Told Faster: Las mariposas monarcas

Simple Stories in Spanish

Small Town Spanish Teacher

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🗓️ 28 July 2025

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

Hannah is a curious girl. When a butterfly lands in her back yard, she wants to learn all about it. After visiting the library, she learns that these butterflies are special and that they fly all the way to Mexico from Canada. What else will she learn about the mariposa monarca? This story is told in the present tense. Important vocabulary in the story includes: mariposa -butterfly, alas -wings, biblioteca -library, algodoncillo -milkweed, and oruga -caterpillar. No matter where you are in yo...

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0:00.0	Hello, and bienvenidos to this episode most rapido of simple stories in Spanish.
0:06.8	Hannah is a curious girl.
0:09.0	When a butterfly lands in her backyard, she wants to learn all about it.
0:14.6	After visiting the library, she learns that these butterflies are special and that they fly all the way to Mexico from Canada.
0:25.8	What else will she learn about the Mariposa Monarcha?
0:30.8	This story is told in the present tense.
0:34.2	Important vocabulary in the story includes mariposa, Butterfly, Alas, Wings, Biblioteca, Library,
0:45.4	Algononcillo, milkweed, and Oruga, Caterpillar.
0:52.0	I originally released this episode three years ago as a listener request in season six.
0:58.2	Today I'm going to retell it faster. I will include a link to the original episode in the show notes.
1:05.6	I hope you enjoy Las Mariposa Monarchas.
1:10.1	There is a chicka that's
1:11.2	Hannah.
1:12.6	Hannah is in the state of Texas,
1:14.7	in the south of the States.
1:16.9	Hannah is a little curious.
1:18.8	A she likes to learn.
1:21.1	The mother of Hannah
1:22.0	is a Erica.
1:23.6	Erica is very patient.
1:25.7	She asks to all the
1:27.3	questions of Hannah.
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