Spanish · Beginner
Adapted from The Fox and the Stork
A fox serves food in a way the stork cannot eat, and the stork later returns the trick.
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Scene 1 · Beginner
El zorro y la cigüeña solían visitarse y parecían muy buenos amigos. Una vez, el zorro la invitó a cenar. Para hacerle una broma, solo le sirvió un poco de sopa en un plato muy poco hondo.
The fox and the stork used to visit each other and seemed like very good friends. One time, the fox invited her to dinner. As a joke, he served her only a little soup on a very shallow plate.
Él podía tomarla con la lengua sin ningún problema. Pero la cigüeña solo lograba mojar la punta de su largo pico. Al terminar, tenía tanta hambre como al principio.
He could lap it up with his tongue without any trouble. But the stork could only wet the tip of her long beak. When she finished, she was just as hungry as she had been at first.
«Siento que no te guste la sopa», dijo el zorro.
“I’m sorry you don’t like the soup,” said the fox.
«No te disculpes —respondió ella—. Espero que pronto vengas a cenar conmigo».
“Don’t apologize,” she replied. “I hope you’ll come have dinner with me soon.”
Entonces eligieron un día para la visita.
Then they chose a day for the visit.
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