El Perro Sin Dientes

Track #17 on "Monkeys Come Alive"

By Martin S., Gladstone School

Había una vez un perro que siempre jugaba con sus amigos los gatos. Pero un día que los animales decidieron jugar y correr. Uno de los perros corrió muy rápido y tropezó con una grande piedra, y el impacto fue muy grande que el perro se golpeó con una pelota en el hocico y eso le causó que perdiera su gran dentadura. Entonces el perro rápidamente corrió hasta un espejo y se miró y vió que había perdido toda su dentadura. Cuando llegó la tarde, el perro regresó a su casa muy preocupado por lo que dirían sus dueños. Los dueños dijeron: "No lo puedo creer, esa es mi mascota." Entonces llevaron a el perro con su veterinario y dijo: "yo tengo la solución para ese problema, yo lo pondré con una dentadura de plástico." Y así fué. Cuando los señores regresaron a su casa, ahora ellos regresaron con una nueva mascota y con una dentadura nueva en el perro.

English translation:

The Toothless Dog

There was once a dog that always played with his friends the cats. But one day the animals decided to play and run. One of the dogs ran very fast and tripped on a big stone, and the impact was really big so that the dog hit himself on the mouth with a ball and this caused him to lose all of his great teeth. Then the dog ran fast to find a mirror and saw that he had lost all of his teeth. In the afternoon the dog returned to his house and was very worried about what his owners might say. The owners said, “I can’t believe that is my pet.” Then they took the dog to the veterinarian and he said, “I have the solution for this problem, I will put in plastic dentures in his mouth.” And that’s how it was. When the owners returned home, they returned with a new pet and with a new set of teeth on the dog.

The Crying Woman

By Kimberle M, 4th Grade, Cleveland

Once upon a time there was this woman that had 3 kids and a husband. She was making chors when somebody knocked on the door. It was her mom she invited her to a party her husband said “yes” but the woman named maria said “no”. So it was night time to go but only her husband Carlos went it was late and Carlos didn’t appeared so Maria went to find him and she discovered that he was dancing with another woman she felt very angry that she wanted to kill her three kids and she went to her house again but her three little kids knew she was angry that they went to her uncle’s house. Maria knew they were there she bought toys and candies. Than 1 boy went outside and Maria told him “come brayan want a toy” and he went. She put him inside a big bag. Then his sister went to look for him and Maria did the same to her kid that was Angelica. The third kid named Marcos went to look for them and Maria did the same. So she went to throw them, 1 in a river, another one t the bus, and the third to a haunted house. So it pass years and Maria was dead she went to the sky like everybody does when they die. God didn’t let her in until she finds her kids and all nights she cries for her kids she goes where she left them and they are not there and she is always crying.

The End.

Vaca and Mariposa en el Bosque (Cow and Butterfly in the Forest)

By Aylin C., Loyola Park After School Program

Vaca: Yo quiero ser mariposa.
Mari: Come puedes hacer mariposa?
Vaca: Con mucho practica!
Mari: Yo quiero ser una vaca!

English translation:

Vaca: I want to be a a butterfly.
Mari: How can you be a butterfly?
Vaca: With a lot of practice!
Mari: I want to be a cow!