Alice's Adventures in Wonderland — Page 1
Down the Rabbit-Hole
Por la madriguera del conejo
Alice was beginning to get very tired of sitting by her sister on the bank, and of having nothing to do: once or twice she had peeped into the book her sister was reading, but it had no pictures or conversations in it, "and what is the use of a book," thought Alice "without pictures or conversations?"
Alicia empezaba a cansarse mucho de estar sentada junto a su hermana en la orilla, y de no tener nada que hacer: una o dos veces había echado un vistazo al libro que su hermana estaba leyendo, pero no tenía dibujos ni conversaciones en él, "¿y de qué sirve un libro", pensó Alicia "sin dibujos ni conversaciones?"
So she was considering in her own mind (as well as she could, for the hot day made her feel very sleepy and stupid), whether the pleasure of making a daisy-chain would be worth the trouble of getting up and picking the daisies, when suddenly a White Rabbit with pink eyes ran close by her.
Así que estaba considerando en su propia mente (tan bien como podía, pues el día caluroso la hacía sentir muy somnolienta y tonta), si el placer de hacer una cadena de margaritas valdría la pena el esfuerzo de levantarse y recoger las margaritas, cuando de repente un Conejo Blanco con ojos rosados pasó corriendo cerca de ella.
There was nothing so _very_ remarkable in that; nor did Alice think it so _very_ much out of the way to hear the Rabbit say to itself, "Oh dear! Oh dear! I shall be late!
No había nada tan extraordinario en eso; ni tampoco Alicia pensó que fuera tan fuera de lo común oír al Conejo decirse a sí mismo, "¡Oh, cielos! ¡Oh, cielos! ¡Voy a llegar tarde!
Vocabulary
- Por
- Through, by, for, along
- la
- The (feminine singular definite article)
- madriguera
- Burrow, den, animal hole
- del
- Of the, from the (de + el)
- conejo
- Rabbit
- empezaba
- Was beginning, was starting (imperfect tense)
- a
- To, at (preposition)
- cansarse
- To get tired, to tire oneself
- mucho
- Much, a lot, very
- de
- Of, from, about
- estar
- To be (temporary state or location)
- sentada
- Seated, sitting (feminine past participle)
- junto
- Next to, beside, together
- su
- His, her, its, your, their (possessive)
- hermana
- Sister
- en
- In, on, at
- orilla
- Bank, shore, edge
- y
- And
- no
- No, not
- tener
- To have
- nada
- Nothing, anything
- que
- That, which, than, what
- hacer
- To do, to make
- una
- One, a, an (feminine)
- o
- Or
- dos
- Two
- veces
- Times, occasions (plural of vez)
- había
- There was, there were, had (imperfect)
- echado
- Thrown, cast, taken (past participle)
- un
- A, an, one (masculine)
- vistazo
- Glance, quick look
- al
- To the, at the (a + el)
- libro
- Book
- estaba
- Was, were (imperfect of estar)
- leyendo
- Reading (present participle)
- pero
- But
- tenía
- Had, used to have (imperfect)
- dibujos
- Drawings, pictures, illustrations
- ni
- Nor, neither, not even
- conversaciones
- Conversations
- él
- He, him, it
- qué
- What, which, how
- sirve
- Serves, is useful, works
- pensó
- Thought (preterite of pensar)
- sin
- Without
- Así
- Thus, so, like this
- considerando
- Considering, thinking about (gerund)
- propia
- Own (feminine), proper
- mente
- Mind, mentally
- tan
- So, as, such
- bien
- Well, good, fine
- como
- As, like, how
- podía
- Could, was able to (imperfect)
- pues
- Well, then, since, because
- el
- The (masculine singular definite article)
- día
- Day
- caluroso
- Hot, warm (weather)
- hacía
- Made, did, ago (imperfect of hacer)
- sentir
- To feel
- muy
- Very, quite
- somnolienta
- Sleepy, drowsy (feminine)
- tonta
- Foolish, silly, stupid (feminine)
- si
- If, whether
- placer
- Pleasure, enjoyment
- cadena
- Chain, necklace, series
- margaritas
- Daisies
- valdría
- Would be worth (conditional of valer)
- pena
- Sorrow, pity, trouble, penalty
- esfuerzo
- Effort, exertion
- levantarse
- To get up, to stand up
- recoger
- To pick up, to collect, to gather
- las
- The (feminine plural definite article)
- cuando
- When
- repente
- Sudden moment (de repente: suddenly)
- con
- With
- ojos
- Eyes
- rosados
- Pink, rosy (masculine plural)
- pasó
- Passed, happened (preterite of pasar)
- corriendo
- Running (gerund of correr)
- cerca
- Near, close
- ella
- She, her
- No
- No, not
- extraordinario
- Extraordinary, remarkable
- eso
- That (neuter demonstrative pronoun)
- tampoco
- Neither, not either, nor
- fuera
- Was, were (imperfect subjunctive); outside
- lo
- It, him, the (masculine object pronoun)
- común
- Common, ordinary, usual
- oír
- To hear
- decirse
- To say to oneself, to tell oneself
- sí
- Yes; himself, herself, itself
- mismo
- Same, self, own
- cielos
- Heavens, skies (plural of cielo)
- Voy
- I go, I am going (present of ir)
- llegar
- To arrive, to reach, to get to
- tarde
- Late, afternoon
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