Spanish–English parallel text
Un pez en el cielo
A Fish in the Sky
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Malik tiene siete años. Vive con mamá, papá y su hermana Sara en Essaouira. Essaouira es una ciudad en Marruecos. La ciudad está junto al mar. Sara tiene cinco años.
Malik is seven years old. He lives with Mum, Dad and his sister Sara in Essaouira. Essaouira is a town in Morocco. The town is by the sea. Sara is five.
En Essaouira hay mucho viento. El viento está siempre allí. Es fuerte y un poco frío. «Nuestra ciudad es la ciudad del viento», dice papá.
There is a lot of wind in Essaouira. The wind is always there. It is strong and a little cold. “Our town is the town of the wind,” says Dad.
Hoy es sábado. Malik tiene una cometa nueva. La cometa es un regalo del tío Yusuf. Es roja y parece un pez. Tiene dos ojos grandes y amarillos y una cola larga.
Today is Saturday. Malik has a new kite. The kite is a present from Uncle Yusuf. It is red and looks like a fish. It has two big yellow eyes and a long tail.
El tío Yusuf es el hermano de papá. Es pescador. Tiene un barco azul. Todos los días va con el barco al mar.
Uncle Yusuf is Dad’s brother. He is a fisherman. He has a blue boat. Every day he goes out to sea in the boat.
Papá, Malik y Sara van a la playa. La playa es larga y amarilla. Pero hoy pasa algo raro. No hay viento. ¡No hay nada de viento!
Dad, Malik and Sara go to the beach. The beach is long and yellow. But today something is strange. There is no wind. No wind at all!
«¿No hay viento?», pregunta papá. «¿En Essaouira? ¡No puede ser!»
“No wind?” asks Dad. “In Essaouira? That can’t be!”
Malik levanta la cometa. Corre. Corre rápido. El pez vuela un poco. Luego cae en la arena. Plop.
Malik holds the kite up. He runs. He runs fast. The fish flies a little. Then it falls into the sand. Plop.
Malik prueba otra vez. Y otra vez. Plop. Plop. El pez está en la arena.
Malik tries again. And again. Plop. Plop. The fish lies in the sand.
Sara se ríe. «Malik, los peces no vuelan. ¡Los peces nadan!»
Sara laughs. “Malik, fish don’t fly. Fish swim!”
«Ahora corro yo», dice papá. Papá coge la cometa. Corre muy rápido. Es muy alto y sus piernas son largas. Luego se cae. Papá está en la arena. El pez está encima de papá.
“Now I’ll run,” says Dad. Dad takes the kite. He runs very fast. He is very tall, and his legs are long. Then he falls over. Dad lies in the sand. The fish lies on Dad.
Ahora Malik también se ríe. Papá tiene arena en el pelo y arena en la nariz. «Bien», dice papá. «Esperamos. El viento seguro que viene.»
Now Malik laughs too. Dad has sand in his hair and sand in his nose. “Fine,” says Dad. “We’ll wait. The wind is sure to come.”
Se sientan en la arena y comen pan y naranjas. Esperan mucho tiempo.
They sit in the sand and eat bread and oranges. They wait a long time.
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