Augusto Monterroso's tales Aphorisms The dwarfs have a kind of sixth sense that allows them recognize at first sight. Horse imagining to God Despite what they say, the idea of a heaven inhabited of Horses and presided over for a God with equine figure repugnant to good taste and logic more elemental, reasoned the other days the horse. Every one know --continued his reasoning-- that if the Horses were able of imagine to God we it would imagine in shape of horseman. How get close to the fables With precaution, like any small thing. But without fear. Finally will discover that none fable is detrimental, except when it reaches to see in she some lesson. This is bad. If not bad, the world would be govern by fables of Esopo; but in which case would dissapear whole that make interesting the world, like the rich, the racial prejudices, the color of the underwear and the war; and the world would be then very boring, because not would wounded for the wheelchairs, or poor to who help, or blacks to work in the docks, or pretty people for the magazine Vogue. So, the best is get close to the fables looking to laugh. That's. Here this a book of fables. Runs to buy it. No, better I am give you it; you see, I've never laughed so much.

Augusto Monterroso's biography Although he grew in Guatemala and years later settled in Mexico for motives politics, the writer Augusto Monterroso (who was called "Tito"), was born on December 21, 1921 in Tegucigalpa, Honduras. The first texts of this narrator and essay-writer began to arise from 1959, year in which published the first edition of "Complete works and other stories". Time later, the literary work of this Guatemalan who is considered like one of the models of the mini fiction, would be more extensive with works like "The black sheep and other fables", "Perpetual move", "The rest is silence", "Travel to the center of the fable", "The magic word" and "The prospectors of golden", among others. Notably that Monterroso is the author of "When be aroused the dinosaur still was there", one composition that, during many years, it was indicated like the story more brief of the universal literature. However, there are to say that the achievements of former member of the Guatemalan Academy of the Spanish Language they were not just in that wise choice. Throughout of his trajectory, the writer not just received the qualification of "Doctor Honoris Causa" by the University of San Carlos from Guatemala, but also was decorated with the "Aguila Azteca" for his contribution to the Mexican culture, and recognized with the awards Magda Donato, Villaurrutia, Juan Rulfo Narrativa and the National Award of Literature in Guatemala, among others. In 2000, in addition, obtained the Award Prince Of Asturias of the lyrics. Augusto Monterroso die on February 7, 2003 leaving one legacy valuable that, nowadays, is under the protection of the University of Oviedo later that the writer Bárbara Jacobs, scabious of the Guatemalan author, decided donate the valuable colection to that educational institution.

I've Written About London I want to be writer so that I have been practicing much for improve my texts and be a better every day. As I like Great Britain recently I wrote about London and the result was very good, I am very happy for that. I wrote about many things of London for example: its streets, its famous Big Ben, its cars, its taxis, its buildings... many things! Also I am very happy because my teacher of English has read my text and said that was very beautiful and she tell me that I am a great writer and that in the future I will be "the next García Márquez" She is beautiful and I love her! Because she is the best teacher, person and friend (all together) that I've had. In the text also I named Dickens because he is a great writer of this place and I love attention to detail in all thing, he is very careful when write about of London, It's great! Also I named to The Beatles because they are my favorite band and because are the best band in the history! In the end, I wrote many about London because I love this place (along with other places that I will talk of later) and I wait someday go to London. Ahh, the text name is"Walking For London" No more forre now, goodbye guys.

I love Great Britain and London <3 I like a lot Great Britain; for things like his culture, his music, his literature and his girls. I've always liked this place of the world (with other places that I will talk later) and in especial the city of London. The music is one of the things that I like of Great Britain, I like the rock so that not's rare that this island is one of my favorites places, because has had bands very importants in the rock like The Beatles (My favorite band), Rolling Stones, Pink Floyd, Queen, Cold Play, Muse or Radiohead; in other kind of music but in the same place this: Adele that also I like. I love read so the literature is one of the areas I know very good. About the literature of Great Britain I can talk about Charles Dickens, J.K. Rowling and William Golding (just now I am read a book of this writer, Lord Of The Flies) there other heap of authors that I haven't read but sure someday I will read. Dickens it's a writer fantastic, with his books transports you to London in the century XIX ... I love it! The photographs of the girls of London show that they are very beautiful and sexy... I love his hair, his body and above all his face with the beautiful eyes clear and the skin very white. Also I like the buildings old, the phoneboxes, the taxis, the lakes, the lanterns... all! for me all is perfect and beautiful in Great Britain, and for no to extend more this text just I tell that this place it's one the more beautiful places of the planet. No more for now, goodbye guys.

Presentation Hello people of italki. My name is Mauro Herrera... ok, ok my real name is Mauricio Herrera but all world call me Mauro so I not use much my real name. I am 16 years old and I am a student of ultimate grade in the school so I am very excited for finish and starting my life in the university. I am a young writer and amateur photographer. I like other things like: Art, Literature, Cinema, Music, Photography, Anime, Videogames and Tecnology. I will study languages, I am interested: English, French and Japanese but I not have problem in learn others languages. Some of my quotes like writer: "The greatness of a good writer no lies in the quality or aesthetics of his calligraphy but in the value and argument that have his ideas to be exposed in the texts" "A day somebody tell me that to live forever had to write; since then I've worked with enormous effort for be inmortal" I hope that the traduction no remove value from my quotes. No more for now, goodbye guys.