Crecen y se ramifican como árboles pequeños.
Los erizos, las estrellas de mar y otros animales se guarecen entre ellos.
Poco a poco se amontonan los corales unos sobre otros y se forma una isla.
Los pájaros y las olas traen semillas a la isla.
Muchos años después vienen gentes a vivir en algunas de estas islas.
cor'al--reefs--hun'dred--is'land Flor'ida--an'imal--shel'ter--formed.
Wonderful things are to be found in the sea.
On the reefs lie beautiful seaweeds and shells.
Coral looks like a plant with branches, leaves, and flowers.
Beds of coral are found on the Florida Reefs.
How the bright-colored fishes swim about there!
They look as happy as the birds in the trees.
Hundreds of these corals stick themselves to the sea-bottom.
The sea urchins, the starfish, and other animals take shelter among them.
Little by little the corals pile up and an island is formed.
The birds and the waves carry seeds to the island.
Many years afterward people come to live on some of these islands.
La anciana doña Matilde tenía una bandada de gansos.
Juanito y Catalina estaban jugando en el patio vecino.
Doña Matilde les preguntó si habían visto a sus gansos.
--Los he visto,--dijo Juanito,--iban para el estanque.
--¡Dios mío! ¡Dios mío!--dijo doña Matilde.
Los niños se marcharon en dirección del estanque.
Juanito vió los gansos apenas se acercó al estanque.
flock--sin'gle--fond--star'ted Matil'da--pit'y--road.
She was fond of her geese and took great care of them.
Poor old lady! She didn't know what to do.
She went to the gate and looked toward the road.
Johnny and Kate were playing in the yard next door.
Miss Matilda asked them if they had seen her geese.
"I saw them," said Johnny, "they were going toward the pond."
Johnny saw the geese almost as soon as he came near the pond.
La planta de la yuca tiene hojas largas y puntiagudas.
La soga está hecha de las hojas y de los tallos de la yuca.
--¡Qué hermosa es la yuca!--dicen los niños.
--Nos alegra a todos ver la planta de la yuca.
The yucca plant has long and pointed leaves.
The rope is made from the leaves and the stems of the yucca.
"How beautiful the yucca is!" the children say.
"We are all glad to see the yucca plant."
regar--alfalfa--azadón--pala--alfalfa anduvieron--brotes--acequia.