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The Prince and the Pauper

El príncipe y el mendigo

Two boys born in London the same day — one a prince, one a pauper. For a joke they trade clothes, and neither can get his life back.

Mark Twain's 1881 classic, told for Level 3. Tom Canty, a beggar's son, and Edward Tudor, Prince of Wales, look exactly alike — so when they swap places, the prince is thrown into the streets of Tudor London and the pauper is trapped in a palace that will not let him leave. A story about mercy, justice, and who a person really is beneath their clothes.

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