Alice's Adventures in Wonderland — Page 9
Alice did not wish to offend the Dormouse again, so she began very cautiously: "But I don't understand.
Alicia no deseaba ofender al Lirón otra vez, así que comenzó muy cautelosamente: "Pero no entiendo.
Where did they draw the treacle from?"
¿De dónde sacaban la melaza?"
"You can draw water out of a water-well," said the Hatter; "so I should think you could draw treacle out of a treacle-well—eh, stupid?"
"Puedes sacar agua de un pozo de agua," dijo el Sombrerero; "así que debería pensar que podrías sacar melaza de un pozo de melaza—¿eh, estúpida?"
"But they were _in_ the well," Alice said to the Dormouse, not choosing to notice this last remark.
"Pero ellas estaban _dentro_ del pozo," dijo Alicia al Lirón, no queriendo notar este último comentario.
"Of course they were," said the Dormouse; "—well in."
"Por supuesto que estaban," dijo el Lirón; "—bien dentro."
This answer so confused poor Alice, that she let the Dormouse go on for some time without interrupting it.
Esta respuesta confundió tanto a la pobre Alicia, que dejó al Lirón continuar por algún tiempo sin interrumpirlo.
"They were learning to draw," the Dormouse went on, yawning and rubbing its eyes, for it was getting very sleepy; "and they drew all manner of things—everything that begins with an M—"
"Estaban aprendiendo a dibujar," continuó el Lirón, bostezando y frotándose los ojos, pues se estaba poniendo muy somnoliento; "y dibujaban toda clase de cosas—todo lo que comienza con una M—"
"Why with an M?" said Alice.
"¿Por qué con una M?" dijo Alicia.
"Why not?" said the March Hare.
"¿Por qué no?" dijo la Liebre de Marzo.
Alice was silent.
Alicia guardó silencio.
The Dormouse had closed its eyes by this time, and was going off into a doze; but, on being pinched by the Hatter, it woke up again with a little shriek, and went on: "—that begins with an M, such as mouse-traps, and the moon, and memory, and muchness—you know you say things are "much of a muchness"—did you ever see such a thing as a drawing of a muchness?"
El Lirón había cerrado los ojos para entonces, y estaba quedándose dormido; pero, al ser pellizcado por el Sombrerero, se despertó otra vez con un pequeño chillido, y continuó: "—que comienza con una M, como ratoneras, y la luna, y memoria, y muchedad—ya sabes que dices que las cosas son "muy de una muchedad"—¿alguna vez viste algo como un dibujo de una muchedad?"
"Really, now you ask me," said Alice, very much confused, "I don't think—"
"Realmente, ahora que me preguntas," dijo Alicia, muy confundida, "no creo—"
"Then you shouldn't talk," said the Hatter.
"Entonces no deberías hablar," dijo el Sombrerero.
Vocabulary
- no
- no, not
- deseaba
- wished, desired (imperfect tense of desear)
- ofender
- to offend, to insult
- al
- to the (contraction of a + el)
- otra
- another, other (feminine)
- vez
- time, occasion
- así
- so, thus, like this
- que
- that, which, who
- comenzó
- began, started (preterite of comenzar)
- muy
- very, quite
- cautelosamente
- cautiously, carefully
- Pero
- but, however
- entiendo
- I understand (present tense of entender)
- De
- of, from, about
- dónde
- where (question word)
- sacaban
- they took out, extracted (imperfect of sacar)
- la
- the (feminine singular definite article)
- melaza
- molasses, treacle
- Puedes
- you can (present tense of poder)
- sacar
- to take out, extract, remove
- agua
- water
- de
- of, from, about
- un
- a, an (masculine indefinite article)
- pozo
- well (water well), pit
- dijo
- said (preterite of decir)
- el
- the (masculine singular definite article)
- Sombrerero
- Hatter, hat maker
- debería
- should, ought to (conditional of deber)
- pensar
- to think, to ponder
- podrías
- you could (conditional of poder)
- eh
- eh, huh (interjection)
- estúpida
- stupid, foolish (feminine adjective)
- ellas
- they, them (feminine plural pronoun)
- estaban
- they were (imperfect of estar)
- _dentro_
- inside, within (emphasized with underscores)
- del
- of the, from the (contraction de + el)
- queriendo
- wanting, wishing (gerund of querer)
- notar
- to notice, to note
- este
- this (masculine demonstrative)
- último
- last, latest, final
- comentario
- comment, remark
- Por
- by, for, through
- supuesto
- of course, naturally
- bien
- well, good, fine
- dentro
- inside, within
- Esta
- this (feminine demonstrative)
- respuesta
- answer, response, reply
- confundió
- confused (preterite of confundir)
- tanto
- so much, as much
- a
- to, at, for
- pobre
- poor, unfortunate
- dejó
- left, stopped, allowed (preterite of dejar)
- continuar
- to continue, to carry on
- por
- by, for, through, along
- algún
- some, any (masculine, shortened form)
- tiempo
- time, weather
- sin
- without
- interrumpirlo
- to interrupt him/it (infinitive with pronoun)
- Estaban
- they were (imperfect of estar)
- aprendiendo
- learning (gerund of aprender)
- dibujar
- to draw, to sketch
- continuó
- continued (preterite of continuar)
- bostezando
- yawning (gerund of bostezar)
- y
- and
- frotándose
- rubbing oneself (reflexive gerund of frotar)
- los
- the (masculine plural definite article)
- ojos
- eyes
- pues
- well, since, because
- se
- oneself, himself, herself (reflexive pronoun)
- estaba
- was (imperfect of estar)
- poniendo
- putting, becoming (gerund of poner)
- somnoliento
- sleepy, drowsy
- dibujaban
- they drew, were drawing (imperfect of dibujar)
- toda
- all, every, whole (feminine)
- clase
- class, type, kind
- cosas
- things
- —todo
- everything, all (with em dash)
- lo
- it, him (masculine pronoun)
- comienza
- begins, starts (present tense of comenzar)
- con
- with
- una
- a, an, one (feminine)
- qué
- what, which (question word with accent)
- Liebre
- Hare (proper name, also means hare animal)
- Marzo
- March (month, also proper name)
- guardó
- kept, saved, guarded (preterite of guardar)
- silencio
- silence
- El
- the (masculine definite article), he
- había
- had, there was (imperfect of haber)
- cerrado
- closed, shut (past participle of cerrar)
- para
- for, to, in order to
- entonces
- then, at that time
- quedándose
- staying, remaining (reflexive gerund of quedar)
- dormido
- asleep, sleeping (past participle of dormir)
- pero
- but, however
- ser
- to be (permanent or essential characteristics)
- pellizcado
- pinched (past participle of pellizcar)
- despertó
- woke up (preterite of despertar)
- pequeño
- small, little
- chillido
- shriek, scream, squeal
- como
- like, as, how
- ratoneras
- mousetraps
- luna
- moon
- memoria
- memory
- —ya
- already, now (with em dash)
- sabes
- you know (present tense of saber)
- dices
- you say (present tense of decir)
- las
- the (feminine plural definite article)
- son
- are (present tense of ser)
- alguna
- some, any (feminine)
- viste
- you saw, did see (preterite of ver)
- algo
- something, anything
- dibujo
- drawing, sketch, design
- Realmente
- really, actually
- ahora
- now
- me
- me, myself (object pronoun)
- preguntas
- you ask, questions (verb or noun)
- confundida
- confused (feminine past participle)
- creo
- I believe, I think (present of creer)
- Entonces
- then, so, therefore
- deberías
- you should (conditional of deber)
- hablar
- to speak, to talk
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