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La llave verde — The green key
Warm mystery. Level A2–B1 (lower intermediate). A small key, a garden door, and a note written in rain.
Each episode is short enough to read in a few minutes. Read the Spanish text first and see how much you can follow, then read the English version, where the key Spanish words and phrases appear in place with their meaning. The free opening has 3 episodes.
Episode 1: La maceta de albahaca (The basil pot)
Al caer la tarde, Lucía encontró una llave verde bajo la maceta de albahaca. No abría la puerta de su piso. Abría una puerta mucho más antigua, al final del jardín.
English base with Spanish cues
At twilight, Lucía found a llave verde (green key) beneath the maceta de albahaca (basil pot). It did not open her apartment puerta (door). It opened a much older door at the end of the jardín (garden).
Episode 2: El camino de piedra (The stone path)
Lucía siguió el camino de piedra con la llave en la mano. Cerca de la puerta, vio una luz encendida y escuchó a alguien regar las flores.
English base with Spanish cues
Lucía followed the camino de piedra (stone path) with the key in her mano (hand). Near the door, she saw a luz (light) on and heard someone regar las flores (watering the flowers).
Episode 3: Un nombre en la lluvia (A name in the rain)
En la puerta había una nota breve: «Busca a Carmen antes de que llegue la lluvia». Lucía no conocía a Carmen, pero sabía dónde empezar.
English base with Spanish cues
A short nota (note) waited on the door: Busca a Carmen (Find Carmen) before the lluvia (rain) arrives. Lucía did not know Carmen, but she knew dónde empezar (where to begin).
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