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KING HENRY IS DEAD
Catherine Parr a month ago was the Queen of England and wife of Henry VIII. He sat on one of the chairs of Henry outside his wooden desk and watched the paintings around the room. Beside me was a large picture of Henry as a young man. I turned to Margaret and said: Did you see that painting of the king? Is really had many wives? Margaret said ' Yes, of course. Margaret looked away and said,' We never received much information from London home and the home of my family it was very far from the nearest village. '' It does not matter ' I said smiling. That letter was Henrys second wife, Anne Boleyn. I found letters from Henrys other wives. This is an old letter from his first wife, Katherine of Aragon. She was married to him for long. She had only one child or not said Margaret. There were 5 other children, but were born too early and died. Again I looked at the card with bird in it. Have you heard of Anne Boleyn, Margaret? Yes, my mother talked about it. She told me it was a very bad woman. Well, that's what some people said. Anne was the mother of Henrys second daughter, Princess Elizabeth. This letter is Katherine Howard, Henrys fifth wife. Both Anne and Katherine, were decapitated in a horrible prison, the Tower of London. Why the king sent them to kill. Asked Margaret. They had many enemies, who said that they were lovers. But the king believed them. I looked for another card. This is one of Jane Seymour. She was the third wife and the mother of the only child of Henry. Look, a letter from Anne of Cleves, the fourth wife of Henry They had one child. Henry thought that Anne was very ugly and did not want her to be the mother of his children. Margaret was silent. Then he said, King Henry seemed a terrible husband. It was not all bad, Margaret. But it is true that it was not a good person with their wives. Margaret looked at the box. Then why was keeping the letters asked. Well the take with us and we will read tomorrow.

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buried: enterrado week: semana only: slo walked: caminado wanting: querer cold: fro dark: oscuro room: habitacin wooden: de madera watching: viendo said: dicho strong: fuerte clever: inteligente course: curso smiling: sonriente wives: esposas necklace: collar afraid: asustado still: todava keep: mantener asked: pregunt box: caja

TRADUCCIN

Catherine Parr hace un mes era la reina de Inglaterra y la esposa de Henry VIII. Se sent en uno de las sillas de Henry frente a su escritorio de madera y observ las pinturas alrededor del cuarto. A mi lado haba un gran cuadro de Henry de cuando era joven. Me dirig a Margaret y dije: Viste aquella pintura del rey? El realmente tuvo tantas esposas? dijo Margaret S, por supuesto. Margaret mir a lo lejos y dijo, Nunca recibimos mucha informacin de Londres en casa y la casa de mi familia estaba muy lejos de la aldea ms cercana. Eso no importa Dije sonriendo. Aquella carta era de la segunda esposa de Henry, Anne Boleyn. He encontrado unas cartas de las otras esposas de Henry. sta es una vieja carta de su primera esposa, Katherine de Aragon. Ella estuvo casada con l por mucho tiempo. Ella tuvo slo un hijo o no dijo Margaret. Hubo 5 otros nios, pero nacieron muy tempranamente y fallecieron. Nuevamente mir la carta con el pjaro en ella. Has escuchado hablar de Anne Boleyn, Margaret? S, mi madre habl sobre ella. Ella me dijo que fue una muy mala mujer. Bueno, eso es lo que algunas personas decan. Anne fue la madre de la segunda hija de Henry, la Princesa Elizabeth. Esta carta es de Katherine Howard, la quinta esposa de Henry. Ambas, Anne y Katherine, fueron decapitadas en una

horrible prisin, la torre de Londres. Por qu el rey las envi a matar. Pregunt Margaret. Ellos tenan muchos enemigos, los cuales decan que ellos tenan amantes. Pero el rey las crey. Mir otra carta. Esta es una de Jane Seymour. Ella fue la tercera esposa y la madre del nico hijo de Henry. Mira, una carta de Anne of Cleves, la cuarta esposa de Henry Tuvieron algn hijo. Henry pensaba que Anne era muy fea y no quera que ella fuera la madre de sus hijos. Margaret permaneci en silencio. Luego dijo, el rey Henry pareca un marido terrible. No todo fue malo, Margaret. Pero es verdad que no fue buena persona con sus esposas. Margaret mir la caja. Entonces porqu segua guardando las cartas pregunt. Bueno las llevaremos con nosotros y las leeremos maana.