from Poems to Play/Poemas Para Jugar by Bertha Jacobson from her 2019 book of Bilingual Poems for Children: My brother, dressed in western clothes, Mi hermano vestido al estilo oeste, could ride his horse for hours. montaba al caballo por horas. He always was a sheriff on the go, Siempre era el sheriff ocupado, fighting against the apaches in pajamas (that was us). peleando contra apaches empiyamados (nosotros). My sister’s steer belonged to the circus, and she tied a pink ribbon around its neck. With an elegant style she could even stand on its back, while the crowd blasted in great applause. El corcel do me hermana era de circo, y le ataba un listón rosado al cuello, Con gran elegancia hacía pirurtas en so […]
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