Alice's Adventures in Wonderland — Page 5
" pleaded poor Alice in a piteous tone.
" suplicó la pobre Alicia en un tono lastimero.
And she thought of herself, "I wish the creatures wouldn't be so easily offended!"
Y pensó para sí: "¡Ojalá las criaturas no se ofendieran tan fácilmente!"
"You'll get used to it in time," said the Caterpillar; and it put the hookah into its mouth and began smoking again.
"Te acostumbrarás con el tiempo", dijo la Oruga; y se puso la pipa de agua en la boca y comenzó a fumar de nuevo.
This time Alice waited patiently until it chose to speak again.
Esta vez Alicia esperó pacientemente hasta que decidió hablar de nuevo.
In a minute or two the Caterpillar took the hookah out of its mouth and yawned once or twice, and shook itself.
En un minuto o dos la Oruga sacó la pipa de agua de su boca y bostezó una o dos veces, y se sacudió.
Then it got down off the mushroom, and crawled away in the grass, merely remarking as it went, "One side will make you grow taller, and the other side will make you grow shorter."
Luego bajó del hongo y se arrastró por la hierba, comentando simplemente mientras se iba: "Un lado te hará crecer más alta, y el otro lado te hará crecer más baja".
"One side of _what?_ The other side of _what?_" thought Alice to herself.
"¿Un lado de _qué?_ ¿El otro lado de _qué?_" pensó Alicia para sí.
"Of the mushroom," said the Caterpillar, just as if she had asked it aloud; and in another moment it was out of sight.
"Del hongo", dijo la Oruga, como si ella lo hubiera preguntado en voz alta; y en otro momento desapareció de la vista.
Alice remained looking thoughtfully at the mushroom for a minute, trying to make out which were the two sides of it; and as it was perfectly round, she found this a very difficult question.
Alicia se quedó mirando pensativamente el hongo durante un minuto, tratando de distinguir cuáles eran los dos lados; y como era perfectamente redondo, encontró esto una pregunta muy difícil.
However, at last she stretched her arms round it as far as they would go, and broke off a bit of the edge with each hand.
Sin embargo, al final extendió sus brazos alrededor de él todo lo que pudo, y arrancó un pedacito del borde con cada mano.
"And now which is which?" she said to herself, and nibbled a little of the right-hand bit to try the effect: the next moment she felt a violent blow underneath her chin: it had struck her foot!
"¿Y ahora cuál es cuál?" se dijo a sí misma, y mordisqueó un poco del pedazo de la mano derecha para probar el efecto: ¡al momento siguiente sintió un golpe violento debajo de su barbilla: le había golpeado el pie!
Vocabulary
- suplicó
- begged, pleaded
- la
- the (feminine singular)
- pobre
- poor, unfortunate
- en
- in, on, at
- un
- a, an (masculine singular)
- tono
- tone, manner of speaking
- lastimero
- pitiful, plaintive, sorrowful
- Y
- and
- pensó
- thought, he/she thought
- para
- for, to, in order to
- sí
- oneself, himself, herself
- Ojalá
- I wish, if only, hopefully
- las
- the (feminine plural)
- criaturas
- creatures, children
- no
- no, not
- se
- reflexive pronoun, oneself, themselves
- ofendieran
- would offend, were offended (subjunctive)
- tan
- so, such, as
- fácilmente
- easily
- Te
- you (informal object pronoun)
- acostumbrarás
- you will get used to
- con
- with
- el
- the (masculine singular)
- tiempo
- time, weather
- dijo
- said, he/she said
- Oruga
- Caterpillar (proper name or caterpillar)
- y
- and
- puso
- put, placed, he/she put
- pipa
- pipe (for smoking)
- de
- of, from
- agua
- water
- boca
- mouth
- comenzó
- began, started
- a
- to, at
- fumar
- to smoke
- nuevo
- new, again
- Esta
- this (feminine)
- vez
- time, occasion
- esperó
- waited, he/she waited
- pacientemente
- patiently
- hasta
- until, up to
- que
- that, which, who
- decidió
- decided, he/she decided
- hablar
- to speak, to talk
- En
- in, on, at
- minuto
- minute
- o
- or
- dos
- two
- sacó
- took out, removed
- su
- his, her, your, its, their
- bostezó
- yawned, he/she yawned
- una
- a, an, one (feminine)
- veces
- times, occasions
- sacudió
- shook, shook off
- Luego
- then, later, afterwards
- bajó
- descended, went down, lowered
- del
- of the, from the (de + el)
- hongo
- mushroom, fungus
- arrastró
- dragged, crawled
- por
- by, for, through, along
- hierba
- grass, herb
- comentando
- commenting, remarking
- simplemente
- simply, just
- mientras
- while, whereas
- iba
- went, was going
- Un
- a, an, one (masculine)
- lado
- side
- te
- you (informal object), tea
- hará
- will make, will do
- crecer
- to grow
- más
- more, most
- alta
- tall, high (feminine)
- otro
- other, another
- baja
- short, low (feminine), descends
- El
- the (masculine singular)
- Del
- of the, from the (de + el)
- como
- as, like, how
- si
- if, whether
- ella
- she, her
- lo
- it, him (direct object)
- hubiera
- had, would have (subjunctive)
- preguntado
- asked
- voz
- voice
- momento
- moment, instant
- desapareció
- disappeared, vanished
- vista
- sight, view, vision
- quedó
- stayed, remained, was left
- mirando
- looking, watching
- pensativamente
- thoughtfully, pensively
- durante
- during, for
- tratando
- trying, attempting
- distinguir
- to distinguish, to make out
- cuáles
- which ones, what (plural)
- eran
- were, they/you were
- los
- the (masculine plural)
- lados
- sides
- era
- was, he/she/it was
- perfectamente
- perfectly
- redondo
- round, circular
- encontró
- found, encountered
- esto
- this
- pregunta
- question
- muy
- very, quite
- difícil
- difficult, hard
- Sin
- without
- embargo
- however, nevertheless
- al
- to the, at the (a + el)
- final
- end, final
- extendió
- extended, stretched out
- sus
- his, her, your, their (plural possessive)
- brazos
- arms
- alrededor
- around
- él
- he, him
- todo
- all, everything, whole
- pudo
- could, was able to
- arrancó
- tore off, pulled out
- pedacito
- little piece, small bit
- borde
- edge, border
- cada
- each, every
- mano
- hand
- ahora
- now
- cuál
- which, what
- es
- is, he/she/it is
- misma
- same, herself
- mordisqueó
- nibbled, took a small bite
- poco
- little, few, a bit
- pedazo
- piece, bit
- derecha
- right (direction), right hand
- probar
- to try, to test, to taste
- efecto
- effect, result
- siguiente
- next, following
- sintió
- felt, sensed
- golpe
- blow, hit, knock
- violento
- violent, sudden
- debajo
- underneath, below
- barbilla
- chin
- le
- him, her, you (indirect object)
- había
- had, there was/were
- golpeado
- hit, struck
- pie
- foot
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