The ugly duckling

Stories
clásicos Lady Pata was anxious to see her chicks hatch. Her
the nest shone with the eggs ready to begin to break and from there see their offspring
start to walk. The neighbors accompanied her anxiously, knowing that she was a duck of
always have beautiful little ones.

Little by little each of the eggs began to break and the beautiful ducklings came out.
However, the largest one did not open and seemed immobile. When everyone looked at it
with confusion, the egg started to break and out came a very different, ugly little duckling
clumsy compared to his brothers. The other legs commented and laughed,
while Mrs. Pata tried to hide it and set it aside.

The little duckling felt despised and his siblings mocked him because he was
ugly and on top of that not as skilled as they were.

Therefore, he decided to leave there and seek a new direction, where there are good friends.
that they truly love him despite the fact that his appearance was not the best. Before he arrives
At dawn, the little duck decided to leave before the farmer realized.

On the way, he saw that there was another farm nearby, where a grandmother found him and took him in.
and there he thought he could be happy. But he soon realized that in reality it
They were fattening him up to eat him soon, so he had to leave quickly.

There he went out and walked a lot, so much that he got tired of walking and walking. But he arrived at the
winter and had still not found a place, and had to run in the snow so that the
hunters do not catch him.

After that hard time, spring appeared in the area of the lake, where it
found himself with a group of beautiful, refined swans with a wonderful gait. He
He only watched them from the shore, gathered courage, and finally asked if he could go swimming.
with them.

The friendly and pleasant swans said to him: - "Of course, yes, if you are one"
of our own.

The little duck was amazed and bewildered, even thought it was a joke. Without
embargo, he got encouraged and asked again: but can I really go with you?
Because I am clumsy and ugly.

They answered: 'Well, look at yourself in the reflection of the water and you will see that you are like us.'
That moment when the little duck was stunned to see its reflection and thus understood that
It was never a duck but a majestic swan.

Little Red Riding Hood

Once upon a time, there was a sweet girl who lived with her mother in a small house on the edge of
a large forest. This little girl was called Little Red Riding Hood because she always wore
a cape with a red hood that he/she liked very much.
Little Red Riding Hood had a grandmother, whom she loved very much, who lived in a small
house on the other side of the forest. One day, her grandmother fell ill and Little Red Riding Hood's mother told her

he said to the boy: 'Here is a piece of bread and a bottle of wine, take them to grandmother, she...
you will be happy! But please, do not stray from the path, be careful and do not talk to
nobody.

The girl promised her mother that she would not stop for any reason and headed towards the
small road that ran through the forest. After a few minutes, however,
she stopped and began to play, distracted by the animals.

In the forest, there was also a wolf ... who saw the girl and began to talk to her.
she kindly. Little Red Riding Hood did not know that it was a bad beast and replied
politely and without fear.
Where are you going so early, dear girl?" asked the wolf. "To my grandmother's house,
to bring her wine and bread because she is old and weak, 'this way she will be stronger!' The response was the
girl. - "Where does grandma live?" - "In the forest, further ahead, under the three
"oaks," the girl said.

The wolf, clever, advised the girl to do something else, actually, it would take her.
more time, to be able to arrive at grandma's house before she does.
Little Red Riding Hood thanked him and walked away on the other path, the one recommended by the
wolf.

The wolf ran to his grandmother's house and knocked on the door. 'Who is it?,' asked the
grandmother. "I am Little Red Riding Hood, dear grandmother, I bring you bread and wine," replied the wolf.
Imitating the girl's voice. He entered the house and ate her grandmother in one bite!
Then he put on his grandmother's clothes, including a cap and glasses, and lay down on the
bed.
Little Red Riding Hood arrived a few minutes later, entered the house, and saw what she believed.
What her grandmother was.
"Grandma, what big eyes you have!" And the wolf replied. "It's to see you better, my
granddaughter.
And what big ears you have!
It's to hear you better, my girl
But dear grandmother, what a big mouth you have!
"It's better to eat than!!!" and the wolf jumped out of bed and ate her in one bite.
Fortunately, a hunter was passing by and heard Little Red Riding Hood's screams.
He ran to the cabin, entered, and saw the wolf with a swollen belly sleeping.
deeply. The hunter took a knife and cut open the wolf's belly.

