music

Gigi encuentra su voz

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Este cuento se llama “Gigi encuentra su voz”, escrito y narrado por Lorena Romero. Esta es una grabación de LibraryCall. El pasatiempo favorito de Gigi era cantar. Todos los días después de la escuela, corría a su cuarto, ponía su música favorita y cantaba toda la noche. Cantaba mientras hacía su tarea, durante la cena y en la ducha. Mientras dormía, Gigi soñaba con cantar frente a miles de personas, al igual que sus estrellas de pop favoritas. El problema con su sueño de convertirse en una estrella de pop era que Gigi nunca había tenido espectadores.

Gigi Finds Her Voice

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This story is called “Gigi Finds Her Voice,” written and narrated by Lorena Romero. This is a LibraryCall recording. Gigi’s favorite thing in the world was to sing. Every day after school, she would run to her room, turn on her favorite playlist and sing all through the evening. She would sing while doing her homework, during dinner, and in the shower. In her sleep, Gigi would dream of singing in front of thousands of people, just like her favorite pop stars. The only problem with her dream of becoming a pop star was that Gigi had never had an audience.

The Town Musicians of Bremen

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A certain man had a donkey, which had carried the corn sacks to the mill loyally for many a long year; but his strength was going, and he was growing more and more unfit for work. His master began to wonder if it was worth his while by keeping this old donkey much longer. The donkey, seeing that no good wind was blowing, ran away and set out on the road to Bremen. “There,” he thought, “I can surely be a town musician.” When he had walked some distance, he found a dog lying on the road, gasping like one who had run until he was tired.

The Two Frogs and the Well

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The Two frogs and the well by Aesop Hello, This is Richard, and I’m here with a fable by Aesop which is ever so short. As it’s such a teeny weeny squib of a tale, there’s time to tell it to you in three forms: a story, a poem, and a song. First the story It was hot. It was so terribly hot that the trees were sweating. The ponds were empty. The wells were dry. The ducks were thirsty.

The Ant and the Grasshopper

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This story is called the Ant and the Grasshopper, adapted from Aesop’s fable and read by Ryan Aoto. This is a LibraryCall recording. Far from the cities, across the fields, over the mountains, and deep in the woods, there lived an ant. As is the nature of ants, this ant did not live alone. She lived with hundreds of thousands of her family members in a great colony. Every member of the colony had a role and worked hard to help the family. The little ant was excited to go out and help. She loved to explore. Every day, she would head out to a new area, in search of food.