The old closet. Charles Dickens tale for children
The old closet' is a story by the great British writer Charles Dickens. In this case, the story is about an ingenious young man who manages to do a great job and give a lesson to a miserly lender. The conclusion or the moral of this fantastic story is the famous saying: 'greed breaks the sack'. Use
'The old closet' is a story by the great British writer Charles Dickens. In this case, the story is about an ingenious young man who manages to do a great job and give a lesson to a miserly lender. The conclusion or the moral of this fantastic story is the famous saying: 'greed breaks the sack'.
Use this adaptation of the Dickens story to talk about greed and greed with your children.
Adaptation of the story 'The old wardrobe', by Charles Dickens, for children
A young man was staying in a hostel called Los Tres Pichones. He had just arrived, and, sitting in his room, he was looking at the contents of an open trunk. It was full of very old clothes. Among all the clothes, women dresses already very old. The young man, however, let his imagination fly and thought: Con - With this I can still take advantage. I can summon the genius of One Thousand and One Nights and call the genius of vengeance ... or the genius of wealth. Then it was ten o'clock and he ran off, on the way to the only trade that was still open:a pawn shop
. In the store there were furniture, books, silver coins ... many luxuries. And in spite of the luxuries, behind the counter he saw a man lighted by a sad candle on a plate. The man
was called Mr. Benson , and he bought and sold used items.- Good evening, Mr. Benson, "said the young man." You see, I would like to buy an old wardrobe that I have seen in the shop window. - Good choice- said the seller- It is an old piece of furniture that cost me a lot, because antique furniture is fashionable. I'll sell it for two pounds sterling. De - Okay, and I'll pay cash, but with two conditions: that the furniture be delivered to me this very night and that being a gift for my aunt, if she does not like it, she can return it. Oh ... and that on the invoice indicate thatthe closet is sold with everything in it
. "It would be more," replied Mr. Benson. "I'll take it myself tonight." Tell me the address.
And that same night,
Mr. Benson took the furniture to the indicated address . He opened an old woman, who told him that he had barely been in that house for three days. He thanked his nephew for his gift and Benson returned happily to the store.It was 12 o'clock at night when a woman called
. He told him that he was a relative of the real owner of the cabinet and that he needed to recover it, because he was hiding a large fortune in one of his drawers. Mr. Benson could not believe it. He told him it could not be, that he had just sold it. And she insisted, which was a shame because the closet hid thousands of pounds ...
Mr. Benson, who was very greedy, told the woman to return the next morning, and ran to the place where he had brought the wardrobe. Then the young man who had bought it opened. Mr. Benson explained that he had made a mistake and that he needed to retrieve the cabinet. At first, the young man refused, but the avaricious moneylender offered him 250 pounds for him ... and the young man finally agreed. Que What a surprise Mr. Benson took when he arrived at his shop and checked that the cabinet did not hide any treasure
! And how happy the young man rested in the hostel Los Tres Pichones. He was looking at the women's dresses in the trunk las and the 250 pounds in his pocket. The young actor made a great performance, no doubt.
Tale based on 'The old wardrobe', by Charles Dickens
