Jasmine, the beautiful daughter of the Sultan, and falls madly in love with her. They traveled the world on the magic carpet that the kind genius granted him and they were very happy.
3.Ali Baba and the forty thieves.
Ali Baba was a poor woodcutter who lived with his wife in a small village in the mountains, where he worked hard cutting gigantic trees to sell firewood in the village market.One day, Ali Baba is collecting firewood in the forest when he sees a group of forty thieves entering a cave in which they have their treasure through the phrase "open sesame"The thieves realize that someone else knows their secret and are preparing to find that stranger.
4.Alice in wonderland.
Once upon a time there was a girl named Alice. Alicia was one day sitting in the garden of her home, taking the cool of the shade under a tree. Alicia saw a rabbit that entered a hollow tree trunk and disappeared. Alicia was curious to know where the rabbit was headed. Alicia had never seen anything like this before and wanted to find out what it meant. He looked through the hole of the tree and, seeing that it was big, decided to follow the rabbit. He entered the pit and fell into a pit.
5.The Sleeping beauty.
The kings had a girl so precious that the king could not hide his great happiness, and ordered a party. Not only did they invite their family, friends and acquaintances, but also a group of fairies, so that they would be kind and generous to the child. The girl was condemned to be punctured by a spinning wheel and at the same time to sleep 100 years. At the age of 100, a prince arrives and wakes her up with a kiss.
6.Hansel and Gretel.
Once upon a time there were twin brothers named Hansel and Gretel, who lived in a very poor little village on the edge of a forest. His family was the poorest of all, so much so that his father spent the whole day outside in the forest looking for firewood to sell in nearby villages and hardly ever saw him. As they were looking for their father for several weeks, they found themselves in the forest and, while hugging them, he promised that he would never abandon them.
7.The little mermaid.
At the bottom of the oceans was a beautiful palace in which the King of the Sea lived with his five daughters, beautiful sirens. The younger, the Little Mermaid, besides being the most beautiful, possessed a wonderful voice. When she sang, all the inhabitants of the seabed came to hear it. In addition to singing, Little Mermaid dreamed of surfacing to see the sky and to know the world of men.
8.Little red riding hood.
In a remote village once there was a girl named Little Red Riding Hood, one day her mother told her to go to her grandmother because she was sick because she had to carry a basket of chocolate, sugar, bread and sweets so that Recover faster.
On the way he met a wolf who posed as his grandmother who finally ate her. Then they took Granny out of the wolf's stomach.
9.Thumbelina.
Once upon a time, a girl who was born mysteriously inside a flower, and as she did not abound more than the fondling, they called her in. The little girl went to caress a beautiful white and fragrant flower. Inside was a glass-like figure no larger than a thumb. It had a gold crown and two shiny wings. He was the king of the flower fairies who lived in that meadow. At last I found a person at his height to be able to marry.
10.Rapunzel.
There was once a mother looking out the window at the lettuces in the neighboring orchard. The garden belonged to a witch and that is why no once dared to enter it. The father risked a hanging from his mother's hair and one to take lettuce. When Rapunzel arrived at the age of twelve, the witch locked her in a tower without doors or stairs, so she could not escape.
11.Pinocchio.
In an old carpentry, Geppetto, a gentle and kind gentleman, finished one more day of work giving the last touches of painting to a wooden doll he had built. He had always wanted a child. And when he was fast asleep, a good fairy arrived, and seeing Pinocchio so beautiful, he wanted to reward the good carpenter, giving the doll his life. Pinocchio moved, walked, laughed and talked like a real child, to the joy of the old carpenter.
12. The Emperor´s new clothes.
Many years ago living in an emperor who spent all his purchases in always wearing new suits. He has a suit for every occasion and time of day. The city in which the emperor lived was very lively and cheerful. Every day they came to weavers from all over the world for the most wonderful to the emperor.
Finally the emperor realized the deception and ridicule he had made.
13.The selfish giant.
There was once a garden that belonged to a giant. Taking advantage that the giant had gone to spend a season with his friend the ogre the children were going to play in the garden. But one day the giant returned and discovered them. The children, frightened, fled as fast as they could while they heard the giant scream in a thunderous voice. Over time the giant began to love children by caring for a particular child.