The grandmother and Little Red Riding Hood came out of her belly, scared but alive. "What a fright!
"I had, it was so dark in the belly of the wolf!" said the girl. The grandmother and the granddaughter
they threw great parties for the brave hunter and Little Red Riding Hood thought: "Never, never again, I
I will stop in the forest after I promised my mother not to do it. She had
. reason

Cinderella
Once upon a time, there was a beautiful and lovely girl, the daughter of a very rich knight. One day,
mother died and the knight remarried a woman who had two daughters.
After a while, even the girl's father died and she was left alone with her
wicked stepmother and the two stepsisters, Genoveva and Anastasia, who turned out to be
bad and envious.

The stepmother decided that, from that day on, the girl would have to do only the chores.
more humble and exhausting. The evil sisters took all their beautiful clothes and
They gave her an old gray dress to wear. For this reason, everyone called her Cinderella.
At night, Cinderella had to sleep on a straw mattress near the
chimney and the ashes and, in the morning, would rise at dawn, would light the fire,
She brought the water, cleaned, cooked, washed ... while her stepsisters did nothing.
Her only company were mice and birds that kept her happy. Despite this,
Cinderella was always kind and smiling.
One fine day, an invitation from the King arrived, inviting all the young girls of the kingdom to
a dance in honor of their son the Prince. The half-sisters, very excited about the
the idea of meeting the prince, they called Cinderella to help her get ready and her
stepmother, who could not deny Cinderella's invitation, said to her: 'You can only go
when you finish all the household tasks.

The girl worked all day while the wicked sisters mocked her because
She would never have a dress to wear to the ball. And Cinderella was crying silently.
… I didn't know that her little friends were sewing a wonderful dance dress.
When they saw her arrive so beautiful and well-dressed, Genoveva and Anastasia jumped
about the poor girl and they took off her dress. But ... with a "Bibidi, bobidi, bu!"
Her fairy godmother appeared and with a wave of her magic wand transformed the dress.
torn in the most beautiful dress you have ever seen and a pumpkin from the garden
in a sumptuous carriage. But there was one condition: "Be careful Cinderella, all
this magic will end at midnight, you must return first, I recommend it. And now
go, run to the dance!

The girl's entrance to the royal palace left those present astonished, so great was the
beauty of this beautiful stranger. The violinists stopped playing and the prince
he recognized her immediately, looking at her enchanted. The two young people danced all night.
under the envious eyes of all the girls present until Cinderella saw a clock
and he realized that it was nearly midnight. He bowed and fled, losing one of
the glass shoes she was wearing.

The prince was desperate and absolutely wanted to find the girl he was from.
He had fallen madly in love and the king ordered that the shoe be tried on for all the
girls of the kingdom, until the beautiful stranger was found.

A Grand Duke, commissioned by the king, arrived at Cinderella's house and, despite the
the efforts of the two stepsisters to prove that the shoe belonged to one of them,
he soon realized that his feet were too big to fit into that
delicate shoe.

When it was Cinderella's turn, her furious stepmother stumbled over the helper.
of the Grand Duke and the shoe broke. But Cinderella had kept the second one.
shoe and took it out: it was perfect for his little foot!
Cinderella was immediately taken to the castle, where the wedding between her and
the prince, who lived happily ever after.

songbook
INFANTILE
The Kingdom of Backwards

They told me that in the Kingdom of Backwards

nothing swims the bird and flies the fish,
that cats don't say meow and they say yes,
because they study English a lot.

Let's see what it is like

the Kingdom of Backwards.

They told me that in the Kingdom of Backwards

nobody dances with their feet,
that a thief is a guard and another is a judge,
and that two and two is three.

Let's see what it's like

 The Kingdom of Backward.

They told me that in the Upside Down Kingdom

a bear fits in a nut,
that use beards and mustaches babies,
and that a year lasts a month.

Let's see how it is

the Kingdom of Backward

They told me that in the Upside Down Kingdom

there is a Pekingese dog,
what falls upwards and once...
could not go down afterwards.

