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A 3-part Spanish story series

The Song of the Silver Bird

El Canto del Pájaro de Plata

  1. Part 1: Three Notes at Dawn

    B1 Spanish · 3 min read · Free

    A collapsed camel, a carved wooden box, and a silver bird that sings three notes before flying off toward the dunes. Veterinarian Naran knows exactly what an abandoned animal means in the Gobi: somewhere out there, someone is running out of time.

  2. Part 2: A Patient Made of Silver

    B1 Spanish · 4 min read

    Tweezers, a drop of oil, and the strangest patient of Naran's career: a clockwork bird choking on sand. Somewhere beyond the highest dunes, a dying man is waiting for a song only that bird can sing.

  3. Part 3: Suren's Voice

    B1 Spanish · 4 min read

    The silver bird never waits for anyone. So why did it wait for Naran? The answer lies in a lonely ger at the edge of the great dunes, where an old man is holding on for one last song.