The Prince and the Pauper - Bookworms 2 It is 1547 in London, and Tom is a pauper. His father sends him onto the streets of London to beg for money every day, and hits him when he brings nothing back. But Edward is a prince, the son of King Henry VIII, and he has everything. There is something very unusual about these boys: they are from different worlds, but they look the same. When they meet one day, a mistake puts each boy into the wrong life. So what happens when a prince lives as a pauper, and a pauper lives as a king?
Young Prince Edward lived a life of luxury with servants to grant his every wish. Tom Canty spent his days begging on the streets, and his nights in a hovel with his tyrannical father. When the two boys meet, a simple switch of clothing sets them on a path they'd never dreamed possible. The prince, mistaken for Tom, is forced to live a pauper's life, while Tom unwillingly takes on the life of a prince. And in the end, each boy finds the king inside himself.
Barbie stars in the amazing story of two identical girls born at the same moment. One is a princess and the other is poor, but they share an incredible destiny.
The strange story of the prince who became a ragged pauper and the ragged pauper who became a prince has persisted in English legend for four hundred years.
Two babies born on the same day into very different lives. One is a prince and the other is a pauper who will grow up begging on the streets of London. Ten years later they meet and change places. For a short time they enjoy it but then they cannot change back. That same day, the old King dies. Will a pauper now be King of England? Russian comments to the text