El Día de Muertos Children's Story PDF

# El Día de Muertos ## Pasos de Luna Ivar da Coll **In every November** - The grandmother comes - She brings stories and surprises - She brings - Torn paper with skulls - Pink bread with sugar - Strawberry atole **And the cempasúchil** - The flowers of the dead - In her ar...

# El Día de Muertos ## Pasos de Luna Ivar da Coll **In every November** - The grandmother comes - She brings stories and surprises - She brings - Torn paper with skulls - Pink bread with sugar - Strawberry atole **And the cempasúchil** - The flowers of the dead - In her arms are bunches **On comales** - Tortillas and avocados - Copal, orange blossoms, also chocolate **Corn, tamales** - Oranges and bananas - Pigs and birds - Made of bread - Made with hands **All of this we use** - To make an altar - We put up pictures - Of the ones who are not here **Aunt Maria Antonia** - My grandfather Jose - My cat Simona, - The dog Miguel **Near the bonfires** - That guide the dead - It is tradition to serve beverages **Later, sitting down** - Together with the grandmother, - We listen to her skull stories - That tell the story of the skeletons - And give laughter - From her death stories **A body of bones** - A skull without hair - So are the dead - Who are under the ground **There was a skeleton** - Who always said - Why am I dead - So thin and without life **It wasn’t so dead** - Nor so alive - The sad skeleton - Was bored **It counted its bones** - At night and during the day - This poor dead one - Always smiled **A body of bones** - A skull without hair - So are the dead - Who are under the ground **In a cemetery** - There was an orchestra - They played, all the dead - They were partying **The ladies wore skirts** - The men wore black - They wore ties - With a jacket and a hat **The orchestra played** - Guarachas, boleros, - Country songs, and dances - With a rumba rhythm **Two dead people danced** - A sad bolero - They got tangled up - With their skeletons **Suddenly, in a turn** - Their bodies collided - Falling on the floor - A little with bones **It makes me laugh to see** - The dead - So full of life - Moving their bones **The dead go up** - Flying to the sky - Are the clouds - Made of bones? **In a wedding** - Of the dead man and the dead woman - The bride and groom - Are two skeletons **They celebrated their wedding** - In a cemetery - In tailcoats - Dressed in Black **After the party** - Food and cake - The newlyweds begin - Their honeymoon **They get in a car** - With their luggage - They leave that night - For a long trip **Will they go to heaven?** - Who knows - I wish I knew - I doubt it and I don’t know **The dead are going up** - Flying to the sky - Are the clouds - Made of bones **In a kitchen** - The dead are not scary - They are made of flour - And sugar paste **I want to taste** - All the bones - That decorate the bread - On Day of the Dead. **The dead of flour** - Covered in sugar - Everyone likes them - I am fascinated with them **And since I love** - To eat a little at a time - To each skull - I give a bite **One day a skeleton** - Went to the sea - On an egg - He started to row **He suddenly crashed** - Into a spoon - The egg sank - To the bottom of the water **The water was dark** - With giant waves - It had a lot of foam - It was chocolate **The dead one was drowning** - I am burning, I hurt - Help! - he screamed - Will someone save me? **Then came** - Two giant lips - That ate it - Instead of helping it **The evening ends** - The verses are taken - In the air we feel - The scent of incense **Candles draw** - On the pavement - Roads that cross - To cemeteries **With music and flowers** - And with food - In many pantheons - There is a celebration of the dead **Then the grandmother** - Takes us running - We go with her - To the cemetery **The 2nd of November is over** - I want to ask - For him to come back - To reunite us - Just like many times **The grandmother will come** - With all his stories - And will make a new altar - Of Day of the Dead The page shows various illustrations: - **Page 1:** An illustration of an old woman with a young girl and boy. Behind them are 3 cactus plants. - **Page 2:** A graveyard illustration, featuring skeletons and a grave with a cross. The colors are bright and whimsical. Several crows are shown perched on the tombstones. - **Page 3:** A graveyard illustration featuring skeletons and a church. - **Page 4:** A woman carrying a basket with marigolds and other items shown in a detailed illustration. - **Page 5:** A woman carrying a basket and walking towards the cemetery, a crow sits on a tomb. - **Page 6:** Two pictures of the traditional Mexican food: a traditional clay pot with a skull sculpted on the side, and 2 red, traditional Mexican bread. - **Page 7:** An illustration of a plant growing from the ground, and on top of it are 3 skulls. - **Page 8:** A picture of a family embracing an old woman with a basket of food. - **Page 9:** A skeleton wearing pink dress with a skull on her head. - **Page 10:** A drawing of a traditional Mexican home with a family assembling a Day of the Dead altar. - **Page 11:** A burning candle with corn stalks and a small skeleton doll. - **Page 12:** An illustration of a family gathering at a table to celebrate Day of the Dead. - **Page 13:** A picture of a skeleton lying down with some animals around him. - **Page 14:** An illustration of a skeleton sitting on a grave with multiple animals. - **Page 15:** A cartoon of a mouse on some grass. - **Page 16:** An illustration of a skeleton sitting on a grave, illuminated by a moon. - **Page 17:** A drawing of several skeletons celebrating in the cemetery. - **Page 18:** A picture of skeletons celebrating in the cemetery, similar to previous page. - **Page 19:** An illustration of a couple of celebrating skeletons. - **Page 20:** A drawing of 2 skeletons dancing, one is wearing a hat and the other is holding a trumpet. - **Page 21:** An illustration of a skeleton wearing a hat, holding a flower. - **Page 22:** A picture of a wedding ceremony with the bride and groom and other skeletons. - **Page 23:** A drawing of 4 skeletons looking up at a car with a couple of skeletons in it. - **Page 24:** A picture of a skeleton in the shape of a cloud with some flowers around it. - **Page 25:** An illustration of 3 skeletons making bread, one is an old woman. - **Page 26:** A illustration of 3 skeletons sitting at a table, one skeleton is offering some bread to the other. - **Page 27:** An illustration of a skeleton sitting in a bowl of hot chocolate. - **Page 28:** Drawing of a plate of hot chocolate, a pan bread, a jar with a flower on it, a candle, and an orange. - **Page 29:** An illustration of 5 people standing together with a cross in the background. - **Page 30:** Illustration of 3 small scenes with several people. - **Page 31:** Illustration of a small boy and girl wearing a colorful hat. - **Page 32:** A picture of a woman with an orange flower. - **Page 33:** Illustration of skeletons in a cemetery, similar to the previous illustrations. - **Page 34:** An illustration of a person painting on a canvas, and a table filled with colored paints and brushes.