Portada de The Star Money

There was once on a time a little girl whose father and mother were dead, and she was so poor that she no longer had any little room to live in, or bed to sleep in, and at last she had nothing else but the clothes she was wearing and a little bit of bread in her hand which some charitable soul had given her. She was, however, good and pious. And as she was thus forsaken by all the world, she went forth into the open country, trusting in the good God.

Había una vez una niña cuyo padre y madre habían muerto, y era tan pobre que ya no tenía ninguna habitación donde vivir, ni cama donde dormir, y al final no tenía nada más que la ropa que llevaba puesta y un pedacito de pan en la mano que alguna alma caritativa le había dado. Sin embargo, era buena y piadosa. Y como todo el mundo la había abandonado, salió al campo abierto, confiando en el buen Dios.

Then a poor man met her, who said, “Ah, give me something to eat, I am so hungry!” She reached him the whole of her piece of bread, and said, “May God bless it to thy use,” and went onwards. Then came a child who moaned and said, “My head is so cold, give me something to cover it with.” So she took off her hood and gave it to him; and when she had walked a little farther, she met another child who had no jacket and was frozen with cold.

Entonces se encontró con un pobre hombre, que dijo: «¡Ah, dame algo de comer, tengo tanta hambre!» Ella le entregó todo su pedazo de pan, y dijo: «Que Dios te lo bendiga,» y siguió su camino. Luego vino un niño que gemía y decía: «Tengo la cabeza tan fría, dame algo para cubrirla.» Así que se quitó su capucha y se la dio; y cuando había caminado un poco más, se encontró con otro niño que no tenía chaqueta y estaba helado de frío.

Then she gave it her own; and a little farther on one begged for a frock, and she gave away that also. At length she got into a forest and it had already become dark, and there came yet another child, and asked for a little shirt, and the good little girl thought to herself, “It is a dark night and no one sees thee, thou canst very well give thy little shirt away,” and took it off, and gave away that also.

Entonces le dio la suya; y un poco más adelante otro le pidió un vestido, y ella también se lo dio. Al fin llegó a un bosque y ya había oscurecido, y llegó todavía otro niño, y pidió una camisita, y la buena niñita pensó para sí: «Es una noche oscura y nadie te ve, bien puedes darle tu camisita,» y se la quitó, y también se la dio.

And as she so stood, and had not one single thing left, suddenly some stars from heaven fell down, and they were nothing else but hard smooth pieces of money, and although she had just given her little shirt away, she had a new one which was of the very finest linen. Then she gathered together the money into this, and was rich all the days of her life.

Y mientras así estaba, sin tener ya ni una sola cosa, de pronto cayeron unas estrellas del cielo, y no eran otra cosa que piezas de dinero duras y lisas, y aunque acababa de dar su camisita, tenía una nueva que era del lino más fino. Entonces recogió el dinero en ella, y fue rica todos los días de su vida.

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  1. What is the little girl's situation at the start of the story?

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    Respuesta: She is a poor orphan with no home, only the clothes she wears and a bit of bread

    Her parents are dead, she has no room or bed, and owns nothing but her clothes and a piece of bread.

  2. What does the girl give to the poor hungry man she meets first?

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    Respuesta: Her whole piece of bread

    She reaches him the whole of her piece of bread and says, "May God bless it to thy use."

  3. By the time she reaches the dark forest, what has she already given away?

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    Respuesta: Her bread, hood, and jacket

    She gave her bread to a hungry man, her hood to a cold child, and her jacket to a freezing child.

  4. What happens right after she gives away her last piece of clothing, her little shirt?

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    Respuesta: Stars fall from heaven as pieces of money, and she has a new shirt of fine linen

    As soon as she has nothing left, stars fall as hard smooth coins, and she finds herself wearing fine new linen.

  5. How does the girl's life end up, after giving away everything she owned?

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    Respuesta: She becomes rich for the rest of her life

    She gathers the fallen star money and is rich all the days of her life.

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