Let's see how it is

The Kingdom of Backwards.

They told me that in the Kingdom of Backwards

a man named Andrés
it has 1530 chimpanzees
that if you look, you don't see them.

Let's see how it is

the Kingdom of Backwards.

They told me that in the Kingdom of Backwards

a spider and a centipede
they have mounted to the Marquis's palace
in chess horses.

Let's see how it is

the Kingdom of Backwards.

©1965, María Elena Walsh

© Editorial Alfaguara Children's

Twist of the Smooth Monkey

The orange strolls
from the living room to the dining room.
Don't throw me with a knife,
throw me with a fork.
ANONYMOUS

Do you know, do you know what he did?

the famous Smooth Monkey?
At the edge of a ditch
caught live an orange:
What courage, what valor!
Although she forgot the knife
in the quince paste,
he/she caught it with a fork.

At dinner time
the orange felt embarrassed.
It was so good Mono Liso
that for dessert she didn't want it.
The brave hunter
he ordered his entourage
that they will keep her alive
in the refrigerator.

Plain Mono in the kitchen,

with Chinese patience,
I tamed her day by day:
the orange did not learn.
Plain Mono, with rigor,
in the end she pushed her a little,
and she took her first step
the orange, without error.

The orange, Smooth Monkey

she was showing it on the floor.
Other times, on a visit,
she carried it in its little cage.
But one day a thief entered.
Can you imagine what he did.
The Brave Smooth Monkey
-Oh, what a mess!
At the court of the Foolish King
he went to complain about the robbery.
Liar, the king promises
that has the Great Bonete.
Because yes, with frenzy,
suddenly the Monkey says:
-There it is, behind the throne,
the orange that I lost!
But the Queen says: -Watch out,
that I have a strong craving
to eat a salad
of tamed orange.
Mono Liso replied:
He/She will eat when you want.
three watermelons and one pear,
But my orange, no!

And the queen without permission

of the brave Smooth Monkey
he hid in a soup pot
the strolling orange.
Solid Mono saved her,
but by force of tapioca
the orange was crazy
and this story is over.

©1965, María Elena Walsh

 Vaccine song
Once upon a time there was a bru,

a little wizard in Gulubú

to the entire population
haunted without rhyme or reason.

Once upon a time, Mambrú was walking.

through the Gulubú forest.

The little wizard approached.

and the cold infected him.

The Cow of Gulubú

I couldn't say a word.
The little wizard cast a spell on her.

and the cow became silent.

The boys were very good,

Donkeys all in Gulubú.
They forgot the lesson
or suffered from measles.

But then the Doctorrrr arrived

driving a quad bike
And do you know what happened?
No?
All the witchcraft
of the little wizard of Gulubú
they were healed with the vacuum
with the vaccine
moon moon
lu.

It has been the little wizard the u,

one and only in Gulubú

that cried, kicked, and bit
when the doctor pricked him.

And then the Doctorrrr left

driving the four-wheeler.

©1965, María Elena Walsh

©Alfaguara Children's Publishing

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In a little matchbox
In a matchbox
Many things can be stored.

A ray of sunshine, for example.

But it must be locked up very quickly,
if not, the shadow will eat it.
A little bit of snowflake,
perhaps a moon coin,
buttons of the wind suit,
and much, much more.

I am going to tell you a secret.

In a matchbox
I have a tear saved,
and luckily, no one sees her.
It is clear that it is no longer useful to me.

It is true that it is very worn out.

I know, but what am I going to do,

It makes me very sad to throw it away.

Perhaps older people

They never understand about treasures.
"Trash," they will say, "Junk."
I don't know why they put all this together.
It doesn't matter, that you and I
we will still keep
sticks, fluff, buttons.
tacks, pencil shavings,
pits, caps, papers,
Tweety, spools, rags
rags, debris, and bugs.

In a matchbox
Many things can be stored.
Things don't have a mother.

In the land of Ican'tremember

In the country of Nomeacuerdo

I take three steps and I get lost.

