Looking for a fun way to teach your child Spanish? Bilingual stories are one of the best methods to introduce a child gently to Spanish and make learning Spanish easy and fun. The more bilingual stories you read to your child, the more Spanish words they’ll naturally pick up and the faster they’ll understand and speak Spanish.
The Golden Goose / El Ganso de Oro
There was once a boy named Simpleton.
Había una vez un chico llamado Simpletón.
Everyone called him Simpleton because he was gentle and a little silly.
Todos lo llamaban Simpletón porque era amable y un poco distraído.
But he had a good heart.
Pero tenía un buen corazón.
He lived with his mother and two older brothers.
Vivía con su madre y sus dos hermanos mayores.
His brothers were proud and rude.
Sus hermanos eran orgullosos y groseros.
One day, their mother said, “Go into the forest and cut some wood.”
Un día, su madre dijo: “Vayan al bosque y corten algo de leña.”