Alice's Adventures in Wonderland — Page 7
As there seemed to be no chance of getting her hands up to her head, she tried to get her head down to them, and was delighted to find that her neck would bend about easily in any direction, like a serpent.
Como parecía no haber posibilidad de llevarse las manos a la cabeza, intentó bajar la cabeza hacia ellas, y se deleitó al descubrir que su cuello se doblaba fácilmente en cualquier dirección, como una serpiente.
She had just succeeded in curving it down into a graceful zigzag, and was going to dive in among the leaves, which she found to be nothing but the tops of the trees under which she had been wandering, when a sharp hiss made her draw back in a hurry: a large pigeon had flown into her face, and was beating her violently with its wings.
Acababa de lograr curvarlo en un elegante zigzag, e iba a zambullirse entre las hojas, que descubrió que no eran más que las copas de los árboles bajo los cuales había estado vagando, cuando un silbido agudo la hizo retroceder apresuradamente: una paloma grande había volado hacia su cara, y la golpeaba violentamente con sus alas.
"Serpent!" screamed the Pigeon.
—¡Serpiente! —chilló la Paloma.
"I'm _not_ a serpent!" said Alice indignantly.
—¡Yo no soy una serpiente! —dijo Alicia indignada.
"Let me alone!"
—¡Déjame en paz!
"Serpent, I say again!" repeated the Pigeon, but in a more subdued tone, and added with a kind of sob, "I've tried every way, and nothing seems to suit them!"
—¡Serpiente, lo repito! —repitió la Paloma, pero en un tono más apagado, y añadió con una especie de sollozo—: ¡He probado de todas las formas, y nada parece satisfacerles!
"I haven't the least idea what you're talking about," said Alice.
—No tengo la menor idea de qué estás hablando —dijo Alicia.
"I've tried the roots of trees, and I've tried banks, and I've tried hedges," the Pigeon went on, without attending to her; "but those serpents!
—He probado las raíces de los árboles, y he probado los terraplenes, y he probado los setos —continuó la Paloma, sin prestarle atención—; ¡pero esas serpientes!
There's no pleasing them!"
¡No hay forma de complacerlas!
Alice was more and more puzzled, but she thought there was no use in saying anything more till the Pigeon had finished.
Alicia estaba cada vez más desconcertada, pero pensó que no tenía sentido decir nada más hasta que la Paloma hubiera terminado.
"As if it wasn't trouble enough hatching the eggs," said the Pigeon; "but I must be on the look-out for serpents night and day!
—Como si no fuera suficiente problema empollar los huevos —dijo la Paloma—; ¡pero debo estar al acecho de serpientes noche y día!
Vocabulary
- Como
- As, like, since; also means 'I eat'
- parecía
- It seemed, appeared (imperfect tense of parecer)
- no
- No, not
- haber
- To have (auxiliary verb); to exist
- posibilidad
- Possibility, chance
- de
- Of, from, about
- llevarse
- To take away, carry off; to get along
- las
- The (feminine plural definite article)
- manos
- Hands
- a
- To, at, in
- la
- The (feminine singular definite article)
- cabeza
- Head
- intentó
- He/she/it tried, attempted (preterite tense)
- bajar
- To lower, go down, descend
- hacia
- Toward, towards
- ellas
- They, them (feminine plural pronoun)
- y
- And
- se
- Reflexive pronoun: himself, herself, itself, themselves
- deleitó
- He/she/it delighted, took pleasure (preterite tense)
- al
- To the, upon (contraction of a + el)
- descubrir
- To discover, find out
- que
- That, which, who
- su
- His, her, its, their (possessive adjective)
- cuello
- Neck
- doblaba
- It bent, folded (imperfect tense)
- fácilmente
- Easily, readily
- en
- In, on, at
- cualquier
- Any, whatever, whichever
- dirección
- Direction, address
- como
