Little Red Riding Hood
Once upon a time there was a little girl very pretty and kind and everybody loved her. Her grandmother gave her a gift: a pretty red cloak with a little hood. And since that day the little girl was called Little Red Riding Hood. One day, her mother, said to Little Red Riding Hood: “Listen, […]
Pinocchio
Once upon a time there was a very nice piece of wood that happened to be in the shop of a good old carpenter: his name was Mastro Cherry. The good man, happy, immediately decided to use the wood in order to make a leg of a table. But, Woe is me, as soon as […]
Rapunzel
Once upon a time there were a man and a woman who had long wished for a child. Finally one day the woman announced to her husband that she was pregnant. These people’s house had a beautiful view into a splendid garden that was filled with the most beautiful flowers and herbs. The garden was […]
Biancaneve
C’era una volta una dolce regina che amava ricamare accanto a una finestra con la cornice d’ebano. Quel giorno la neve aveva ricoperto campi e boschi di un candido manto, e grossi fiocchi danzavano nell’aria… “Oh, che meraviglia!” pensò la regina distraendosi dal suo ricamo e zic! si punse un dito e sul davanzale caddero […]
The True Story of the Three Little Pigs
Once upon a time there were three little pigs, they were three brothers and they lived all together. But one day, they decided to go and live on their own, and to build houses for themselves.The wisest of them said: “I have decided to build a house of bricks, because it is very strong and […]
Cappuccetto Rosso
C’era una volta una bambina buona e bella e tutti le volevano un gran bene. La sua nonna le aveva regalato una graziosa mantellina rossa con il cappuccio e da allora la bimba venne chiamata Cappuccetto Rosso. Un giorno, la mamma chiamò Cappuccetto Rosso: “Senti, tesoro” disse “la nonna si è buscata un brutto raffreddore. […]
Tom Thumb
Once upon a time a poor woodman lived in a house hard by the wood, together with his wife and his seven children.The youngest, who was called Tom Thumb, was the smartest and the brightest of all the children.One sad day a bad Famine spread all over the country, and the family of the woodman […]
Gulliver
6 Maggio 1699. Lemuel Gulliver, marinaio inglese, partì per una crociera nei Mari del Sud a bordo della nave Antelope. 5 Novembre 1699: la nave, travolta da una violentissima tempesta, fece naufragio e tutto l’equipaggio perì… ad eccezione di Gulliver, che riuscì a raggiungere a nuoto la costa. L’eroe, stremato dalla fatica, si sdraiò sulla […]
The Wizard of Oz
Once upon a time in America, in the midst of the great Kansas prairies, there was a small house. One good day, actually one bad day, a cyclone uprooted the house form the ground, and after two or three capers in the air, the house started to hover into the sky.The little Dorothy, seated on […]
I tre moschettieri
Quando si è abili spadaccini, leali e generosi, anche se poveri in canna, è facile che da ragazzini si faccia strada nel proprio cuore l’idea di diventare “qualcuno”, o perlomeno di mettere le proprie doti a servizio di chi ne ha bisogno.Questo è il caso di D’Artagnan, che dalla natia Guascogna raggiunse Parigi, speranzoso di […]