Milo y Coco

A short story in easy Spanish. Tap any word for the English.

Underlined words are verbs: tap one to see its tense.

Milo . Coco . .

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Milo is a big black cat. Coco is a small bird. They are friends and they live in the same garden.

, Milo . Coco : , .

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In the morning, Milo sleeps a lot. Not Coco: he sings, flies and watches the garden from his tree.

“¿ ?”, Coco. “ ”, Milo. “¡ !”, Coco.

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“What do you want to do today?”, asks Coco. “I want to rest”, says Milo. “You always want to rest!”, says Coco.

Coco . “¡Coco, !”, Milo. , Milo .

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Today Coco is bored and sings very loudly near the cat. “Coco, it’s very early!”, says Milo. But the bird sings and sings, and Milo gets up.

. Milo , Coco : . .

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The two of them play all morning. Milo runs a lot, but Coco is very fast: he flies from tree to tree. The cat climbs the tree and the bird is already flying.

, . Milo . Coco .

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In the afternoon, it is sunny and they are both tired. Milo is sleeping under the tree. Coco is sleeping on a branch.

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Tomorrow they are going to play again. Because a cat and a bird can be very good friends.

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