Spanish–English parallel text

Bruno y el baño

Bruno and the Bath

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Este es Bruno. Bruno es un perro. Es grande y marrón, y tiene orejas largas. Bruno vive con la familia Klein.

This is Bruno. Bruno is a dog. He is big and brown, and he has long ears. Bruno lives with the Klein family.

Bruno ama muchas cosas. Ama las salchichas. Ama las pelotas. Ama el parque. Y ama el barro.

Bruno loves lots of things. He loves sausage. He loves balls. He loves the park. And he loves mud.

Pero Bruno odia una cosa. Odia el agua. Odia la bañera. Y odia la palabra «baño».

But Bruno hates one thing. He hates water. He hates the bathtub. And he hates the word “bath”.

Hoy es sábado. Tim y Anna van al parque con Bruno. Llueve un poco. En el parque hay mucho barro.

Today is Saturday. Tim and Anna go to the park with Bruno. It is raining a little. There is lots of mud in the park.

Bruno ve el barro. Sus ojos se hacen grandes. Entonces salta. Salta al barro. Se revuelca en el barro. Está feliz.

Bruno sees the mud. His eyes get big. Then he jumps. He jumps into the mud. He rolls in the mud. He is happy.

«¡Bruno, no!», grita Anna. Pero es demasiado tarde. Bruno ya no es marrón. Bruno es negro. Negro, mojado y muy feliz.

“Bruno, no!” calls Anna. But it is too late. Bruno isn’t brown any more. Bruno is black. Black and wet and very happy.

Tim se ríe. «¡Ahora Bruno es un monstruo de barro!»

Tim laughs. “Now Bruno is a mud monster!”

En casa, mamá espera en la puerta. Ve a Bruno. Ve a los niños. Ve el barro. «Oh, no», dice ella. «Bruno necesita un baño».

At home Mum is waiting at the door. She sees Bruno. She sees the children. She sees the mud. “Oh no,” she says. “Bruno needs a bath.”

Bruno escucha la palabra. ¡Baño! Sale corriendo inmediatamente. Corre a la casa, cruza la cocina y entra en el salón.

Bruno hears the word. Bath! He runs away at once. He runs into the house, through the kitchen and into the living room.

«¡Alto! ¡Bruno! ¡Al sofá no!»

“Stop! Bruno! Not on the sofa!”

Demasiado tarde. Bruno está acostado en el sofá. El sofá es blanco. O no: el sofá ya no es blanco.

Too late. Bruno is lying on the sofa. The sofa is white. Or no: the sofa isn’t white any more.

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