Advanced - Villancico: Rin, Rin (roll your R challenge) (E0290) ´ va una burra, rin, rin Hacia Belen The donkey goes toward Bethlehem.

´ yo me Yo me la remendaba, yo me la remende, ´ eche´ un remiendo, yo me lo quite. I was mending it, I mended it, I attempted to mend it, I let it be.

Cargada de chocolate. Loaded with chocolate.

Lleva su chocolatera rin, rin, su molinillo y su anafre. It carries its chocolate maker, its grinder and its portable stove.

Mar´ıa, Mar´ıa, ven aca´ corriendo, que el choco´ comiendo. latillo se lo estan Mar´ıa, Mar´ıa, come running, they are eating all the chocolate.

´ rin, rin, han entrado los En el Portal de Belen, ratones. At the Gate of Bethlehem, the rats have entered.

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Y al bueno de San Jose´ rin, rin, le han ro´ıdo los calzones. And good St. Joseph, they have gnawed at his underpants.

Mar´ıa, Mar´ıa, ven aca´ corriendo, que los calzon´ royendo. cillos los estan Mar´ıa, Mar´ıa, come running, they are gnawing at his underpants.

´ rin, rin, gitanillos han enEn el Portal de Belen, trado. At the Gate of Bethlehem, gypsies have entered.

˜ que esta´ en la cuna rin, rin, los panales ˜ Y al Nino le han robado. And the Child in the cradle, they have stolen his diapers.

˜ Mar´ıa, Mar´ıa, ven aca´ volando, que los panalillos ´ llevando. los estan Mar´ıa, Mar´ıa, come running, they’re making off with the diapers. Key Vocabulary

el burro

Noun (f )

donkey

el remiendo

Noun (m)

mend

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remendar

Verb

to mend

el molinillo

Noun (m)

grinder

la cuna

Noun (f )

cradle

´ el calzon

Noun (f )

shorts

roer

Verb

to gnaw

correr

Verb

to run

arreglar

Verb

to fix

el roedor

Noun (m)

rodent

el barrote

Noun (m)

crosspiece

deprisa

Adverb

fast

el arado

Noun (m)

plow

Supplementary Vocabulary

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