Spanish stories.
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El pequeño café

The Little Café

Nora arrives in Albarracín with one suitcase, opens her late grandmother's tiny café for the first time, and wakes the next morning to find a woman named Pilar…

Safari en la bañera

Bathtub Safari

"Make sure to clean behind your ears."

Una casa para Ratón

A House for Mouse

Mouse was looking for a new house.

¡Vuelve, Gata!

Come Back, Cat!

Play with me.

¡Puedo escalar!

I Can Climb!

I am a big boy now.

Mi mejor amiga

My Best Friend

She lives in my house.

Encontrar empleo

Finding a job

Alisha needs to find a job because her family needs money for food and clothes.

El relato de Malik

Malik’s story

My name is Malik and I am 39 years old. I was born in Afghanistan. My religion is different from the main religion in Afghanistan.

El relato de Agostino

Agostino’s story

My name is Agostino and I am 51 years old. My job is delivering food by bicycle. I have two daughters, but we hardly ever speak. Their mother and I no longer live…

Dar a luz

Giving birth

Selamawit is 29 years old. She gave birth to her first child in Eritrea. She and her family had a hard time there, so they decided to go to Italy.

Obtener medicamentos

Getting medicine

Tom has a toothache. His tooth hurts very much.

Comida

Food

He is eating pizza. It is tasty.

Mi familia

My family

This is my family.

Puedo hacer muchas cosas

I can do many things

I can cook.

Comprar ropa

Buying clothes

Ali’s shirt is old. He needs a new one.

¿Qué están haciendo?

What are they doing?

I am talking.

El clima

The weather

It is sunny.

¿Qué tipo de música te gusta?

What sort of music do you like?

Tulima loves music. She listens to it every day.

Hablar sobre la familia

Talking about family

“Do you have any family?”

Hablar sobre el clima

Talking about the weather

“The days are starting to get cold. What is the temperature?”

Destacar por la razón correcta

Standing out for the right reason

Edson was born in Angola, just after the country became independent. He was a very tall boy. Because of his height he stood out. The people who were giving weapons to…

El sonido de los pájaros en la mañana

The sound of birds in the morning

Yulia, her husband, and their little daughter lived in a small, quiet village in Ukraine. Yulia loved being woken every morning by the sound of birds. She never…

Ir a Noruega

Coming to Norway

My two brothers and I came to Norway in December 2016. We wore summer clothes because we thought it would be as warm in Norway as it was in Somalia. However, when we…

Un hombre mayor como marido

An old man as a husband

I thought Norwegian men were the best men in the world, but that is not true! Before I met the man who became my husband, I worked in a factory in Bangkok, and he…

De vacaciones con la abuela

Holidays with grandmother

Odongo and Apiyo lived in the city with their father. They looked forward to the holidays. Not just because school was closed, but because they went to visit their…

El día que dejé mi casa para irme a la ciudad

The day I left home for the city

The small bus stop in my village was busy with people and overloaded buses. On the ground were even more things to load. Touts were shouting the names where their…

El Niño Burro

Donkey Child

It was a little girl who first saw the mysterious shape in the distance.

Khalai le habla a las plantas

Khalai talks to plants

This is Khalai. She is seven years old. Her name means ‘the good one’ in her language, Lubukusu.

La canción de Sakima

Sakima’s song

Sakima lived with his parents and his four year old sister. They lived on a rich man’s land. Their grass-thatched hut was at the end of a row of trees.

La decisión

Decision

My village had many problems. We made a long line to fetch water from one tap.

Magozwe

In the busy city of Nairobi, far away from a caring life at home, lived a group of homeless boys. They welcomed each day just as it came. On one morning, the boys…

Tom, el vendedor de plátanos

Tom the banana seller

Tom carries a tray of ripe bananas.