llevaba una vida tranquila
led a peaceful lifeLlevar una vida describes how someone lives; llevar does not mean carrying an object here.
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El ratón de la corte y el del campo
A2 · Chapter 1 of 3 · Edition 1
La invitación de un amigo
A friend’s invitation
Adapted from El ratón de la corte y el del campo, by Félix María Samaniego.
Un ratón del campo vivía en una pequeña casa de tierra. Comía legumbres y llevaba una vida tranquila. Un día, un ratón de la corte lo invitó a comer. La corte era la ciudad donde vivía el rey, y allí había casas con grandes despensas.
El ratón del campo aceptó y fue a visitar a su amigo. Este lo recibió con amabilidad y le enseñó la despensa donde vivía. Había queso fresco de Holanda, tocino y jamones. En las paredes y junto al techo había todavía más alimentos. El visitante miró todo con sorpresa.
—Puedes probar un poco de todo —dijo su amigo. El ratón del campo empezó por el queso. Después probó un poco de tocino. Los dos estaban encantados y saltaban de un alimento a otro. El visitante pensó que aquella despensa era un lugar maravilloso para vivir.
A country mouse lived in a small home in the earth. He ate pulses and led a peaceful life. One day, a court mouse invited him to eat. The court was the city where the king lived, and there were houses with large pantries there.
The country mouse accepted and went to visit his friend. His friend welcomed him kindly and showed him the pantry where he lived. There was fresh Dutch cheese, bacon and hams. On the walls and near the ceiling there was even more food. The visitor looked at everything in surprise.
‘You can try a little of everything,’ said his friend. The country mouse started with the cheese. Then he tried a little bacon. The two were delighted and jumped from one piece of food to another. The visitor thought that pantry was a wonderful place to live.
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un poco de todo
a little of everythingThis expression means a small amount of each of several things.
despensa
pantryThe room where food is stored and the court mouse lives.
Original source and edition
Adapted from El ratón de la corte y el del campo, by Félix María Samaniego.
Spanish prose adaptations by Read Spanish Daily. These versions retell one fable; they are not the original verse or the complete collection.
Fábulas en verso castellano, volume I, book I, fable VIII. Madrid: Oficina de Cano, 1818, pages 9–10. Original Spanish text in the public domain.
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