The Story of a Fierce Bad Rabbit
A free A1-level English story for language learners, readable online in 7 languages, with an option to listen via the free Storyteller app.
A fierce rabbit bullies a gentle rabbit and steals his carrot — until a man with a gun mistakes him for something else, with startling consequences.
This is a fierce bad Rabbit; look at his savage whiskers, and his claws and his turned-up tail.
Este es un Conejo feroz y malo; mira sus bigotes salvajes, sus garras y su cola respingona.
This is a nice gentle Rabbit. His mother has given him a carrot.
Este es un Conejo bueno y dócil. Su madre le ha dado una zanahoria.
The bad Rabbit would like some carrot.
Al Conejo malo le gustaría tener un poco de zanahoria.
He doesn't say "Please." He takes it!
Él no dice «por favor». ¡Simplemente la coge!
And he scratches the good Rabbit very badly.
Y araña muy mal al Conejo bueno.
The good Rabbit creeps away, and hides in a hole. It feels sad.
El Conejo bueno se aleja a hurtadillas y se esconde en un agujero. Se siente triste.
This is a man with a gun.
Este es un hombre con una escopeta.
He sees something sitting on a bench. He thinks it is a very funny bird!
Ve algo sentado en un banco. ¡Cree que es un pájaro muy gracioso!
He comes creeping up behind the trees.
Se acerca sigilosamente por detrás de los árboles.
And then he shoots—BANG!
Y entonces dispara—¡PUM!
This is what happens—
Esto es lo que ocurre—
But this is all he finds on the bench, when he rushes up with his gun.
Pero esto es todo lo que encuentra en el banco, cuando corre hacia allí con su escopeta.
The good Rabbit peeps out of its hole,
El Conejo bueno asoma la cabeza fuera de su agujero,
And it sees the bad Rabbit tearing past—without any tail or whiskers!
Y ve al Conejo malo pasar corriendo—¡sin cola ni bigotes!
