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The Mysterious Character

Story about a mysterious character that appears and disappears in a forest.

Cuento corto: El Personaje Misterioso

Historia sobre un personaje misterioso que aparece y desaparece en un bosque.

The Mysterious Character

A2 Spanish

Level: A2

Module 4: El buen pasado (The good old past)

Lesson 30: Historias y cuentos de hadas (Stories and fairy tales)

Teaching guidelines +/- 15 minutes

Audio and video

Text and translation

1. Al principio el personaje andaba solo por el bosque. At the beginning the character walked alone through the forest.
2. Antes nadie lo veía. Before, no one saw him.
3. De repente él apareció en medio del camino donde había otros personajes. Suddenly he appeared in the middle of the road where there were other characters.
4. Después los animales lo miraron. Afterwards the animals looked at him.
5. Él empezó a andar hacia el bosque y desapareció. He started to walk towards the forest and disappeared.
6. Los otros personajes del cuento lo buscaban pero no lo encontraron. The other characters in the story were looking for him but they did not find him.
7. De repente el personaje apareció de nuevo pero esta vez al lado del río. Suddenly the character appeared again but this time by the river.
8. Los otros personajes se llevaron un susto pero él solo sonrió y se fue. The other characters were frightened but he just smiled and walked away.
9. Al final el personaje principal llegó a su ciudad para hablar con su familia. In the end the main character arrived in his city to talk with his family.
10. Quería venir más rápido, pero se perdió en algún momento. He wanted to come faster, but he got lost at some point.
11. La historia terminó bien porque encontró el camino a casa. The story ended well because he found his way home.

Exercise 1: Discussion questions

Instruction: Discuss the questions after listening to the audio or reading through the text.

  1. ¿Por dónde camina el personaje al principio de la historia?
    2. Where does the character walk at the beginning of the story?
  2. ¿Qué pasa cuando el personaje aparece en el camino?
    3. What happens when the character appears on the path?
  3. ¿Por qué los otros personajes no lo encuentran?
    4. Why do the other characters not find him?
  4. ¿Cómo te imaginas el final de la historia? ¿Qué va a pasar después?
    5. How do you imagine the end of the story? What is going to happen next?

Exercise 2:

Instruction: Fill in the correct word.

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Antes, De repente, personajes, historia, Al final, andaba

1.
... nadie lo veía.
(Before, nobody saw him.)
2.
... el personaje apareció de nuevo pero esta vez al lado del río.
(Suddenly the character appeared again, but this time by the river.)
3.
... el personaje principal llegó a su ciudad para hablar con su familia.
(In the end, the main character arrived in his city to talk with his family.)
4.
La ... terminó bien porque encontró el camino a casa.
(The story ended well because he found his way home.)
5.
Los otros ... se llevaron un susto pero él solo sonrió y se fue.
(The other characters were startled, but he just smiled and left.)
6.
Al principio el personaje ... solo por el bosque.
(At the beginning, the character walked alone through the forest.)
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