Alice's Adventures in Wonderland — Page 6
They very soon came upon a Gryphon, lying fast asleep in the sun.
Muy pronto se encontraron con un Grifo, que yacía profundamente dormido al sol.
(If you don't know what a Gryphon is, look at the picture.)
(Si no sabes lo que es un Grifo, mira el dibujo.)
"Up, lazy thing!" said the Queen, "and take this young lady to see the Mock Turtle, and to hear his history.
"¡Arriba, holgazán!", dijo la Reina, "y lleva a esta señorita a ver a la Tortuga Falsa, y a oír su historia.
I must go back and see after some executions I have ordered;" and she walked off, leaving Alice alone with the Gryphon.
Debo regresar y supervisar unas ejecuciones que he ordenado"; y se marchó, dejando a Alicia sola con el Grifo.
Alice did not quite like the look of the creature, but on the whole she thought it would be quite as safe to stay with it as to go after that savage Queen: so she waited.
A Alicia no le gustó mucho el aspecto de la criatura, pero en conjunto pensó que sería tan seguro quedarse con ella como ir tras aquella Reina salvaje: así que esperó.
The Gryphon sat up and rubbed its eyes: then it watched the Queen till she was out of sight: then it chuckled.
El Grifo se incorporó y se frotó los ojos: luego observó a la Reina hasta que se perdió de vista: entonces se rió entre dientes.
"What fun!" said the Gryphon, half to itself, half to Alice.
"¡Qué divertido!", dijo el Grifo, mitad para sí mismo, mitad para Alicia.
"What _is_ the fun?" said Alice.
"¿Qué es lo divertido?", dijo Alicia.
"Why, _she_," said the Gryphon.
"Pues, ella", dijo el Grifo.
"It's all her fancy, that: they never executes nobody, you know.
"Todo es pura fantasía suya, eso: nunca ejecutan a nadie, sabes.
Come on!"
¡Vamos!"
"Everybody says 'come on!' here," thought Alice, as she went slowly after it: "I never was so ordered about in all my life, never!"
"Todo el mundo dice '¡vamos!' aquí", pensó Alicia, mientras lo seguía lentamente: "¡Nunca me habían dado tantas órdenes en toda mi vida, nunca!"
They had not gone far before they saw the Mock Turtle in the distance, sitting sad and lonely on a little ledge of rock, and, as they came nearer, Alice could hear him sighing as if his heart would break.
No habían avanzado mucho cuando vieron a la Tortuga Falsa a lo lejos, sentada triste y solitaria en una pequeña cornisa de roca, y, a medida que se acercaban, Alicia podía oírla suspirar como si su corazón fuera a romperse.
She pitied him deeply.
Sintió una profunda lástima por ella.
"What is his sorrow?
"¿Cuál es su pena?
Vocabulary
- Muy
- Very, quite
- pronto
- Soon, quickly
- se
- Reflexive pronoun; himself, herself, themselves
- encontraron
- They found, they met, they encountered
- con
- With
- un
- A, an (masculine indefinite article)
- Grifo
- Griffin (mythological creature); faucet, tap
- que
- That, which, who (relative pronoun)
- yacía
- Was lying down, was resting (imperfect tense)
- profundamente
- Deeply, profoundly, soundly
- dormido
- Asleep, sleeping (past participle of dormir)
- al
- To the, at the (contraction of a+el)
- sol
- Sun
- Si
- If, whether (conditional conjunction)
- no
- No, not
- sabes
- You know (second person singular present)
- lo
- It, him (direct object pronoun)
- es
- Is (third person singular of ser/estar)
- mira
- Look, watch (imperative verb form)
- el
- The (masculine definite article)
- dibujo
- Drawing, sketch, picture, illustration
- Arriba
- Up, upwards, above, get up
- holgazán
- Lazy person, slacker, idler
- dijo
- Said, told (third person preterite of decir)
- la
- The (feminine definite article)
- Reina
- Queen
- y
- And
- lleva
- Take, carry, lead (imperative or present tense)
- a
- To, at (preposition)
- esta
- This (feminine demonstrative adjective)
- señorita
- Young lady, miss, unmarried woman
- ver
- To see, to watch
- Tortuga
- Turtle, tortoise
- Falsa
- False, fake, mock, counterfeit
- oír
- To hear, to listen
- su
- His, her, its, their, your (possessive)
- historia
- Story, history, tale
- Debo
- I must, I ought to, I should
- regresar
- To return, to go back, to come back
- supervisar
- To supervise, to oversee, to monitor
- unas
- Some, a few (feminine plural indefinite article)
- ejecuciones
