Sign inSign up
Basket
Jungle Tales

Horacio Quiroga

Jungle Tales

Paper book: €14.99

Digital: €3.99

Original publication
1918
Pages
137
Difficulty
Easy
Genres
Children's Literature
Moods
Be enchanted, Feel comforted, Have a laugh
Translated from
Spanish

Book summary

In the forest along the Paraná River, the animals talk, work and quarrel. In these eight tales, a giant turtle carries the man who had once nursed it all the way to the city, flamingos go to a ball in snakeskin stockings, and the crocodiles go to war against a ship.

Horacio Quiroga wrote these stories for his children, in the forest where he lived. They are funny, sometimes cruel, and one of them explains why flamingos have red legs.

Short and written in simple sentences, these tales can be read one by one in the language you are learning.

The plot

배와 싸우는 악어들. 큰 강에 악어 수백 마리가 산다. 어느 날, 증기선 소리에 놀라 물고기들이 모두 달아난다.

The world of the book

파라나강 기슭의 밀림. 이 책의 이야기 대부분은 아르헨티나 북동부, 브라질과 파라과이 사이에 있는 미시오네스 밀림에서 펼쳐진다. 그 곁으로 거대한 파라나강이 흐른다. 덥고 습하며 식물이 엄청나게 크게 자란다. 악어, 앵무새, 뱀, 꿀벌이 살고, 이 이야기 속에서 그들은 서로 말을 나눈다.

Read an excerpt

Display mode

Preview:

Similar books

Explore the site

Other languages you can learn

See the whole catalogue

Your privacy preferences

We use cookies to measure our audience and for advertising. The site works just as well if you decline. Customise Privacy Policy