Peter Pan — Page 4
"There are always a lot of young ones," explained Wendy, who was now quite an authority, "because you see when a new baby laughs for the first time a new fairy is born, and as there are always new babies there are always new fairies.
«Siempre hay muchos pequeños», explicó Wendy, que ya era toda una autoridad, «porque, ¿veis?, cuando un bebé nuevo ríe por primera vez nace un hada nueva, y como siempre hay bebés nuevos siempre hay hadas nuevas.
They live in nests on the tops of trees; and the mauve ones are boys and the white ones are girls, and the blue ones are just little sillies who are not sure what they are."
Viven en nidos en las copas de los árboles; las malvas son niños y las blancas son niñas, y las azules son sólo pequeñas tontas que no saben bien lo que son».
"I shall have such fun," said Peter, with eye on Wendy.
«Me lo pasaré de maravilla», dijo Peter, con los ojos puestos en Wendy.
"It will be rather lonely in the evening," she said, "sitting by the fire."
«Será bastante solitario por las noches», dijo ella, «sentada junto al fuego».
"I shall have Tink."
«Tendré a Tink».
"Tink can't go a twentieth part of the way round," she reminded him a little tartly.
«Tink no puede recorrer ni la vigésima parte del camino», le recordó ella con cierta aspereza.
"Sneaky tell-tale!" Tink called out from somewhere round the corner.
«¡Chivata entrometida!», gritó Tink desde algún lugar a la vuelta de la esquina.
"It doesn't matter," Peter said.
«No importa», dijo Peter.
"O Peter, you know it matters."
«Oh, Peter, sabes que sí importa».
"Well, then, come with me to the little house."
«Pues entonces, ven conmigo a la casita».
"May I, mummy?"
«¿Puedo, mamá?»
"Certainly not. I have got you home again, and I mean to keep you."
«Desde luego que no. Te he traído a casa de nuevo, y pienso retenerte».
"But he does so need a mother."
«Pero él necesita tanto una madre».
"So do you, my love."
«Tú también, mi amor».
"Oh, all right," Peter said, as if he had asked her from politeness merely; but Mrs. Darling saw his mouth twitch, and she made this handsome offer: to let Wendy go to him for a week every year to do his spring cleaning.
«Oh, está bien», dijo Peter, como si le hubiera preguntado sólo por cortesía; pero la señora Darling vio cómo se le contraía la boca, y le hizo este generoso ofrecimiento: dejar que Wendy fuera con él una semana cada año para hacerle la limpieza de primavera.
Vocabulary
- Siempre
- Always; at all times without exception
- hay
- There is/there are; indicates existence
- muchos
- Many; a large number of things or people
- pequeños
- Small; little in size or age
- explicó
- Explained; past tense of explicar
- que
- That; which; who; a conjunction or relative pronoun
- ya
- Already; now; soon; used for emphasis
- era
- Was; imperfect past tense of ser
- toda
- All; whole; entire; feminine form of todo
- una
- A/an; one; feminine indefinite article
- autoridad
- Authority; expert; person with recognized expertise
- porque
- Because; gives a reason or explanation
- ¿veis
- Do you all see?; second person plural of ver
- cuando
- When; at the time that something happens
- un
- A/an; one; masculine indefinite article
- bebé
- Baby; a very young infant
- nuevo
- New; recently appeared or created
- ríe
- Laughs; third person singular present of reír
- por
- For; by; through; because of; preposition
- primera
- First; feminine ordinal number
- vez
- Time; instance; occasion of an event
- nace
- Is born; third person singular of nacer
- hada
- Fairy; a mythical winged magical creature
- nueva
- New; feminine form; recently come into being
- y
- And; conjunction connecting words or clauses
- como
- As; like; since; how; conjunction or adverb
- siempre
- Always; at all times without exception
- bebés
- Babies; plural of bebé
- nuevos
- New; plural masculine form of nuevo
- hadas
- Fairies; plural of hada
- nuevas
- New; plural feminine form of nueva
- Viven
- They live; third person plural of vivir
- en
- In; at; on; common Spanish preposition
- nidos
- Nests; homes built by birds or similar
- las
- The; feminine plural definite article
- copas
- Treetops; also cups or goblets
- de
- Of; from; very common Spanish preposition
- los
- The; masculine plural definite article
- árboles
- Trees; woody perennial plants
- malvas
- Mauve; light purple color; also mallow plants
- son
- Are; third person plural of ser
- niños
- Boys; children; young males
- blancas
- White; feminine plural adjective of color
- niñas
- Girls; young female children
- azules
- Blue; plural adjective describing the color blue
- sólo
- Only; just; solely; no more than
- pequeñas
- Small; little; feminine plural adjective
- tontas
- Silly; foolish; stupid; feminine plural adjective
