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A Stranger Shares His Water

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A Stranger Shares His Water

A family car dies in the Sonora desert at forty seven degrees. A thin stranger on foot opens his backpack in this spanish story. Learn Spanish A1.

331 words

Before Sunrise

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Before Sunrise

A creature runs across cold open land. Red eyes follow close behind. One hour until dawn kills them both. A spanish story for A1. Learn Spanish A1.

223 words

Before the Rooster Sings

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Before the Rooster Sings

Benita is 72 and climbs the wall next door at four in the morning. Her son sold her rooster Capitán. He crows at five. A short spanish story. Learn Spanish A1.

298 words

Cake for the Twelfth Floor

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Cake for the Twelfth Floor

The elevator is broken. A three tier cake must climb twelve floors by six. A tiny stranger with a fork waits in this spanish story. Learn Spanish A1.

316 words

Five Days Without Water

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Five Days Without Water

Five days without water. A silent village ahead. Thirty corpses around the pool. The water is green. A spanish story for A1. Learn Spanish A1.

249 words

Forty Horses and a Hurricane

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Forty Horses and a Hurricane

A hurricane is two hours from a ranch in Tamaulipas. Guillermina has no trucks and forty scared horses. A spanish story of one hard choice. Learn Spanish A1.

352 words

Four Hundred Seconds

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Four Hundred Seconds

A car sinks with a father and his five year old inside. The window opens only when the car is full. Four hundred seconds. A spanish story. Learn Spanish A1.

208 words

Grandfathers Map

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Grandfathers Map

A dying grandfather hands over an old map with a red X. The spot is a cemetery. The fresh grave bears todays date. A spanish story. Learn Spanish A1.

223 words

Mangoes Before the Rain

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Mangoes Before the Rain

A truck with three tons of mangoes from Guerrero. The river covers the bridge. Thirty cows block the dirt road. A short spanish story. Learn Spanish A1.

339 words

Reading the Signs at Full Speed

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Reading the Signs at Full Speed

The brakes fail on an avocado truck racing down a mountain. Belisario breaks his glasses. His girl must read every sign in this spanish story. Learn Spanish A1.

301 words

Seven Boats in Xochimilco

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Seven Boats in Xochimilco

A stranger in Xochimilco holds the phone with the last videos of her father. She chases him across seven trajineras in this spanish story. Learn Spanish A1.

295 words

Sixty Seconds to the Street

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Sixty Seconds to the Street

The quake alarm sounds on the ninth floor. A son has sixty seconds to carry his father in a wheelchair down the stairs. A spanish story. Learn Spanish A1.

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