Dusty Lighthouse

ComedyA2 Short Stories

22 stories

El Apartamento Malo
He enters the wrong apartment. Eats the wrong food. Steals the wrong cookies. The woman is angry. But the cookies were worth it. Learn Spanish A2.

El Apartamento Malo

The Wrong Apartment

La Alergia a los Gatos
He is allergic to cats. She has seven cats. He says he loves cats. Now he sneezes forever. Love is complicated. Learn Spanish A2.

La Alergia a los Gatos

The Cat Allergy

El Cumplido
Your face has the shape of a face. Your clothes have no holes. You look less tired today. He means well. He fails completely. Learn Spanish A2.

El Cumplido

The Compliment

El Cocinero
Twenty years of marriage. He has never cooked. Tonight he tries. The chicken is black. The smoke is everywhere. They go to the restaurant. Learn Spanish A2.

El Cocinero

The Cook

El Corte de Pelo
He wanted to look handsome. Now he looks like everyone's grandmother. His dog runs. His girlfriend leaves. His mother cries. Learn Spanish A2.

El Corte de Pelo

The Disastrous Haircut

El Pájaro Temprano
She arrives at six. Works in darkness. Everyone thinks she is a ghost. They leave food on her desk. She eats everything. Learn Spanish A2.

El Pájaro Temprano

The Early Bird

La Clase de Ejercicio
She falls forty-three times. She lands on a plant. The plant dies. The teacher calls her an artist. She accepts. Learn Spanish A2.

La Clase de Ejercicio

The Exercise Class

El Gimnasio
He pushes doors that say pull. He uses children's weights. He gains two kilos. He is very happy. Learn Spanish A2.

El Gimnasio

The Gym Disaster

La Vida Sana
Monday: buy fruit. Tuesday: look at fruit. Wednesday: fruit starts dying. Sunday: eat cake. The cat approves. Learn Spanish A2.

La Vida Sana

The Healthy Life

El Secreto
She eats cereal for dinner. She tells one friend. Now the whole country knows. A company pays her a million. For cereal. Learn Spanish A2.

El Secreto

The Secret

El Turista Caliente
He says he is hot. In Spanish, this means something else. An old woman runs. A policeman laughs. Now all of Madrid knows him. Learn Spanish A2.

El Turista Caliente

The Hot Tourist

El Conductor Perdido
The GPS sends him to a wedding. Then a funeral. Then a surprise party. His wife programmed everything. Happy birthday. Learn Spanish A2.

El Conductor Perdido

The Lost Driver

El Turista Perdido
The museum is thirty steps away. He walks for four hours. He asks six people. He sees the whole city. Except the museum. Learn Spanish A2.

El Turista Perdido

The Lost Tourist

El Perro Nuevo
The dog was small. Now the dog is bigger than him. The dog has his bed, his food, his girlfriend. He lives in a box. Learn Spanish A2.

El Perro Nuevo

The New Dog

El Nuevo Padre
His baby only sleeps when he leaves. He puts coffee in the fridge. He calls his wife mother. He sits in the baby chair. Learn Spanish A2.

El Nuevo Padre

The New Father

El Nuevo Vecino
Roberto brings one cat. Then three. Then forty-seven. Now Roberto lives in the house. He lives in the garden. With the cats. Learn Spanish A2.

El Nuevo Vecino

The New Neighbor

Mi Nuevo Puesto
He is the new boss. No one speaks to him. His coffee is always cold. Someone writes BOSS = BAD on his door. His mother is proud. Learn Spanish A2.

Mi Nuevo Puesto

My New Position

El Problema de Dormir
Her husband talks in his sleep. She learns everything. The hidden money. The eaten cake. The gift for another woman. Now she talks too. Learn Spanish A2.

El Problema de Dormir

The Sleep Disorder

El Regalo Inesperado
He forgot her birthday. He gives her a potato. She cries with joy. Twenty years later, they have a potato museum. Love is strange. Learn Spanish A2.

El Regalo Inesperado

The Unexpected Gift

La Foto de Vacaciones
One hundred twenty photos. In every one, a man with his finger in his nose. Same yellow shirt. They cannot escape him. Learn Spanish A2.

La Foto de Vacaciones

The Vacation Photo

Las Peores Vacaciones
Rain. No hotel. Car breaks down. Worst vacation ever. Best memories ever. Now they search for bad hotels on purpose. Learn Spanish A2.

Las Peores Vacaciones

The Worst Vacation

El Funeral Equivocado
He cries at the wrong funeral. Gives a speech. Eats the food. Takes extra cake. They love him. Ana would have laughed. Learn Spanish A2.

El Funeral Equivocado

The Wrong Funeral