I DEDICATE THIS BOOK TO
My kids
Sergio, Laura (Lali), Alvaro, and Lady (my puppy)



You can't catch me, kitten!
¡Tu no me agarras, gatito!
Once upon a time, a puppy named Lady lived in a beautiful town in Georgia. Lady was beautiful, strong, smart, and fast. She was more beautiful than the moon, faster than a cheetah, and smarter than José Hernández.
José Hernández is a Mexican-American migrant worker who became an astronaut for NASA and was selected for the Space Shuttle mission STS-128 in 2004.

That puppy is a rocket!
Esa cachorrita es un rocket.


More beautiful than me?
I don't think so!
Más bella que yo?
¡Yo no creo eso!




Smarter than me?
She will have to prove it!
¿Más inteligente que yo?
¡Va a tener que probarlo!

Había una vez, una perrita llamada Lady
que vivía en un lindo pueblo de Georgia. Lady era bella, fuerte, inteligente y rápida. Ella era más bella que la luna, más rápida que un leopardo y más inteligente que José Hernández.
Jose Hernández es un ex trabajador migrante
mexicano-estadounidense que se convirtió en astronauta de la NASA y fue parte de la misión del transbordador espacial STS-128 en 2004.
Lady's best friend was Lali. Lady and her best friend lived in a house near the forest. Their house was small, red, and warm. The forest around the house was fantastic! It had beautiful yellow, red, blue, and white flowers.
Forests are essential for land and water conservation, and we should care for them.
Lady and Lali loved playing soccer in the front yard. They wanted to play for Team USA in the FIFA Women's World Cup. FIFA stands for Fédération Internationale de Football Association.












Kick it harder, Lali!
¡Dale más fuerte, Lali!


















Okay, Okay!
¡Está bien! ¡Está bien!



























Lali era la mejor amiga de Lady. Ellas vivían en una casa cerca del bosque. Su casa era pequeña, roja y cálida. El bosque alrededor de la casa era fantástico. Estaba lleno de flores amarillas, rojas, azules y blancas.
Los bosques son importantes para conservar la tierra y el agua, por eso debemos cuidarlos.
Lady y Lali amaban jugar al fútbol en el patio delantero, cerca del bosque. Ellas querían jugar para el equipo de Estados Unidos en la Copa Mundial de Fútbol de la FIFA.
FIFA significa Fédération Internationale de Football Association.




















Lady loved Lali, but she complained that Lali spent most of her days in school. Also, when she was home, Lali spent much time studying for the End of Course Tests. Lali has to get good grades to be accepted in college. She wants to be a businesswoman when she grows up.
"Please, let us play outside," Lady used to ask Lali.
"Sorry, I can't play now. I have to study." Lali used to respond.



I am sorry, I can't
Lo siento, no puedo
Let's play outside
Vamos a jugar afuera












Lady amaba a Lali, pero se quejaba de que Lali pasaba la mayor parte de sus días en la escuela. Cuando Lali estaba en casa, estudiaba mucho para los exámenes finales de curso. A Lali le gustaba obtener buenas calificaciones porque quería estudiar para ser una mujer de negocios.
"Vamos a jugar afuera" Lady acostumbraba pedirle a Lali.
"Lo siento. No puedo jugar ahora. Tengo que estudiar."
Lali acostumbraba responder.






















Lady felt lonely when Lali was not around. One day, while Lali was in school, Lady felt bored.
"I am tired of being lonely as the sun." What if I hike on the edges of the forest? That would be very fun!" Lady thought.
So without thinking much about it, Lady jumped into the forest looking for adventures. The forest was beautiful! There were flowers everywhere.
"Hi, pretty puppy," said the flowers.
"Hola, flores lindas," Lady replied in Spanish.


Hi, cute puppy!
¡Hola, perrita linda!

















Hi, girls!
¡Hola, chicas!

De todas maneras, Lady se sentía sola cuando Lali no estaba cerca.
Un día, mientras Lali estaba en la escuela, Lady pensó:
"Estoy cansada de estar tan sola como el sol." ¿Qué pasaría si caminara por los límites del bosque? ¡Eso sería muy divertido!" .
Y sin pensarlo mucho, Lady saltó al bosque en busca de aventuras.
¡El bosque era hermoso! Había flores por todos lados.
"Hola, linda cachorrita", dijeron las flores.
"Hi, beautiful flowers", respondió Lady en Inglés.







That forest was as beautiful as heaven must be! There were squirrels, bunnies, and foxes everywhere. All of them were happily playing around the flowers.
"Hi, puppy," said the animals to Lady.
"Hola, squirrels, bunnies, and foxes," Lady replied.
"The forest is not as dangerous as Lali tells me. It is nice to live in here," Lady thought while adventuring more in-depth into the forest.
"Oh, there is a pond!" Lady exclaimed.
The pond was huge and filled with colorful fish. Beautiful tulips also surrounded it.
"Hi, cute puppy!" the little fish greeted Lady.
"Hola pescaditos," Lady replied.







Hi friends, nice to meet you
Hola amigos, mucho gusto













¡El bosque era hermoso como ha de ser el cielo! Había ardillas, conejos y zorros en todas partes. Ellos jugaban felizmente entre las flores.
"Hola, cachorrita" saludaron los animales a Lady.
"Hola, ardillas, conejos y zorros". "No hay peligro en el bosque, a como Lali siempre me dice. La vida es agradable aquí", Lady pensó, mientras entraba en el bosque.
"¡Oh, hay una poza!" Lady exclamó.
La poza era grande y llena de peces de muchos colores. Tulipanes bellos tambien rodeaban la poza.
"Hola, linda cachorrita" saludaron los peces a Lady.
"Hi little fish," respondió Lady.

