Stellaluna - Listening practice
Stellaluna English Stellaluna Spanish Stellaluna by Janell Cannon adapted by M.Plumtree Narrator 1: In a warm and sultry forest far, far away, there once lived a mother fruit bat and her new baby. Oh, how Mother Bat loved her soft tiny baby. Mother Bat: "I'll name you Stellaluna." Narrator 1: Each night, Mother Bat would carry Stellaluna clutched to her breast as she flew out to search for food. Narrator 2: One night, as Mother Bat followed the heavy scent of ripe fruit, an owl spied her. On silent wings the powerful bird swooped down upon the bats. Dodging and shrieking, Mother Bat tried to escape, but the owl struck again and again, knocking Stellaluna into the air. Her baby wings were as limp and useless as wet paper. Down, down she went, faster and faster, into the forest below. Narrator 3: The dark leafy tangle of branches caught Stell