Kilo Lingo

Spanish stories

Short stories written within a strict vocabulary tier so every word is one you have already met - or should meet soon. That is comprehensible input by construction. The stories from chapters 1 and 2 are free to read; the rest of the library comes with Kilo Lingo Plus.

Libros del lunes
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Libros del lunes

Monday Book Club

94 words

An enormous grey Great Dane sprawled across a tiny two-seat sofa in a lamp-lit flat; a handbag and keys dropped on the floor in front.
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Solo una noche

Just one night

48 words

Night, a child's bed: the pillow lifted to show a full set of an old man's false teeth lying on a folded note.
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Querido Ratoncito Pérez

Dear Tooth Mouse

133 words

Me suena
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Me suena

He looks familiar

80 words

An office desk: a big greetings card with a gold number 10 and balloons on the front, open beside a box of pastries, a mug and a computer keyboard.
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Diez años

Ten years

121 words

A late-night selfie at a crowded flat party: Ramiro, about seventy-five, in the flowery red shirt, beams in the middle of a crowd of young people with their arms round him; a digital clock on the wall shows 3:40.
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Para gente joven

For young people

154 words

A woman in her sixties stands smiling on a doormat with her handbag on her arm and, beside her, a big wheeled suitcase and a pillow tucked under her other arm.
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Casi perfecta

Almost perfect

236 words

A doctor's surgery: a very young red-haired doctor, white as a sheet, slumps on his stool holding a small tube of blood at arm's length, while Paula, calm, presses a cotton ball to her arm and offers him a glass of water.
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El nuevo doctor de Paula

Paula's new doctor

230 words

After dinner in a living room: a middle-aged man asleep upright in an armchair, a full coffee cup still held level in his hand; on the sofa, his wife talks with her hands to an older couple who nod politely.
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La cena de los Pereira

Dinner at the Pereiras'

329 words

Los puestos del sábado
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Los puestos del sábado

The Saturday Stalls

346 words

A man's hand holds up a digital thermometer over a rumpled duvet; the display reads 37,1.
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Me muero

I'm dying

95 words

Cocinar juntos
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Cocinar juntos

Cooking Together

408 words