Alice's Adventures in Wonderland — Page 8
The first thing she heard was a general chorus of "There goes Bill!"
Lo primero que oyó fue un coro general de "¡Ahí va Bill!"
then the Rabbit's voice along—"Catch him, you by the hedge!" then silence, and then another confusion of voices—"Hold up his head—Brandy now—Don't choke him—How was it, old fellow?
luego la voz del Conejo—"¡Agárrenlo, ustedes junto al seto!" luego silencio, y después otra confusión de voces—"Levántenle la cabeza—Brandy ahora—No lo ahoguen—¿Cómo fue, viejo amigo?
What happened to you?
¿Qué te pasó?
Tell us all about it!"
¡Cuéntanos todo!"
Last came a little feeble, squeaking voice, ("That's Bill," thought Alice,) "Well, I hardly know—No more, thank ye; I'm better now—but I'm a deal too flustered to tell you—all I know is, something comes at me like a Jack-in-the-box, and up I goes like a sky-rocket!"
Por último llegó una vocecita débil y chillona, ("Ese es Bill," pensó Alicia,) "Bueno, apenas sé—No más, gracias; estoy mejor ahora—pero estoy demasiado agitado para contarles—todo lo que sé es que algo vino hacia mí como un diablo en una caja, ¡y salí disparado como un cohete!"
"So you did, old fellow!" said the others.
"¡Así fue, viejo amigo!" dijeron los otros.
"We must burn the house down!" said the Rabbit's voice; and Alice called out as loud as she could, "If you do, I'll set Dinah at you!"
"¡Debemos quemar la casa!" dijo la voz del Conejo; y Alicia gritó tan fuerte como pudo, "¡Si lo hacen, les echaré a Dinah encima!"
There was a dead silence instantly, and Alice thought to herself, "I wonder what they _will_ do next!
Se hizo un silencio sepulcral instantáneamente, y Alicia pensó para sí, "¡Me pregunto qué harán ahora!
If they had any sense, they'd take the roof off."
Si tuvieran algo de sentido común, quitarían el tejado."
After a minute or two, they began moving about again, and Alice heard the Rabbit say, "A barrowful will do, to begin with."
Después de un minuto o dos, comenzaron a moverse de nuevo, y Alicia oyó al Conejo decir, "Una carretilla bastará, para empezar."
"A barrowful of _what?_" thought Alice; but she had not long to doubt, for the next moment a shower of little pebbles came rattling in at the window, and some of them hit her in the face.
"¿Una carretilla de _qué?_" pensó Alicia; pero no tuvo mucho tiempo para dudar, pues al momento siguiente una lluvia de piedrecitas entró repiqueteando por la ventana, y algunas de ellas le dieron en la cara.
"I'll put a stop to this," she said to herself, and shouted out, "You'd better not do that again!
"Voy a poner fin a esto," se dijo a sí misma, y gritó, "¡Más les vale no hacer eso otra vez!
Vocabulary
- Lo
- The, it, him (masculine direct object pronoun)
- primero
- First, at first
- que
- That, which, who (relative pronoun or conjunction)
- oyó
- Heard (preterite third person singular of oír)
- fue
- Was, went (preterite of ser or ir)
- un
- A, an (masculine indefinite article)
- coro
- Chorus, choir
- general
- General, overall, widespread
- de
- Of, from, about (preposition)
- Ahí
- There, over there
- va
- Goes, is going (present tense of ir)
- luego
- Then, later, afterwards
- la
- The (feminine definite article), her, it
- voz
- Voice
- del
- Of the (contraction of de + el)
- Conejo
- Rabbit
- Agárrenlo
- Grab him, catch him (imperative plural)
- ustedes
- You (plural formal)
- junto
- Together, next to, beside
- al
- To the (contraction of a + el)
- silencio
- Silence, quiet
- y
- And
- después
- After, afterwards, later, then
- otra
- Another, other (feminine)
- confusión
- Confusion, disorder
- voces
- Voices, shouts
- Levántenle
- Lift him, raise him (imperative plural)
- cabeza
- Head
- ahora
- Now
- No
- No, not
- lo
- It, him (masculine direct object pronoun)
- ahoguen
- Drown (subjunctive or imperative of ahogar)
