The sea urchins, the starfish, and
other animals take shelter among
them.

Little by little the corals pile up and
an island is formed.

The birds and the waves carry seeds
to the island.

The seeds make roots and grow.

Many years afterward people come to
live on some of these islands.

bandada--estanque--vecino.

La anciana dona Matilde tenia una
bandada de gansos.

Queria a sus gansos y los cuidaba
mucho.

Un dia los gansos se escaparon.

iLa pobre anciana! No supo que hacer.

Fue a la puerta y miro hacia el camino.

No pudo ver ni un solo ganso.

Temia que se hubiesen extraviado.

Juanito y Catalina estaban jugando
en el patio vecino.

Dona Matilde les pregunto si habian
visto a sus gansos.

--Los he visto,--dijo Juanito,--iban
para el estanque.

--iDios mio! iDios mio!--dijo dona
Matilde.

--?Creeis que volveran?

--Iremos a buscarlos,--dijo Catalina.

Los ninos se marcharon en direccion
del estanque.

Juanito vio los gansos apenas se
acerco al estanque.

flock--sin'gle--fond--star'ted
Matil'da--pit'y--road.

Old Miss Matilda had a flock of geese.

She was fond of her geese and took
great care of them.

One day the geese got out.

Poor old lady! She didn't know what
to do.

She went to the gate and looked
toward the road.

She could not see a single goose.

She was afraid they were lost.

Johnny and Kate were playing in
the yard next door.

Miss Matilda asked them if they had
seen her geese.

"I saw them," said Johnny, "they
were going toward the pond."

"Dear! dear!" said Miss Matilda.

"Do you think they will come back?"

"We'll go looking for them," said Kate.

The children went off toward the pond.

Johnny saw the geese almost as soon
as he came near the pond.

capullos--puntiagudas--tallos--cuece.

Mira esta flor blanca.

?Sabes que flor es?

Es la flor de la yuca.

Nos gusta verla brillar en el sol.

Les gusta a las abejas y a las polillas.

Ellas cogen comida de sus capullos.

La planta de la yuca tiene hojas largas
y puntiagudas.

Es una planta muy util.

Catalina tiene una soga para s