Ellie Elephant was looking at a huge map on her bed.
Grammar: The verb "miraba" is the imperfect past of "mirar," used here to describe an ongoing or background action in the past.
Ellie Elephant leÃa un libro interesante en su cama.
Ellie Elephant miraba las estrellas desde su ventana.
Cuando alguien lo miraba,
su voz se escondÃa detrás de los dientes, como un caracol detrás de su casita.
When someone looked at him, his voice hid behind his teeth, like a snail behind its little shell.
Grammar: The imperfect tense (miraba, se escondÃa) is used to describe repeated or ongoing past actions, and the reflexive verb 'esconderse' shows that the subject’s voice is hiding itself.
Cuando la maestra le hacÃa una pregunta, su voz se escondÃa en la garganta.
Cuando entraba mucha gente al cuarto, se escondÃa detrás de su mamá.
