Ardi, la ardilla voladora: Ardi, the flying squirrel

<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family: "Garamond","serif"">La hermosa ardillita Ardi vivía junto a su familia en una enorme encina de un bosque tropical. A pesar de la importancia de recoger bellotas y otros frutos para almacenarlos como alimento de cara al frío invierno, Lolo, su hermano mayor, nunca quería ayudar, prefería jugar y corretear detrás de las aves. Sus padres le repetían una y otra vez que debía colaborar, pero no había manera de que hiciese caso. En cambio, Ardi sí se esforzaba en echar una mano. Aprendía constantemente de todo cuanto le decían. Como cuando su papá le explicó que, aunque no tuvieran alas, podían planear. ¡Y llegó el día en que los dos hermanos se pusieron a practicar! Había que saltar de rama en rama, siempre con un casco hecho a base de media cáscara de nuez, comprobando antes que no estuvieran águilas y serpientes acechando. Pero Lolo, como de costumbre, decidió no hacer ni caso...

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The beautiful little squirrel Ardi lived with her family in a huge oak tree in a tropical forest. Despite the importance of collecting acorns and other fruits to store them as food for the cold winter, Lolo, her older brother, never wanted to help, preferring to play and run after the birds. His parents told him over and over again that he should help, but there was no way he would listen. Ardi, on the other hand, did make an effort to lend a hand. He constantly learned from everything he was told. Like when his father explained to him that even though they didn"t have wings, they could still glide. And the day came when the two brothers started practicing! They had to jump from branch to branch, always with a helmet made of half a walnut shell, making sure that there were no eagles or snakes lurking around. But Lolo, as usual, decided not to pay any attention...