The Swindler
The Swindler
In a busy kingdom long ago, a charming man named Simon travels from town to town. He dresses in fine clothes and claims to be a wealthy diamond merchant. When Simon meets lonely young women, he shows them pictures of gold and jewels. He takes them to expensive dinners and buys them beautiful gifts. But Simon has a dangerous secret that will change many lives forever.
Ascoltate bene, bambini, questa storia di un ladro astuto.
Listen well, children, to this tale of a clever thief.
In un regno molto trafficato, viveva un uomo di nome Simon.
In a busy kingdom, there lived a man named Simon.
Non era ricco, ma voleva che la gente pensasse che lo fosse.
He was not rich, but he wanted people to think he was.
Simon aveva molte scatole magiche parlanti che potevano raggiungere persone lontane.
Simon had many magic talking boxes that could reach people far away.
Simon trovò giovani donne sole nel regno.
Simon found lonely young women in the kingdom.
Ha mandato loro delle foto di se stesso che indossava abiti eleganti.
He sent them pictures of himself wearing fine clothes.
Mostrò loro monete d'oro e gioielli che non erano suoi.
He showed them gold coins and jewels that were not his.
"Sono un mercante di diamanti," disse loro.
"I am a diamond merchant," he told them.
Viaggio in terre lontane e compro pietre preziose.
"I travel to far lands and buy precious stones."
Le donne pensavano che Simon fosse meraviglioso.
The women thought Simon was wonderful.
Era bello e sembrava molto ricco.
He was handsome and seemed very rich.
Li portò in locande costose per cena.
He took them to expensive inns for dinner.
Ha comprato loro dei bei regali.
He bought them beautiful gifts.
Ma Simon pagò tutto con soldi presi in prestito.
But Simon paid for everything with borrowed money.
Dopo alcune settimane, Simon avrebbe inviato messaggi urgenti.
After some weeks, Simon would send urgent messages.
I notice you wrote "translate from English to it" but didn't specify what "it" refers to - which target language you'd like the translation in. Could you please clarify which language you'd like me to translate "Help me!" into?
"Help me!
Degli uomini cattivi mi stanno inseguendo!
Bad men are chasing me!
Vogliono rubare i miei diamanti!
They want to steal my diamonds!
Ho bisogno di monete d'oro velocemente, o mi faranno del male!
I need gold coins quickly, or they will hurt me!"
Le donne amavano Simon.
The women loved Simon.
Volevano salvarlo.
They wanted to save him.
Alcune donne gli diedero centinaia di monete d'oro.
Some women gave him hundreds of gold coins.
Altri vendettero le loro case e i loro cavalli per aiutarlo.
Others sold their houses and horses to help him.
Ma Simon stava mentendo.
But Simon was lying.
Non c'erano uomini cattivi.
There were no bad men.
Non c'erano diamanti.
There were no diamonds.
Simon prese i soldi e scomparve.
Simon took the money and disappeared.
Si trasferì in nuove città e trovò nuove donne da ingannare.
He moved to new towns and found new women to trick.
Una donna coraggiosa di nome Anna perse tutti i suoi soldi a causa di Simon.
One brave woman named Anna lost all her money to Simon.
Lei era molto arrabbiata.
She was very angry.
Anna trovò altre donne che erano state ingannate.
Anna found other women who had been tricked.
Insieme, andarono dalle guardie del re.
Together, they went to the king's guards.
Le guardie hanno catturato Simon.
The guards caught Simon.
Aveva rubato migliaia di monete d'oro da molte donne.
He had stolen thousands of gold coins from many women.
Simon andò in prigione, ma la maggior parte delle donne non riuscì mai a riavere i propri soldi.
Simon went to prison, but most of the women never got their money back.
Ricordate questa storia, bambini.
Remember this story, children.
Le parole belle e le cose luccicanti non dicono sempre la verità.
Pretty words and shiny things do not always tell the truth.