Mi dinosaurio de plástico / My plastic dinosaur

Escarbe con fuerza
para ver que salía de la tierra
él quería ser encontrado,
era un dinosaurio marrón claro.

I dug hard to see what was coming out of the ground, he wanted to be found, it was a light brown dinosaur.

Lo tomé en mi mano
lo llevé a todos lados
lo puse a dormir en un vaso
con trozos de pan blanco.

I took it in my hand and carried it around and put it to sleep in a glass with pieces of white bread.

Lo pesé cada mañana,
para ver cuánto aumentaba,
le cepillé su piel áspera,
para que la suciedad dejara.

I weighed him every morning, to see how much his weight increased, I brushed his rough skin, so that the dirt would leave.

Lo cuide con esmero
pero no veía su crecimiento
es que era un ser de plástico,
un dinosaurio inanimado.

I took good care of it but I did not see its growth, I checked it well and it was a plastic being, an inanimate dinosaur.

Mi dinosaurio marrón no crecerá,
ni tampoco de piel cambiará,
pero,esa es una buena razón,
para cuidarlo más y con dedicación.

My brown dinosaur will not grow, nor will his skin change, but that is a good reason, to take care of him more and with dedication.

_{Créditos Margarita Palomino}