The Tale of the Flopsy Bunnies — Page 3
He stared at them for some time.
Los miró fijamente durante algún tiempo.
Presently a fly settled on one of them and it moved.
De repente, una mosca se posó sobre uno de ellos y este se movió.
Mr. McGregor climbed down on to the rubbish heap--
El señor McGregor bajó al montón de basura—
"One, two, three, four! five! six leetle rabbits!" said he as he dropped them into his sack.
«¡Uno, dos, tres, cuatro! ¡cinco! ¡seis conejitos!» dijo mientras los metía en su saco.
The Flopsy Bunnies dreamt that their mother was turning them over in bed.
Los conejitos Flopsy soñaban que su madre los daba vuelta en la cama.
They stirred a little in their sleep, but still they did not wake up.
Se agitaron un poco mientras dormían, pero aun así no se despertaron.
Mr. McGregor tied up the sack and left it on the wall.
El señor McGregor ató el saco y lo dejó sobre el muro.
He went to put away the mowing machine.
Fue a guardar la segadora.
While he was gone, Mrs. Flopsy Bunny (who had remained at home) came across the field.
Mientras él estaba fuera, la señora Flopsy Bunny (que se había quedado en casa) cruzó el campo.
She looked suspiciously at the sack and wondered where everybody was?
Miró el saco con desconfianza y se preguntó dónde estarían todos.
Then the mouse came out of her jam pot, and Benjamin took the paper bag off his head, and they told the doleful tale.
Entonces el ratón salió de su tarro de mermelada, y Benjamín se quitó la bolsa de papel de la cabeza, y contaron la triste historia.
Benjamin and Flopsy were in despair, they could not undo the string.
Benjamín y Flopsy estaban desesperados, no podían desatar el cordel.
But Mrs. Tittlemouse was a resourceful person.
Pero la señora Tittlemouse era una persona ingeniosa.
She nibbled a hole in the bottom corner of the sack.
Royó un agujero en la esquina inferior del saco.
The little rabbits were pulled out and pinched to wake them.
Sacaron a los conejitos y les pellizcaron para despertarlos.
Their parents stuffed the empty sack with three rotten vegetable marrows, an old blacking-brush and two decayed turnips.
Sus padres rellenaron el saco vacío con tres calabazas podridas, un viejo cepillo de betún y dos nabos en descomposición.
Then they all hid under a bush and watched for Mr. McGregor.
Luego todos se escondieron bajo un arbusto y esperaron al señor McGregor.
Mr. McGregor came back and picked up the sack, and carried it off.
El señor McGregor regresó, recogió el saco y se lo llevó.
He carried it hanging down, as if it were rather heavy.
Lo llevaba colgando, como si fuera bastante pesado.
Vocabulary
- miró
- He/she looked at or gazed at something
- fijamente
- Fixedly, steadily, staring without looking away
- durante
- During or for a period of time
- algún
- Some or a certain amount of time or thing
- tiempo
- Time or weather depending on context
- repente
- Used in 'de repente' meaning suddenly or abruptly
- mosca
- A fly, the common flying insect
- posó
- Landed or settled on a surface gently
- sobre
- On top of or about something
- movió
- He/she/it moved or stirred slightly
- señor
- Mister or sir, a formal title for a man
- bajó
- He/she went down or lowered something
- montón
- A pile or heap of things stacked together
- basura
- Trash, garbage, or waste material
- conejitos
- Little rabbits, diminutive plural of conejo
- dijo
- He/she said, past tense of decir
- mientras
- While, during the time that something happens
- metía
- He/she was putting or placing something inside
- saco
- A sack or bag used for carrying things
- soñaban
- They were dreaming while asleep
- madre
- Mother, a female parent
- daba
- He/she/it was giving or providing something
- vuelta
- A turn or flip; used in 'dar vuelta' meaning to turn
- cama
- A bed used for sleeping or resting
- agitaron
- They stirred, shook, or moved restlessly
- poco
- A little, a small amount of something
- dormían
- They were sleeping or asleep at that time
- aun
- Even or still, used to emphasize a statement
- así
- Thus, so, or in this way
- despertaron
- They woke up from sleeping
