Adventures of Huckleberry Finn — Page 3
I didn't want him to try.
Yo no quería que lo intentara.
I said Jim might wake up and come.
Le dije que Jim podría despertarse y venir.
But Tom wanted to resk it; so we slid in there and got three candles, and Tom laid five cents on the table for pay.
Pero Tom quería arriesgarse; así que nos colamos allí y cogimos tres velas, y Tom dejó cinco centavos sobre la mesa como pago.
Then we got out, and I was in a sweat to get away; but nothing would do Tom but he must crawl to where Jim was, on his hands and knees, and play something on him.
Luego salimos, y yo estaba ansioso por alejarme; pero Tom no se conformaba con menos que arrastrarse hasta donde estaba Jim, a gatas, y gastarle alguna broma.
I waited, and it seemed a good while, everything was so still and lonesome.
Esperé, y pareció bastante tiempo, todo estaba tan quieto y solitario.
As soon as Tom was back we cut along the path, around the garden fence, and by-and-by fetched up on the steep top of the hill the other side of the house.
En cuanto Tom regresó, nos fuimos rápido por el camino, rodeando la valla del jardín, y al poco rato llegamos a la empinada cima de la colina al otro lado de la casa.
Tom said he slipped Jim's hat off of his head and hung it on a limb right over him, and Jim stirred a little, but he didn't wake.
Tom dijo que le quitó el sombrero de la cabeza a Jim y lo colgó en una rama justo encima de él, y Jim se movió un poco, pero no se despertó.
Afterwards Jim said the witches bewitched him and put him in a trance, and rode him all over the State, and then set him under the trees again, and hung his hat on a limb to show who done it.
Después Jim dijo que las brujas lo habían hechizado y lo habían puesto en trance, y lo habían llevado a caballo por todo el Estado, y luego lo habían dejado bajo los árboles otra vez, y habían colgado su sombrero en una rama para mostrar quién lo había hecho.
And next time Jim told it he said they rode him down to New Orleans; and, after that, every time he told it he spread it more and more, till by-and-by he said they rode him all over the world, and tired him most to death, and his back was all over saddle-boils.
Y la siguiente vez que Jim lo contó dijo que lo habían llevado a caballo hasta Nueva Orleans; y, después de eso, cada vez que lo contaba lo exageraba más y más, hasta que al final dijo que lo habían llevado a caballo por todo el mundo, y lo habían cansado casi hasta la muerte, y que su espalda estaba llena de llagas de montar.
Vocabulary
- quería
- Past tense of querer; wanted or desired something
- intentara
- Subjunctive past of intentar; that someone attempt or try
- dije
- First person past of decir; I said or told
- podría
- Conditional of poder; he or she could do something
- despertarse
- Reflexive verb meaning to wake oneself up
- venir
- Infinitive verb meaning to come toward a place
- arriesgarse
- Reflexive verb meaning to take a risk or chance
- así
- Adverb meaning 'so' or 'in this way'
- colamos
- Past tense of colarse; we sneaked or slipped in
- allí
- Adverb meaning 'there' indicating a distant location
- cogimos
- Past tense of coger; we grabbed or took something
- velas
- Plural noun; candles used to provide light
- dejó
- Past tense of dejar; he or she left or allowed
- centavos
- Plural noun; cents or small monetary coins
- sobre
- Preposition meaning 'on' or 'on top of' something
- mesa
- Noun meaning table, a piece of furniture
- pago
- Noun meaning payment or compensation for goods or services
- Luego
- Adverb meaning 'then' or 'afterwards' in sequence
- salimos
- Past tense of salir; we left or went out
- estaba
- Past tense of estar; was in a state or condition
- ansioso
- Adjective meaning anxious or eager about something
- alejarme
- Reflexive infinitive meaning to move myself away from
- conformaba
- Past tense of conformarse; was satisfied or content with less
- arrastrarse
- Reflexive verb meaning to crawl or drag oneself along
- gatas
- Used in 'a gatas' meaning on all fours crawling
- gastarle
- Infinitive of gastar plus pronoun; to play a trick on someone
- broma
