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The Loch Ness Hero
El héroe del lago Ness
Near the snowy banks of Loch Ness, Nessie bobbed her head above the chilly water. The village nearby twinkled with holiday lights.

Cerca de las orillas nevadas del lago Ness, Nessie asomaba la cabeza sobre el agua fría. El pueblo cercano brillaba con luces navideñas.
Loch Ness in winter; Nessie appears, village decorated for the holidays.
On Christmas Eve, a worried owl swooped down. 'Oh, Nessie! Santa's sled broke. The gifts can't be delivered!'

En Nochebuena, una lechuza preocupada se abalanzó sobre nosotros. '¡Oh, Nessi! El trineo de Papá Noel se rompió. ¡Los regalos no se pueden entregar!'
A worried owl informs Nessie about Santa's broken sled on Christmas Eve.
Nessie smiled. 'We must fix this! But how?' She thought hard as the moon shone brightly.

Nessie sonrió. '¡Debemos arreglar esto! ¿Pero cómo?' Pensó mucho mientras la luna brillaba intensamente.
Nessie resolves to help Santa and starts thinking of a solution.
Nessie had an idea. 'If two plus two is four, then two sleds are better than one!' She decided to make a sled.

Nessie tuvo una idea. '¡Si dos más dos son cuatro, entonces dos trineos son mejores que uno!' Decidió hacer un trineo.
Nessie gets an idea to create another sled, linking it to simple math.
Gathering wood, Nessie puzzled, 'Three trees make nine logs. How many logs come from six trees?'

Nessie recogió leña y se preguntó: 'Tres árboles forman nueve troncos. ¿Cuántos troncos proceden de seis árboles?
Nessie gathers wood and presents a multiplication problem to readers.
With eighteen logs, Nessie built a sled. 'Now for presents! Santa dropped seven bags, but two were found. How many are missing?'

Con dieciocho troncos, Nessie construyó un trineo. '¡Ahora a por los regalos! Santa dejó caer siete bolsas, pero se encontraron dos. ¿Cuántos faltan?
Nessie builds the sled and offers a subtraction problem about presents.
Five bags left! Nessie sought help from the forest animals. The beavers gnawed wrapping, the birds fetched ribbons.

¡Quedan cinco bolsas! Nessie buscó ayuda de los animales del bosque. Los castores roían envoltorios, los pájaros buscaban cintas.
Nessie enlists help from animals to prepare presents, after solving how many were missing.
Once the gifts were ready, Nessie wondered, 'If I deliver six gifts at a time, how many trips for thirty gifts?'

Una vez que los regalos estuvieron listos, Nessie se preguntó: 'Si entrego seis regalos a la vez, ¿cuántos viajes para treinta regalos?'
Nessie ponders a division problem related to gift delivery.
She made five trips! With each delivery, children's faces lit up like the stars above.

¡Hizo cinco viajes! Con cada entrega, los rostros de los niños se iluminaban como las estrellas del cielo.
After solving the division problem, Nessie successfully delivers all the gifts.
But one present was too big. 'It needs four ribbons to hold it. I have sixteen ribbons. How many big presents can I wrap?'

Pero un regalo era demasiado grande. 'Necesita cuatro cintas para sujetarlo. Tengo dieciséis cintas. ¿Cuántos regalos grandes puedo envolver?
Nessie faces a division problem with a large present and ribbons.
Nessie could wrap four big presents. She placed the giant teddy by the tallest tree in the village.

Nessie podría envolver cuatro regalos grandes. Colocó el osito gigante junto al árbol más alto del pueblo.
Nessie solves the ribbon problem and delivers a giant teddy bear.
With the first light of Christmas morning, Nessie slid back into the loch, her heart full, knowing she saved Christmas.

Con las primeras luces de la mañana de Navidad, Nessie regresó al lago, con el corazón lleno, sabiendo que había salvado la Navidad.
Satisfied with her problem-solving, Nessie returns to Loch Ness.
The village awoke to a Christmas miracle. Presents under trees, and a whisper of a friendly monster who loved to solve problems.

El pueblo amaneció con un milagro navideño. Regalos bajo los árboles y el susurro de un monstruo amigable al que le encantaba resolver problemas.
The village discovers the presents, and there are whispers about the helpful monster.

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