- no
- No; not; negation word
- saben
- They know; third person plural of saber
- bien
- Well; good; correctly; adverb of manner
- lo
- It; him; the; neuter or masculine pronoun
- Me
- Me; myself; reflexive or direct object pronoun
- pasaré
- I will spend/pass; future tense of pasar
- maravilla
- Wonder; marvel; something wonderful or amazing
- dijo
- Said; preterite past tense of decir
- con
- With; together with; preposition
- ojos
- Eyes; the organs used for seeing
- puestos
- Fixed; set; placed; past participle of poner
- Será
- It will be; future tense of ser
- bastante
- Quite; rather; enough; fairly
- solitario
- Lonely; solitary; isolated from others
- noches
- Nights; plural of noche
- ella
- She; her; third person feminine pronoun
- sentada
- Seated; sitting; feminine past participle of sentar
- junto
- Next to; beside; together with
- al
- To the; contraction of a and el
- fuego
- Fire; flames; burning heat
- Tendré
- I will have; future tense of tener
- a
- To; at; personal a; preposition
- puede
- Can; is able to; third person of poder
- recorrer
- To travel; to cover a distance or route
- ni
- Nor; not even; negative conjunction
- la
- The; feminine singular definite article
- vigésima
- Twentieth; feminine ordinal number
- parte
- Part; portion; section of a whole
- del
- Of the; contraction of de and el
- camino
- Path; road; way; route to a destination
- le
- Him; her; you; indirect object pronoun
- recordó
- Reminded; recalled; preterite of recordar
- cierta
- Certain; a certain; some; feminine adjective
- aspereza
- Harshness; roughness; sharpness in tone
- Chivata
- Snitch; tattletale; one who tells on others
- entrometida
- Meddlesome; nosy; interfering in others' affairs
- gritó
- Shouted; yelled; preterite tense of gritar
- desde
- From; since; preposition of place or time
- algún
- Some; any; an unspecified masculine noun modifier
- lugar
- Place; location; spot
- vuelta
- Turn; return; corner; also dar la vuelta
- esquina
- Corner; the angle where two streets meet
- No
- No; not; negation
- importa
- Matters; it doesn't matter; third person of importar
- sabes
- You know; second person singular of saber
- sí
- Yes; affirmative response
- Pues
- Well; then; so; filler or connector word
- entonces
- Then; at that time; therefore; so
- ven
- Come; imperative of venir; also see (ves)
- conmigo
- With me; prepositional pronoun first person
- casita
- Little house; diminutive of casa
- Puedo
- I can; I am able to; first person of poder
- mamá
- Mom; mother; informal term for mother
- Desde
- From; since; preposition of origin or time
- luego
- Then; later; of course; soon
- Te
- You; yourself; second person object pronoun
- he
- I have; first person singular of haber
- traído
- Brought; past participle of traer
- casa
- House; home; place of residence
- pienso
- I think; I plan; first person of pensar
- retenerte
- To keep you; to hold you back; infinitive
- Pero
- But; however; conjunction showing contrast
- él
- He; him; third person masculine pronoun
- necesita
- Needs; requires; third person of necesitar
- tanto
- So much; so many; to such a degree
- madre
- Mother; a female parent
- Tú
- You; second person singular subject pronoun
- también
- Also; too; as well
- mi
- My; first person singular possessive adjective
- amor
- Love; deep affection; term of endearment
- está
- Is; third person singular of estar
- si
- If; whether; conditional conjunction
- hubiera
- Had; past subjunctive of haber; conditional
- preguntado
- Asked; past participle of preguntar
- cortesía
- Courtesy; politeness; good manners
- pero
- But; however; conjunction of contrast
- señora
- Mrs.; ma'am; adult woman; title of address
- vio
- Saw; preterite past tense of ver
- cómo
- How; in what way; exclamatory or interrogative
- se
- Reflexive pronoun; himself/herself/itself/themselves
- contraía
- Was contracting; imperfect tense of contraer
- boca
- Mouth; the opening used for speaking and eating
- hizo
- Made; did; preterite past tense of hacer
- este
- This; masculine singular demonstrative adjective
- generoso
- Generous; giving; unselfish with time or resources
- ofrecimiento
- Offer; offering; act of offering something
- dejar
- To leave; to let; to allow; infinitive
- fuera
- Outside; out; away; also subjunctive of ser/estar
- semana
- Week; a period of seven days
- cada
- Each; every; applied to individual items
- año
- Year; a period of twelve months
- para
- For; in order to; destination or purpose preposition
- hacerle
- To do for him/her; infinitive with indirect pronoun
- limpieza
- Cleaning; cleanliness; act of making something clean
- primavera
- Spring; the season between winter and summer
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