Spanish–English parallel text

El diente flojo

The Wobbly Tooth

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Paul tiene seis años. Tiene un diente flojo. El diente está delante, arriba, en el medio.

Paul is six. He has a wobbly tooth. The tooth is at the front, at the top, in the middle.

Paul lo mueve con la lengua. El diente va hacia delante. Paul lo mueve otra vez. El diente va hacia atrás. Pero no se cae.

Paul wiggles it with his tongue. The tooth moves forward. Paul wiggles it again. The tooth moves back. But it won’t come out.

En la escuela, Lisa tiene un hueco. Jonas tiene dos huecos. Y Ali tiene incluso tres huecos. Solo Paul todavía no tiene ningún hueco.

At school Lisa has a gap. Jonas has two gaps. And Ali even has three gaps. Only Paul has no gap yet.

«El hada de los dientes viene a ver a Ali», dice Lisa. «Cada noche. Ali es rico».

“The tooth fairy comes to Ali,” says Lisa. “Every night. Ali is rich.”

Paul también quiere un hueco. Y también quiere al hada de los dientes.

Paul wants a gap too. And he wants the tooth fairy too.

En casa le pregunta a mamá. «Mamá, ¿cómo sale el diente?»

At home he asks Mum. “Mum, how does the tooth come out?”

«Come una manzana», dice mamá. «Una manzana grande y dura».

“Eat an apple,” says Mum. “A big, hard apple.”

Paul come una manzana. Muerde con fuerza. El diente se mueve. Pero se queda dentro. Paul come otra manzana. Y otra más. Ahora a Paul le duele la barriga. Pero el diente sigue ahí.

Paul eats an apple. He bites hard. The tooth wobbles. But it stays in. Paul eats another apple. And another one. Now Paul has a tummy ache. But the tooth is still there.

Entonces papá llega a casa. «Tengo un plan», dice. Busca un hilo. «Atamos el hilo al diente. Y el hilo lo atamos a la puerta. Luego cierro la puerta. ¡Pum! Y el diente está fuera».

Then Dad comes home. “I have a plan,” he says. He fetches a piece of string. “We tie the string to the tooth. And we tie the string to the door. Then I shut the door. Bang! And the tooth is out.”

Paul mira el hilo. Mira la puerta. Mira a papá. «No, gracias», dice Paul. Corre rápido a su habitación.

Paul looks at the string. He looks at the door. He looks at Dad. “No, thank you,” says Paul. He runs quickly to his room.

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