- Noun meaning joke prank or humorous trick
- Esperé
- Past tense of esperar; I waited or hoped patiently
- pareció
- Past tense of parecer; it seemed or appeared a certain way
- bastante
- Adverb or adjective meaning 'quite' 'enough' or 'rather'
- tiempo
- Noun meaning time or weather depending on context
- quieto
- Adjective meaning still quiet or motionless in place
- solitario
- Adjective meaning lonely solitary or isolated from others
- cuanto
- Used in 'en cuanto' meaning 'as soon as'
- regresó
- Past tense of regresar; he or she returned back
- fuimos
- Past tense of ir; we went to a place
- rápido
- Adjective or adverb meaning fast quick or rapidly
- camino
- Noun meaning road path or way to a destination
- rodeando
- Gerund of rodear; going around or surrounding something
- valla
- Noun meaning fence or barrier around a property
- jardín
- Noun meaning garden an outdoor cultivated green space
- rato
- Noun meaning a short while or brief period of time
- llegamos
- Past tense of llegar; we arrived at a destination
- empinada
- Adjective meaning steep inclined or sharply angled upward
- cima
- Noun meaning summit top or peak of a hill
- colina
- Noun meaning hill a raised landform smaller than a mountain
- lado
- Noun meaning side direction or edge of something
- casa
- Noun meaning house or home where people live
- dijo
- Past tense of decir; he or she said or stated
- quitó
- Past tense of quitar; he removed or took off something
- sombrero
- Noun meaning hat a head covering worn outdoors
- cabeza
- Noun meaning head the uppermost part of the body
- colgó
- Past tense of colgar; he hung something from a place
- rama
- Noun meaning branch of a tree or shrub
- justo
- Adverb meaning 'just' 'exactly' or 'right' precisely
- encima
- Adverb or preposition meaning 'above' or 'on top of'
- movió
- Past tense of mover; he moved or shifted position
- despertó
- Past tense of despertar; he woke up from sleep
- Después
- Adverb meaning 'after' or 'afterwards' in time sequence
- brujas
- Plural noun meaning witches supernatural female figures
- habían
- Third person plural past perfect auxiliary of haber; had done
- hechizado
- Past participle of hechizar; bewitched or cast a spell on
- puesto
- Past participle of poner; placed or put into a state
- trance
- Noun meaning trance a hypnotic daze-like mental state
- llevado
- Past participle of llevar; carried or taken to a place
- caballo
- Noun meaning horse a large domesticated riding animal
- Estado
- Noun meaning state a political territorial division or condition
- luego
- Adverb meaning 'then' or 'later' in time sequence
- dejado
- Past participle of dejar; left behind or allowed something
- bajo
- Preposition or adjective meaning 'under' or 'low'
- árboles
- Plural noun meaning trees tall woody perennial plants
- vez
- Noun meaning time occurrence or instance of something
- colgado
- Past participle of colgar; hung suspended from above
- mostrar
- Infinitive meaning to show or display something to others
- había
- Third person singular past perfect of haber; there had been
- hecho
- Past participle of hacer; done or made something
- siguiente
- Adjective meaning next or following in order or time
- contó
- Past tense of contar; he told or recounted a story
- después
- Adverb meaning 'after' or 'later' in time
- cada
- Adjective meaning 'each' or 'every' individual item
- contaba
- Imperfect of contar; used to tell or recount repeatedly
- exageraba
- Imperfect of exagerar; used to exaggerate or overstate things
- final
- Noun or adjective meaning end final point or conclusion
- mundo
- Noun meaning world or everyone in existence
- cansado
- Adjective meaning tired or weary from effort or stress
- casi
- Adverb meaning 'almost' or 'nearly' but not quite
- muerte
- Noun meaning death the end of life
- espalda
- Noun meaning back the rear part of the torso
- llena
- Adjective meaning full filled up or covered completely
- llagas
- Plural noun meaning sores or painful open wounds on skin
- montar
- Infinitive meaning to ride a horse or mount something
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