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Episode 1, Dognapped!

Spanish

Hard-Boiled, Hard-Drive Detective

Headventre Stdis, 2009Versin 1.0

ISBN: 978-1-60051-099-1

All rights reserved. This pblicatin may nt be reprdced, stred in a retrieval system r

transmitted, in any rm r by any means, witht the prir permissin in

writing Headventre Stdis.

Headventre Stdis is an imprint Classical Academic Press.

Written and illstrated by Rbby Baddr

Spanish Editing by Grant Drrell

HEADVENTuRE STuDIoS 3920 Market Street Camp Hill, PA 17011

www.HeadventureStudios.com

Language Practice Made Fun!

Level 1 Age: 7-12


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1p = frst persn

2p = secnd persn

3p = third person

adj = adjective

adv = adverb

d pn = direct bjectprnn

= eminine

t = tre tense

imp = imperative

in = infnitive

m = mascline

n = nn

past par = pastparticiple

pl = plral

pn = prnn

prep = prepsitin

pres = present tense

pres part = presentparticiple

pret = preterit (past)tense

s = singlar

ds cm = sted (yrmal) cmmand

v = verb

Grammar Cdes

About this book:Y will fnd sme mysteris wrds in this stry. Spliced Stries will expse y

t a reign langage, all while y are reading a great stry! Y will travel t reign

lands, slve crimes, and jin adventres. Y will als learn wrds in Spanish that y

can se in yr everyday lie.

Level 1, Bilingal Stries, allw vcablary expsre r the beginner, and practicefor the Spanish learner. The spliced story allows Spanish vocabulary to be tucked within

the English langage, and ses the crrect cnjgatin r rm the wrd t ft int

the English. Belw y can read the abbreviatins r parts speech, sch as a nn r

verb, gender (whether a wrd is mascline r eminine), whether the wrd is singlar r

plral (hw many?), and verb tense (when did it happen?).

Engage yr heart and yr head as y experience language practice made fun!


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1. rer (v/in) = t lagh2. td (pn/s/m) = all3. amigs (n/pl/m) = riends4. j (n/s/m) = eye5. trabajo (v/1p/s/pres) = I work6. viv (v/1p/s/pres) = I live

7. cama (n/s/) = bed8. cocina (n/s/f) = kitchen9. castill (n/s/m) = castle10. rd (n/s/m) = nise11. ventana (n/s/) = windw12. maana (n/s/) = mrning

Chapter 1I have rer1. Looking back on it todo2, Im not sure

I would have taken the case in the rst place if I had

known what was involved.

Im Joe Bot. Myamigos3the few Ive gotcall me

Tin Bot. Im a private ojo4. Trabajo5 on the Upper East

Side and vivo6 there, tooif you can call it that. Ive got

an old cama7 set up in the back room of my ofce and

theres a small cocina8 there, too. It aint no castillo9,

but itll do.

Granted, the

rudo10 from the

elevated train that

runs right past my

ventana11 early

everymaana12

takes some

getting used to,

but then again,


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13. dicen (v/3p/pl/pres) = say14. da (n/s/m) = day15. calr (n/s/m) = heat16. cidad (n/s/) = city17. tiemp (n/s/m) = weather18. semana (n/s/f) = week19. viej (adj/s/m) = ld

20. beb (v/1p/s/pret) = drank21. taza (n/s/) = cp22. r (n/s/m) = cld23. perta (n/s/) = dr24. tir (v/1p/s/pret) = I threw25. camisa (n/s/) = shirt26. zapats (n/pl/m) = shes

so does my snoring, which my neighbors all dicen13 is

louder than the train.

The da14 this all started, I had rolled out of bed

extra early. I couldnt sleep because of the calor15. The

ciudad16 was cooking like an egg on an engine block.

The tiempo17 had been really hotover 100 degreesall

semana18, and I was feeling like a side order of toast.

I choked down some viejo19 Bits and Bites cereal

and beb20 ataza21 of day-old coffee, after stirring in

a spoonful of sugar and a drizzle of antifreeze. It was

fro22 and wet, which was probably as good as it was

going to get.

Suddenly, there was a knock on mypuerta23.

Tir24 on an old soup-can camisa25 and a pair of

mismatched zapatos26, which was all I could nd at the

moment, and moved toward the door.


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1. caminar (v/inf) = to walk2. serita (n/s/) = miss3. entr (v/3p/s/pret) = she

entered4. mir (v/3p/s/pret) = looked5. azles (adj/pl/m) = ble6. aydar (v/in) = t help

7. pagar (v/1p/s/t) = I will pay8. deseas (v/2p/s/pres) = y

want9. imaginar (v/in) = [t] imagine10. csa (n/s/) = thing11. diner (n/s/m) = mney12. pelcla (n/s/) = mvie

13. peridic (n/s/m) =

newspaper14. basra (n/s/) = trash15. mlestar (v/in) = t bther16. seor (n/s/m) = Mr.17. encendi (v/3p/s/pret) = she

trned n

Chapter 2Of all the tin joints, in all the world, she had

caminar1 into mine! Seorita2 Margaret McCafferty.

She entr3 my ofce and mir4 at me with her big

azules5 eyes and I knew she would be trouble.

Please! You have ayudar6 me! Pagar7 you

whatever deseas8. She was desperate, as Im sure you

can imaginar9.

I should have known right then that this lady was

trouble. But, then again, I do have acosa10 for trouble,

especially when there is a paycheck involved. To be

frank, I could use the dinero11. I was hard up. I hadnt

been able to afford to see apelcula12 or buy a decent

peridico13 in months. Mybasura14 bill hadnt been paid

for so long that my trash was piling up in my bathtub.

I dont mean molestar15 you, Seor16 Bot, but

Ive heard youre the best, so I just had to come. Oh,

brother. Thats when she encendi17 the waterworks

big, fat, screensaver tears rolled down her face as she


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