- Cómo
- How
- viejo
- Old, elderly; old friend
- amigo
- Friend
- Qué
- What
- te
- You, to you (informal object pronoun)
- pasó
- Happened, passed (preterite of pasar)
- Cuéntanos
- Tell us (imperative of contar)
- todo
- Everything, all
- Por
- For, by, through, per
- último
- Last, final
- llegó
- Arrived, came (preterite of llegar)
- una
- A, an, one (feminine indefinite article)
- vocecita
- Little voice, small voice (diminutive)
- débil
- Weak, feeble
- chillona
- Shrill, squeaky, loud
- Ese
- That (masculine demonstrative)
- es
- Is (third person singular of ser)
- pensó
- Thought (preterite of pensar)
- Bueno
- Well, good, okay
- apenas
- Barely, hardly, scarcely
- sé
- I know (first person singular of saber)
- más
- More, most
- gracias
- Thanks, thank you
- estoy
- I am (first person singular of estar)
- mejor
- Better, best
- pero
- But
- demasiado
- Too much, too, excessively
- agitado
- Agitated, upset, shaken
- para
- For, to, in order to
- contarles
- To tell them, to tell you (plural)
- algo
- Something, anything
- vino
- Came (preterite of venir), wine
- hacia
- Towards, to
- mí
- Me (prepositional pronoun)
- como
- Like, as, how
- diablo
- Devil, demon
- en
- In, on, at
- caja
- Box, case
- salí
- I left, I went out (preterite of salir)
- disparado
- Shot out, fired, rushed
- cohete
- Rocket, firecracker
- Así
- Thus, so, like that
- dijeron
- They said, told (preterite of decir)
- los
- The (masculine plural article), them
- otros
- Others, other ones
- Debemos
- We must, we should (present of deber)
- quemar
- To burn
- casa
- House, home
- dijo
- Said, told (preterite of decir)
- gritó
- Shouted, yelled (preterite of gritar)
- tan
- So, as, such
- fuerte
- Strong, loud, hard
- pudo
- Could, was able to (preterite of poder)
- Si
- If
- hacen
- They do, make (present of hacer)
- les
- To them, to you (plural indirect object)
- echaré
- I will throw, set (future of echar)
- a
- To, at (preposition)
- encima
- On top, above, over
- Se
- Himself, herself, themselves (reflexive pronoun)
- hizo
- Made, did, became (preterite of hacer)
- instantáneamente
- Instantly, instantaneously
- sí
- Yes
- Me
- Me, myself (object pronoun)
- pregunto
- I wonder, I ask (present of preguntar)
- qué
- What
- harán
- They will do, make (future of hacer)
- tuvieran
- Had, would have (imperfect subjunctive of tener)
- sentido
- Sense, meaning, felt
- común
- Common
- quitarían
- They would remove, take off (conditional of quitar)
- el
- The (masculine definite article)
- tejado
- Roof
- Después
- After, afterwards, later
- minuto
- Minute
- o
- Or
- dos
- Two
- comenzaron
- They began, started (preterite of comenzar)
- moverse
- To move (reflexive infinitive)
- nuevo
- New, again
- decir
- To say, to tell
- Una
- A, an, one (feminine)
- bastará
- Will be enough, will suffice (future of bastar)
- empezar
- To begin, to start
- no
- No, not
- tuvo
- Had (preterite of tener)
- mucho
- Much, a lot, very
- tiempo
- Time, weather
- dudar
- To doubt
- pues
- Well, then, since, because
- momento
- Moment
- siguiente
- Following, next
- lluvia
- Rain
- piedrecitas
- Little stones, pebbles (diminutive)
- entró
- Entered, went in (preterite of entrar)
- por
- By, through, for, along
- ventana
- Window
- algunas
- Some (feminine plural)
- ellas
- They, them (feminine)
- le
- To him, to her, to you (indirect object)
- dieron
- Gave, hit (preterite of dar)
- cara
- Face
- Voy
- I go, I am going (present of ir)
- poner
- To put, to place
- fin
- End
- esto
- This
- se
- Himself, herself, themselves, each other (reflexive pronoun)
- misma
- Same, herself (feminine)
- Más
- More, most, plus
- vale
- Is worth, it's better (present of valer)
- hacer
- To do, to make
- eso
- That
- vez
- Time, occasion
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