/too lazy to even attempt translating into Spanish.tomatomatonioMay 18 2011, 01:17:47 UTC
Antonio had watched the tiny little girl drag her bucket up the beach and dump the sand into a big pile for the third time. He himself had been roving the beach, gathering up shells to take back and show off to his littlest sisters who were too young to leave Spain for this vacation. Plunking his bucket down on the sand, he sat down with the girl, swiping her bucket and scooping sand back into it.
"You're doing it wrong, you know," he told her conversationally in Spanish. His English vocabulary was getting bigger, but if the girl understood him so much the better. With that, he flipped the bucket and slid it off the top, a perfectly turreted mound of sand revealed. "See? That's how a castle is supposed to look."
That's okay, I haven't had a Spanish class since seventh grade.remyleeMay 18 2011, 02:16:09 UTC
Remy looked up, a little startled when the bigger boy suddenly grabbed her bucket, but when he started talking to her, using silly words she couldn't understand, she decided he wasn't a bully. When he fixed her castle, she was sure of it.
"Yay!" She giggled, clapping her hands delightedly before scooping more sand into the bucket. "Do it again!" She knew it wasn't nice to be bossy, but right now she was too excited to remember that. And she wasn't trying to be mean...
I have never taken Spanish at all~tomatomatonioMay 19 2011, 01:45:36 UTC
Toni plopped the other bucket over next to the first tower and handed it back to the girl with a grin. So she spoke English, and was too little to understand him if he used Spanish. But she was cute, and if making castles made her happy, he would make her a little helper.
Then I won't have to display how badly I fail. :DremyleeMay 19 2011, 02:05:30 UTC
A happy smile and a nod later, Remy was carrying the bucket down to the water again. If he'd help her make castles, she'd bring the boy all the water he needed. In her mind, they were a team now. With both of them working together, they could make the prettiest castles ever.
This time the trail back up the beach was dotted with wet spots where water sloshed over the sides of the bucket as she dragged. At least it wasn't as heavy as the sand....
Luckily there was more water in the bucket than out of it when she made it back. And if it was too much, they could always use the extra to fill the moat.
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"You're doing it wrong, you know," he told her conversationally in Spanish. His English vocabulary was getting bigger, but if the girl understood him so much the better. With that, he flipped the bucket and slid it off the top, a perfectly turreted mound of sand revealed. "See? That's how a castle is supposed to look."
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"Yay!" She giggled, clapping her hands delightedly before scooping more sand into the bucket. "Do it again!" She knew it wasn't nice to be bossy, but right now she was too excited to remember that. And she wasn't trying to be mean...
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"More water," he instructed in English.
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This time the trail back up the beach was dotted with wet spots where water sloshed over the sides of the bucket as she dragged. At least it wasn't as heavy as the sand....
Luckily there was more water in the bucket than out of it when she made it back. And if it was too much, they could always use the extra to fill the moat.
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