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A Cake for His Wedding

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A Cake for His Wedding

A baker in Oaxaca makes a wedding cake for the man who left her ten years ago. Three habaneros hide in the first slice. A Spanish story. Learn Spanish A1.

281 words

Christmas Night

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Christmas Night

She eats alone on Christmas. He works alone. They talk all night. She leaves a note. Same time next year. A spanish story for A1. Learn Spanish A1.

224 words

Dancing on Sunday

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Dancing on Sunday

Two widowers play dominoes every afternoon. Their grown children forbid the romance. Then a Sunday taxi and a red dress. A spanish story. Learn Spanish A1.

298 words

Fifty Pesos for Silence

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Fifty Pesos for Silence

A paleta seller pays a terrible street trumpeter fifty pesos a day for silence. Thirty days later her wallet is empty. A short spanish story. Learn Spanish A1.

340 words

Five Years of Silence

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Five Years of Silence

A spanish story about silent love. Five years he watches her through the window. She watches him too. Her chair is empty. Then she knocks. Learn Spanish A1.

298 words

Grandma Swiped Right

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Grandma Swiped Right

Kenia swipes through a dating app for her grandma Eusebia in Mérida. Then a face from thirty years ago appears. A spanish story of old pride. Learn Spanish A1.

298 words

He Asks Me Out Every Morning

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He Asks Me Out Every Morning

Every morning in Mérida an old man asks a woman out in her kitchen. She is his wife of fifty three years. He forgets her. A spanish story. Learn Spanish A1.

285 words

Her Name in the Sand

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Her Name in the Sand

A romance spanish story by the sea. Each August she writes his name in the sand. Today the name is already there. His brother also loved him. Learn Spanish A1.

263 words

Messages on the Clothesline

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Messages on the Clothesline

Red shirts and socks on a clothesline speak for two silent neighbors in Guadalajara. Her wedding is in September in this spanish story. Learn Spanish A1.

293 words

Mothers Song

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Mothers Song

A spanish story about a song. Ana hears a stranger play her own melody. Her late mother gave it to him. Two grieving hearts find each other. Learn Spanish A1.

260 words

Notes in the Library Book

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Notes in the Library Book

A librarian erases pencil notes in a book of poems every Monday. One week she writes back. A spanish story of secret notes and a quiet reader. Learn Spanish A1.

310 words

Notes on the Tortilla Paper

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Notes on the Tortilla Paper

Each day her tortillas come wrapped in a love note. The shy boy at the machine never looks at her. A spanish story of pencil and flour. Learn Spanish A1.

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