The Wonderful Wizard of Oz — Page 4
Aunt Em, badly frightened, threw open the trap door in the floor and climbed down the ladder into the small, dark hole.
La tía Em, muy asustada, abrió de golpe la trampilla del suelo y bajó por la escalera al pequeño y oscuro hueco.
Dorothy caught Toto at last and started to follow her aunt.
Dorothy atrapó a Toto por fin y comenzó a seguir a su tía.
When she was halfway across the room there came a great shriek from the wind, and the house shook so hard that she lost her footing and sat down suddenly upon the floor.
Cuando estaba a mitad del cuarto, el viento lanzó un enorme alarido y la casa se sacudió con tanta fuerza que ella perdió el equilibrio y cayó sentada de repente en el suelo.
Then a strange thing happened.
Entonces ocurrió algo extraño.
The house whirled around two or three times and rose slowly through the air.
La casa giró dos o tres veces y se elevó lentamente por el aire.
Dorothy felt as if she were going up in a balloon.
Dorothy sintió como si estuviera subiendo en un globo.
The north and south winds met where the house stood, and made it the exact center of the cyclone.
Los vientos del norte y del sur se encontraron donde estaba la casa y la convirtieron en el centro exacto del ciclón.
In the middle of a cyclone the air is generally still, but the great pressure of the wind on every side of the house raised it up higher and higher, until it was at the very top of the cyclone; and there it remained and was carried miles and miles away as easily as you could carry a feather.
En el centro de un ciclón el aire suele estar quieto, pero la enorme presión del viento en cada lado de la casa la fue elevando cada vez más, hasta que llegó a la mismísima cima del ciclón; y allí permaneció y fue arrastrada kilómetros y kilómetros con la misma facilidad con que se puede llevar una pluma.
It was very dark, and the wind howled horribly around her, but Dorothy found she was riding quite easily.
Estaba muy oscuro y el viento aullaba horriblemente a su alrededor, pero Dorothy descubrió que se desplazaba con bastante facilidad.
After the first few whirls around, and one other time when the house tipped badly, she felt as if she were being rocked gently, like a baby in a cradle.
Tras las primeras vueltas, y otra vez más cuando la casa se inclinó bruscamente, sintió como si la mecieran suavemente, como a un bebé en una cuna.
Toto did not like it.
A Toto no le gustó nada.
Vocabulary
- La
- The (feminine singular article)
- tía
- Aunt; female relative
- muy
- Very; to a great degree
- asustada
- Frightened; scared (feminine adjective)
- abrió
- Opened; past tense of abrir
- de
- Of; from; preposition indicating possession
- golpe
- Blow; sudden movement or impact
- trampilla
- Small trapdoor; hatch opening in floor
- del
- Of the; contraction of de + el
- suelo
- Floor; ground; soil surface
- bajó
- Descended; went down past tense
- por
- By; through; for; preposition
- escalera
- Staircase; stairs; steps downward
- al
- To the; contraction of a + el
- pequeño
- Small; tiny; diminutive in size
- oscuro
- Dark; lacking light or brightness
- hueco
- Hollow; empty space; cavity or gap
- atrapó
- Caught; trapped; seized or captured
- fin
- End; conclusion; finally or at last
- comenzó
- Began; started; commenced an action
- seguir
- To follow; to continue; to pursue
- su
- His; her; its; their possessive
- Cuando
- When; at what time; conjunction
- estaba
- Was; past imperfect of estar
- mitad
- Half; middle part; fifty percent
- cuarto
- Quarter; room; one fourth portion
- el
- The (masculine singular article)
- viento
- Wind; air current; moving air mass
- lanzó
- Threw; launched; hurled or cast
- un
- A; an; indefinite article masculine
- enorme
- Enormous; huge; very large in size
- alarido
- Scream; shriek; loud cry of terror
- casa
- House; home; dwelling place structure
- se
- Reflexive pronoun; oneself; itself used
- sacudió
- Shook; trembled; vibrated or quivered
- con
- With; accompanied by; in company
- tanta
- So much; such a lot feminine
- fuerza
- Force; strength; power or energy
- que
- That; which; relative pronoun used
- ella
- She; her; feminine personal pronoun
- perdió
- Lost; misplaced; past of perder
- equilibrio
- Balance; equilibrium; state of stability
- cayó
- sentada
- Seated; sitting; in sitting position
- repente
- Sudden; abruptly; unexpectedly or suddenly
- en
- In; at; on; locational preposition
- Entonces
- Then; at that time; subsequently
- ocurrió
- Occurred; happened; took place happened
- algo
- Something; anything; some unspecified thing
- extraño
- Strange; odd; unusual or peculiar
- giró
- Turned; rotated; spun around axis
- dos
- Two; number 2 quantity
- tres
- Three; number 3 quantity
- veces
- Times; occasions; instances or repetitions
- elevó
- Raised; lifted; elevated or hoisted
- lentamente
- Slowly; gradually; at slow pace
- aire
- Air; atmosphere; breeze or wind
- sintió
- Felt; sensed; experienced emotion or touch
- como
- Like; as; similar to something
- si
- If; conditional conjunction; whether or
- estuviera
- Were; conditional subjunctive of estar
- subiendo
- Rising; ascending; going up continuously
- globo
- Balloon; sphere; round inflatable object
- Los
- The (masculine plural article used)
- vientos
- Winds; air currents plural form
- norte
- North; cardinal direction opposite south
- sur
- South; cardinal direction opposite north
- encontraron
- Found; met; discovered or encountered
- donde
- Where; at which place; location
- convirtieron
- Converted; transformed; changed into something
- centro
- Center; middle; central point location
- exacto
- Exact; precise; accurate or correct
- ciclón
- Cyclone; whirlwind; rotating storm system
- En
- In; at; on; initial preposition
- suele
- Usually; tends to; habitually does
- estar
- To be; to exist; locational verb
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