The Wonderful Wizard of Oz — Page 2
Yet the old time fairy tale, having served for generations, may now be classed as "historical" in the children's library; for the time has come for a series of newer "wonder tales" in which the stereotyped genie, dwarf and fairy are eliminated, together with all the horrible and blood-curdling incidents devised by their authors to point a fearsome moral to each tale.
Sin embargo, el cuento de hadas de antaño, habiendo servido durante generaciones, puede clasificarse ahora como "histórico" en la biblioteca infantil; pues ha llegado el momento de una serie de nuevos "cuentos maravillosos" en los que el genio, el enano y el hada estereotipados son eliminados, junto con todos los incidentes horrorosos y espeluznantes ideados por sus autores para señalar una moral aterradora en cada cuento.
Modern education includes morality; therefore the modern child seeks only entertainment in its wonder tales and gladly dispenses with all disagreeable incident.
La educación moderna incluye la moralidad; por lo tanto, el niño moderno busca únicamente entretenimiento en sus cuentos maravillosos y prescinde con gusto de todo incidente desagradable.
Having this thought in mind, the story of "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" was written solely to please children of today.
Teniendo este pensamiento en mente, la historia de "El Maravilloso Mago de Oz" fue escrita únicamente para complacer a los niños de hoy.
It aspires to being a modernized fairy tale, in which the wonderment and joy are retained and the heartaches and nightmares are left out.
Aspira a ser un cuento de hadas modernizado, en el que se conservan el asombro y la alegría y se omiten las penas y las pesadillas.
L. Frank Baum Chicago, April, 1900.
L. Frank Baum Chicago, abril de 1900.
Vocabulary
- sin
- without; lacking something
- embargo
- obstacle; hindrance; used in 'sin embargo' (however)
- el
- the (masculine singular article)
- cuento
- story; tale; narrative account
- de
- of; from; preposition indicating possession or origin
- hadas
- fairies; magical female supernatural beings
- antaño
- long ago; in times past; formerly
- habiendo
- having; present participle of haber
- servido
- served; past participle of servir
- durante
- during; throughout a period of time
- generaciones
- generations; groups of individuals born in same period
- puede
- can; is able to; third person singular of poder
- clasificarse
- to be classified; to categorize oneself
- ahora
- now; at the present time
- como
- as; like; in the manner of
- histórico
- historical; relating to or based on history
- en
- in; on; preposition indicating location or position
- la
- the (feminine singular article)
- biblioteca
- library; building containing collection of books
- infantil
- childish; relating to children or childhood
- pues
- well; therefore; for; since
- ha
- has; third person singular of haber
- llegado
- arrived; reached; past participle of llegar
- momento
- moment; brief period of time
- una
- a; one (feminine singular article)
- serie
- series; sequence of similar or related things
- nuevos
- new; recently made or discovered
- cuentos
- stories; tales; narratives
- maravillosos
- marvelous; wonderful; extraordinary or astonishing
- los
- the (masculine plural article)
- que
- that; which; who; relative pronoun
- genio
- genius; spirit; intelligent or talented person
- enano
- dwarf; small supernatural creature in folklore
- hada
- fairy; magical female supernatural being
- estereotipados
- stereotyped; conforming to fixed pattern or type
- son
- are; third person plural of ser
- eliminados
- eliminated; removed; gotten rid of
- junto
- together; near; close to or alongside
- con
- with; accompanied by; in company of
- todos
- all; everything; every person or thing
- incidentes
- incidents; events; occurrences or episodes
- horrorosos
- horrible; dreadful; causing horror or fear
- espeluznantes
- frightening; horrifying; causing fear or terror
- ideados
- devised; conceived; created or invented
- por
- by; through; for; preposition of agency
- sus
- his; her; their; possessive adjective
- autores
- authors; writers; creators of literary work
- para
- for; in order to; toward; preposition
- señalar
- to point out; to indicate; to mark
- moral
- moral; lesson; ethical principle or teaching
- aterradora
- terrifying; frightening; causing great fear
- cada
- each; every; one at a time
- La
- the (feminine singular, capitalized)
- educación
- education; instruction; training or development
- moderna
- modern; contemporary; of present time
- incluye
- includes; comprises; contains or incorporates
- moralidad
- morality; moral principles; system of ethics
- lo
- it; the (neuter article); direct object pronoun
- tanto
- so much; as much; so many
- niño
- child; boy; young male person
- moderno
- modern; contemporary; of the present time
- busca
- seeks; looks for; searches for something
- únicamente
- only; solely; exclusively; just
- entretenimiento
- entertainment; amusement; diversion or enjoyment
- prescinde
- dispenses with; does without; overlooks
- gusto
- taste; preference; pleasure or liking
- incidente
- incident; event; occurrence or episode
- desagradable
- unpleasant; disagreeable; not pleasing or nice
- Teniendo
- having; possessing; present participle of tener
- este
- this; these; demonstrative adjective or pronoun
- pensamiento
- thought; idea; process of thinking
- mente
- mind; brain; center of consciousness
- historia
- story; history; account of events
- El
- the (masculine singular, capitalized)
- Mago
- Magician; Wizard; person with magical powers
- fue
- was; past tense third person singular of ser
- escrita
- written; past participle feminine of escribir
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