- As, like, such as
- una
- A, an, one (feminine indefinite article)
- serpiente
- Snake, serpent
- Acababa
- He/she/it had just finished (imperfect tense)
- lograr
- To achieve, manage, accomplish
- un
- A, an, one (masculine indefinite article)
- elegante
- Elegant, stylish
- e
- And (used before words starting with i/hi)
- iba
- He/she/it was going, went (imperfect tense)
- zambullirse
- To dive, plunge into
- entre
- Between, among
- hojas
- Leaves, sheets of paper
- descubrió
- He/she/it discovered, found out (preterite tense)
- eran
- They were (imperfect tense of ser)
- más
- More, most, plus
- copas
- Treetops, cups, glasses
- los
- The (masculine plural definite article)
- árboles
- Trees
- bajo
- Under, below, low
- cuales
- Which, whom (plural relative pronoun)
- había
- There was/were; had (imperfect tense)
- estado
- Been, state (past participle of estar)
- vagando
- Wandering, roaming (gerund)
- cuando
- When
- silbido
- Whistle, hiss, whistling sound
- agudo
- Sharp, acute, high-pitched
- hizo
- He/she/it made, did (preterite tense)
- retroceder
- To retreat, move back, withdraw
- apresuradamente
- Hurriedly, hastily
- paloma
- Dove, pigeon
- grande
- Big, large, great
- volado
- Flown (past participle of volar)
- cara
- Face, expensive
- golpeaba
- Was hitting, beating (imperfect tense)
- violentamente
- Violently, forcefully
- con
- With
- sus
- His, her, its, their (possessive plural)
- alas
- Wings
- Serpiente
- Snake, serpent
- chilló
- He/she/it shrieked, screamed (preterite tense)
- Yo
- I (subject pronoun)
- soy
- I am (present tense of ser)
- dijo
- He/she/it said (preterite tense)
- indignada
- Indignant, outraged (feminine adjective)
- Déjame
- Leave me, let me (imperative + pronoun)
- paz
- Peace
- lo
- It, him (direct object pronoun)
- repito
- I repeat (present tense)
- repitió
- He/she/it repeated (preterite tense)
- pero
- But, however
- tono
- Tone, pitch
- apagado
- Muted, off, extinguished
- añadió
- He/she/it added (preterite tense)
- especie
- Species, kind, sort
- sollozo
- Sob, sobbing
- He
- I have (present perfect auxiliary)
- probado
- Tried, tested (past participle)
- todas
- All, every (feminine plural)
- formas
- Forms, ways, shapes
- nada
- Nothing, anything
- parece
- It seems, appears (present tense)
- satisfacerles
- To satisfy them
- No
- No, not
- tengo
- I have (present tense of tener)
- menor
- Less, smaller, slightest
- idea
- Idea, notion
- qué
- What, which (with accent, interrogative)
- estás
- You are (present tense of estar)
- hablando
- Speaking, talking (gerund)
- raíces
- Roots
- he
- I have (auxiliary verb for present perfect)
- continuó
- He/she/it continued (preterite tense)
- sin
- Without
- prestarle
- To pay him/her/it (attention)
- atención
- Attention
- esas
- Those (feminine plural demonstrative)
- serpientes
- Snakes, serpents
- hay
- There is, there are
- forma
- Form, way, shape
- complacerlas
- To please them (feminine)
- estaba
- Was, were (imperfect tense of estar)
- cada
- Each, every
- vez
- Time, occasion
- desconcertada
- Disconcerted, confused (feminine adjective)
- pensó
- He/she/it thought (preterite tense)
- tenía
- Had, possessed (imperfect tense of tener)
- sentido
- Sense, meaning, felt (past participle)
- decir
- To say, tell
- hasta
- Until, up to, even
- hubiera
- Had, would have (past subjunctive of haber)
- terminado
- Finished, ended (past participle)
- si
- If, whether
- fuera
- Were, outside (subjunctive of ser)
- suficiente
- Enough, sufficient
- problema
- Problem
- huevos
- Eggs
- debo
- I must, should, owe (present tense)
- estar
- To be (location, state, condition)
- acecho
- Ambush, lookout, stalking
- noche
- Night
- día
- Day
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