Feliz Lagrimas
by Andrea Lena DiMaggio
for Zoe!
Sometime in the future...Parsippany, New Jersey...the Rayburn-Gonzalez home...
"Buena noche, mi Niá±o" She kissed his forehead and went to get off the bed. The little boy reached over and grabbed her hand.
"One more, Mama, please?"
"Come on, Jeremy...three already...you trying to stay up until Mommy Lisa gets home from work?"
"No...."
"Jeremy?"
"Yes...but I wanna hear another story....pleeeeeeese?"
"Okay, bebé, but just one more! What about Rosie Runs Away? or maybe Pinkerton?"
"No, mama...you know...Un Oso de un Cuento...?"
"We read that last night, chico...maybe One Fish Two Fish? Or El Gato en el Sombrero?"
"No...Oso, Mama...Oso!!"
"Okay...just this once!"
She laughed softly as she picked up the book and began, "Un Oso de un Cuento de Zoe Taylor....." before pausing.
"Jeremy...why do you want me to read this one so much? You like Muppets and Horton and Los ará¡ndanos de Sally. Why Oso?
"When you or Mommy Lisa read it to me....you cry happy tears."
Zoe looked at her son and smiled as he said,
"See...like that, Mama...feliz lagrimas...like Mommy Lisa says, si?"
"Si, Mi niá±o...si." Zoe wiped her face with her sleeve and began.
"Un Oso de un Cuento de Zoe Taylor..... 'Quien se encontraba en la puerta?' La voz lárica de alta cima de la escalera apiladas....."
(Many thanks to Zoe for her gift of happy tears!)
Comments
Interesting and Different,,
All your stories have one thing in common, they all come
come with excellent art work or interesting photos. I
believe the story has some interesting relationships
between Mama and Mommy Lisa.
Oh my...
Que bonita! You know, I almost did date a Spanish girl, mi celeste rosa, my heavenly rose (I hope I spelled that correctly - I'm trying to learn Spanish again recently, but it's been years!), but unfortunately it didn't work out. She remains the only girl I truly regret not going after. :-)
Still, I don't know what to say. You have such an amazing gift to speak volumes in a few short paragraphs. Thank you so much. You've brightened my day more than words can express. Although now I need to go find a tissue!
happy tears
sweet little tale. I think there will be a more than few stories in his collection from some lady named Andrea Lena DiMaggio as well.
"You can survive a couple of weeks without food. You can survive a couple of days without water. You can even survive a couple of minutes without air. But you cannot survive for even a minute without hope."
Dorothycolleen
Happy Tears
My vocabulary of useful Spanish is limited to less than a hundred words, but when I read the title, I knew what it meant, and I knew I would probably have my own happy tears at the end. 'Drea, you didn't disappoint me. And Zoe, I hope there are many happy tears in your future.
Portia
Portia
Happy Tears
ALISON
'are so much nicer and there seem to be so many of them lately,especially from Zoe and 'Drea,
two girls who always make me happy with their writing,who make me feel good with myself.
ALISON
Hi Gram...
What I love the most about any of your stories is what's not written or said. I believe that is why you can write so little and yet say sooo much!
Simply Another...
Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrat
Feliz Lagrimas
Happy tears from ladies who know the story.
May Your Light Forever Shine
May Your Light Forever Shine
Short and Sweet
I like this little story. I know just enough Spanish that I could read through it without looking up any words. I did look up "oso" afterwards but it wasn't necessary to enjoy the story.
Thanks and kudos!
- Terry
Just Right
Are you familiar with 'Chica rubia y los tres osos'?
Portia
Portia
It both amuses and slightly
It both amuses and slightly frightens me that I understood that without needing to head over to Google Translate. :-D Señorita Knoche (Miss Knight - we had so much fun with that poor woman's name) would be proud.
Hmmm.
I did have to Google Translate the in-story name of your story (I'm completely uneducated in Spanish) but I did not need to do the same here - I picked up on the three bears ref. :)
Faraway
Big Closet Top Shelf
Where you can fool around like you want to and most you get is some bemused good ribbing!
Faraway
Big Closet Top Shelf
Where you can fool around like you want to and most you get is some bemused good ribbing!