Las medias de los flamencos

Posted on Mar 01 2009
Un cuento uruguayo, escrito por Horacio Quiroga Foto de Szeke Click here for a Spanish-English glossary of some words in this story. Cierta vez las víboras dieron un gran baile. Invitaron a las ranas y a los sapos, a los flamencos, y ...

El carnicero de Bowen Road

Posted on Feb 26 2009
This story is based on true events and deals with animal cruelty. It may not be suitable for very young listeners. A serial dog killer is on the loose in a wealthy Hong Kong neighborhood. For the past 20 years ...

La montaña donde se abandonaba a los ancianos

Posted on Jan 22 2009
Una leyenda japonesa Hace mucho tiempo, existía la costumbre de abandonar a los ancianos al pie de cierta montaña, una vez habían llegado a los sesenta años y dejaban de ser útiles. En una aldea vivía un campesino que había cumplido ...

Message to subscribers: Please resubscribe

Posted on Jan 17 2009
If you subscribe to the Cody's Cuentos podcast via iTunes or any other RSS service, I need you to resubscribe. Feedburner, the service that I use to notify listeners of new episodes, was purchased by Google awhile back. I think ...

La gallina de los huevos de oro

Posted on Jan 04 2009
In English, this story is called "The Goose that Laid the Golden Eggs." Through the ages there have been many different takes of this story in different cultures. Here is a Spanish version we found, author unknown, where the goose ...

La sirenita

Posted on Dec 09 2008
Escrito por Hans Christian Andersen Había una vez, en el fondo del océano, un maravilloso palacio construido con corales multicolores, caracolas de nácar, burbujas saltarinas y perlas de todos los tamaños. En el palacio vivían el rey y la reina de los ...

Cody’s Cuentos: Stories for Beginners

Posted on Nov 15 2008
Today we launch the new BEGINNER category of stories here at Cody's Cuentos. These are stories that will be short, sweet and easy to understand. The goal of these Beginner-level stories is to help you improve your Spanish listening comprehension and ...

Rumpelstiltskin

Posted on Jul 23 2008
Otro cuento clásico de los hermanos Grimm Foto de Rumpelstiltskin en el bosque de Ariel Dawn Había una vez un molinero que era muy pobre, pero que tenía una hija muy hermosa. Ocurrió que un día tuvo la oportunidad de hablar con ...

Pedro y el lobo

Posted on Jul 03 2008
Today's story is the Spanish version of The Boy Who Cried Wolf. Lovely Megui, our cuentacuentos from Spain, does a fabulous job bringing this classic tale to life. When I was a child, I remember hearing this story and the ...

Cielito Lindo

Posted on May 18 2008
At the end of "El callejón de la Buena Muerte," is a beautiful rendition of Cielito Lindo sung by Colombian singer Marta Gómez. The song is from her album Entre Cada Palabra and is a lovely lullaby. Here are the ...

La Momia

Posted on Apr 18 2008
In the city of Guanajuato, Mexico there is a museum which is home to more than 100 mummies. The history behind the museum is fascinating. It turns out that back in the 1800s in Guanajuato people had to pay ...

Garbancito

Posted on Mar 26 2008
Today's audio cuento is an old folk tale from Catalonia, Spain. It is about a very teeny, tiny boy who gets lost while running an errand for his mommy. And boy, does he get lost!! The very first time ...

¡Bienvenidos a Cody’s Cuentos!

Posted on Mar 10 2008
Welcome to Cody's Cuentos! My name is Eleena and I'm the creator of this podcast. Who's Cody? Well, he's my doggie and he loves to hear stories in Spanish. Each month Cody and one of his human pals from Spain, Mexico ...






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