2007 Printable Manual - Texas State Library and Archives ...

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I Found A Toad
(English translation by Paola Ferate-Soto.)
I found a toad
That lived rather happily
Under a bridge
In a great big puddle
Tula, tula, tula. Splash, splash, splash
Ñaqui, ñaqui, ñaqui. Splash, splash, splash
Ahm mm (Literally biting your tongue)
I found a toad
Ah mm, he is looking at me.
Ah mm I found a toad ... for you,
But his eyes go “mm, mm, mm” when he looks at me. (Bite tongue and “squint” both
eyes at the same time)
Songs
Estaba la rana cantando
(Traditional. Adapted by Paola Ferate-Soto. This cumulative song can also be used as a
participative story by creating masks and selecting children from the audience to act it
out. At the end, the remaining children in the audience can be the “vecinos” or neighbors.
You can find a similar version of this song on Alerta Sings & Canciones para el recreo /
Children’s Songs for the Playground by Suni Paz.)
Estaba la rana cantando
debajo del agua,
cua cua;
cuando la rana se puso a cantar,
vino la mosca y la hizo callar:
la mosca a la rana
que estaba cantando
debajo del agua,
cua cua.
Cuando la mosca se puso a cantar,
vino el ratón y la hizo callar:
el ratón a la mosca,
la mosca a la rana
que estaba cantando
debajo del agua,
cua cua.
Cuando el ratón se puso a cantar,
vino el gato y le hizo callar:
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