Peter Pan — Page 1
THE FLIGHT
EL VUELO
"Second to the right, and straight on till morning."
«Segunda a la derecha, y todo recto hasta la mañana».
That, Peter had told Wendy, was the way to the Neverland; but even birds, carrying maps and consulting them at windy corners, could not have sighted it with these instructions.
Eso, le había dicho Peter a Wendy, era el camino hacia Nunca Jamás; pero ni siquiera los pájaros, portando mapas y consultándolos en los ventosos recodos, habrían podido avistarla con esas indicaciones.
Peter, you see, just said anything that came into his head.
Peter, ya ven, simplemente decía lo primero que se le venía a la cabeza.
At first his companions trusted him implicitly, and so great were the delights of flying that they wasted time circling round church spires or any other tall objects on the way that took their fancy.
Al principio sus compañeros confiaban en él ciegamente, y tan grandes eran los placeres de volar que perdían el tiempo dando vueltas alrededor de los campanarios o de cualquier otro objeto elevado que captara su atención en el camino.
John and Michael raced, Michael getting a start.
John y Michael competían en carreras, con Michael tomando ventaja.
They recalled with contempt that not so long ago they had thought themselves fine fellows for being able to fly round a room.
Recordaban con desdén que no hacía tanto tiempo se habían creído muy hábiles por ser capaces de volar alrededor de una habitación.
Not long ago. But how long ago? They were flying over the sea before this thought began to disturb Wendy seriously.
No hacía mucho. Pero ¿cuánto tiempo atrás? Estaban sobrevolando el mar antes de que este pensamiento empezara a inquietar seriamente a Wendy.
John thought it was their second sea and their third night.
John creía que era su segundo mar y su tercera noche.
Sometimes it was dark and sometimes light, and now they were very cold and again too warm.
A veces estaba oscuro y a veces había luz, y ora sentían mucho frío, ora demasiado calor.
Did they really feel hungry at times, or were they merely pretending, because Peter had such a jolly new way of feeding them?
¿Sentían realmente hambre a veces, o simplemente lo fingían, porque Peter tenía una forma tan divertida y novedosa de alimentarlos?
His way was to pursue birds who had food in their mouths suitable for humans and snatch it from them; then the birds would follow and snatch it back; and they would all go chasing each other gaily for miles, parting at last with mutual expressions of good-will.
Su método consistía en perseguir a pájaros que llevaban en el pico alimentos aptos para humanos y arrebatárselos; luego los pájaros los seguían y se los quitaban de vuelta; y todos se perseguían alegremente durante kilómetros, separándose al fin con mutuas expresiones de buena voluntad.
Vocabulary
- VUELO
- Flight; the act of flying through the air
- Segunda
- Second; feminine ordinal number indicating second position
- derecha
- Right; the direction opposite to left
- todo
- All, everything; referring to the whole of something
- recto
- Straight; going directly forward without turning
- hasta
- Until, up to; indicates a limit in time or space
- mañana
- Tomorrow; the day following today
- Eso
- That; neutral demonstrative pronoun referring to something
- le
- Indirect object pronoun meaning 'to him, to her, to you'
- había
- Had; past perfect auxiliary verb form of haber
- dicho
- Said; past participle of decir meaning to say
- era
- Was; past imperfect tense of ser meaning to be
- camino
- Road, path, way; a route taken to reach a destination
- hacia
- Toward; preposition indicating direction of movement
- Nunca
- Never; adverb indicating something does not occur
- Jamás
- Never, ever; strong adverb emphasizing negation
- pero
- But; conjunction indicating contrast or exception
- ni
- Nor, not even; negative conjunction used in negation
- siquiera
- Even; used with ni to mean 'not even'
- pájaros
- Birds; small feathered animals capable of flight
- portando
- Carrying; present participle of portar, to carry
- mapas
- Maps; visual representations of geographic areas
- consultándolos
- Consulting them; checking maps for navigational guidance
- ventosos
- Windy; characterized by strong gusts of wind
- recodos
- Bends, turns; curves in a road, river, or path
- habrían
- Would have; conditional perfect auxiliary of haber
- podido
- Been able; past participle of poder meaning can
- avistarla
- To spot it/her; to catch sight of from a distance
- esas
- Those; feminine plural demonstrative adjective
- indicaciones
- Directions, instructions; guidance on how to proceed
- ya
- Already, now; adverb indicating something has occurred
- ven
- You see; present tense of ver, to see or understand
- simplemente
- Simply; in a plain or straightforward manner
- decía
- Was saying; imperfect tense of decir, to say
- primero
- First; ordinal number indicating the first position
- venía
- Was coming; imperfect tense of venir, to come
- cabeza
- Head; the upper part of the human body
- principio
- Beginning, principle; the start of something
- compañeros
- Companions, partners; people who accompany another
- confiaban
- Trusted; imperfect tense of confiar, to trust
- ciegamente
- Blindly; without doubt or critical thought
- tan
- So, such; adverb intensifying an adjective or adverb
- grandes
- Great, large; adjective describing size or greatness
- eran
- Were; imperfect tense of ser, to be
- placeres