Hi, puppy!
¡Hola, cachorrita

















Lady was very thrilled in the forest until the birds started flying away from the trees, and the bunnies, squirrels, and foxes disappeared into the deep forest. In an instant, the forest became a desert. Lady was utterly alone.
"What happened?" Lady screamed.
"Where are you going?" she asked her new friends.
"Run, puppy run! The monster is coming! The monster is coming!" a little voice screamed from behind a big rock.
Lady was so scared that she could not move, run, or hide.

















Run, puppy, run!
¡Corre, cachorra, corre!
Lady estaba muy feliz en el bosque hasta que las aves volaron lejos de los árboles y los conejos, las ardillas y los zorros se escondieron en el bosque profundo. En un instante, el bosque se convirtió en un desierto. Lady estaba absolutamente sola.
"¿Qué pasa?" Lady gritó. "¿A dónde van?" le preguntó a sus nuevos amigos.
"¡Corre, cachorrita corre! "¡El monstruo viene! ¡El monstruo viene!" una vocecita gritó detrás de una gran roca.
Lady estaba tan asustada que no podía moverse, correr o esconderse.












"There it is, there it is!" another squirrel screamed.
The big creature shook and broke the trees and everything in its path. Lady was speechless and petrified in fear!
She was petrified like a fossil. All she could do was stare at the big creature as it approached her. It looked like a mix of different animals. It had the bill and the webbed feet of a duck, the tail of a beaver, and the body of an otter. Lady had never seen anything like it in her short life. The creature was rare as a comet.
"Please do not hurt me! Please do not hurt me!" Lady cried in despair.
However, the rare creature just stopped in front of Lady, opened its big, flat bill and ...








Please don't hurt me!
¡Por favor no me lástimes!







Go away, you don't belong here!
¡Tu no perteneces a este lugar!

"¡Ahí está, ahí está!" otra ardilla gritó.
La gran criatura sacudió y rompió los árboles y todo lo que estaba en su camino. ¡Lady estaba sin palabras y petrificada de miedo!
Ella estaba petrificada como un fosil. Todo lo que pudo hacer fue mirar fijamente a la gran criatura cuando se acercó a ella. Aquello parecía una mezcla de diferentes animales. Tenía el pico y las patas palmeadas de un pato, la cola de un castor y el cuerpo de una nutria. La criatura era tan rara como un cometa. En su corta vida, Lady nunca había visto algo así.
"¡Por favor no me lastimes! ¡Por favor no me lastimes!" Lady rogó.
Pero la rara criatura se detuvo frente a Lady, abrió su gran pico y...














... the creature spoke to Lady,
"I don't want to hurt you. I'm new in Georgia, and I want to make friends. I only want to play with you guys!" said the creature with tears in its eyes.
"No one likes me because I am different. No one in this forest is nice to me. Everyone calls me a monster!" said the crying creature.
"But I am not a monster! I am a platypus, and my name is Cristiano.
I am big and strong because I eat lots of veggies."
The poor platypus explained to Lady.






Go away, ugly monster!
¡Alejate monstruo horrible!








... la criatura dijó a Lady: "No quiero hacerte daño. ¡Soy nuevo en Georgia y quiero hacer amigos! ¡Solo quiero jugar con ustedes!" dijo la criatura con lágrimas en los ojos.
"A nadie le gusto porque soy diferente. A nadie en este bosque es amable conmigo. ¡Todos me llaman monstruo!" dijo la llorosa criatura.
"Pero no soy un monstruo. Soy un ornitorrinco y me llamo Cristiano. Soy grande y fuerte porque como muchos vegetales." El pobre ornitorrinco explicó a Lady.


I just want to play.
I am lonely as a missing shoe.
Solo quiero jugar .
Estoy tan solo como un zapato perdido.








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I DEDICATE THIS BOOK TO
My kids
Sergio, Laura (Lali), Alvaro, and Lady (my puppy)



You can't catch me, kitten!
¡Tu no me agarras, gatito!
Once upon a time, a puppy named Lady lived in a beautiful town in Georgia. Lady was beautiful, strong, smart, and fast. She was more beautiful than the moon, faster than a cheetah, and smarter than José Hernández.
José Hernández is a Mexican-American migrant worker who became an astronaut for NASA and was selected for the Space Shuttle mission STS-128 in 2004.

That puppy is a rocket!
Esa cachorrita es un rocket.


More beautiful than me?
I don't think so!
Más bella que yo?
¡Yo no creo eso!




Smarter than me?
She will have to prove it!
¿Más inteligente que yo?
¡Va a tener que probarlo!

Había una vez, una perrita llamada Lady
que vivía en un lindo pueblo de Georgia. Lady era bella, fuerte, inteligente y rápida. Ella era más bella que la luna, más rápida que un leopardo y más inteligente que José Hernández.
Jose Hernández es un ex trabajador migrante
mexicano-estadounidense que se convirtió en astronauta de la NASA y fue parte de la misión del transbordador espacial STS-128 en 2004.
Lady's best friend was Lali. Lady and her best friend lived in a house near the forest. Their house was small, red, and warm. The forest around the house was fantastic! It had beautiful yellow, red, blue, and white flowers.
Forests are essential for land and water conservation, and we should care for them.
Lady and Lali loved playing soccer in the front yard. They wanted to play for Team USA in the FIFA Women's World Cup. FIFA stands for Fédération Internationale de Football Association.












Kick it harder, Lali!
¡Dale más fuerte, Lali!


















Okay, Okay!
¡Está bien! ¡Está bien!





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