Español / A2
Los dos conejos
Un conejo corre muy rápido entre unas plantas. Dos perros van detrás de él. Quieren atraparlo.
Otro conejo sale de su casa, un agujero en la tierra. Le dice: «Espera, amigo. ¿Qué pasa?».
El primero casi no puede respirar. Responde: «Dos galgos me siguen». Los galgos son un tipo de perro de caza.
El otro mira y dice: «Sí, los veo. Pero no son galgos. Son podencos». Los podencos también son perros de caza, pero son diferentes.
«¡Son galgos!», dice el primero. «Los he visto bien».
«¡Son podencos!», dice el otro. «No sabes de perros».
Siguen hablando del tipo de perro. Mientras tanto, los perros llegan y atrapan a los dos conejos. No estaban atentos al peligro.
La historia nos enseña algo: cuando hay un problema importante, no debemos perder tiempo hablando de cosas que importan poco.
English summary · includes the ending
A rabbit races through some bushes with dogs following him. He is running so fast that the narrator describes him as flying. A second rabbit comes out of his hole and asks his friend to stop and explain what is happening.
Out of breath, the first rabbit says that two greyhounds are chasing him. His companion can see the dogs, but insists that they are not greyhounds. He says they belong to another kind of hunting dog, called podencos.
The first rabbit strongly disagrees. He is sure of what he has seen. The second is just as certain and tells his friend that he does not understand the matter. They keep repeating their different answers instead of escaping.
While the rabbits argue, the dogs reach them and catch both. The final advice is clear: people who leave an important problem aside to discuss small, unimportant differences should learn from these two rabbits.
Adapted for Lejrbål from the credited source.
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