Alice's Adventures in Wonderland — Page 9
This was such a new idea to Alice, that she was quite silent for a minute or two, which gave the Pigeon the opportunity of adding, "You're looking for eggs, I know _that_ well enough; and what does it matter to me whether you're a little girl or a serpent?"
Esta era una idea tan nueva para Alicia, que se quedó bastante callada por uno o dos minutos, lo cual dio a la Paloma la oportunidad de añadir: "Estás buscando huevos, lo sé _bastante_ bien; ¿y qué me importa a mí si eres una niña pequeña o una serpiente?"
"It matters a good deal to _me_," said Alice hastily; "but I'm not looking for eggs, as it happens; and if I was, I shouldn't want _yours_: I don't like them raw."
"Me importa mucho a _mí_", dijo Alicia apresuradamente; "pero no estoy buscando huevos, da la casualidad; y si lo estuviera, no querría _los tuyos_: no me gustan crudos."
"Well, be off, then!" said the Pigeon in a sulky tone, as it settled down again into its nest.
"¡Pues lárgate, entonces!" dijo la Paloma en tono malhumorado, mientras se acomodaba de nuevo en su nido.
Alice crouched down among the trees as well as she could, for her neck kept getting entangled among the branches, and every now and then she had to stop and untwist it.
Alicia se agachó entre los árboles lo mejor que pudo, pues su cuello seguía enredándose entre las ramas, y de vez en cuando tenía que detenerse y desenredarlo.
After a while she remembered that she still held the pieces of mushroom in her hands, and she set to work very carefully, nibbling first at one and then at the other, and growing sometimes taller and sometimes shorter, until she had succeeded in bringing herself down to her usual height.
Después de un rato recordó que todavía sostenía los pedazos de hongo en sus manos, y se puso a trabajar muy cuidadosamente, mordisqueando primero uno y luego el otro, y creciendo a veces más alta y a veces más baja, hasta que logró reducirse a su altura habitual.
It was so long since she had been anything near the right size, that it felt quite strange at first; but she got used to it in a few minutes, and began talking to herself, as usual.
Había pasado tanto tiempo desde que había estado cerca de su tamaño correcto, que se sintió bastante extraño al principio; pero se acostumbró en unos minutos, y comenzó a hablarse a sí misma, como de costumbre.
"Come, there's half my plan done now!
"¡Vamos, ya está hecha la mitad de mi plan!
How puzzling all these changes are!
¡Qué desconcertantes son todos estos cambios!
Vocabulary
- Esta
- This (feminine singular)
- era
- was, used to be (imperfect tense of ser)
- una
- a, an, one (feminine singular)
- idea
- idea, thought, concept
- tan
- so, such, as (used for comparisons)
- nueva
- new (feminine)
- para
- for, to, in order to
- que
- that, which, who
- se
- herself, himself, itself, themselves (reflexive pronoun)
- quedó
- remained, stayed (preterite of quedarse)
- bastante
- quite, enough, rather, fairly
- callada
- quiet, silent (feminine)
- por
- for, by, through, because of
- uno
- one (masculine)
- o
- or
- dos
- two
- minutos
- minutes
- lo
- it, him (direct object pronoun, masculine)
- cual
- which, whom (relative pronoun)
- dio
- gave (preterite of dar)
- a
- to, at
- la
- the (feminine singular)
- Paloma
- Pigeon, Dove (proper name or bird)
- oportunidad
- opportunity, chance
- de
- of, from, about
- añadir
- to add, to append
- Estás
- you are (informal, present tense of estar)
- buscando
- looking for, searching (present participle of buscar)
- huevos
- eggs
- sé
- I know (present tense of saber)
- _bastante_
- quite, enough, rather (emphasized)
- bien
- well, good, fine
- y
- and
- qué
- what, which (with accent, interrogative/exclamatory)
- me
- me, to me (indirect/direct object pronoun)
- importa
- matters, is important (from importar)
- mí
- me (prepositional pronoun, after prepositions)
- si
- if, whether
- eres
- you are (informal, present tense of ser)
- niña
- girl, little girl
- pequeña
- small, little (feminine)
- serpiente
- snake, serpent
- Me
- me, to me (object pronoun)
- mucho
- much, a lot, very much
- _mí_
- me (prepositional pronoun, emphasized)
