Alice's Adventures in Wonderland — Page 7
" she asked the Gryphon, and the Gryphon answered, very nearly in the same words as before, "It's all his fancy, that: he hasn't got no sorrow, you know.
" preguntó al Grifo, y el Grifo contestó, casi con las mismas palabras de antes, "Todo es fantasía suya, eso: no tiene ninguna pena, ya sabes.
Come on!"
¡Vamos!"
So they went up to the Mock Turtle, who looked at them with large eyes full of tears, but said nothing.
Así que se acercaron a la Tortuga Artificial, que los miró con grandes ojos llenos de lágrimas, pero no dijo nada.
"This here young lady," said the Gryphon, "she wants for to know your history, she do."
"Esta joven dama," dijo el Grifo, "quiere conocer tu historia, sí quiere."
"I'll tell it her," said the Mock Turtle in a deep, hollow tone: "sit down, both of you, and don't speak a word till I've finished."
"Se la contaré," dijo la Tortuga Artificial en un tono profundo y hueco: "siéntense, ambos, y no digan ni una palabra hasta que haya terminado."
So they sat down, and nobody spoke for some minutes.
Así que se sentaron, y nadie habló durante varios minutos.
Alice thought to herself, "I don't see how he can _ever_ finish, if he doesn't begin."
Alicia pensó para sí, "No veo cómo puede terminar nunca, si no empieza."
But she waited patiently.
Pero esperó pacientemente.
"Once," said the Mock Turtle at last, with a deep sigh, "I was a real Turtle."
"Una vez," dijo la Tortuga Artificial al fin, con un profundo suspiro, "fui una Tortuga de verdad."
These words were followed by a very long silence, broken only by an occasional exclamation of "Hjckrrh!" from the Gryphon, and the constant heavy sobbing of the Mock Turtle.
Estas palabras fueron seguidas por un silencio muy largo, interrumpido sólo por una exclamación ocasional de "¡Hjckrrh!" del Grifo, y el constante y pesado sollozo de la Tortuga Artificial.
Alice was very nearly getting up and saying, "Thank you, sir, for your interesting story," but she could not help thinking there _must_ be more to come, so she sat still and said nothing.
Alicia estuvo a punto de levantarse y decir, "Gracias, señor, por su interesante historia," pero no pudo evitar pensar que debía haber más por venir, así que permaneció sentada y no dijo nada.
"When we were little," the Mock Turtle went on at last, more calmly, though still sobbing a little now and then, "we went to school in the sea.
"Cuando éramos pequeños," continuó la Tortuga Artificial al fin, más calmadamente, aunque todavía sollozando un poco de vez en cuando, "íbamos a la escuela en el mar.
Vocabulary
- preguntó
- asked, questioned (third person singular preterite)
- al
- to the (contraction of a + el)
- y
- and
- el
- the (masculine singular definite article)
- contestó
- answered, replied (third person singular preterite)
- casi
- almost, nearly
- con
- with
- las
- the (feminine plural definite article)
- mismas
- same (feminine plural)
- palabras
- words
- de
- of, from
- antes
- before, earlier
- Todo
- everything, all
- es
- is (third person singular of ser/estar)
- fantasía
- fantasy, imagination
- suya
- hers, his, yours (formal), theirs (possessive pronoun)
- eso
- that (neuter demonstrative pronoun)
- no
- no, not
- tiene
- has, have (third person singular of tener)
- ninguna
- no, none, not any (feminine singular)
- pena
- sorrow, sadness, pity, grief
- ya
- already, now, anymore
- sabes
- you know (second person singular of saber)
- Vamos
- let's go, we go (first person plural)
- Así
- thus, so, like this
- que
- that, which, than
- se
- reflexive pronoun; himself, herself, themselves, oneself
- acercaron
- approached, came near (third person plural preterite)
- a
- to, at
- la
- the (feminine singular definite article)
- Tortuga
- turtle, tortoise
- Artificial
- artificial, fake
- los
- the (masculine plural definite article); them
