Peter Pan — Page 15
The tongues of the pursuers were hanging out; the baying of them was horrible.
Las lenguas de los perseguidores colgaban; su aullido era horrible.
"Save me, save me!" cried Nibs, falling on the ground.
«¡Sálvame, sálvame!», gritó Nibs, cayendo al suelo.
"But what can we do, what can we do?"
«¿Pero qué podemos hacer, qué podemos hacer?»
It was a high compliment to Peter that at that dire moment their thoughts turned to him.
Era un gran elogio para Peter que en aquel terrible momento sus pensamientos se volvieran hacia él.
"What would Peter do?" they cried simultaneously.
«¿Qué haría Peter?», gritaron simultáneamente.
Almost in the same breath they cried, "Peter would look at them through his legs."
Casi al mismo tiempo gritaron: «Peter los miraría por entre sus piernas».
And then, "Let us do what Peter would do."
Y luego: «Hagamos lo que Peter haría».
It is quite the most successful way of defying wolves, and as one boy they bent and looked through their legs.
Es sin duda la forma más eficaz de desafiar a los lobos, y como un solo chico se agacharon y miraron por entre sus piernas.
The next moment is the long one, but victory came quickly, for as the boys advanced upon them in the terrible attitude, the wolves dropped their tails and fled.
El momento siguiente es el largo, pero la victoria llegó rápido, pues cuando los chicos avanzaron hacia ellos en aquella terrible postura, los lobos bajaron el rabo y huyeron.
Now Nibs rose from the ground, and the others thought that his staring eyes still saw the wolves.
Entonces Nibs se levantó del suelo, y los demás creyeron que sus ojos desorbitados aún veían a los lobos.
But it was not wolves he saw.
Pero no eran lobos lo que veía.
"I have seen a wonderfuller thing," he cried, as they gathered round him eagerly.
«He visto algo más maravilloso», exclamó, mientras ellos se agolpaban a su alrededor con ansiedad.
"A great white bird. It is flying this way."
«Un gran pájaro blanco. Viene volando hacia aquí».
"What kind of a bird, do you think?"
«¿Qué clase de pájaro crees que es?»
"I don't know," Nibs said, awestruck, "but it looks so weary, and as it flies it moans, 'Poor Wendy.'"
«No lo sé», dijo Nibs, sobrecogido, «pero parece muy cansado, y mientras vuela gime: "Pobre Wendy"».
"Poor Wendy?"
«¿Pobre Wendy?»
"I remember," said Slightly instantly, "there are birds called Wendies."
«Recuerdo», dijo Slightly al instante, «que hay pájaros llamados Wendies».
"See, it comes!" cried Curly, pointing to Wendy in the heavens.
«¡Mira, ahí viene!», gritó Curly, señalando a Wendy en los cielos.
Vocabulary
- lenguas
- Tongues or languages of a person or group
- perseguidores
- Those who chase or pursue others relentlessly
- colgaban
- They were hanging or dangling from something
- aullido
- A howl or wail made by an animal
- horrible
- Something extremely unpleasant or frightening
- Sálvame
- Command form meaning 'save me' urgently
- sálvame
- Repeated plea meaning 'save me' desperately
- gritó
- He or she shouted or cried out loudly
- cayendo
- Present participle meaning 'falling' to the ground
- suelo
- The floor or ground beneath one's feet
- podemos
- First person plural of 'poder', meaning 'we can'
- elogio
- A compliment or praise given to someone
- aquel
- Demonstrative adjective meaning 'that' (distant) thing
- terrible
- Something dreadful or extremely frightening in nature
- pensamientos
- Thoughts or ideas occurring in someone's mind
- volvieran
- Past subjunctive of 'volver', meaning 'they would turn'
- hacia
- Preposition meaning 'toward' a person or place
- haría
- Conditional of 'hacer', meaning 'he would do'
- gritaron
- They shouted or yelled out together loudly
- simultáneamente
- Happening at exactly the same time together
- Casi
- Adverb meaning 'almost' or 'nearly' something
- miraría
- Conditional of 'mirar', meaning 'he would look'
- entre
- Preposition meaning 'between' or 'among' things
- piernas
- Legs of a human or animal body
- luego
- Adverb meaning 'then' or 'later' in sequence
- Hagamos
- First person plural imperative of 'hacer', 'let's do'
- sin
- Preposition meaning 'without' something or someone
- duda
- Doubt or uncertainty about something
- forma
- A form, way, or manner of doing something
- eficaz
- Effective or efficient in achieving a desired result
- desafiar
- To challenge or defy someone or something boldly
- lobos
- Wolves, wild predatory canine animals
- chico
- A boy or young male person
- agacharon
- They bent down or crouched low to the ground
- siguiente
- Adjective meaning 'next' or 'following' in sequence
- largo
- Adjective meaning 'long' in length or duration
- victoria
- Victory or triumph achieved in a contest
- llegó
- He, she, or it arrived or came to a place
- rápido
- Adjective or adverb meaning 'fast' or 'quickly'
- pues
- Conjunction meaning 'since', 'well', or 'then'
- chicos
- Boys or young males; informal term for guys
- avanzaron
- They advanced or moved forward toward something
- aquella
- Feminine demonstrative adjective meaning 'that' (distant)
- postura
- A posture or position adopted by the body
- bajaron
- They lowered or went down from a position
- rabo
- Tail of an animal, often indicating submission
- huyeron
- They fled or ran away from danger quickly
- Entonces
- Adverb meaning 'then' or 'at that moment'
- levantó
- He or she stood up or lifted something
- demás
- The others or the rest of a group
- creyeron
- They believed or thought something to be true
- ojos
- Eyes, the organs used for seeing
- desorbitados
- Eyes wide open with shock or disbelief
- aún
- Adverb meaning 'still' or 'yet' in context
- visto
- Past participle of 'ver', meaning 'seen'
- maravilloso
- Something wonderful, marvelous, or astonishing in nature
- exclamó
- He or she exclaimed or cried out with emotion
- mientras
- Conjunction meaning 'while' indicating simultaneous actions
- agolpaban
- They crowded or pressed together around something
- alrededor
- Adverb or preposition meaning 'around' or 'surrounding'
- ansiedad
- Anxiety or nervous worry about an uncertain situation
- pájaro
- A bird, a feathered flying animal
- blanco
- Adjective meaning 'white' in color
- volando
- Present participle of 'volar', meaning 'flying'
- clase
- Class, type, or kind of something
- crees
- Second person singular of 'creer', meaning 'you think'
- sobrecogido
- Awestruck or seized with wonder and apprehension
- parece
- Third person singular of 'parecer', meaning 'seems'
- cansado
- Adjective meaning 'tired' or 'exhausted' from effort
- vuela
- Third person singular of 'volar', meaning 'flies'
- gime
- He or she moans or groans softly in pain
- Pobre
- Adjective meaning 'poor' expressing sympathy or pity
- Recuerdo
- I remember or a memory of a past event
- instante
- An instant or very brief moment in time
- pájaros
- Birds, plural of 'pájaro', feathered flying animals
- llamados
- Called or named, past participle of 'llamar'
- Mira
- Imperative of 'mirar', meaning 'look' at something
- ahí
- Adverb meaning 'there' indicating a nearby location
- señalando
- Present participle of 'señalar', meaning 'pointing at'
- cielos
- The skies or heavens above the earth
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