La carta en la botella
The Letter in the Bottle
The test
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1 · Fill in the blank
Bruno says: this letter is mine, it is my letter.
Today the sky is gray and cloudy.
2 · Write it in Spanish
Afterward he wants to walk for a while on the beach.
The sea breeze comes in through the window.
It is late and the sun is very low.
He sings softly and Pipo repeats his song.
Bruno looks at Pipo and opens his eyes wide.
3 · Put the words in order
4 · Word search
7 words from the story hide across and down.
- CANTAR
- VIEJO
- NUBLADO
- GUARDAR
- GRIS
- MIA
- REPETIR
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.
Bruno vive en Ponce, en una casa pequeña.
Bruno lives in Ponce, in a small house.
Su casa está muy cerca de la playa.
His house is very close to the beach.
Bruno tiene veintiséis años y canta mucho.
Bruno is twenty-six years old and sings a lot.
Canta siempre, mientras trabaja en su casa.
He always sings while he works in his house.
Hoy el cielo está gris y nublado.
Today the sky is gray and cloudy.
Hay muchas nubes, pero no llueve.
There are many clouds, but it is not raining.
Es tarde y el sol está muy bajo.
It is late and the sun is very low.
La brisa del mar entra por la ventana.
The sea breeze comes in through the window.
En la sala de Bruno vive Pipo.
Pipo lives in Bruno's living room.
Pipo es su loro, un loro verde.
Pipo is his parrot, a green parrot.
Pipo repite todas las palabras de Bruno.
Pipo repeats all of Bruno's words.
Bruno canta una canción y Pipo la repite.
Bruno sings a song and Pipo repeats it.
Bruno ríe y dice: Pipo, eres muy gracioso.
Bruno laughs and says: Pipo, you are very funny.
Pipo repite: muy gracioso, muy gracioso.
Pipo repeats: very funny, very funny.
Bruno limpia el patio de su casa.
Bruno cleans the patio of his house.
Después quiere caminar un rato por la playa.
Afterward he wants to walk for a while on the beach.
Bruno sale de su casa con su loro.
Bruno leaves his house with his parrot.
Pipo va en el hombro de Bruno.
Pipo rides on Bruno's shoulder.
Bruno dice: Pipo, esta es nuestra playa.
Bruno says: Pipo, this is our beach.
La playa está tranquila y muy silenciosa.
The beach is calm and very quiet.
El agua del mar está fresca y gris.
The sea water is cool and gray.
Bruno camina despacio por la arena mojada.
Bruno walks slowly on the wet sand.
Canta bajo y Pipo repite su canción.
He sings softly and Pipo repeats his song.
De repente, Bruno ve algo entre la arena.
Suddenly, Bruno sees something in the sand.
Es una botella vieja, de color verde.
It is an old bottle, green in color.
La botella está cerrada y tiene arena dentro.
The bottle is closed and has sand inside.
Bruno la agarra con las dos manos.
Bruno grabs it with both hands.
Dentro de la botella hay un papel.
Inside the bottle there is a paper.
Bruno abre la botella con mucha paciencia.
Bruno opens the bottle with a lot of patience.
Saca el papel: es una carta vieja.
He takes out the paper: it is an old letter.
El papel está seco, pero muy amarillo.
The paper is dry, but very yellow.
Bruno pregunta de quién es esa carta.
Bruno asks whose letter that is.
Pipo repite: ¿de quién? ¿de quién?
Pipo repeats: whose? whose?
Bruno se sienta en la arena con Pipo.
Bruno sits down on the sand with Pipo.
Quiere leer la carta y buscar un nombre.
He wants to read the letter and look for a name.
Las letras son pequeñas y un poco raras.
The letters are small and a little strange.
Bruno lee la primera palabra en voz alta.
Bruno reads the first word out loud.
La carta dice: mi casa está cerca del mar.
The letter says: my house is near the sea.
Bruno mira su casa, detrás de la playa.
Bruno looks at his house, behind the beach.
La carta dice: mi loro repite mis canciones.
The letter says: my parrot repeats my songs.
Bruno mira a Pipo y abre los ojos.
Bruno looks at Pipo and opens his eyes wide.
Pipo repite: mis canciones, mis canciones.
Pipo repeats: my songs, my songs.
La carta dice: canto todo el día, muy fuerte.
The letter says: I sing all day, very loudly.
Bruno siente algo raro en el estómago.
Bruno feels something strange in his stomach.
Mira la letra pequeña del papel otra vez.
He looks at the small handwriting on the paper again.
Esa letra es su letra, su propia letra.
That handwriting is his handwriting, his own handwriting.
Al final de la carta hay un nombre.
At the end of the letter there is a name.
El nombre de esa carta es Bruno.
The name on that letter is Bruno.
Bruno dice: esta carta es mía, es mi carta.
Bruno says: this letter is mine, it is my letter.
Pipo repite: mi carta, mi carta, mi carta.
Pipo repeats: my letter, my letter, my letter.
Bruno sonríe mucho y abraza la botella vieja.
Bruno smiles a lot and hugs the old bottle.
La carta tiene una fecha de abril.
The letter has a date in April.
Es la carta de un Bruno de diez años.
It is the letter of a ten-year-old Bruno.
Al final, la carta hace una pregunta sencilla.
At the end, the letter asks a simple question.
Pregunta así: ¿todavía cantas todos los días?
It asks like this: do you still sing every day?
Bruno lee la pregunta y se ríe solo.
Bruno reads the question and laughs to himself.
Mira el mar gris y contesta en voz alta.
He looks at the gray sea and answers out loud.
Dice: sí, todavía canto todos los días.
He says: yes, I still sing every day.
Pipo repite: todavía canto, todavía canto.
Pipo repeats: I still sing, I still sing.
El mar guarda su carta muchos años.
The sea keeps his letter for many years.
Y hoy el mar la trae a su casa.
And today the sea brings it to his house.
Bruno pone el papel dentro de la botella.
Bruno puts the paper inside the bottle.
Camina con Pipo hacia su casa tranquila.
He walks with Pipo toward his quiet house.
El cielo sigue gris, con muchas nubes.
The sky is still gray, with many clouds.
La brisa de su playa es suave y fresca.
The breeze of his beach is soft and cool.
Bruno pone la botella en su estantería.
Bruno puts the bottle on his shelf.
Ahora su carta vive en su sala.
Now his letter lives in his living room.
Bruno canta otra canción para su loro.
Bruno sings another song for his parrot.
Pipo repite la canción, palabra por palabra.
Pipo repeats the song, word by word.
Los dos son muy felices en su casa.
The two of them are very happy in their house.
Answers
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