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Alan Alexander Milne (1882-1956) |
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Alan Alexander Milne, better known as
A. A. Milne, was the creator of Winnie-the-Pooh. He was born in
London where his father
owned a private school.
Among the teachers were, for some time, the science fiction writer
H.G. Wells. A
gifted mathematician,
Milne won a
scholarship to Westminster School when he was
only eleven. He studied mathematics at Trinity College, Cambridge,
and after receiving his B.A. in 1903, he started his career as a
freelance writer. At the age of 44 Milne published Winnie-the-Pooh.
These
hugely popular stories were set in Ashdown
forest featuring Milne's son Christopher with various talking
animals and animated versions of his toys. In the 1930s and 40s
Milne was active in religious and pacifist polemics. At the age of
fifty-six he published his autobiography, It's Too Late Now,
which focused mostly on his childhood years. An operation on
Milne's brain in 1952 left him an invalid during the last four
years of his life. He died on January 31, 1956. After his wife's
death in 1971, part of the fortune earned by the Pooh books came
to the Royal Literary Fund, providing for writers in financial
distress. |
Buckingham
Palace |
They're changing
guard at Buckingham Palace -
Christopher Robin went down with Alice.
Alice is marrying one of the guard.
"A soldier's life is terrible
hard,"
Says Alice.
They're changing guard at Buckingham Palace -
Christopher Robin went down with Alice.
We saw a guard in a
sentry-box.
"One of the sergeants
looks after their
socks,"
Says Alice.
They're changing guard at Buckingham Palace -
Christopher Robin went down with Alice.
We looked for the King, but he never came.
"Well,
God take care of him,
all the same,"
Says Alice.
They're changing guard at Buckingham Palace -
Christopher Robin went down with Alice.
They've great big parties inside the
grounds.
"I wouldn't be King for a hundred pounds,"
Says Alice.
They're changing guard at Buckingham Palace -
Christopher Robin went down with Alice.
A face
looked out, but
it wasn't
the King's.
"He's much too busy
a-signing things,"
Says Alice.
They're changing guard at Buckingham Palace -
Christopher Robin went down with Alice.
"Do you think the King knows all about me?"
"Sure
to, dear, but it's time for tea,"
Says Alice. |
Alan
Alexander Milne |
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GLOSSARY |
owned: had (tenía,
poseía)
gifted: showing a natural aptitude for something (dotadon
capaz)
scholarship: financial aid provided to a student on the
basis of academic merit (beca)
hugely: enormously (enormemente)
distress: psychological suffering (depresión)
hard: arduous, difficult (ardua, difícil)
sentry-box: a small shelter with an open front to
protect a sentry. A sentry is someone employed to
watch for something to happen (garita) |
looks after: watches, looks out
(revisa, controla, vigila)
God take care of him: God protect him (que Dios lo
guarde, lo proteja)
grounds: the enclosed land around a house or other
building (terrenos, recintos)
looked out: watched (vigilaba, controlaba)
the King's: the King's face (el rostro del rey)
a-signing: signing [expresión literaria] (firmando)
sure to: I'm sure he knows all about you (claro que sabe
acerca de ti) |
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