The Fat Prince and the Angry Man

Percy is a prince. He lives in a beautiful country called Pinland. Peter is his

father. He is the King of Pinland. They both live in the palace.
Last summer, Percy was sad.
'You can't play with the other children in the sun, 'the King said to Prince
Percy. 'They are poor, but you are rich. ne day you are going to be King of
Pinland.'
!any poor children played outside the palace. "very day the ran, #umped and
danced. $ometimes they wor%ed with their mothers and fathers in the fields.
They were poor, but they were healthy.
Prince Percy sat in the palace and ate too many ca%es and ice&creams. He was a
fat prince.
'ear the palace there was a big, dar% forest.
'Let's go and play in the forest(' said the children. ')e can climb trees.'
$ome old people in the town were angry. '*on't go in the forest(' they said. '+t's
dangerous. The ,ngry !an lives there. He will eat you.' The children laughed.
They were not afraid.
ne day Prince Percy loo%ed out of the palace window. He saw the children
playing and laughing in a field near the forest. 'they're happy,' he thought. ')hy
can't + play with them-' He bounced a ball on the floor sadly.
Then a boy shouted to Percy, '.ome here and play with us(' The boy's name was
Podd. He was fat.
Prince Percy was afraid. '!y father will be angry,' he said.
'*on't be afraid,' said Podd. '.ome and play with us('
Percy loo%ed at the children. They were happy. He carried his bass to the field
and played with the children.
Podd loo%ed at the trees. '+'m going to play in the forest(' he said. '.ome with
me('
''o, don't go(' said his friend, Tom. 'The ,ngry !an lives there. He will eat you.'
'+'m not afraid,' Podd said. He went to the forest.
Prince Percy and the children followed him.
$uddenly Podd saw a thin old man. He had a very angry face.
'Help(' shouted Podd. '+t's the ,ngry !an. He will eat us('
The children ran away. /ut Prince Percy was too fat.
'+ can't run 0uic%ly enough(' he said. The ,ngry !an caught him. Percy was
afraid. ',re you going to eat me-' he as%ed the ,ngry !an.
''o, said the ,ngry !an. '.ome to my house. You can wor% for me. !y name is
,lan.'
Percy went to ,lan's house in the forest. He wor%ed hard. He coo%ed, cleaned,
chopped wood and dug the garden. +n the evening, Percy was tired and hungry.
,lan gave him enough food, but not too much. There were no ca%es or ice&creams.
Prince Percy wor%ed hard every day. "very evening Percy and ,lan ate bread,
chic%en, vegetables and fruit. They dran% water and tea. Percy was not a fat
prince now. He was slim and healthy.
')hy are you angry-' as%ed Percy one day. ')hy don't you live in the town-'
'"veryone in the town laughed at me ,' said ,lan.
')hy did they laugh-' as%ed Percy.
'/ecause + was thin and ugly,' said ,lan.
'ow Prince Percy and ,lan were friends, so ,lan was not angry. He was a happy
man. Percy ate enough food but he did not eat too much food. 'ow the ,ngry !an
was not angry, and the fat prince was not fat(
/ut the prince was not happy. '+ was to go and see my father in the palace,' he
said. '+ want to play with the children.'
,lan and the prince went to the palace. The people in the town saw them.
They were ama1ed.
'Loo% at the prince(' they said. 'He was a fat prince, but now he's slim( ,nd loo%
at ,lan( He was an angry man, but now he's happy('
'+ ate less food and + wor%ed hard,' said Percy proudly, 'so now +'m slim.'
'+ want to be slim(' said Podd. '+ will eat less food, too.'
The King was very happy to see his son. 'You can play with the other children,'
he said. ',nd ,lan, you can come and live at the palace.'
Percy es un prncipe. Vive en un hermoso pas llamado Pinland. Pedro es su
padre. l es el Rey de Pinland. Ambos viven en el palacio.
El verano pasado, Percy estaba triste.
"No se puede juar con otros ni!os en el sol", dijo el Rey al Prncipe Percy. ""on
pobres, pero t# eres rico. $n da va a ser el Rey de Pinland.
%uchos ni!os pobres juado &uera del palacio. 'ada da, la corra, saltaba y
bailaba. A veces trabajaba con sus madres y padres en los campos. Eran pobres,
pero (ue estaban sanos.