- dijo
- said, told (preterite of decir)
- apresuradamente
- hastily, hurriedly
- pero
- but, however
- no
- no, not
- estoy
- I am (present tense of estar)
- da
- gives (present tense of dar)
- casualidad
- coincidence, chance
- estuviera
- was, were (imperfect subjunctive of estar)
- querría
- would want, would like (conditional of querer)
- _los
- the (masculine plural, emphasized)
- tuyos_
- yours (masculine plural possessive, emphasized)
- gustan
- please, are pleasing (from gustar)
- crudos
- raw, uncooked (masculine plural)
- Pues
- well, then, so
- lárgate
- get out, go away (imperative of largarse)
- entonces
- then, so, at that time
- en
- in, on, at
- tono
- tone, manner of speaking
- malhumorado
- bad-tempered, grumpy, moody
- mientras
- while, meanwhile, whereas
- acomodaba
- was arranging, was settling (imperfect of acomodar)
- nuevo
- new, again (masculine)
- su
- his, her, its, their, your (possessive)
- nido
- nest
- agachó
- bent down, crouched (preterite of agacharse)
- entre
- between, among
- los
- the (masculine plural)
- árboles
- trees
- mejor
- better, best
- pudo
- could, was able to (preterite of poder)
- pues
- well, since, because, then
- cuello
- neck
- seguía
- continued, kept on (imperfect of seguir)
- enredándose
- getting tangled up (reflexive gerund of enredarse)
- las
- the (feminine plural)
- ramas
- branches
- vez
- time, occasion (as in once, twice)
- cuando
- when
- tenía
- had, used to have (imperfect of tener)
- detenerse
- to stop, to halt (reflexive infinitive)
- desenredarlo
- to untangle it, to disentangle it
- Después
- after, afterwards, later
- un
- a, an, one (masculine singular)
- rato
- while, short time, moment
- recordó
- remembered, recalled (preterite of recordar)
- todavía
- still, yet, even
- sostenía
- was holding, was sustaining (imperfect of sostener)
- pedazos
- pieces, bits, fragments
- hongo
- mushroom, fungus
- sus
- his, her, its, their, your (plural possessive)
- manos
- hands
- puso
- put, placed (preterite of poner)
- trabajar
- to work
- muy
- very, really, quite
- cuidadosamente
- carefully, cautiously
- mordisqueando
- nibbling (present participle of mordisquear)
- primero
- first, firstly
- luego
- then, later, afterwards
- el
- the (masculine singular)
- otro
- other, another (masculine)
- creciendo
- growing (present participle of crecer)
- veces
- times, occasions
- más
- more, most, plus
- alta
- tall, high (feminine)
- baja
- short, low (feminine)
- hasta
- until, till, up to, even
- logró
- managed to, succeeded (preterite of lograr)
- reducirse
- to reduce oneself, to shrink (reflexive infinitive)
- altura
- height, altitude
- habitual
- habitual, usual, customary
- Había
- there was, there were, had (imperfect of haber)
- pasado
- past, passed, last (past participle of pasar)
- tanto
- so much, so many, as much
- tiempo
- time, weather
- desde
- since, from
- había
- had, there was (imperfect of haber)
- estado
- state, been (past participle of estar)
- cerca
- near, close, nearby
- tamaño
- size, dimension
- correcto
- correct, right, proper
- sintió
- felt (preterite of sentir)
- extraño
- strange, odd, foreign
- al
- to the, at the (contraction of a+el)
- principio
- beginning, start, principle
- acostumbró
- got accustomed, got used to (preterite of acostumbrarse)
- unos
- some, a few, about (masculine plural)
- comenzó
- began, started (preterite of comenzar)
- hablarse
- to talk to oneself, to speak (reflexive)
- sí
- yes, oneself (with accent)
- misma
- same, self (feminine)
- como
- like, as, how
- costumbre
- custom, habit
- Vamos
- let's go, come on (present of ir)
- ya
- already, now, yet
- está
- is, it is (present tense of estar)
- hecha
- made, done (feminine past participle of hacer)
- mitad
- half, middle
- mi
- my (possessive adjective)
- plan
- plan, scheme
- Qué
- what, how (with accent, interrogative/exclamatory)
- desconcertantes
- disconcerting, bewildering, puzzling
- son
- are, they are (present tense of ser)
- todos
- all, every, everyone (masculine plural)
- estos
- these (masculine plural)
- cambios
- changes, transformations
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