(That's the opening paragraph of the very first " Pequeño Nicolas" story ...and as with all of them, it sets up your actual "dramatic tension" or to put it in everyday terms, the " possibility that everything will go drastically wrong." !! Oh yes. At this early point we haven't been introduced to the collection of donkeys and halfwits in Nick's immediate circle..... On we go then ... )
Cuando you entré en el patio del recreo llevaba la cabeza bien llena de brilliantina. Todos los compañeros estaban ya allí y la maestra riñendole a godofredo, que había venido vestido de marciano. Godofredo tiene un papá muy rico que le compra todos los juguetes que se le antojan. godofredo le decía a la maestra que quería fotografiarse de marciano, y que si no se iría.
( That's a grand start then )
El fotógrafo también estaba alli
( Terrific .... what lovely times we all had in dinky school eh ?)
What better way to improve your Spanish than reading the many books about Nick and his collection of halfwits ? I've written about these books before for that very reason... why not enjoy the stuff you read ? Further installments are, as they say, in the pipeline.