Percy prncipe se sent) en el palacio, y comi) tambi*n muchos pasteles y
helados. l era un prncipe de rasa.
'erca del palacio haba un bos(ue rande y oscuro.
"Vamos a juar en el bos(ue+" dijo (ue los ni!os. "Podemos subir a los ,rboles."
Alunas personas de edad en la ciudad estaban enojados. "No vayas por el
bos(ue+" dijeron. "Es peliroso. El hombre enojado vive all. -ue te van a comer. "
.os ni!os se rieron. Ellos no tenan miedo.
$n da el prncipe Percy mir) por la ventana del palacio. Vio a los ni!os juando
y riendo en un campo cerca del bos(ue. "Est,n &elices", pens). /Por (u* no
puedo juar con ellos0 "e recuper) un bal)n en el suelo con triste1a.
A continuaci)n, un ni!o rit) a Percy, 2Ven a(u y juar con nosotros+ " El
nombre del ni!o &ue Podd. Era ordo.
Percy prncipe tena miedo. "%i padre se en&adar,, dijo.
"3No ten,is miedo", dijo Podd. "Ven a juar con nosotros+"
Percy mir) a los ni!os. Ellos estaban &elices. .lev) a su bajo al campo y juar
con los ni!os.
Podd mir) los ,rboles. "4o voy a juar en el bos(ue+" dijo. 2Ven conmio+ "
"No, no te vayas+" , dijo su amio, 5om. "El hombre enojado vive all. -ue te van
a comer. "
"No teno miedo", dijo Podd. "e &ue a la selva.
Prncipe Percy y los ni!os lo siuieron.
6e repente vio a un hombre Podd viejo delado. 5ena una cara muy enojada.
27elp+2 rit) Podd. "Es el hombre en&adado. l nos comen+
.os ni!os salieron corriendo. Pero el prncipe Percy era demasiado ordo.
"No puedo correr lo su&icientemente r,pido+" dijo. El hombre enojado le llam).
Percy tena miedo. "/Est, usted me va a comer0 8le preunt) el hombre enojado.
"No, dijo el hombre en&adado. "Ven a mi casa. $sted puede trabajar para m. %i
nombre es Alan.
Percy &ue a la casa de Alan en la selva. 5rabaj) duro. l cocinaba, limpiaba,
picado de madera y e9cav) el jardn. Por la tarde, Percy estaba cansado y
hambriento. Alan le dieron su&iciente comida, pero no demasiado. No hubo tortas o
helados.
Prncipe Percy trabajado duro todos los das. 'ada noche, Percy y Alan se
comi) el pan, pollo, verduras y &rutas. :ebieron aua y t*. Percy no era un prncipe
de rasa ahora. Era delado y saludable.
"/Por (u* est,s tan enojado0" Percy pidi) un da. "/Por (u* no vivir en la
ciudad0
"5odo el mundo en el pueblo se rean de m", dijo Alan.
"/Por (u* se ren0" preunt) Percy.
"Por(ue yo era delada y &ea", dijo Alan.
Ahora el Prncipe de Percy y Alan eran amios, por lo (ue Alan no estaba
enojado. l era un hombre &eli1. Percy se comi) la comida su&iciente, pero no
coma mucha comida. Ahora el hombre enojado no estaba enojado, y el prncipe
de rasa no estaba orda+
Pero el prncipe no era &eli1. "4o iba a ir a ver a mi padre en el palacio", dijo. "4o
(uiero juar con los ni!os."
Alan y el prncipe se dirii) al palacio. .a ente en la ciudad los vio. Ellos se
sorprendieron.
"%ira el prncipe+ dijeron. "l era un prncipe de rasa, pero ahora est, delado+
4 mira a Alan+ l era un hombre enojado, pero ahora est, &eli1+ "
"4o coma menos alimentos y he trabajado duro", dijo Percy con orullo, "as
(ue ahora estoy delada.
"-uiero ser delada+ dijo Podd. "Voy a comer menos comida, tambi*n."
El rey estaba muy contento de ver a su hijo. ""e puede juar con los otros
ni!os", dijo. "4 Alan, usted puede venir a vivir en el palacio."