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In this third season, I am sharing chapters from my short novel “Zunzuncito’s Adventure”. This week is chapter 3! Zunzuncito, a tiny bee hummingbird, just wants to suck delicious nectar from beautiful flowers. But he is not the only one hunting for food. After being chased away from flowers by a group of bees, Zunzuncito is now trapped in a spiderweb. There are many large spiders in Cuba and some of them do suck the blood of little birds caught in their webs. How will Zunzuncito escape?

This story is told in the the present tense. Repeated words and phrases include bird, spiderweb, spider, cries, scared, and stuck.

Zunzuncito’s Adventure is available on Amazon in paperback and Kindle formats : https://a.co/d/jlljj4V

You can find a transcript of the introduction and read along at https://smalltownspanishteacher.com/2026/01/14/zunzuncitos-adventure/

You can find a transcript of Chapter 1 and read along at https://smalltownspanishteacher.com/2026/01/22/simple-stories-in-english-zunzuncitos-adventure-chapter-1/

You can find a transcript of Chapter 2 and read along at https://smalltownspanishteacher.com/2026/01/28/simple-stories-in-english-zunzuncitos-adventure-chapter-2/

You can find a transcript of this episode (Chapter 3) and read along at https://smalltownspanishteacher.com/2026/02/09/simple-stories-in-english-zunzuncitos-adventure-chapter-3/

Thank you for listening, and a HUGE thank you for your support. I really enjoy creating and sharing simple, comprehensible stories. If you would like to help me in that endeavor, consider donating to @Small Town Spanish Teacher on Venmo, PayPal, or Buy Me A Coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/SpanishTeacher .

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In this third season, I am sharing chapters from my short novel “Zunzuncito’s Adventure”. This week is chapter 2! Zunzuncito, one of the tiniest hummingbirds in the world, flits from flower to flower in search of delicious nectar. However, some flowers are occupied. They are occupied by larger hummingbirds and insects. In this second chapter of “Zunzuncito’s Adventure”, our tiny bee hummingbird finds himself in a battle with his namesake bees.

This story is told in the the present tense. Repeated words and phrases include bird, hummingbird, wings, flies (verb), flowers, bees, and stingers.

Zunzuncito’s Adventure is available on Amazon in paperback and Kindle formats : https://a.co/d/jlljj4V

You can find a transcript of the introduction and read along at https://smalltownspanishteacher.com/2026/01/14/zunzuncitos-adventure/

You can find a transcript of Chapter 1 and read along at https://smalltownspanishteacher.com/2026/01/22/simple-stories-in-english-zunzuncitos-adventure-chapter-1/

You can find a transcript of this episode (Chapter 2) and read along at https://smalltownspanishteacher.com/2026/01/28/simple-stories-in-english-zunzuncitos-adventure-chapter-2/

Thank you for listening, and a HUGE thank you for your support. I really enjoy creating and sharing simple, comprehensible stories. If you would like to help me in that endeavor, consider donating to @Small Town Spanish Teacher on Venmo, PayPal, or Buy Me A Coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/SpanishTeacher .

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Chapter 1: The Smallest Hummingbird

Zunzuncito is one of the tiniest hummingbirds in the world. Some might think he spends all his time happily sucking nectar from flowers, and they are not wrong. However, sometimes insects and even other hummingbirds get in between Zunzuncito and his dinner.

This story is told in the the present tense. Repeated words and phrases include bird, hummingbird, wings, flies (verb) and flowers.

Zunzuncito’s Adventure is available on Amazon in paperback and Kindle formats : https://a.co/d/jlljj4V

You can find a transcript of the introduction and read along at https://smalltownspanishteacher.com/2026/01/14/zunzuncitos-adventure/

You can find a transcript of this episode (Chapter 1) and read along at https://smalltownspanishteacher.com/2026/01/22/simple-stories-in-english-zunzuncitos-adventure-chapter-1/

Thank you for listening, and a HUGE thank you for your support. I really enjoy creating and sharing simple, comprehensible stories. If you would like to help me in that endeavor, consider donating to @Small Town Spanish Teacher on Venmo, PayPal, or Buy Me A Coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/SpanishTeacher .