Peter Pan — Page 3
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Peter felt that she was calling him names, and at a venture he retorted hotly:
Peter sintió que ella lo estaba insultando, y a la aventura respondió acaloradamente:
"So are you!"
"¡Tú también!"
Then rather curiously they both snapped out the same remark:
Entonces, de manera bastante curiosa, los dos soltaron el mismo comentario:
"Shut up!"
"¡Cállate!"
"Shut up!"
"¡Cállate!"
Nevertheless the bird was determined to save him if she could, and by one last mighty effort she propelled the nest against the rock.
Sin embargo, el pájaro estaba decidido a salvarlo si podía, y con un último y poderoso esfuerzo empujó el nido contra la roca.
Then up she flew; deserting her eggs, so as to make her meaning clear.
Luego alzó el vuelo; abandonando sus huevos, para dejar clara su intención.
Then at last he understood, and clutched the nest and waved his thanks to the bird as she fluttered overhead.
Entonces por fin comprendió, aferró el nido y agradeció con un gesto al pájaro mientras éste revoloteaba sobre su cabeza.
It was not to receive his thanks, however, that she hung there in the sky; it was not even to watch him get into the nest; it was to see what he did with her eggs.
Sin embargo, no era para recibir su agradecimiento por lo que ella permanecía suspendida en el cielo; ni siquiera era para verlo subirse al nido; era para ver qué hacía con sus huevos.
There were two large white eggs, and Peter lifted them up and reflected.
Había dos grandes huevos blancos, y Peter los levantó y reflexionó.
The bird covered her face with her wings, so as not to see the last of them; but she could not help peeping between the feathers.
El pájaro se cubrió la cara con las alas para no ver el final de ellos; pero no pudo evitar espiar entre las plumas.
I forget whether I have told you that there was a stave on the rock, driven into it by some buccaneers of long ago to mark the site of buried treasure.
No recuerdo si les he contado que había un poste en la roca, clavado en ella por unos bucaneros de antaño para marcar el lugar de un tesoro enterrado.
The children had discovered the glittering hoard, and when in a mischievous mood used to fling showers of moidores, diamonds, pearls and pieces of eight to the gulls, who pounced upon them for food, and then flew away, raging at the scurvy trick that had been played upon them.
Los niños habían descubierto el reluciente tesoro, y cuando estaban de humor travieso solían lanzar lluvias de moidores, diamantes, perlas y piezas de a ocho a las gaviotas, que se abalanzaban sobre ellos buscando comida, y luego se alejaban volando, furiosas por la vil broma que les habían jugado.
Vocabulary
- sintió
- Felt or experienced an emotion or sensation
- que
- That; which; used to introduce subordinate clauses
- ella
- She; feminine third-person singular pronoun
- lo
- It; him; masculine direct object pronoun
- estaba
- Was; imperfect past tense of estar
- insultando
- Insulting; present participle of insultar
- la
- The; her; feminine article or pronoun
- aventura
- Adventure; an exciting or unusual experience
- respondió
- Responded; answered; past tense of responder
- acaloradamente
- Heatedly; passionately; with strong emotion
- Tú
- You; informal second-person singular pronoun
- también
- Also; too; likewise or in addition
- Entonces
- Then; at that time; therefore or so
- de
- Of; from; preposition indicating possession or origin
- manera
- Manner; way; method or fashion of doing
- bastante
- Enough; quite; sufficiently or considerably
- curiosa
- Curious; strange; unusual or odd in nature
- los
- The; them; masculine plural article or pronoun
- dos
- Two; the number 2
- soltaron
- Released; let go; past tense of soltar
- el
- The; masculine singular article
- mismo
- Same; identical or very alike
- comentario
- Comment; remark; observation or statement
- Cállate
- Be quiet; shut up; imperative of callarse
- Sin
- Without; lacking or deprived of something
- embargo
- Embargo; seizure; restraint or hindrance
- pájaro
- Bird; a feathered flying animal
- decidido
- Decided; determined; firm or resolute in purpose
- salvarlo
- To save it; to rescue; infinitive plus pronoun
- si
- If; whether; conditional conjunction or particle
- podía
- Could; was able; imperfect of poder
- con
- With; together with; preposition showing accompaniment
- un
- A; an; masculine singular indefinite article
- último
- Last; final; occurring at the end
- poderoso
- Powerful; mighty; having great strength or force
- esfuerzo
- Effort; exertion; expenditure of physical or mental energy
- empujó
- Pushed; shoved; past tense of empujar
- nido
- Nest; a bird's home constructed from twigs
- contra
- Against; opposed to; in opposition to
- roca
- Rock; stone; hard mineral material forming earth
- Luego
- Then; later; afterward or subsequently
- alzó
- Raised; lifted; past tense of alzar
- vuelo
- Flight; act of flying through the air
- abandonando
- Abandoning; deserting; present participle of abandonar
- sus
- His; her; its; their; possessive adjective
- huevos
- Eggs; oval reproductive bodies laid by birds
- para
- For; in order to; preposition showing purpose
- dejar
- To leave; to let; to allow or permit
- clara
- Clear; evident; easy to understand or perceive
- intención
- Intention; purpose; aim or objective being pursued
- por
- For; by; preposition showing cause or agent
- fin
- Finally; at last; end or conclusion
- comprendió
- Understood; comprehended; past tense of comprender
- aferró
- Grasped; seized; past tense of aferrarse
- agradeció
- Thanked; expressed gratitude; past of agradecer
- gesto
- Gesture; bodily movement expressing meaning or emotion
- al
- To the; contraction of a and el
- mientras
- While; meanwhile; during the time that
- éste
- This one; this; that one just mentioned
- revoloteaba
- Fluttered; hovered; past imperfect of revolotear
- sobre
- Over; above; on top of or concerning
- cabeza
- Head; upper part of body housing brain
- no
- Not; negation or denial of something
- era
- Was; imperfect past of ser
- recibir
- To receive; to accept something offered
- agradecimiento
- Gratitude; thanks; recognition of kindness or favor
- permanecía
- Remained; stayed; past imperfect of permanecer
- suspendida
- Suspended; hanging; held up in air
- en
- In; on; preposition showing location or position
- cielo
- Sky; heaven; expanse above the earth
- ni
- Neither; nor; neither one nor other
- siquiera
- Even; even if; used with negatives
- verlo
- To see it; to view; infinitive plus pronoun
- subirse
- To climb up; to go up; to ascend
- ver
- To see; to look at; to perceive visually
- qué
- What; which; interrogative or exclamatory pronoun
- hacía
- Did; was doing; past imperfect of hacer
- Había
- Had; there was; past perfect of haber
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