Alice's Adventures in Wonderland — Page 3
Everybody looked at Alice.
Todos miraron a Alicia.
"_I'm_ not a mile high," said Alice.
"Yo no mido una milla de altura", dijo Alicia.
"You are," said the King.
"Sí la mides", dijo el Rey.
"Nearly two miles high," added the Queen.
"Casi dos millas de altura", añadió la Reina.
"Well, I shan't go, at any rate," said Alice: "besides, that's not a regular rule: you invented it just now."
"Bueno, no me iré, en cualquier caso", dijo Alicia: "además, esa no es una regla establecida: acaba de inventarla."
"It's the oldest rule in the book," said the King.
"Es la regla más antigua del libro", dijo el Rey.
"Then it ought to be Number One," said Alice.
"Entonces debería ser la número uno", dijo Alicia.
The King turned pale, and shut his note-book hastily.
El Rey palideció y cerró su cuaderno apresuradamente.
"Consider your verdict," he said to the jury, in a low, trembling voice.
"Consideren su veredicto", dijo al jurado, con voz baja y temblorosa.
"There's more evidence to come yet, please your Majesty," said the White Rabbit, jumping up in a great hurry; "this paper has just been picked up."
"Aún hay más pruebas por presentar, con el permiso de Su Majestad", dijo el Conejo Blanco, saltando con gran prisa; "este papel acaba de ser recogido."
"What's in it?" said the Queen.
"¿Qué hay en él?", dijo la Reina.
"I haven't opened it yet," said the White Rabbit, "but it seems to be a letter, written by the prisoner to—to somebody."
"Aún no lo he abierto", dijo el Conejo Blanco, "pero parece ser una carta, escrita por el prisionero a... a alguien."
"It must have been that," said the King, "unless it was written to nobody, which isn't usual, you know."
"Debe haber sido eso", dijo el Rey, "a menos que haya sido escrita a nadie, lo cual no es usual, ya sabe."
"Who is it directed to?" said one of the jurymen.
"¿A quién está dirigida?", dijo uno de los jurados.
"It isn't directed at all," said the White Rabbit; "in fact, there's nothing written on the _outside_."
"No está dirigida en absoluto", dijo el Conejo Blanco; "de hecho, no hay nada escrito en el exterior."
He unfolded the paper as he spoke, and added "It isn't a letter, after all: it's a set of verses."
Desdobló el papel mientras hablaba, y añadió "No es una carta, después de todo: es un conjunto de versos."
"Are they in the prisoner's handwriting?" asked another of the jurymen.
"¿Están en la letra del prisionero?", preguntó otro de los jurados.
"No, they're not," said the White Rabbit, "and that's the queerest thing about it."
"No, no lo están", dijo el Conejo Blanco, "y eso es lo más extraño del asunto."
(The jury all looked puzzled.)
(Todo el jurado pareció desconcertado.)
Vocabulary
- Todos
- Everyone, all people
- miraron
- They looked, they watched (past tense of mirar)
- a
- To, at (preposition)
- Yo
- I (first person singular pronoun)
- no
- No, not (negation)
- mido
- I measure (first person singular of medir)
- una
- A, an, one (feminine indefinite article)
- milla
- Mile (unit of distance)
- de
- Of, from (preposition)
- altura
- Height, altitude
- dijo
- He/she said (past tense of decir)
- Sí
- Yes (affirmative response)
- la
- The, her, it (feminine article/pronoun)
- mides
- You measure (second person singular of medir)
- el
- The (masculine definite article)
- Rey
- King (male monarch)
- Casi
- Almost, nearly
- dos
- Two (number)
- millas
- Miles (plural of milla)
- añadió
- He/she added (past tense of añadir)
- Reina
- Queen (female monarch)
- Bueno
- Well, good, okay
- me
- Me, myself (reflexive/object pronoun)
- iré
- I will go (future tense of ir)
- en
- In, on, at (preposition)
- cualquier
- Any, whichever
- caso
- Case, situation, instance
- además
- Besides, furthermore, moreover
- esa
- That (feminine demonstrative adjective)
- es
- Is (third person singular of ser)
- regla
- Rule, regulation
- establecida
- Established, set (feminine past participle)
- acaba
- Finishes, just (third person singular of acabar)