- miró
- looked at, watched (third person singular preterite)
- grandes
- big, large, great (plural)
- ojos
- eyes
- llenos
- full, filled (masculine plural)
- lágrimas
- tears
- pero
- but
- dijo
- said, told (third person singular preterite)
- nada
- nothing
- Esta
- this (feminine singular demonstrative)
- joven
- young, youth
- dama
- lady, dame
- quiere
- wants, wishes (third person singular of querer)
- conocer
- to know, to meet, to be acquainted with
- tu
- your (singular informal possessive)
- historia
- story, history
- sí
- yes
- Se
- reflexive pronoun; himself, herself, themselves (capitalized variant)
- contaré
- I will tell (first person singular future)
- en
- in, on, at
- un
- a, an (masculine singular indefinite article)
- tono
- tone, manner of speaking
- profundo
- deep, profound
- hueco
- hollow, empty
- siéntense
- sit down (formal plural imperative)
- ambos
- both
- digan
- say, tell (formal plural imperative/subjunctive)
- ni
- nor, not even, neither
- una
- a, an, one (feminine singular)
- palabra
- word
- hasta
- until, up to, even
- haya
- have (first/third person singular present subjunctive of haber)
- terminado
- finished, ended (past participle)
- sentaron
- sat down (third person plural preterite)
- nadie
- nobody, no one
- habló
- spoke, talked (third person singular preterite)
- durante
- during, for (time period)
- varios
- several, various (masculine plural)
- minutos
- minutes
- pensó
- thought (third person singular preterite of pensar)
- para
- for, to, in order to
- No
- no, not
- veo
- I see (first person singular present)
- cómo
- how
- puede
- can, is able to (third person singular)
- terminar
- to finish, to end
- nunca
- never
- si
- if
- empieza
- begins, starts (third person singular present)
- Pero
- but
- esperó
- waited, hoped (third person singular preterite)
- pacientemente
- patiently
- Una
- a, an, one (feminine singular)
- vez
- time, instance, occasion
- fin
- end, finish
- suspiro
- sigh (noun); I sigh (verb)
- fui
- I was, I went (first person singular preterite)
- verdad
- truth, true
- Estas
- these (feminine plural demonstrative)
- fueron
- were, went (third person plural preterite)
- seguidas
- followed, consecutive (feminine plural past participle)
- por
- by, for, through
- silencio
- silence
- muy
- very, quite
- largo
- long
- interrumpido
- interrupted (past participle)
- sólo
- only, just, alone
- exclamación
- exclamation
- ocasional
- occasional
- del
- of the, from the (contraction de + el)
- constante
- constant, continuous
- pesado
- heavy, tedious, annoying
- sollozo
- sob, sobbing (noun); I sob (verb)
- estuvo
- was, stayed (third person singular preterite estar)
- punto
- point, dot, moment
- levantarse
- to get up, to stand up, to rise
- decir
- to say, to tell
- Gracias
- thank you, thanks
- señor
- sir, mister, lord, gentleman
- su
- his, her, your (formal), their (possessive)
- interesante
- interesting
- pudo
- could, was able to (third person preterite)
- evitar
- to avoid, to prevent
- pensar
- to think
- debía
- should, ought to, owed (imperfect of deber)
- haber
- to have (auxiliary verb); there to be
- más
- more, most, plus
- venir
- to come
- así
- thus, so, like this, that way
- permaneció
- remained, stayed (third person singular preterite)
- sentada
- seated, sitting (feminine past participle)
- Cuando
- when
- éramos
- we were (first person plural imperfect)
- pequeños
- small, little, young (masculine plural)
- continuó
- continued (third person singular preterite)
- calmadamente
- calmly, quietly
- aunque
- although, even though
- todavía
- still, yet, even
- sollozando
- sobbing (present participle/gerund)
- poco
- little, few, not much
- cuando
- when
- íbamos
- we were going, we used to go (imperfect)
- escuela
- school
- mar
- sea, ocean
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