Peter Pan — Page 16
It looked delightfully easy, and they tried it first from the floor and then from the beds, but they always went down instead of up.
Parecía deliciosamente fácil, y lo intentaron primero desde el suelo y luego desde las camas, pero siempre bajaban en lugar de subir.
"I say, how do you do it?" asked John, rubbing his knee.
—Oye, ¿cómo lo haces? —preguntó John, frotándose la rodilla.
He was quite a practical boy.
Era un chico bastante práctico.
"You just think lovely wonderful thoughts," Peter explained, "and they lift you up in the air."
—Solo tienes que pensar pensamientos preciosos y maravillosos —explicó Peter—, y ellos te elevan por los aires.
He showed them again.
Se los demostró de nuevo.
"You're so nippy at it," John said, "couldn't you do it very slowly once?"
—Lo haces con tanta agilidad —dijo John—, ¿no podrías hacerlo muy despacio una vez?
Peter did it both slowly and quickly.
Peter lo hizo tanto despacio como rápido.
"I've got it now, Wendy!" cried John, but soon he found he had not.
—¡Ya lo tengo, Wendy! —exclamó John, pero pronto comprobó que no era así.
Not one of them could fly an inch, though even Michael was in words of two syllables, and Peter did not know A from Z.
Ninguno de ellos podía volar ni un centímetro, aunque Michael ya hablaba con palabras de dos sílabas, y Peter no sabía ni leer.
Of course Peter had been trifling with them, for no one can fly unless the fairy dust has been blown on him.
Por supuesto, Peter les había estado tomando el pelo, pues nadie puede volar a menos que le hayan soplado polvo de hadas.
Fortunately, as we have mentioned, one of his hands was messy with it, and he blew some on each of them, with the most superb results.
Afortunadamente, como ya hemos mencionado, una de sus manos estaba impregnada de él, y sopló un poco sobre cada uno de ellos, con los más magníficos resultados.
"Now just wiggle your shoulders this way," he said, "and let go."
—Ahora solo moved los hombros de esta manera —dijo—, y soltaos.
They were all on their beds, and gallant Michael let go first.
Todos estaban en sus camas, y el valiente Michael se soltó primero.
He did not quite mean to let go, but he did it, and immediately he was borne across the room.
No tenía del todo la intención de soltarse, pero lo hizo, e inmediatamente fue transportado por toda la habitación.
"I flewed!" he screamed while still in mid-air.
—¡Volé! —gritó mientras aún estaba en el aire.
John let go and met Wendy near the bathroom.
John se soltó y se encontró con Wendy cerca del cuarto de baño.
"Oh, lovely!"
—¡Oh, qué maravilla!
"Oh, ripping!"
—¡Oh, estupendo!
"Look at me!
—¡Mírame!
Vocabulary
- Parecía
- It seemed or appeared to be a certain way
- deliciosamente
- Deliciously, in a delightful or pleasing manner
- fácil
- Easy, not difficult or requiring little effort
- lo
- It, him; direct object pronoun for masculine nouns
- intentaron
- They tried or attempted to do something
- primero
- First, occurring before all others in order
- desde
- From, since; indicates a starting point in space or time
- suelo
- Floor or ground, the surface one walks on
- luego
- Then, later, afterward in a sequence
- camas
- Beds, furniture used for sleeping
- siempre
- Always, at all times without exception
- bajaban
- They were going down or descending repeatedly
- lugar
- Place, location, or spot; also used in phrases
- subir
- To go up, rise, climb, or ascend
- Oye
- Hey, listen; informal command to get attention
- cómo
- How; used to ask about manner or way
- haces
- You do or make; second person singular present tense
- preguntó
- He or she asked a question
- frotándose
- Rubbing oneself, reflexive gerund of frotar
- rodilla
- Knee, the joint connecting upper and lower leg
- Era
- He, she, or it was; imperfect tense of ser
- chico
- Boy, young male; also used informally for guy
- bastante
- Quite, rather, enough; indicates a moderate degree
- práctico
- Practical, sensible, oriented toward real-world solutions
- Solo
- Only, just; limits or restricts a statement
- tienes
- You have; second person singular of tener
- pensar
- To think, to consider or reflect on something
- pensamientos
- Thoughts, ideas passing through the mind
- preciosos
- Precious, lovely, beautiful, or highly valued things
- maravillosos
- Wonderful, marvelous, amazing, causing great admiration
- explicó
- He or she explained something to someone
- ellos
- They, third person plural masculine pronoun
- elevan
- They lift or raise; third person plural of elevar
- por
- Through, by, for; common Spanish preposition
- aires
- Airs, the atmosphere; por los aires means through the air
- Se
- Reflexive pronoun used with verbs to show self-action
- demostró
- He or she demonstrated or proved something
- nuevo
- New; de nuevo means again, once more
- tanta
- So much, such a lot of; feminine form of tanto
- agilidad
- Agility, nimbleness, quickness of movement
- dijo
- He or she said; preterite of decir
- podrías
- You could; conditional form of poder
- hacerlo
- To do it; infinitive with direct object pronoun attached
- despacio
