poco a poco
little by littleDescribes gradual learning, rather than an immediate result.
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Alicia en el país de las maravillas
A1 · Chapter 2 of 4 · Edition 1
Consejos en el bosque
Advice in the woods
Adapted from Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, by Lewis Carroll.
Alicia llora y sus lágrimas forman un charco enorme. Después se hace pequeña y nada con unos animales. Más tarde encuentra una oruga sobre una seta. La oruga le pregunta quién es. Alicia no sabe qué decir: su cuerpo cambia mucho.
Un lado de la seta la hace crecer; el otro la hace pequeña. Alicia aprende poco a poco. En el bosque ve un gato que sonríe. Le pregunta por el camino, sin saber adónde quiere ir. El gato dice que el camino depende del destino.
Alice cries, and her tears form an enormous pool. Then she becomes small and swims with some animals. Later she finds a caterpillar on a mushroom. The caterpillar asks her who she is. Alice does not know what to say: her body changes a lot.
One side of the mushroom makes her grow; the other makes her small. Alice learns little by little. In the woods she sees a smiling cat. She asks it about the way, without knowing where she wants to go. The cat says the way depends on the destination.
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sin saber
without knowingIntroduces something Alice does not know.
seta
mushroomThe mushroom whose two sides change Alice’s size.
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Adapted from Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, by Lewis Carroll.
A short, abridged Spanish retelling by Read Spanish Daily, adapted from the original English novel. Events and dialogue are simplified for each reading level; this is not the complete novel or a literal translation.
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland — Project Gutenberg eBook 11, English text. Project Gutenberg, 2008.
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