- Executions, performances, implementations
- he
- I have (first person present of haber)
- ordenado
- Ordered, commanded, tidy (past participle)
- marchó
- Left, went away, marched (preterite verb)
- dejando
- Leaving, letting, abandoning (present participle)
- sola
- Alone, single, lonely (feminine adjective)
- A
- To, at (preposition)
- le
- To him, to her, to you (indirect object pronoun)
- gustó
- Liked, was pleasing (preterite of gustar)
- mucho
- Much, a lot, very much
- aspecto
- Appearance, aspect, look
- de
- Of, from, about (preposition)
- criatura
- Creature, being, child
- pero
- But, however, yet
- en
- In, on, at (preposition)
- conjunto
- Whole, set, ensemble, altogether
- pensó
- Thought, believed (preterite of pensar)
- sería
- Would be, it would be (conditional)
- tan
- So, as, such (adverb of degree)
- seguro
- Safe, sure, certain, secure
- quedarse
- To stay, to remain, to keep
- ella
- She, her (subject or object pronoun)
- como
- As, like, how (conjunction or adverb)
- ir
- To go
- tras
- After, behind, following (preposition)
- aquella
- That (feminine distant demonstrative adjective)
- salvaje
- Wild, savage, fierce, untamed
- así
- So, thus, like this, in this way
- esperó
- Waited, hoped (preterite of esperar)
- El
- The (masculine definite article)
- incorporó
- Sat up, incorporated, joined (preterite verb)
- frotó
- Rubbed, scrubbed (preterite of frotar)
- los
- The (masculine plural definite article)
- ojos
- Eyes
- luego
- Then, later, afterwards, next
- observó
- Observed, watched, noticed (preterite verb)
- hasta
- Until, till, up to, even
- perdió
- Lost, missed (preterite of perder)
- vista
- Sight, view, vision
- entonces
- Then, at that time, so, therefore
- rió
- Laughed (preterite of reír)
- entre
- Between, among, amid
- dientes
- Teeth
- Qué
- What, how (interrogative or exclamatory pronoun)
- divertido
- Funny, amusing, entertaining, fun
- mitad
- Half, middle
- para
- For, to, in order to (preposition)
- sí
- Yes; himself, herself, itself (reflexive)
- mismo
- Same, self, very, own
- Pues
- Well, then, so, because
- Todo
- All, everything, whole, entire
- pura
- Pure, sheer, mere (feminine adjective)
- fantasía
- Fantasy, imagination, fancy
- suya
- Hers, his, yours, theirs (possessive pronoun)
- eso
- That (neuter demonstrative pronoun)
- nunca
- Never, ever
- ejecutan
- Execute, carry out, perform (third person plural)
- nadie
- Nobody, no one, anyone
- Vamos
- Let's go, come on, we go
- mundo
- World, earth
- dice
- Says, tells (third person present of decir)
- vamos
- Let's go, we go, come on
- aquí
- Here, over here
- mientras
- While, meanwhile, whereas
- seguía
- Followed, continued (imperfect of seguir)
- lentamente
- Slowly, gradually
- Nunca
- Never, ever
- me
- Me, to me, myself (pronoun)
- habían
- Had, they had (imperfect of haber)
- dado
- Given (past participle of dar)
- tantas
- So many (feminine plural)
- órdenes
- Orders, commands
- toda
- All, whole, entire (feminine adjective)
- mi
- My (possessive adjective)
- vida
- Life
- No
- No, not
- avanzado
- Advanced, progressed (past participle)
- cuando
- When, whenever
- vieron
- Saw, they saw (preterite of ver)
- lejos
- Far, far away, distant
- sentada
- Seated, sitting (feminine past participle)
- triste
- Sad, unhappy, sorrowful
- solitaria
- Solitary, lonely, alone (feminine adjective)
- una
- A, an, one (feminine article/numeral)
- pequeña
- Small, little, tiny (feminine adjective)
- cornisa
- Ledge, cornice, shelf
- roca
- Rock, stone
- medida
- Measure, extent, measurement
- acercaban
- Were approaching, were getting closer (imperfect)
- podía
- Could, was able to (imperfect of poder)
- oírla
- To hear her (infinitive with pronoun)
- suspirar
- To sigh, to breathe deeply
- si
- If, whether
- corazón
- Heart
- fuera
- Were, was (subjunctive); outside, out
- romperse
- To break, to shatter (reflexive infinitive)
- Sintió
- Felt, sensed (preterite of sentir)
- profunda
- Deep, profound (feminine adjective)
- lástima
- Pity, shame, compassion
- por
- By, for, through, because of (preposition)
- Cuál
- Which, what (interrogative pronoun)
- pena
- Sorrow, grief, pain, pity, penalty
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