El día sin máquina
The Day Without the Machine
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1 · Fill in the blank
Sergio thinks that he can sew by hand.
Today Sergio has to fix a pair of pants and a skirt.
Sergio feels proud of his own hands.
Milo gets up and comes closer slowly.
2 · Write it in Spanish
But the machine does nothing.
The thread falls on the floor and Milo chases it.
Milo comes closer slowly and looks at the bag.
Milo wags his tail and lies down again.
Inside it smells like coffee and Milo walks on the floor.
3 · Put the words in order
4 · Word search
5 words from the story hide across and down.
- ORGULLOSO
- COSER
- ARREGLAR
- DESPACIO
- ACARICIAR
5 · Match the word to the picture
Write the letter of the picture next to the word.
Vocabulary
18 words from this story. You will hear all of them in the song.
La canción · The song
The story, line by line
Read the Spanish first. Say it out loud. The English is there only when you need it.
Sergio se pregunta por qué el taller está tan callado.
Sergio wonders why the workshop is so quiet.
Milo, el perro, camina a su lado y mueve la cola.
Milo, the dog, walks beside him and wags his tail.
Sergio y Milo llegan caminando, como todos los días.
Sergio and Milo arrive on foot, like every day.
Milo espera un momento en la puerta y entra.
Milo waits a moment at the door and goes in.
Dentro huele a café y Milo camina por el suelo.
Inside it smells like coffee and Milo walks on the floor.
En la mesa hay ropa de muchos colores.
On the table there are clothes of many colors.
Sergio se lava las manos y Milo lo mira.
Sergio washes his hands and Milo watches him.
Después Sergio se sienta en su silla alta.
Then Sergio sits down on his tall chair.
Milo se acuesta en el suelo, cerca de sus pies.
Milo lies down on the floor, near his feet.
Hoy Sergio tiene que arreglar un pantalón y una falda.
Today Sergio has to fix a pair of pants and a skirt.
Sergio enciende la máquina y espera su ruido.
Sergio turns on the machine and waits for its noise.
Pero la máquina no hace nada.
But the machine does nothing.
La máquina está callada y no funciona.
The machine is silent and does not work.
Sergio mira a Milo y se pregunta qué hacer.
Sergio looks at Milo and wonders what to do.
Revisa el cable y el enchufe de la pared.
He checks the cable and the plug in the wall.
Milo mira el cable y mueve la cola.
Milo looks at the cable and wags his tail.
Todo parece bien, pero la máquina sigue callada.
Everything seems fine, but the machine stays silent.
Sergio se rasca la cabeza y Milo lo mira.
Sergio scratches his head and Milo watches him.
Milo se levanta y se acerca despacio.
Milo gets up and comes closer slowly.
Sergio acaricia a Milo y piensa un momento.
Sergio pets Milo and thinks for a moment.
Sergio le dice a Milo: hoy trabajamos de otra manera.
Sergio says to Milo: today we work another way.
Sergio abre un cajón y saca una aguja.
Sergio opens a drawer and takes out a needle.
También saca un hilo blanco y uno negro.
He also takes out a white thread and a black one.
Milo mira el hilo y mueve la nariz.
Milo looks at the thread and moves his nose.
Sergio piensa que puede coser a mano.
Sergio thinks that he can sew by hand.
Sergio pone el pantalón en la mesa, delante de Milo.
Sergio puts the pants on the table, in front of Milo.
La luz de la ventana cae sobre la tela.
The light from the window falls on the fabric.
Sergio mete el hilo en la aguja, muy despacio.
Sergio puts the thread in the needle, very slowly.
Sergio se ríe solo y empieza a coser.
Sergio laughs to himself and starts to sew.
Milo pone la cabeza en su pierna.
Milo puts his head on his leg.
Sergio lo acaricia y sigue con la aguja.
Sergio pets him and continues with the needle.
Fuera, el sol brilla y Milo mira la calle.
Outside, the sun is shining and Milo looks at the street.
Sergio cose despacio y Milo descansa a su lado.
Sergio sews slowly and Milo rests beside him.
Milo se duerme un rato cerca de la puerta.
Milo falls asleep for a while near the door.
El taller está silencioso y Milo duerme.
The workshop is silent and Milo sleeps.
Sergio termina el pantalón y lo mira contento.
Sergio finishes the pants and looks at them happily.
Sergio se siente contento y acaricia a Milo.
Sergio feels happy and pets Milo.
Milo se despierta y mueve la cola otra vez.
Milo wakes up and wags his tail again.
Ahora Sergio toma la falda amarilla y mira a Milo.
Now Sergio takes the yellow skirt and looks at Milo.
Sergio cambia el hilo blanco por uno negro.
Sergio changes the white thread for a black one.
Milo quiere jugar y toca la mesa.
Milo wants to play and touches the table.
El hilo cae al suelo y Milo lo persigue.
The thread falls on the floor and Milo chases it.
Sergio se ríe y lo recoge del suelo.
Sergio laughs and picks it up from the floor.
Sergio le dice a Milo: esto no es un juego.
Sergio says to Milo: this is not a game.
Milo mueve la cola y se acuesta otra vez.
Milo wags his tail and lies down again.
Sergio cose la falda con mucha calma.
Sergio sews the skirt very calmly.
La aguja entra y sale de la tela.
The needle goes in and out of the fabric.
A media mañana las dos cosas están listas.
By mid-morning the two things are ready.
El pantalón y la falda están limpios y listos.
The pants and the skirt are clean and ready.
Sergio se siente orgulloso de sus propias manos.
Sergio feels proud of his own hands.
Milo salta a su lado y mueve la cola.
Milo jumps beside him and wags his tail.
Sergio abre una bolsa y Milo mueve la nariz.
Sergio opens a bag and Milo moves his nose.
Dentro está su almuerzo: un casado de Limón.
Inside is his lunch: a casado from Limón.
El casado tiene arroz, frijoles, pollo y plátano.
The casado has rice, beans, chicken and plantain.
Milo se acerca despacio y mira la bolsa.
Milo comes closer slowly and looks at the bag.
Sergio le da un pedazo de pollo a Milo.
Sergio gives a piece of chicken to Milo.
Milo come rápido y mueve la cola contento.
Milo eats fast and wags his tail happily.
Sergio le dice a Milo: hoy trabajan mis manos.
Sergio says to Milo: today my hands do the work.
Sergio se sienta y come su casado tranquilo.
Sergio sits down and eats his casado calmly.
Mañana va a revisar la máquina con calma.
Tomorrow he is going to check the machine calmly.
Milo se duerme otra vez cerca de sus pies.
Milo falls asleep again near his feet.
Sergio mira a Milo y sonríe muy contento.
Sergio looks at Milo and smiles very happily.
Sergio piensa que un día pequeño también es bueno.
Sergio thinks that a small day is good too.
Answers
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