- ató
- He/she tied or fastened something with a knot
- dejó
- He/she left, allowed, or placed something somewhere
- muro
- A wall, typically an exterior or thick wall
- Fue
- He/she/it went or was, past tense of ir/ser
- guardar
- To put away, store, or keep something safely
- segadora
- A lawn mower or reaping machine for cutting grass
- Mientras
- While, during the time that something else happens
- estaba
- He/she/it was, imperfect past tense of estar
- fuera
- Outside or away from a place
- señora
- Mrs. or madam, a formal title for a woman
- había
- There had been or he/she had, past perfect auxiliary
- quedado
- Stayed or remained in a particular place
- casa
- House or home where someone lives
- cruzó
- He/she crossed or went across something
- campo
- A field or countryside area of open land
- Miró
- He/she looked at or observed something carefully
- desconfianza
- Distrust or suspicion toward someone or something
- preguntó
- He/she asked a question to someone
- dónde
- Where, used in questions asking about location
- estarían
- They would be, conditional tense of estar
- todos
- Everyone or all, referring to a complete group
- Entonces
- Then or at that moment, indicating sequence of events
- ratón
- A mouse, the small rodent animal
- salió
- He/she/it came out or left a place
- tarro
- A jar or container used for storing food
- mermelada
- Jam or marmalade, a sweet fruit preserve
- quitó
- He/she removed or took off something
- bolsa
- A bag or sack used for carrying items
- papel
- Paper, the material used for writing or wrapping
- cabeza
- Head, the upper part of the body
- contaron
- They told or recounted a story to someone
- triste
- Sad, feeling or expressing unhappiness or sorrow
- historia
- A story, tale, or historical account
- estaban
- They were, imperfect past tense of estar
- desesperados
- Desperate, feeling hopeless with no solution visible
- podían
- They were able to or could do something
- desatar
- To untie or loosen something that is tied
- cordel
- A cord, string, or thin rope used for tying
- era
- He/she/it was, imperfect past tense of ser
- persona
- A person or individual human being
- ingeniosa
- Clever, resourceful, or ingenious in solving problems
- Royó
- He/she/it gnawed or chewed through something
- agujero
- A hole made in or through a surface
- esquina
- A corner of a room, object, or street
- inferior
- Lower or bottom, relating to a lower position
- Sacaron
- They took out or pulled something from somewhere
- pellizcaron
- They pinched someone to cause sensation or wake them
- despertarlos
- To wake them up from their sleep
- padres
- Parents, referring to mother and father together
- rellenaron
- They filled or stuffed something with materials
- vacío
- Empty space or void; also meaning empty as adjective
- calabazas
- Pumpkins or gourds, large round vegetables
- podridas
- Rotten or decayed, describing decomposed organic matter
- viejo
- Old, aged, describing something of great age
- cepillo
- A brush used for cleaning, grooming, or scrubbing
- betún
- Shoe polish or bitumen used for coating surfaces
- nabos
- Turnips, a root vegetable grown underground
- descomposición
- Decomposition or decay of organic matter over time
- Luego
- Then, later, or afterward indicating next action
- escondieron
- They hid themselves or something from someone
- bajo
- Under or below; also short or low as adjective
- arbusto
- A bush or shrub, a small woody plant
- esperaron
- They waited for someone or something to happen
- regresó
- He/she returned or came back to a place
- recogió
- He/she picked up or collected something from somewhere
- llevó
- He/she carried or took something to a place
- llevaba
- He/she was carrying or taking something somewhere
- colgando
- Hanging, suspended from above while dangling
- como
- Like, as, or how depending on context
- si
- If or as if, used in conditional sentences
- bastante
- Quite, enough, or rather indicating sufficient degree
- pesado
- Heavy in weight; also boring or tedious informally
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