Beginner · Spanish reading practice

En la habitación

At night a frightened girl tells her mum where she saw ghosts. Practise short questions and place phrases: en el armario, debajo del escritorio, debajo de mi cama, detrás del sofá.

A page from Leer el ambiente — an original Comigo comic, voiced line by line.

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A night-time comic page in blue tones: a small girl sits up in bed and calls her mother, who comes in to comfort her; the other panels show a ghost in the wardrobe, under the desk, under the bed and behind the sofa.
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Transcript and translation

  1. Mamá, mamá...Mum, mum...
  2. ¿Qué pasa?What's wrong?
  3. Vi un fantasma...I saw a ghost...
  4. ¿Fantasmas? No hay fantasmas.Ghosts? There are no ghosts.
  5. Sí, los hay...Yes, there are...
  6. En el armario...In the closet...
  7. Debajo del escritorio...Under the desk...
  8. Debajo de mi cama...Under my bed...
  9. ¡Y detrás del sofá!And behind the sofa!

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