A 4-part Spanish story series
The Lantern and the Beak
La linterna y el pico
- Part 1: The Man Inside the Bird
A2 Spanish · 4 min read · Free
The most feared figure in plague-stricken London sleeps with three candles burning and says good morning to his plants. The only person brave enough to knock on his terrible beaked mask is a hungry twelve-year-old who thinks it's funny.
- Part 2: A Crack in the Beak
A2 Spanish · 4 min read
The whole market has decided the bird man is guilty. Now his mask is cracked, his lantern lies in pieces, and the one woman who ever fed him is burning with fever on the far side of the darkest streets in London.
- Part 3: The Longest Night
A2 Spanish · 3 min read
Three pitch-black alleys stand between a terrified doctor and the woman who feeds him. He walks into the dark anyway, singing the names of his herbs like a prayer.
- Part 4: The Bird in the Smoke
A2 Spanish · 4 min read
London is burning, and the only man who can breathe inside the smoke is the one the whole parish signed papers to throw out.