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2 easy stories in spanish to improve listening and reading

Practice and learn Spanish with our short and easy to understand stories.

Reading a story and then listening to it can help you understand it better, and there are two cool stories in this article that you can read and listen to.

You’ll have fun with this activity, and also you will improve your reading comprehension skills.

By the way, in case you need a little help, we include the translation of each story too.

Pedro y el lobo

Pedro y el lobo

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Una vez, había un niño que se llamaba Pedro. Él se aburría cuando vigilaba a las ovejas del pueblo que comían en la ladera. Para tener un poco de diversión, cantó: “¡Lobo! ¡Lobo!… ¡El lobo está persiguiendo a las ovejas!”

Cuando las personas del pueblo escucharon el grito de Pedro, subieron corriendo la colina para asustar al lobo. Pero, cuando llegaron, no vieron ningún lobo. El chico se divirtió al ver sus caras de enojo.

“No grites lobo, muchacho”, advirtieron los aldeanos, solo lo puedes hacer en caso de peligro.

Más tarde, Pedro gritó una vez más: “¡Lobo! ¡Lobo! ¡El lobo está persiguiendo a las ovejas!” Para su diversión, miró cómo los aldeanos subían corriendo la colina para asustar al lobo.

Como vieron que no había lobo, dijeron fuertemente: “¡Guarda tu grito asustado para cuando realmente haya un lobo! ¡No grites ‘lobo’ cuando no hay lobo!” … ellos dijeron. Pero el niño sonrió ante sus palabras mientras caminaban colina abajo una vez más.

Más tarde, ¡el niño vio a un lobo real! Caminando lentamente hacia las ovejas. Asustado, saltó sobre sus pies y gritó tan fuerte como pudo: “¡Lobo! ¡Lobo!” Pero los aldeanos pensaron que era una broma nuevamente, por lo que no vinieron a ayudar.

Al atardecer, los aldeanos fueron a buscar al niño que no había regresado con sus ovejas. Cuando subieron la colina, lo encontraron llorando.

“¡Realmente había un lobo aquí! ¡Las ovejas murieron! Grité, ‘¡Lobo!’, pero no vinieron”, Pedro dijo.

Un anciano fue a consolar al niño. Mientras lo rodeaba con el brazo, dijo: “¡Nadie le cree a un mentiroso, incluso cuando dice la verdad!”.

Once, there was a boy named Peter. He was bored when he watched the village sheep eating on the hillside. To have a little fun, he sang: “Wolf! Wolf!… The wolf is chasing the sheep!”

When the townspeople heard Peter’s cry, they ran up the hill to scare the wolf away. But when they arrived, they didn’t see any wolves. The boy was amused to see the angry faces on his face.

“Don’t yell wolf, boy”, warned the villagers, you can only do it in case of danger.

Later, Pedro yelled once more: “Wolf! Wolf! The wolf is chasing the sheep!” To his amusement, he watched as the villagers ran up the hill to scare the wolf away.

Seeing that there was no wolf, they said loudly, “Save your frightened cry for when there really is a wolf! Don’t yell ‘wolf’ when there is no wolf!” … they said. But the boy smiled at his words as they walked down the hill once more.

Later, the boy saw a real wolf! Walking slowly towards the sheep. Frightened, he jumped to his feet and yelled as loud as he could: “Wolf! Wolf!” But the villagers thought it was a joke again, so they didn’t come to help.

At sunset, the villagers went to look for the boy who had not returned with his sheep. When they went up the hill, they found him crying.

“There really was a wolf here! The sheep died! I yelled, ‘Wolf!’ but they didn’t come,” Pedro said.

An old man went to comfort the boy. As he put his arm around him, he said, “No one believes a liar, even when he tells the truth!”

El elefante y sus amigos

elephant

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Un elefante solitario caminó por el bosque en busca de amigos. Pronto vio un mono y procedió a preguntar: “¿Podemos ser amigos mono?”

El mono respondió rápidamente: “Eres grande y no puedes columpiarte en los árboles como yo, así que no puedo ser tu amigo”.

Derrotado, el elefante continuó buscando cuando tropezó con un conejo. Ella procedió a preguntarle: ‘¿Podemos ser amigos conejo?’

El conejo miró al elefante y respondió: “Eres demasiado grande para caber dentro de mi madriguera. No puedes ser mi amigo.

Luego, el elefante continuó hasta que se encontró con una rana. Ella preguntó: “¿Quieres ser mi amiga rana?”

La rana respondió: “Eres demasiado grande y pesado; no puedes saltar como yo. Lo siento, pero no puedes ser mi amigo.

La elefanta siguió preguntando a los animales que encontraba en su camino, pero siempre recibía la misma respuesta. Al día siguiente, el elefante vio a todos los animales del bosque correr asustados. Detuvo a un oso para preguntar qué estaba pasando y le dijeron que el tigre estaba atacando a todos los animales pequeños.

El elefante quería salvar a los otros animales, así que fue donde el tigre y le dijo: “Por favor, señor, deje en paz a mis amigos. No los comas”.

El tigre no escuchó. Simplemente le dijo al elefante que se metiera en sus propios asuntos.

Al no ver otra manera, el elefante pateó al tigre y lo asustó. Al enterarse de la valiente historia, los otros animales acordaron: “Eres del tamaño adecuado para ser nuestro amigo”.

A lone elephant walked through the forest, looking for friends. She soon saw a monkey and proceeded to ask, ‘Can we be friends, monkey?’

The monkey quickly replied, ‘You are big and can’t swing on trees like I do, so I cannot be your friend.’

Defeated, the elephant continued to search when it stumbled across a rabbit. She proceeded to ask him, ‘Can we be friends, rabbit?’

The rabbit looked at the elephant and replied, “You are too big to fit inside my burrow. You cannot be my friend.”

Then, the elephant continued until she met a frog. She asked, “Will you be my friend, frog?”

The frog replied, “You are too big and heavy; you cannot jump like me. I am sorry, but you can’t be my friend.”

The elephant continued to ask the animals she met on her way, but always received the same reply. The following day, the elephant saw all the forest animals run in fear. She stopped a bear to ask what was happening and was told the tiger was attacking all the small animals.

The elephant wanted to save the other animals, so she went to the tiger and said, “Please, sir, leave my friends alone. Do not eat them.”

The tiger didn’t listen. He merely told the elephant to mind her own business.

Seeing no other way, the elephant kicked the tiger and scared him away. Upon hearing of the brave tale, the other animals agreed, “You are just the right size to be our friend.”

These two stories in Spanish are easy to follow and understand, making them great for beginner-intermediate learners. They are also entertaining, which will help keep you motivated to continue practicing your Spanish. By reading and listening to these stories, you will gradually improve your listening and reading comprehension skills. Don’t be discouraged if you don’t understand everything at first—keep at it and soon you’ll be understanding more and more.

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