- Slowly, at a slow pace or speed
- vez
- Time, instance, occurrence; used in expressions like una vez
- hizo
- He or she did or made; preterite of hacer
- tanto
- So much, as much; indicates a high degree or quantity
- como
- As, like, how; used for comparisons and manner
- rápido
- Fast, quick, rapid in movement or action
- Ya
- Already, now, soon; versatile adverb with various meanings
- tengo
- I have; first person singular present of tener
- exclamó
- He or she exclaimed, cried out with strong emotion
- pronto
- Soon, quickly; also used as an interjection hurry up
- comprobó
- He or she verified, checked, or confirmed something
- era
- It was, he or she was; imperfect tense of ser
- así
- Like this, in this way, so; indicates manner
- Ninguno
- None, not one, nobody; negative indefinite pronoun
- podía
- He, she, or it could; imperfect of poder
- volar
- To fly, to move through the air with wings
- ni
- Nor, not even; used in negative constructions
- centímetro
- Centimeter, a metric unit of length measurement
- aunque
- Although, even though, even if; concessive conjunction
- ya
- Already, now; indicates something has occurred
- hablaba
- He or she was speaking or used to speak
- palabras
- Words, units of language used to communicate
- sílabas
- Syllables, units of sound that make up words
- sabía
- He or she knew; imperfect tense of saber
- leer
- To read, to interpret written text
- Por
- For, through, by; common Spanish preposition
- supuesto
- Supposed; por supuesto means of course, certainly
- les
- Them, to them; indirect object pronoun third person plural
- había
- There had been; imperfect of haber, auxiliary verb
- estado
- Been; past participle of estar, used in compound tenses
- tomando
- Taking; gerund of tomar, used in progressive tenses
- pelo
- Hair; tomar el pelo means to pull someone's leg
- pues
- Well, since, because; filler or causal conjunction
- nadie
- Nobody, no one; negative indefinite pronoun
- puede
- He, she, or it can; third person singular of poder
- menos
- Less, fewer; also used in a menos que meaning unless
- le
- Him, her, to him, to her; indirect object pronoun
- hayan
- They have; present subjunctive of haber auxiliary verb
- soplado
- Blown; past participle of soplar, to blow air
- polvo
- Dust, powder; fine particles of solid matter
- hadas
- Fairies, magical winged creatures from folklore
- Afortunadamente
- Fortunately, luckily, as good luck would have it
- hemos
- We have; first person plural of haber auxiliary
- mencionado
- Mentioned; past participle of mencionar
- manos
- Hands, the body part at the end of arms
- estaba
- He, she, it was; imperfect tense of estar
- impregnada
- Impregnated, saturated, soaked through with something
- sopló
- He or she blew air; preterite of soplar
- poco
- A little, a bit; small amount of something
- sobre
- On, over, about; preposition indicating surface or topic
- cada
- Each, every; used before singular nouns
- más
- More, most; comparative adverb or adjective
- magníficos
- Magnificent, splendid, superb; expressing great admiration
- resultados
- Results, outcomes, consequences of an action
- Ahora
- Now, at this moment or present time
- solo
- Only, alone, just; limits or restricts quantity
- hombros
- Shoulders, the joints connecting arms to the torso
- esta
- This; feminine singular demonstrative adjective or pronoun
- manera
- Way, manner, method of doing something
- soltaos
- Let go, release yourselves; imperative reflexive command
- Todos
- Everyone, all; refers to an entire group of people
- estaban
- They were; third person plural imperfect of estar
- valiente
- Brave, courageous, bold in facing danger
- soltó
- He or she let go, released; preterite of soltar
- tenía
- He, she had; imperfect tense of tener
- todo
- All, everything, every; del todo means completely
- intención
- Intention, purpose, plan one has in mind
- soltarse
- To let oneself go, to release oneself
- e
- And; variant of y used before words starting with i
- inmediatamente
- Immediately, at once, without any delay
- fue
- He, she went or was; preterite of ir or ser
- transportado
- Transported, carried from one place to another
- toda
- All, whole, entire; feminine form of todo
- habitación
- Room, bedroom, enclosed space within a building
- Volé
- I flew; first person singular preterite of volar
- gritó
- He or she shouted or screamed; preterite of gritar
- mientras
- While, meanwhile; indicates simultaneous actions
- aún
- Still, yet; indicates something continues to occur
- aire
- Air, the atmosphere; also a breeze or manner
- encontró
- He or she found or encountered; preterite of encontrar
- cerca
- Near, close, nearby in distance
- cuarto
- Room, quarter; fourth; small room in a house
- baño
- Bathroom, bath; room with washing facilities
- qué
- What, how; used in exclamations and questions
- maravilla
- Marvel, wonder, something causing amazement and delight
- estupendo
- Stupendous, wonderful, great, absolutely fantastic
- Mírame
- Look at me; imperative of mirar with pronoun attached
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