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Catalan: La Caputxeta Vermella-Little Red Riding Hood
This version of Little Red follows Brothers Grimm’s story: both Little Red and Gramma get eaten by the big, bad wolf, but they are miraculously rescued by a huntsman or a woodcutter who open the wolf’s belly. This ending is more suitable for younger…
Basque-Euskera: Txanogorritxu-Little Red Riding Hood
This version of Little Red follows Brothers Grimm’s story: both Little Red and Gramma get eaten by the big, bad wolf, but they are miraculously rescued by a huntsman or a woodcutter who open the wolf’s belly. This ending is more suitable for younger…
Korean: 어리석은 나이 자랑 [eoliseog-eun nai jalang] Foolish Boasting About Age
In this traditional Korean folktale, a bird, monkey, and elephant lived near an old tree. One day, while swinging on the tree, the three friends fought over who got to stay on the swing the longest. The elephant claimed he should swing the most since…
Tagalog: Sa Aking Mga Kabata [To my Fellow Youth]
This poem is attributed to José Rizal (1861-1896), the Filipino national hero who was executed by firing squad on December 30, 1896 for rebellion. There is no handwritten manuscript by Rizal. The poem praises the love for one’s native…
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Spanish: Reading from Platero y yo- Platero and I
Platero y yo [Platero and I] is one of the most popular books written by Spanish author Juan Ramón Jiménez (Nobel Prize in Literature, 1956). Platero and I is a beautiful story told by a child about his donkey, Platero. The first chapter describes…
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Sinhala: හිවලුන් සහ මිදි [hivalun saha midi] The Fox and the Grapes
Based on the classic Aesop fable, this story has the following moral: There are many who pretend to despise and belittle that which is beyond their reach.
About Sinhalese: Sinhala is one of the official languages of Sri Lanka, spoken by…
About Sinhalese: Sinhala is one of the official languages of Sri Lanka, spoken by…
Spanish: La historia del toro Fernando-The Story of Ferdinand the Bull
Fernando lives with his mother and other bulls in a dehesa in a small Spanish village. Unlike the other bulls who want to be the protagonists at the famous bullfights in Seville, Fernando likes to sit under his favorite cork tree smelling the sweet…
Ukrainian: Коза-Дереза [Koza-dereza] The Bully Goat
The Bully Goat is a Ukrainian folktale that tells a story about a mean and cunning goat. Through her tricks she turned an old man away from his sons and his wife. When he finally realized how bad and manipulative she was it was too late! And then she…
Spanish: Readings from Popol Vuh [the book of the people]
Popol Vuh [Book of the People] tells the mythology and history of the Kʼicheʼ people, one of the Maya peoples, who inhabit the Guatemalan highlands, the South of Mexico, and areas of Belize.
About the Spanish language in Guatemala: the Guatemalan…
About the Spanish language in Guatemala: the Guatemalan…
Galician: Negra sombra-Black Shadow
“Negra sombra” [Black Shadow] is one of the poems in the collection Follas Novas [New Leaves] published in 1880. This poetry collection, together with Cantares gallegos [Galician Songs] is widely considered as one of the foundational works in…
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Tagalog: Sa Aking Mga Kabata [To my Fellow Youth]
This poem is attributed to José Rizal (1861-1896), the Filipino national hero who was executed by firing squad on December 30, 1896 for rebellion.…