The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck — Page 6
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A moment afterwards there were most awful noises--barking, baying, growls and howls, squealing and groans.
Un momento después se oyeron los ruidos más espantosos: ladridos, aullidos, gruñidos y alaridos, chillidos y gemidos.
And nothing more was ever seen of that foxy-whiskered gentleman.
Y nunca más se volvió a ver a aquel caballero de bigotes rojizos.
Presently Kep opened the door of the shed, and let out Jemima Puddle-duck.
Poco después, Kep abrió la puerta del cobertizo y dejó salir a Jemima Puddle-duck.
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Unfortunately the puppies rushed in and gobbled up all the eggs before he could stop them.
Desafortunadamente, los cachorros se precipitaron dentro y devoraron todos los huevos antes de que él pudiera detenerlos.
He had a bite on his ear and both the puppies were limping.
Él tenía una mordida en la oreja y ambos cachorros cojeaban.
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Jemima Puddle-duck was escorted home in tears on account of those eggs.
Jemima Puddle-duck fue escoltada a casa llorando a causa de aquellos huevos.
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She laid some more in June, and she was permitted to keep them herself: but only four of them hatched.
Puso algunos más en junio, y se le permitió quedarse con ellos ella misma: pero solo cuatro de ellos eclosionaron.
Jemima Puddle-duck said that it was because of her nerves; but she had always been a bad sitter.
Jemima Puddle-duck dijo que era a causa de sus nervios; pero siempre había sido mala clueca.
Vocabulary
- Ilustración
- Illustration; a picture accompanying a text
- Un
- Indefinite article meaning 'a' or 'an'
- momento
- A brief period of time; a moment
- después
- After or afterward in time or order
- se
- Reflexive pronoun used with verbs
- oyeron
- They heard; past tense of oír
- los
- Definite article 'the' for plural masculine nouns
- ruidos
- Noises or loud sounds
- más
- More; used for comparisons or emphasis
- espantosos
- Frightful, dreadful, or terrifying in nature
- ladridos
- Barking sounds made by dogs
- aullidos
- Howls or wailing cries from animals
- gruñidos
- Growls or grunts made by animals
- alaridos
- Loud screams or shrieks of distress
- chillidos
- High-pitched squeals or shrieks
- gemidos
- Moans or groans expressing pain or distress
- nunca
- Never; at no time
- volvió
- Returned or came back; past tense of volver
- ver
- To see or to look at
- aquel
- That (distant); demonstrative adjective for masculine nouns
- caballero
- Gentleman; a polite or noble man
- bigotes
- Mustache; hair grown above the upper lip
- rojizos
- Reddish in color or tone
- Poco
- Little or a small amount
- abrió
- Opened; past tense of abrir
- puerta
- A door or gate providing entry
- cobertizo
- A shed or shelter for storage or animals
- dejó
- Let or allowed; past tense of dejar
- salir
- To go out or leave a place
- Desafortunadamente
- Unfortunately; used to express regret about an outcome
- cachorros
- Puppies or young animal cubs
- precipitaron
- Rushed or hurled themselves suddenly forward
- dentro
- Inside or within a space
- devoraron
- They devoured or ate greedily
- todos
- All or every one of a group
- huevos
- Eggs laid by birds or other animals
- antes
- Before in time or order
- pudiera
- Could or was able to; subjunctive of poder
- detenerlos
- To stop or halt them
- tenía
- Had; imperfect past tense of tener
- mordida
- A bite or wound caused by biting
- oreja
- The outer ear on a person or animal
- ambos
- Both; referring to two things or people
- cojeaban
- They limped; walked with an uneven gait
- escoltada
- Escorted or accompanied for protection
- casa
- House or home where one lives
- llorando
- Crying or weeping with tears
- causa
- Cause or reason behind an event
- aquellos
- Those (distant); demonstrative adjective for plural masculine
- Puso
- Put or placed; past tense of poner
- algunos
- Some or a few of a group
- junio
- June; the sixth month of the year
- permitió
- Permitted or allowed; past tense of permitir
- quedarse
- To stay or remain in a place
- ella
- She; third-person singular feminine pronoun
- misma
- Herself or same; reflexive or emphatic feminine adjective
- pero
- But; conjunction used to contrast ideas
- solo
- Only or just; limiting quantity or scope
- cuatro
- The number four
- eclosionaron
- Hatched; eggs opened releasing young animals
- dijo
- Said; past tense of decir
- era
- Was; imperfect past tense of ser
- nervios
- Nerves; anxiety or nervous system references
- siempre
- Always; at all times without exception
- había
- Had; imperfect past tense of haber
- sido
- Been; past participle of ser
- mala
- Bad or poor; feminine adjective describing inadequacy
- clueca
- A brooding hen that sits on eggs
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