Consejos en el bosque

Advice in the woods

Adapted from Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, by Lewis Carroll.

Alicia lloró tanto que sus lágrimas formaron un charco. Cuando volvió a hacerse pequeña, tuvo que nadar con varios animales para salir. Más tarde encontró una oruga sentada sobre una seta. La oruga quiso saber quién era. Alicia explicó que tantos cambios de tamaño la confundían.

La oruga le habló de los dos lados de la seta. Alicia probó pequeños trozos y aprendió poco a poco a controlar su tamaño. Después pidió ayuda a un gato sonriente, sin saber adónde quería ir. El gato le explicó que primero necesitaba elegir un destino.

Alice cried so much that her tears formed a pool. When she became small again, she had to swim with several animals to get out. Later she found a caterpillar sitting on a mushroom. The caterpillar wanted to know who she was. Alice explained that so many changes in size confused her.

The caterpillar told her about the mushroom’s two sides. Alice tried small pieces and gradually learned to control her size. Then she asked a smiling cat for help, without knowing where she wanted to go. The cat explained that she first needed to choose a destination.

Key Phrases

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poco a poco

little by little

Describes gradual learning, rather than an immediate result.

sin saber

without knowing

Introduces something Alice does not know.

seta

mushroom

The mushroom whose two sides change Alice’s size.

Original source and edition

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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