These two weeks I read a new books called "THE PRINCE AND THE PAUPER."
1.writer:Mark Twain
2.retold by:Jane Rollason
3.copyright:Penguin Books Lid 2000
Content:
Two babies are born on the same day into different lives.One is the prince of England,Edward Tudor,and will be king one day.The other is a pauper,Tom Canty,begging on the street.
One day,when they are ten-year-old,they meet in front of the palace.Tom and Edward find that they have the same face surprisely so they decide to change place for a short time.However,they couldn't change back as they planed before.Therfore,they have no choice but substitute for each other until they find ways to go back to their lives.During this period,the old king,Edward's father,died so Tom has to ascend the throne for Edward.
Finally,they meet again and Edward,the real king,does much better than his father because he has been lived with his people on the street.And Tom also stays at the palace.He and Edward become good friends.
Writer:
Mark Twain was born in Missouri in th U.S.A. in 1835.He did a lot of different jobs.He also worked for newspaper and worked on boats in Mississsippi River.This book,THE PRINCE AND THE PAUPER,was his first book about people in an early time.The book writes about the life of the rich and the poor.In his later years,he has money problem and died in 1910.
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