Se me cayó todo

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Aquel martes, a Pedro todo le salió mal. Nada más levantarse, se le cayó el vaso de leche. Luego, en la cocina, se le rompió un plato. "Qué día", pensó, con un poco de pánico.

That Tuesday, everything went wrong for Pedro. As soon as he got up, he dropped his glass of milk. Then, in the kitchen, a plate broke on him. "What a day," he thought, with a little panic.

Cuando iba a salir, se dio cuenta de un problema: se le habían perdido las llaves. Las buscó por todas partes. También se le olvidó dónde había dejado el teléfono. Todo se le escapaba de las manos.

When he was about to leave, he realised there was a problem: he had lost his keys. He looked for them everywhere. He also forgot where he had left his phone. Everything was slipping out of his hands.

Bajó la escalera con prisa y, sin querer, se le cayeron los papeles del trabajo. Se puso a recogerlos, nervioso. En ese momento, se le rompió un botón de la camisa. Pedro casi se echa a llorar.

He went down the stairs in a hurry and, without meaning to, dropped his work papers. He set about picking them up, nervous. At that moment, a button on his shirt broke. Pedro almost burst into tears.

Entonces llegó su amiga Laura. "¿Qué te pasa?", preguntó. "Se me ha caído todo, se me han perdido las llaves, se me ha roto la camisa... es un desastre", dijo Pedro. Laura no le dio importancia; se acercó para ayudarlo.

Then his friend Laura arrived. "What's wrong?" she asked. "I've dropped everything, I've lost my keys, my shirt has torn... it's a disaster," said Pedro. Laura made light of it; she came closer to help him.

Los dos se pusieron a buscar juntos. Se ayudaron el uno al otro: Laura miró debajo del sofá y Pedro miró en la cocina. Se hablaban con calma, sin prisa. Poco a poco, el pánico de Pedro se fue.

The two of them started to look together. They helped each other: Laura looked under the sofa and Pedro looked in the kitchen. They talked to each other calmly, without rushing. Little by little, Pedro's panic went away.

Al final, Laura encontró las llaves entre los papeles. "¡Aquí están!", dijo. Los dos se miraron con una gran sonrisa. "Menos mal que nos tenemos", dijo Pedro. "Siempre nos ayudamos", respondió Laura.

In the end, Laura found the keys among the papers. "Here they are!" she said. The two of them looked at each other with a big smile. "Thank goodness we have each other," said Pedro. "We always help each other," Laura replied.

Pedro entendió algo esa mañana. Cuando a uno se le cae el mundo encima, lo mejor es no estar solo. Los buenos amigos se apoyan, se escuchan y se cuidan el uno al otro.

Pedro understood something that morning. When your world comes crashing down on you, the best thing is not to be alone. Good friends support each other, listen to each other and look after one another.

Esa tarde, más tranquilos, Pedro y Laura se sentaron a tomar un café. Ya nada se caía, nada se rompía. Hablaron del día tan raro, ya tranquilos, y se prometieron ayudarse siempre, pasara lo que pasara.

That afternoon, calmer, Pedro and Laura sat down to have a coffee. Nothing was falling now, nothing was breaking. They talked about the strange day, calm at last, and promised to help each other always, whatever happened.