Alice's Adventures in Wonderland — Page 4
"I don't know where Dinn may be," said the Mock Turtle, "but if you've seen them so often, of course you know what they're like."
"No sé dónde puede estar Dinn", dijo la Falsa Tortuga, "pero si los has visto tan a menudo, por supuesto sabes cómo son".
"I believe so," Alice replied thoughtfully.
"Creo que sí", respondió Alicia pensativamente.
"They have their tails in their mouths—and they're all over crumbs."
"Tienen sus colas en sus bocas, y están cubiertos de migas".
"You're wrong about the crumbs," said the Mock Turtle: "crumbs would all wash off in the sea.
"Estás equivocada sobre las migas", dijo la Falsa Tortuga: "las migas se lavarían todas en el mar.
But they _have_ their tails in their mouths; and the reason is—" here the Mock Turtle yawned and shut his eyes.—"Tell her about the reason and all that," he said to the Gryphon.
Pero sí tienen sus colas en sus bocas; y la razón es—" aquí la Falsa Tortuga bostezó y cerró sus ojos.—"Cuéntale sobre la razón y todo eso", le dijo al Grifo.
"The reason is," said the Gryphon, "that they _would_ go with the lobsters to the dance.
"La razón es", dijo el Grifo, "que querían ir con las langostas al baile.
So they got thrown out to sea.
Así que fueron arrojados al mar.
So they had to fall a long way.
Así que tuvieron que caer un largo trecho.
So they got their tails fast in their mouths.
Así que se les quedaron las colas atascadas en sus bocas.
So they couldn't get them out again.
Así que no pudieron sacarlas de nuevo.
That's all."
Eso es todo".
"Thank you," said Alice, "it's very interesting.
"Gracias", dijo Alicia, "es muy interesante.
I never knew so much about a whiting before."
Nunca supe tanto sobre una pescadilla antes".
"I can tell you more than that, if you like," said the Gryphon.
"Puedo contarte más que eso, si quieres", dijo el Grifo.
"Do you know why it's called a whiting?"
"¿Sabes por qué se llama pescadilla?"
"I never thought about it," said Alice.
"Nunca lo pensé", dijo Alicia.
"Why?"
"¿Por qué?"
"_It does the boots and shoes_," the Gryphon replied very solemnly.
"Limpia las botas y los zapatos", respondió el Grifo muy solemnemente.
Alice was thoroughly puzzled.
Alicia estaba completamente desconcertada.
"Does the boots and shoes!" she repeated in a wondering tone.
"¡Limpia las botas y los zapatos!" repitió en un tono de asombro.
"Why, what are _your_ shoes done with?" said the Gryphon.
"Bueno, ¿con qué están hechos tus zapatos?" dijo el Grifo.
"I mean, what makes them so shiny?
"Quiero decir, ¿qué los hace tan brillantes?
Vocabulary
- No
- No, not
- sé
- I know (from verb saber)
- dónde
- Where (interrogative or exclamatory)
- puede
- Can, is able to (third person singular)
- estar
- To be (temporary state or location)
- dijo
- Said, told (third person singular preterite)
- la
- The (feminine singular definite article)
- Falsa
- False, fake (feminine adjective)
- Tortuga
- Turtle, tortoise
- pero
- But, however
- si
- If, whether
- los
- The (masculine plural definite article)
- has
- You have (second person singular present)
- visto
- Seen (past participle of ver)
- tan
- So, such, as (comparison)
- a
- To, at (preposition)
- menudo
- Often (in phrase a menudo)
- por
- By, for, through (preposition)
- supuesto
- Of course, supposed (in phrase por supuesto)
- sabes
- You know (second person singular present)
- cómo
- How (interrogative or exclamatory)
- son
- They are (third person plural present)
- Creo
- I think, I believe
- que
- That, which, what
- sí
- Yes
- respondió
- Responded, answered (third person singular preterite)
- pensativamente
- Thoughtfully, pensively
- Tienen
- They have (third person plural present)
- sus
- Their, his, her, your (possessive)
- colas
- Tails, queues
- en
- In, on, at
- bocas
- Mouths
- y
- And
- están
- They are (third person plural present)
- cubiertos
- Covered (masculine plural past participle)
- de
- Of, from, about
- migas
- Crumbs, breadcrumbs
- Estás
- You are (second person singular present)
- equivocada
- Wrong, mistaken (feminine)
- sobre
- About, on, over
- las
- The (feminine plural definite article)
- se
- Reflexive pronoun; oneself, himself, herself
- lavarían
- They would wash (conditional tense)
- todas
- All (feminine plural)
- el
- The (masculine singular definite article)
- mar
- Sea, ocean
- Pero
- But, however
- tienen
- They have (third person plural present)
- razón
- Reason, right (as in correct)
- es
- Is (third person singular present)
- aquí
- Here
- bostezó
- Yawned (third person singular preterite)
- cerró
- Closed, shut (third person singular preterite)
- ojos
- Eyes
- Cuéntale
- Tell him/her (imperative with indirect object)
- todo
- All, everything
- eso
- That (neuter demonstrative pronoun)
- le
- To him, to her, to you (indirect object)
- al
- To the (contraction of a + el)
- Grifo
- Gryphon; faucet, tap
- La
- The (feminine singular definite article)
- querían
- They wanted (third person plural imperfect)
- ir
- To go
- con
- With
- langostas
- Lobsters, locusts
- baile
- Dance, ball
- Así
- So, thus, like this
- fueron
- They were, they went (third person plural preterite)
- arrojados
- Thrown, cast out (past participle)
- tuvieron
- They had (third person plural preterite)
- caer
- To fall
- un
- A, an (masculine singular indefinite article)
- largo
- Long
- trecho
- Stretch, distance, while
- les
- To them, to you (indirect object plural)
- quedaron
- They remained, stayed (third person plural preterite)
- atascadas
- Stuck, jammed (feminine plural)
- no
- No, not
- pudieron
- They could not (third person plural preterite)
- sacarlas
- To take them out, remove them
- nuevo
- New, again (in phrase de nuevo)
- Eso
- That (neuter demonstrative pronoun)
- Gracias
- Thank you, thanks
- muy
- Very
- interesante
- Interesting
- Nunca
- Never
- supe
- I knew (first person singular preterite)
- tanto
- So much, as much
- una
- A, an, one (feminine singular)
- pescadilla
- Whiting (small fish)
- antes
- Before, previously
- Puedo
- I can, I am able to
- contarte
- To tell you, to count for you
- más
- More, most
- quieres
- You want (second person singular present)
- Sabes
- You know (second person singular present)
- qué
- What (interrogative or exclamatory)
- llama
- Calls, is called (third person singular)
- lo
- It, him (masculine direct object pronoun)
- pensé
- I thought (first person singular preterite)
- Por
- By, for, through
- Limpia
- Clean, cleans (verb or adjective)
- botas
- Boots
- zapatos
- Shoes
- solemnemente
- Solemnly, seriously
- estaba
- Was, used to be (third person singular imperfect)
- completamente
- Completely, totally
- desconcertada
- Bewildered, confused, disconcerted (feminine)
- repitió
- Repeated (third person singular preterite)
- tono
- Tone, manner
- asombro
- Astonishment, amazement
- Bueno
- Good, well, okay
- hechos
- Made, done (masculine plural past participle); facts
- tus
- Your (informal, plural)
- Quiero
- I want, I love
- decir
- To say, to tell, to mean
- hace
- Makes, does, ago (third person singular)
- brillantes
- Bright, shiny, brilliant
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