Ch 1 · Lesson 14

Read: El árbol no cabe

A reader to close family ties.

Read it through once - every word in it is already in your vocabulary. Finish the comprehension questions underneath and the lesson completes itself.

Core 5,000

El árbol no cabe

The Tree Doesn't Fit

Reading time
5 min
Total words
624
Unique words
238
Typical word
#212

Story

Marisol Antonio, Texas, . : papás, Chema, Chayo Beto, . Beto . , Gaby, . , , Beto Marisol; , . , Gaby .

, Treviño, , . «, , . , .» , unidos . « », . « , .»

, Marisol , . . Monterrey , . «, .» Beto , , .

: , . « .» «, .» « . , .» , Marisol . «¿ Rubén ?» « . .» «», Marisol.

Beto . «¿ ?» Marisol . « , Beto. . .» «», Beto. . . Marisol .

, Marisol . . , Gaby, , . Beto, . .

, . , . , : , , , . Beto, . , Gaby. , , Marisol. , , Beto.

A teenager's drawing of her family's one-story house seen from above with no roof: grandparents at the kitchen table, framed photos on the living-room wall, two small bedrooms side by side, an eighteen-wheeler parked in the street, and in the backyard a big pecan tree with a small boy sitting up in its branches.

, Treviño . «Marisol, .» «, miss.» « .» Marisol . « , miss. .»

, 85 : « . .» , . 85, 100 , . Beto .

Comprehension drill

7 questions on what you just read. Get one wrong and the story will show you where it says otherwise.

Open the full story page for the vocabulary table and the printable version.

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