- Pleasures; feelings of happiness or enjoyment
- volar
- To fly; to move through the air like a bird
- perdían
- Were wasting, losing; imperfect of perder, to lose
- tiempo
- Time; the ongoing sequence of events and duration
- dando
- Giving, doing; present participle of dar, to give
- vueltas
- Turns, loops; circular movements around something
- alrededor
- Around; in a circle surrounding something or someone
- campanarios
- Bell towers; tall towers housing church bells
- cualquier
- Any, whatever; referring to an unspecified thing
- otro
- Other, another; referring to a different thing
- objeto
- Object; a physical thing that can be seen or touched
- elevado
- Elevated, high; raised above the normal level
- captara
- Might capture; past subjunctive of captar, to capture
- atención
- Attention; the focus of one's mind on something
- competían
- Competed; imperfect of competir, to compete
- carreras
- Races; competitive events to determine the fastest
- tomando
- Taking; present participle of tomar, to take
- ventaja
- Advantage; a condition giving a superior position
- Recordaban
- They remembered; imperfect of recordar, to remember
- desdén
- Disdain, contempt; a feeling of scornful superiority
- hacía
- Ago, made; imperfect of hacer used in time expressions
- tanto
- So much, so long; indicating a great degree or amount
- habían
- Had; third person plural past perfect of haber
- creído
- Believed; past participle of creer, to believe
- hábiles
- Skillful, clever; having ability or skill in something
- ser
- To be; infinitive of the permanent state verb
- capaces
- Capable; able to do or achieve something effectively
- habitación
- Room; an enclosed space within a building
- mucho
- Much, a lot; indicating a large quantity or degree
- Pero
- But; conjunction indicating contrast or contradiction
- cuánto
- How much, how long; interrogative of quantity or degree
- atrás
- Behind, ago, back; indicating a past point in time
- Estaban
- They were; imperfect of estar indicating temporary state
- sobrevolando
- Flying over; present participle of sobrevolar
- mar
- Sea; large body of salt water covering much of Earth
- antes
- Before; adverb indicating prior time or order
- este
- This; masculine singular demonstrative adjective
- pensamiento
- Thought; an idea or mental reflection in one's mind
- empezara
- Would begin; past subjunctive of empezar, to begin
- inquietar
- To worry, disturb; to cause anxiety or unease
- seriamente
- Seriously; in a grave or earnest manner
- creía
- Believed; imperfect of creer, to believe or think
- segundo
- Second; ordinal number indicating second in order
- tercera
- Third; feminine ordinal number indicating third position
- noche
- Night; the period of darkness between sunset and sunrise
- veces
- Times; occasions or instances when something occurs
- estaba
- Was; imperfect of estar indicating a temporary state
- oscuro
- Dark; having little or no light present
- luz
- Light; natural or artificial illumination
- ora
- Now; archaic or literary conjunction meaning sometimes
- sentían
- They felt; imperfect of sentir, to feel or sense
- frío
- Cold; low temperature causing a chilly sensation
- demasiado
- Too much, too; exceeding a desirable or acceptable level
- calor
- Heat, warmth; high temperature causing a warm sensation
- Sentían
- They felt; imperfect of sentir, to feel or sense
- realmente
- Really, truly; in a genuine or actual manner
- hambre
- Hunger; the uncomfortable sensation of needing food
- fingían
- Were pretending; imperfect of fingir, to pretend
- porque
- Because; conjunction explaining the reason for something
- tenía
- Had; imperfect of tener, to have or possess
- forma
- Way, form, manner; a method or mode of doing something
- divertida
- Fun, amusing; causing laughter or enjoyment
- novedosa
- Novel, new; original and different from what is usual
- alimentarlos
- To feed them; to provide food for a group of people
- método
- Method; a systematic way of doing something
- consistía
- Consisted; imperfect of consistir, to consist of
- perseguir
- To chase, pursue; to follow someone in order to catch them
- llevaban
- Were carrying; imperfect of llevar, to carry or bring
- pico
- Beak; the hard pointed mouth of a bird
- alimentos
- Foods; substances eaten to provide nutrition
- aptos
- Suitable, fit; appropriate for a particular purpose
- humanos
- Humans; relating to or characteristic of people
- arrebatárselos
- To snatch them away; to grab something forcefully
- luego
- Then, later; indicating a subsequent action or time
- seguían
- Continued, followed; imperfect of seguir, to follow
- quitaban
- Were taking away; imperfect of quitar, to remove
- vuelta
- Return, turn; the act of coming back or turning around
- todos
- All, everyone; referring to an entire group of people
- perseguían
- Were chasing; imperfect of perseguir, to chase
- alegremente
- Cheerfully; in a happy and lively manner
- durante
- During, for; preposition indicating duration of time
- kilómetros
- Kilometers; units of distance equal to 1000 meters
- separándose
- Separating; moving apart from each other eventually
- fin
- End; the final point or conclusion of something
- mutuas
- Mutual; shared equally between two or more parties
- expresiones
- Expressions; ways of communicating feelings or thoughts
- buena
- Good; having positive qualities or being favorable
- voluntad
- Goodwill, will; the desire or intention to do something
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