UN PAR DE ALAS (vingar för pengarna)

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Yo me compraré un par de alas

y cortaré etéreas salas...

cuando vuele quinientas millas,

volaré quinientas más:

pues hacer lo que unx debe

es hacer lo que unx quiere y querrá...

¡HEY!

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Tuve asegurada mi vida,

siempre al fin de la cola de a quienes compensan...

nunca tuve vacaciones

ni ninguna recompensa...

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Yo viví cual trillonarix,

todo caprichos, sin desprecio...

Aquí no regalan nada,

todo tiene un alto precio....

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Yo comprendo,

saber lo que quiero es duro:

con qué yo quiero al fin emplear el futuro...

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Yo me compraré un par de alas

y surcaré etéreas salas...

Yo me compraré un par de alas

y cortaré etéreas salas...

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Es que para la existencia

una frase especial hay:

que hacer lo que unx debe

es hacer lo que unx quiere y querrá...

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Yo observo una fortuna

a la sombra de un ensueño,

si las aves son salvajes

al despertar de su sueño...

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Yo comprendo,

saber lo que quiero es duro:

con qué yo quiero al fin emplear el futuro...

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Yo me compraré un par de alas

y surcaré etéreas salas...

Yo me compraré un par de alas

y cortaré etéreas salas...

cuando vuele quinientas millas,

volaré quinientas más:

pues hacer lo que unx debe

es hacer lo que unx quiere y querrá...

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Mis alas las fijaré

con amor que es de verdad

mis alas me las ganaré y mostraré

al triunfar...

Si sin inmolar lo que eras

ganaste tu libertad...

déjate llevar por el aire,

pues sabes volar...

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Yo comprendo,

saber lo que quiero es duro:

con qué yo quiero al fin emplear el futuro...

________________

Yo me compraré un par de alas

y surcaré etéreas salas...

Yo me compraré un par de alas

y cortaré etéreas salas...

cuando vuele quinientas millas,

volaré quinientas más:

pues hacer lo que unx debe

es hacer lo que unx quiere y querrá...

more on three nights tales (even more)

 [...] But it is usually followed by the episode of the Forgotten Fiancée (Type 313C). In such case, after the young people have escaped, the hero tells his fiancée, or bride, that he must leave her for a short visit to his own family. She warns him against certain specific acts which will bring on magic forgetfulness: kissing [...]. He breaks the prohibition, and loses all memory of his bride. She realizes what has happened and undertakes to overcome the magic forgetfulness. Frequently this does not occur until after the hero is about to marry again or even until after his marriage. In one series of tales she bribes the new bride to let her sleep beside her husband. He awakens on the third night and recovers. Or, in some cases, the forgotten bride may simply attract attention in some unusual fashion. For example, she places three lovers in embarrassing positions and arouses gossip. Or she magically stops the wedding carriage of her husband and his new bride.

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In one way or another she always succeeds in the end, and the hero chooses her instead of his new bride, [p. 90] sometimes remarking that the old key which has been found again is better than a new one.

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Before being reunited she still has to win him from the wife that he is about to marry and especially to cause him to recognize her, since he has forgotten all about her. To do this she sometimes takes service as a maid and buys with three jewels the privilege of sleeping with her husband three nights. The story always ends with the reunion of the couple and a happy marriage.

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The adventures at the very end of the story are frequently the same as those in the tale of the Forgotten Fiancée (Type 313C).

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ADIVINANZA + EL MININO

 

ADIVINANZA

Si el sol brilla,

me quedo en casita,

en mi camita.

Si está nublado,

¡marchen, un, dos, tres!,

de mi concha salgo.

Me gustan la lluvia,

el viento

y el cielo gris...

Adivina,

adivinanza,

¿quién soy?

---¿Un caracol?

---¡Eso es! ¡Bravo!

EL MININO

¿Qué hace el gatito con las tijeras de su papá y un gran rollo de papel azul? Está forrando las cubiertas de sus libros de lectura y de sus cuadernos para que no se manchen.

¿Qué hace el minino con un paquete de etiquetas y un gran lápiz rojo? Está marcando su cartera y su caja de pinturas para que no se extravíen.

WHO STARS IN 2010S (BBC/PBS) LES MIS?

 Les Misérables, the BBC's song-less adaptation of Victor Hugo's epic 1862 novel, is stacked with stars – including the likes of Olivia Colman, Lily Collins and David Oyelowo.

Though fans of the long-running musical will be wary about the decision to ditch the singing, rest assured we're in good hands: the six-part series has been penned by Andrew Davies, the man behind top notch adaptations including Vanity Fair, Pride and Prejudice, Middlemarch, and War & Peace.

Enjolras: This barricade is made of more than cobblestones and bedsteads: it is made of hopes, ideals, of love for our fellow men. We fight for the wretched of the earth, and if we die, we go to our deaths with joy! Long live the Republic!
Through a melee of agony, smoke, and fire, the insurgents are killed. Gavroche is shot down as he picks bullets off corpses, and Enjolras and his drunken friend Grantaire bravely face a firing squad as comrades and brothers.

PS. In this film Enj looks like Freddie Mercury and R like Lefou - but I am not responsible for these casting decisions.

The revolutionary young men: Enjolras (Joseph Quinn), Courfeyrac (Archie Madekwe), Grantaire (Turlough Convery)

Enjolras played by Joseph Quinn

Who is Enjolras? A student and revolutionary who leads the Friends of the ABC, and encourages Marius to join their fight against the establishment.

Where have I seen Joseph Quinn before? Quinn recently played the central role of Leonard Bast in the BBC adaptation of Howard's End, and has also appeared in Game of Thrones (as Koner), Dickensian and Timewasters.

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Courfeyrac played by Archie Madekwe

Who is Courfeyrac? Marius' best friend, and a student revolutionary who is committed to fighting alongside Enjolras when the time comes.

Where have I seen Archie Madekwe before? The young actor has played Eddy in Informer, Jackson Bailey in Hang Ups, and Luca in Fresh Meat.

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Grantaire played by Turlough Convery

Who is Grantaire? One of Marius' drinking pals and a student revolutionary. He doesn't take things quite so seriously as Enjolras or Courfeyrac, but despite his drunkenness he is committed to the cause – and to his friends.

Where have I seen Turlough Convery before? You may recognise him as Tom Harry from Poldark. He has also played Liam in My Mad Fat Diary, Stingray in the Black Mirror episode White Christmas, McNeish in Lovesick, and Declan in Doing Money.