Reading Group no. 3- la abeja haragana/The Lazy Bee
Hey,
Wow, I feel like I have been gone for years. I missed everyone and I have missed these stories. I hope you are all ready to continue and finish these stories, I have really enjoyed them. 
The next story by Horacio Quiroga is la abeja haragana or the lazy bee.
La abeja haragana video Enjoy!
Do you have any questions/comments/concerns about the story?
Did you enjoy the story?
You could include a picture if you'd like, to help illistrate.
What were some words that you didn't understand?
If someone wants to make flashcards that would be great! If not, this is a good place to put vocabulary
Memrise seems to be really good for our flashcards
Most importantly, this is about learning, So, don't feel bad if you don't know what something means. Write that word down, look it up, and guess what? You will have learned something. Try to remember to vote for others, to encourage them. We do a prettty good job of that already.
Good Luck!
Hope you enjoy this story!
Here is the link to download the pdf:
http://www.philosophia.cl/biblioteca/quiroga/Cuentos de la selva.pdf
Feel free to post in Spanish/English or a combination of both.
Jessica
5 Answers
Bueno, finalmente un cuento donde nadie murió, pues la abeja iba a morir pero de vejez, y esto fue después de una buena vida. La abeja aprendió su lección se corregía sus acciones. Y, en el caso de la culebra, aprendemos que se juega con la comida no siempre es algo malo =P
Ok, first 2 things not really about the story.
1) Jessica, it's so nice to see you around here again! And I'm glad the reading group is back on, even-though my participation kinda puttered out back in the spring.
2) While I'm a fan of Memrise one of the major problems I have with that site is no example sentences with the exception of mems. Fortunately I recently came across several programs that will help with that. The one I'm working with right now is Readlang; (the others being Learn With Text (LWT), LingQ.com (not free), and lingocracy.com.) With Readlang you can read anything you want, make SRS flashcards easily and edit the flashcards with a dictionary to make them the most suitable for what you are learning. It has a few downsides, like no typing test (I find that kind of thing seems to really help my retention of material) and it can make it too easy to relay on getting the English translation (totally depends on self control). But all in all I think it's a great type of tool to be aware of so I just wanted to share it with y'all. So far I've just used it for La abeja haragana and one other thing but I plan on continuing to use it with short stories and articles.
El cuento era lindísimo, me había olvidado qué lindo es el libro. “Con justicia o sin ella, te voy a comer”, inolvidable. Creo que algún día leeré los cuentos una vez más. ¡Gracias por elegir este libro!
Lo que no entiendo:
La abejita se peinaba con las patas, como hacen en las moscas. -> why en?
Antes de que le dijeran nada, la abejita exclamó -> nada = anything here? why not algo?
...quiso cogerse de una hoja y cayó al suelo -> the dictionary says cogerse de o a algo means to cling to, is this the idea?
¡Por piedad! -> is this the equivalent of “Mercy!” or something different?
La culebra abrió la boca cuan grande era, de sorpresa -> I’m looking at two other examples of “cuan … ser” (se desplomó cuan largo era, cayó al suelo cuan largo era) and I get the impression this construction describes something being done in its entirety. Am I going in the right direction?
I'm travelling today but want to mark this to answer later. I'll be back. Thanks for posting.
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