Peter Pan — Page 6
At first Nana tied their feet to the bed-posts so that they should not fly away in the night; and one of their diversions by day was to pretend to fall off buses; but by and by they ceased to tug at their bonds in bed, and found that they hurt themselves when they let go of the bus.
Al principio, Nana les ataba los pies a los postes de la cama para que no salieran volando durante la noche; y una de sus diversiones durante el día era fingir que se caían de los autobuses; pero poco a poco dejaron de forcejear con sus ataduras en la cama, y descubrieron que se hacían daño cuando soltaban el autobús.
In time they could not even fly after their hats.
Con el tiempo, ni siquiera podían volar para alcanzar sus sombreros.
Want of practice, they called it; but what it really meant was that they no longer believed.
Falta de práctica, lo llamaban ellos; pero lo que realmente significaba era que ya no creían.
Michael believed longer than the other boys, though they jeered at him; so he was with Wendy when Peter came for her at the end of the first year.
Michael creyó durante más tiempo que los otros chicos, aunque se burlaban de él; así que estaba con Wendy cuando Peter vino a buscarla al final del primer año.
She flew away with Peter in the frock she had woven from leaves and berries in the Neverland, and her one fear was that he might notice how short it had become; but he never noticed, he had so much to say about himself.
Ella se fue volando con Peter con el vestido que había tejido con hojas y bayas en el País de Nunca Jamás, y su único temor era que él pudiera notar lo corto que se había vuelto; pero él nunca lo notó, tenía demasiado que decir sobre sí mismo.
She had looked forward to thrilling talks with him about old times, but new adventures had crowded the old ones from his mind.
Ella había esperado con ansias tener emocionantes conversaciones con él sobre los viejos tiempos, pero las nuevas aventuras habían desplazado a las antiguas de su memoria.
"Who is Captain Hook?" he asked with interest when she spoke of the arch enemy.
«¿Quién es el Capitán Garfio?», preguntó con interés cuando ella habló del archienemigo.
"Don't you remember," she asked, amazed, "how you killed him and saved all our lives?"
«¿No recuerdas», preguntó ella, asombrada, «cómo lo mataste y salvaste nuestras vidas?»
"I forget them after I kill them," he replied carelessly.
«Los olvido después de matarlos», respondió él con indiferencia.
When she expressed a doubtful hope that Tinker Bell would be glad to see her he said, "Who is Tinker Bell?
Cuando ella expresó una esperanza dudosa de que Campanilla se alegraría de verla, él dijo: «¿Quién es Campanilla?
Vocabulary
- principio
- Beginning or start of something
- Nana
- Nanny or caretaker, especially for children
- les
- Indirect object pronoun meaning 'to them'
- ataba
- Was tying or binding something to something else
- pies
- Feet, the lower extremities of the body
- postes
- Posts or poles, vertical support structures
- cama
- Bed, furniture used for sleeping
- salieran
- Past subjunctive of salir, meaning 'they would leave'
- volando
- Flying, moving through the air
- durante
- During, throughout a period of time
- noche
- Night, the dark hours after sunset
- diversiones
- Amusements or entertainment activities
- día
- Day, a 24-hour period or daylight hours
- fingir
- To pretend or feign something falsely
- caían
- Were falling down from a height
- autobuses
- Buses, large public road transport vehicles
- poco
- Little, a small amount or shortly after
- dejaron
- They stopped or left off doing something
- forcejear
- To struggle or wrestle against restraints
- ataduras
- Bonds or ties that restrain something
- descubrieron
- They discovered or found out something
- hacían
- They were doing or causing something
- daño
- Harm or injury caused to someone
- soltaban
- Were releasing or letting go of something
- autobús
- Bus, a large public road vehicle
- tiempo
- Time or weather, a general temporal concept
- siquiera
- Even, used for emphasis in negative sentences
- podían
- They were able to or could do something
- volar
- To fly through the air
- alcanzar
- To reach or attain something at a distance
- sombreros
- Hats or wide-brimmed headwear
- Falta
- Lack or absence of something needed
- práctica
- Practice, repeated exercise to improve a skill
- llamaban
- They called or named something a certain way
- realmente
- Really or truly, emphasizing truth or sincerity
- significaba
- Meant or signified a particular thing
- creían
- They believed or had faith in something
- creyó
- He or she believed something at a point
- chicos
- Boys or kids, young male children
- burlaban
- Were mocking or making fun of someone
- vino
- He came or arrived at a place
- buscarla
- To look for her or fetch her
- final
- End or conclusion of a period
- primer
- First, ordinal number indicating position one
- año
- Year, a 12-month period of time
- vestido
- Dress or garment worn as clothing
- tejido
- Woven or knitted fabric or material
- hojas
- Leaves of plants or pages of paper
- bayas
- Berries, small round fruits from plants
- País
- Country or land, a geographic territory
- Nunca
- Never, at no time or point
- Jamás
- Never or ever, strong negative time adverb
- único
- Only or unique, sole among others
- temor
- Fear or dread of something happening
- pudiera
- Past subjunctive of poder, meaning 'could'
- notar
- To notice or observe something carefully
- corto
- Short in length, height, or duration
- vuelto
- Past participle of volver, meaning 'returned'
- notó
- He or she noticed something specific
- tenía
- He or she had or possessed something
- demasiado
- Too much, an excessive amount of something
- decir
- To say or tell something verbally
- esperado
- Expected or anticipated with eagerness
- ansias
- Eagerness or intense longing for something
- tener
- To have or possess something
- emocionantes
- Exciting or thrilling, causing strong emotions
- conversaciones
- Conversations, spoken exchanges between people
- viejos
- Old times or old people, aged things
- nuevas
- New, recently encountered or happening
- aventuras
- Adventures, exciting or daring experiences
- habían
- They had, auxiliary verb in past perfect
- desplazado
- Displaced or replaced something from its place
- antiguas
- Ancient or old, from a previous time
- memoria
- Memory, the ability to recall past events
- Quién
- Who, interrogative pronoun for a person
- Capitán
- Captain, a leader or commander of a group
- Garfio
- Hook, as in Captain Hook, a villain's name
- preguntó
- He or she asked a question
- interés
- Interest, curiosity or attention toward something
- habló
- He or she spoke or talked about something
- archienemigo
- Archenemy, the greatest or worst enemy
- recuerdas
- You remember something from the past
- asombrada
- Astonished or amazed by something unexpected
- cómo
- How, asking about manner or method
- mataste
- You killed someone at a past moment
- salvaste
- You saved or rescued someone from danger
- vidas
- Lives, plural of vida, human existence
- olvido
- Forgetting or oblivion, state of not remembering
- después
- After or later in time or sequence
- matarlos
- To kill them, an infinitive with pronoun
- respondió
- He or she responded or replied to something
- indiferencia
- Indifference, lack of interest or concern
- expresó
- He or she expressed or conveyed a feeling
- esperanza
- Hope, a feeling of optimistic expectation
- dudosa
- Doubtful or uncertain about something
- alegraría
- Would be glad or pleased about something
- verla
- To see her, infinitive with object pronoun
- dijo
- He or she said something to someone
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