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The Lion and the Mouse: 12 Detailed Scenes

Aesop’s fable

12 detailed scenes and 28 Spanish words for teens and adults who like to colour while they learn.

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Colour the story. Learn the Spanish.

A mighty lion spares a tiny mouse, never imagining she could ever repay him. Aesop’s timeless fable is told here in its original 1919 words, with Spanish woven in page by page: 28 Spanish words in all, each with an easy pronunciation guide.

12 richly detailed story scenes to colour, plus the moral and 2 bonus pages. Every picture has a blank back, so colours won’t show through. For teens and adults.

A page from inside

A detailed colouring page from The Lion and the Mouse for teens and adults: the lion caught in a net in the forest
The lion caught in the hunter’s net, deep in the forest (bosque).

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A sample page

A Lion (león leh-OHN) lay asleep in the forest (bosque BOHS-keh), his great head (cabeza kah-BEH-thah) resting on his paws (patas PAH-tahs).

Vocabulary

Words you’ll learn

  • leónlion · leh-OHN
  • bosqueforest · BOHS-keh
  • cabezahead · kah-BEH-thah
  • pataspaws · PAH-tahs
  • ratónmouse · rah-TOHN
  • sustofright · SOOS-toh
  • prisahaste · PREE-sah
  • nariznose · nah-REETH
  • siestanap · SYEHS-tah
  • enormehuge · eh-NOHR-meh
  • diminutotiny · dee-mee-NOO-toh
  • criaturacreature · kree-ah-TOO-rah
  • pobrepoor · POH-breh
  • por favorplease · pohr fah-BOHR
  • algún díasome day · ahl-GOON DEE-ah
  • ayudarto help · ah-yoo-DAHR
  • generosogenerous · heh-neh-ROH-soh
  • presaprey · PREH-sah
  • rednet · REHD
  • cazadorhunter · kah-thah-DOHR
  • furiosoangry · foo-RYOH-soh
  • rugidoroar · roo-HEE-doh
  • vozvoice · BOHTH
  • grandegreat, big · GRAHN-deh
  • cuerdasropes · KWEHR-dahs
  • librefree · LEE-breh
  • ahoranow · ah-OH-rah
  • bondadkindness · bohn-DAHD

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