One step over there,

I don't remember if I gave it.
One little step over there,
Oh, how scared I am.
A little step back,
and I won't give any more
because I already forgot
where did I put the other foot.
Manuelita the turtle
Manuelita lived in Pehuajó
but one day he left.
No one really knew why
she left for Paris,
a little walking
and a little bit on foot.

Manuelita one afternoon looked at herself

in a puddle and became distressed.

He said: -I don't know why
I am wrinkling myself,
if for eighty years
I have baby skin.

Manuelita once fell in love

about a turtle that passed.
He said: - What can I do?
Old woman is not going to love me;

in Europe and with patience

they can beautify me.
Manuelita finally arrived in Paris
in the times of King Louis.
He hid under a mattress
when the Revolution,
and upon hearing the Marseillaise

he/she peeked out cautiously.

In the dry cleaner's in Paris

they painted it with varnish,
they ironed it in French
inside out and upside down,
they put on a wig
and boots on the feet.

It took so many years to cross the sea,

that it wrinkled again there,
and that's why he/she returned

old as it left
to look for his turtle
What the wait in Pehuajó.

Manuelita, Manuelita,
Manuelita, where are you going?

with your malachite suit

and your step so bold.
 March of Osías
Osías the little bear in a onesie
I was walking down Chacabuco street
glancing at the shop windows out of the corner of my eye,
without a piggy bank but with a craving.

Finally, he/she decided and at a bazaar

all of this and much more he wanted to buy.

I want time, but not rushed time,

time to play, which is the best.
Please give it to me loose and not caged.
inside an alarm clock.
Osías the little bear at the bazaar
he wanted to buy all this and much more.

I want a river with fourteen little fish.

and a garden without a guard and without a thief.
I also want it for when I'm alone.
a little conversation.

Osías the little bear at the bazaar

He wanted to buy all of this and much more.

I want stories, comics, and novels

but not the ones that have a button.
I want them in the hands of a grandmother.
that she reads them to me in a nightgown.

Osías the bear in the bazaar

all this and much more he wanted to buy.

I want everything that mirrors hold.

and a flower inside a ravioli
and also a hat with rabbits
and a ball that goes goal!

Osías the little bear at the bazaar

all this and much more he wanted to buy.

I want a sky very blue even if it costs me,

really, not a postcard sky,
to go away to the east and the west
in a space capsule.

Osias the little bear at the bazaar

he wanted to buy all this and much more.
 Mail Song
I see see see
stamps fly through the mail.
Butterflies are
that at night they sleep in the mailbox.

The Messenger Dove

branch manager
at the peak there is an envelope
and in the envelope a postcard.

He/She no longer knows what is happening.

with the date stamp:

paint instead of black dates
colorful puppets.
Suddenly a telegram
it bent like a plane
and went out through the window
spinning in a corkscrew.

Many letters are raised

from his paper cradle
and they walk away
like ants in a swarm.

The uppercase letters are falling

in the paste queue

but how are they so fat
they cannot be lifted.

To make matters worse, a package

the string got untied
and she left very uninhibited
to play with sawdust.

The dove strolls

from the desk to the blackboard
with the glasses on the leg
from despair.

The Dove is nervous,

the Dove is so bad
who got drunk on ink
and eat the apron.

I see, I see, I see

stamps fly through the mail.

Butterflies are
that at night they sleep in the mailbox.

Mail Song
I see I see I see

stamps fly through the mail.

Butterflies are
that at night they sleep in the mailbox.

The Messenger Pigeon

branch manager
at the peak there is an envelope
and in the envelope a postcard.

He/She no longer knows what is happening

with the date stamp:

paint instead of black dates
colored puppets.

Suddenly a telegram
it bent like an airplane
and went out the window
spinning in a corkscrew.

Many letters rise up

from her paper cradle
and they escape while walking
like ants in a swarm.

The uppercase letters are falling

in the paste queue

but how are they so fat
they cannot be raised.

To top it off, a shipment

the string came undone
and she left very confident
to play with sawdust.

The Dove strolls

from the desk to the blackboard
with the glasses on the leg
from desperation.

The dove is nervous,

the dove is so bad
that got drunk on ink
and the apron is eaten.

I see I see I see

stamps fly through the mail.

Butterflies are
that at night they sleep in the mailbox.