Spanish
Es verano.
English translation
It’s summer.
Spanish · Absolute Beginner
La cigarra y la hormiga
Adapted from The Ant and the Grasshopper
A grasshopper spends the summer singing while an ant stores food for winter.
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Scene 1 · Absolute Beginner
Una hormiga atareada en verano
A busy ant in summer
Spanish
Una cigarra salta y canta en el campo.
English translation
A cicada hops and sings in the field.
Spanish
Una hormiga lleva comida a su casa.
English translation
An ant carries food to its home.
Spanish
No es fácil llevar la comida.
English translation
It isn’t easy to carry the food.
Spanish
La cigarra invita a la hormiga a hablar.
English translation
The cicada invites the ant to talk.
Spanish
Pero la hormiga guarda comida para el invierno.
English translation
But the ant is storing food for the winter.
Spanish
«Guarda comida tú también», dice la hormiga.
English translation
“You should store food too,” the ant says.
Spanish
La cigarra no se preocupa por el invierno.
English translation
The cicada isn’t worried about winter.
Spanish
Ahora hay mucha comida.
English translation
There’s plenty of food now.
Spanish
La hormiga sigue trabajando.
English translation
The ant keeps working.
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