- inventarla
- To invent it (infinitive + pronoun)
- Es
- Is, it is (third person singular)
- más
- More, most, plus
- antigua
- Ancient, old, antique (feminine)
- del
- Of the, from the (contraction: de+el)
- libro
- Book
- Entonces
- Then, so, therefore
- debería
- Should, ought to (conditional of deber)
- ser
- To be (infinitive, permanent states)
- número
- Number, numeral
- uno
- One (number or pronoun)
- El
- The (masculine definite article)
- palideció
- He/she turned pale (past tense of palidecer)
- y
- And (conjunction)
- cerró
- He/she closed (past tense of cerrar)
- su
- His, her, its, your (possessive adjective)
- cuaderno
- Notebook, exercise book
- apresuradamente
- Hastily, hurriedly, quickly
- Consideren
- Consider (formal plural command of considerar)
- veredicto
- Verdict, judgment, decision
- al
- To the, at the (contraction: a+el)
- jurado
- Jury, juror
- con
- With (preposition)
- voz
- Voice
- baja
- Low, soft, short (feminine)
- temblorosa
- Trembling, shaky, quivering (feminine)
- Aún
- Still, yet, even
- hay
- There is, there are (from haber)
- pruebas
- Evidence, proofs, tests
- por
- For, by, through, per (preposition)
- presentar
- To present, to introduce, to submit
- permiso
- Permission, permit, leave
- Su
- Your, his, her, their (formal possessive)
- Majestad
- Majesty (royal title)
- Conejo
- Rabbit
- Blanco
- White (color or surname)
- saltando
- Jumping, leaping (gerund of saltar)
- gran
- Great, large, grand (apocopated form)
- prisa
- Hurry, haste, rush
- este
- This (masculine demonstrative adjective/pronoun)
- papel
- Paper, document, role
- recogido
- Picked up, collected (past participle)
- Qué
- What, which (interrogative pronoun)
- él
- He, him (masculine pronoun)
- lo
- It, him (masculine direct object pronoun)
- he
- I have (first person singular of haber)
- abierto
- Open, opened (past participle of abrir)
- pero
- But, however
- parece
- It seems, appears (third person of parecer)
- carta
- Letter, card
- escrita
- Written (feminine past participle of escribir)
- prisionero
- Prisoner, inmate
- alguien
- Someone, somebody, anyone
- Debe
- Must, should (third person of deber)
- haber
- To have (auxiliary verb), there to be
- sido
- Been (past participle of ser)
- eso
- That (neuter demonstrative pronoun)
- menos
- Less, fewer, minus
- que
- That, which, than (conjunction/relative pronoun)
- haya
- There is/are (subjunctive), may have (subjunctive haber)
- nadie
- Nobody, no one, anyone
- cual
- Which, who (relative pronoun)
- usual
- Usual, customary, normal
- ya
- Already, now, yet
- sabe
- Knows (third person singular of saber)
- A
- To, at (preposition)
- quién
- Who, whom (interrogative pronoun)
- está
- Is (third person singular of estar)
- dirigida
- Addressed, directed (feminine past participle)
- los
- The (masculine plural article)
- jurados
- Jurors, jury members (plural)
- No
- No, not (negation)
- absoluto
- Absolute, at all (often in phrase)
- hecho
- Fact, deed, done (noun/past participle)
- nada
- Nothing, not anything
- escrito
- Written (past participle of escribir)
- exterior
- Exterior, outside, outer
- Desdobló
- He/she unfolded (past tense of desdoblar)
- mientras
- While, meanwhile, whereas
- hablaba
- He/she was speaking (imperfect of hablar)
- después
- After, afterward, later, then
- todo
- All, everything, every (masculine)
- un
- A, an, one (masculine indefinite article)
- conjunto
- Set, group, ensemble, outfit
- versos
- Verses, lines of poetry
- Están
- They are (third person plural of estar)
- letra
- Letter (alphabet), handwriting, lyrics
- preguntó
- He/she asked (past tense of preguntar)
- otro
- Other, another (masculine)
- están
- They are, you are (plural estar)
- extraño
- Strange, odd, foreign
- asunto
- Matter, affair, subject, issue
- Todo
- All, everything, whole
- pareció
- Seemed, appeared (past tense of parecer)
- desconcertado
- Disconcerted, confused, bewildered
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