Grimms' Fairy Tales — Page 11
' But the young man refused to do it: so the fox said, 'I will at any rate give you good counsel: beware of two things; ransom no one from the gallows, and sit down by the side of no river.'
Pero el joven se negó a hacerlo: así que el zorro dijo: 'De todos modos te daré un buen consejo: guárdate de dos cosas; no rescates a nadie de la horca, y no te sientes a la orilla de ningún río.'
Then away he went.
Entonces se marchó.
'Well,' thought the young man, 'it is no hard matter to keep that advice.'
'Bien', pensó el joven, 'no es difícil seguir ese consejo.'
He rode on with the princess, till at last he came to the village where he had left his two brothers.
Siguió cabalgando con la princesa, hasta que por fin llegó al pueblo donde había dejado a sus dos hermanos.
And there he heard a great noise and uproar; and when he asked what was the matter, the people said, 'Two men are going to be hanged.'
Y allí oyó un gran ruido y alboroto; y cuando preguntó qué pasaba, la gente dijo: 'Dos hombres van a ser ahorcados.'
As he came nearer, he saw that the two men were his brothers, who had turned robbers; so he said, 'Cannot they in any way be saved?'
Al acercarse, vio que los dos hombres eran sus hermanos, que se habían convertido en ladrones; así que dijo: '¿No hay manera de salvarlos?'
But the people said 'No,' unless he would bestow all his money upon the rascals and buy their liberty.
Pero la gente dijo que 'No', a menos que entregara todo su dinero por los bribones y comprara su libertad.
Then he did not stay to think about the matter, but paid what was asked, and his brothers were given up, and went on with him towards their home.
Entonces no se detuvo a pensar en el asunto, sino que pagó lo que se le pedía, y sus hermanos fueron liberados, y continuaron con él hacia su hogar.
And as they came to the wood where the fox first met them, it was so cool and pleasant that the two brothers said, 'Let us sit down by the side of the river, and rest a while, to eat and drink.
Y cuando llegaron al bosque donde el zorro los había encontrado por primera vez, hacía un ambiente tan fresco y agradable que los dos hermanos dijeron: 'Sentémonos a la orilla del río, y descansemos un rato, para comer y beber.
Vocabulary
- Pero
- But; however; yet
- el
- The (masculine singular article)
- joven
- Young; a young person or youth
- se
- Reflexive pronoun; oneself; himself; herself
- negó
- Refused; denied (past tense of negar)
- hacerlo
- To do it; to make it; to perform it
- así
- Thus; like this; in this way; so
- que
- That; which; who; than (conjunction/relative pronoun)
- zorro
- Fox; cunning or sly person
- dijo
- Said; told (past tense of decir)
- De
- Of; from; about; by (preposition)
- todos
- All; everyone; all people or things
- modos
- Ways; manners; modes; methods
- te
- You (indirect or direct object pronoun)
- daré
- I will give (future tense of dar)
- un
- A; an (indefinite article, masculine singular)
- buen
- Good; fine; well (shortened form of bueno)
- consejo
- Advice; counsel; suggestion; recommendation
- guárdate
- Guard yourself; be careful; beware (imperative)
- dos
- Two; the number 2
- cosas
- Things; matters; objects; affairs
- no
- No; not (negation)
- rescates
- Ransoms; rescues; redemptions (plural noun)
- nadie
- Nobody; no one; anyone (negative pronoun)
- la
- The (feminine singular article); her; it
- horca
- Gallows; hanging; execution by rope
- sientes
- Feel; sense (present tense of sentir)
- orilla
- Shore; bank; edge; margin of water
- ningún
- No; not any; none (masculine singular)
- río
- River; stream; flowing body of water
- Entonces
- Then; at that time; so; therefore
- marchó
- Left; departed; walked away (past tense)
- Bien
- Well; fine; good; all right
- pensó
- Thought; reflected; considered (past tense)
- es
- Is (present tense of ser)
- difícil
- Difficult; hard; challenging; problematic
- seguir
- To follow; to continue; to pursue
- ese
- That; that one (demonstrative adjective)
- Siguió
- Continued; followed; kept going (past tense)
- cabalgando
- Riding; horseback riding (present participle)
- con
- With; accompanied by; in company of
- princesa
- Princess; female member of royal family
- hasta
- Until; up to; till; as far as
- por
- By; for; through; because of; per
- fin
- End; finish; purpose; objective; finally
- llegó
- Arrived; reached (past tense of llegar)
- al
- To the; at the (a + el contraction)
- pueblo
- Town; village; people; populace; community
- donde
- Where; in which place; to which
- había
- Had; there was/were (past imperfect of haber)
- dejado
- Left; abandoned; placed (past participle)
- sus
- His; her; your; their; its (possessive)
- hermanos
- Brothers; siblings; brothers and sisters
- allí
- There; in that place; over there
- oyó
- Heard; listened (past tense of oír)
- gran
- Great; big; large (shortened form of grande)
- ruido
- Noise; sound; commotion; din
- alboroto
- Uproar; commotion; tumult; disturbance
- cuando
- When; whenever; during which time
- preguntó
- Asked; inquired (past tense of preguntar)
- qué
- What; which; that which (interrogative)
- pasaba
- Happened; occurred (past imperfect of pasar)
- gente
- People; persons; folk; populace
- Dos
- Two; the number 2
- hombres
- Men; males; mankind; human beings
- van
- Go; are going (present tense of ir)
- ser
- To be; to exist; to become
- ahorcados
- Hanged; executed by hanging (past participle)
- Al
- To the; at the (a + el contraction)
- acercarse
- To approach; to draw near; get closer
- vio
- Saw; looked (past tense of ver)
- los
- The (masculine plural); them; those
- eran
- Were (past imperfect of ser)
- habían
- Had (past perfect of haber)
- convertido
- Converted; transformed; changed (past participle)
- en
- In; into; within; at; on; by
- ladrones
- Thieves; robbers; criminals who steal
- No
- No; not (negation at sentence start)
- hay
- There is; there are (present of haber)
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