Tingi y las vacasTingi y las vacas

Tingi and the CowsTingi and the Cows

Ingrid Schechter Ingrid Schechter Espen Stranger-Johannessen Spanish / English Level 2

Tingi vivía con su abuela.•••

Tingi lived with his grandmother.

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Cuidaba a las vacas con ella.•••

He used to look after the cows withher.

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Un día llegaron los soldados.•••

One day the soldiers came.

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Se llevaron las vacas.•••

They took the cows away.

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Tingi y su abuela huyeron paraesconderse.

•••

Tingi and his grandmother ranaway and hid.

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Se escondieron en el monte hastala noche.

•••

They hid in the bush until night.

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Pero los soldados regresaron.•••

Then the soldiers came back.

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La abuela tomó a Tingi y loescondió debajo de las hojas.

•••

Grandmother hid Tingi under theleaves.

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Uno de los soldados puso su piedirectamente sobre él, pero Tingise quedó en silencio.

•••

One of the soldiers put his footright on him, but he kept quiet.

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Cuando estuvieron a salvo, Tingi ysu abuela salieron.

•••

When it was safe, Tingi and hisgrandmother came out.

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Se escabulleron a casa muytranquilamente.

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They crept home very quietly.

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Tingi y las vacasTingi y las vacas

Tingi and the CowsTingi and the CowsWritten by: Ingrid Schechter

Illustrated by: Ingrid SchechterTranslated by: (es) Espen Stranger-Johannessen

This story originates from the African Storybook (africanstorybook.org) andis brought to you by Storybooks Canada in an effort to provide children’sstories in Canada’s many languages.

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 International License.