The Wonderful Wizard of Oz — Page 5
He ran about the room, now here, now there, barking loudly; but Dorothy sat quite still on the floor and waited to see what would happen.
Corrió por la habitación, de aquí para allá, ladrando fuertemente; pero Dorothy se quedó completamente quieta en el suelo y esperó para ver qué pasaría.
Once Toto got too near the open trap door, and fell in; and at first the little girl thought she had lost him.
En un momento Toto se acercó demasiado a la trampilla abierta y cayó dentro; y al principio la niña pensó que lo había perdido.
But soon she saw one of his ears sticking up through the hole, for the strong pressure of the air was keeping him up so that he could not fall.
Pero pronto vio una de sus orejas asomando por el agujero, pues la fuerte presión del aire lo mantenía suspendido de modo que no podía caer.
She crept to the hole, caught Toto by the ear, and dragged him into the room again, afterward closing the trap door so that no more accidents could happen.
Se arrastró hasta el agujero, agarró a Toto por la oreja y lo jaló de vuelta a la habitación, cerrando después la trampilla para que no pudieran ocurrir más accidentes.
Hour after hour passed away, and slowly Dorothy got over her fright; but she felt quite lonely, and the wind shrieked so loudly all about her that she nearly became deaf.
Las horas fueron pasando, y lentamente Dorothy fue superando su miedo; pero se sentía muy sola, y el viento aullaba tan fuerte a su alrededor que casi se quedó sorda.
At first she had wondered if she would be dashed to pieces when the house fell again; but as the hours passed and nothing terrible happened, she stopped worrying and resolved to wait calmly and see what the future would bring.
Al principio se había preguntado si se haría pedazos cuando la casa volviera a caer; pero a medida que pasaban las horas y no ocurría nada terrible, dejó de preocuparse y resolvió esperar con calma para ver qué le depararía el futuro.
At last she crawled over the swaying floor to her bed, and lay down upon it; and Toto followed and lay down beside her.
Por fin se arrastró por el suelo que se mecía hasta su cama y se acostó en ella; y Toto la siguió y se acostó a su lado.
In spite of the swaying of the house and the wailing of the wind, Dorothy soon closed her eyes and fell fast asleep.
A pesar del balanceo de la casa y del lamento del viento, Dorothy pronto cerró los ojos y se quedó profundamente dormida.
Vocabulary
- Corrió
- He/she ran quickly from one place to another
- por
- Preposition meaning through, by, or for
- habitación
- A room inside a house or building
- aquí
- Adverb meaning here, in this place
- para
- Preposition meaning for, in order to
- allá
- Adverb meaning over there, in that place
- ladrando
- Barking, making the sound a dog makes
- fuertemente
- Adverb meaning strongly, loudly, or forcefully
- pero
- Conjunction meaning but, however, yet
- se
- Reflexive pronoun used with reflexive verbs
- quedó
- Stayed, remained in a particular position or state
- completamente
- Adverb meaning completely, entirely, totally
- quieta
- Still, motionless, not moving at all
- suelo
- The floor or ground beneath one's feet
- esperó
- Waited, remained in place anticipating something
- ver
- To see, to observe with one's eyes
- qué
- Interrogative pronoun meaning what
- pasaría
- Would happen, conditional form of pasar
- momento
- A brief period or instant of time
- acercó
- Approached, moved closer to something or someone
- demasiado
- Too much, excessively, more than needed
- trampilla
- A trapdoor or small hatch in a floor
- abierta
- Open, not closed (feminine adjective form)
- cayó
- Fell down, dropped from a higher position
- dentro
- Inside, within, on the interior of something
- principio
- Beginning, start of something; also a principle
- niña
- A young girl, a female child
- pensó
- Thought, believed, considered something mentally
- lo
- Direct object pronoun meaning him, it
- había
- Had, auxiliary verb forming past perfect tense
- perdido
- Lost, no longer found or in possession
- Pero
- Conjunction meaning but, however, introducing contrast
- pronto
- Soon, quickly, in a short time
- vio
- Saw, past tense of ver, to see
- sus
- Possessive adjective meaning his, her, their, your
- orejas
- Ears, the organs used for hearing
- asomando
- Poking out, appearing through or above an opening
- agujero
- A hole, an opening through something
- pues
- Conjunction meaning since, well, because, then
- fuerte
- Strong, powerful; also loud or intense
- presión
- Pressure, the force applied to a surface
- aire
- Air, the invisible gas we breathe
- mantenía
- Was keeping, maintaining something in a state
- suspendido
- Suspended, held up in the air, floating
- modo
- Way, manner, method of doing something
- podía
- Could, was able to (imperfect of poder)
- caer
- To fall, to drop downward due to gravity
- arrastró
- Crawled, dragged oneself along a surface
- hasta
- Until, up to, as far as a point
- agarró
- Grabbed, seized, took hold of something firmly
- oreja
- An ear, the outer organ for hearing
- jaló
- Pulled, tugged something toward oneself
- vuelta
- Back, return; also a turn or rotation
- cerrando
- Closing, shutting something like a door or hatch
- después
- Afterward, later, after that moment
- pudieran
- Could, subjunctive form of poder (they/you all)
- ocurrir
- To occur, to happen, to take place
- más
- More, additional; comparative adverb or adjective
- accidentes
- Accidents, unexpected harmful or unfortunate events
- horas
- Hours, units of time equal to sixty minutes
- fueron
- Were, went; third person plural past of ser/ir
- pasando
- Passing, going by (said of time)
- lentamente
- Slowly, at a slow pace or speed
- fue
- Was, went; third person singular past of ser/ir
- superando
- Overcoming, getting past a fear or obstacle
- su
- Possessive adjective meaning his, her, your, their
- miedo
- Fear, a feeling of being scared or afraid
- sentía
- Felt, was feeling an emotion or sensation
- muy
- Very, extremely, used to intensify adjectives
- sola
- Alone, by oneself, without other people
- viento
- Wind, the moving air outdoors
- aullaba
- Was howling, making a loud wailing sound
- tan
- So, such, as; used in comparisons or emphasis
- alrededor
- Around, surrounding on all sides
- casi
- Almost, nearly, not quite completely
- sorda
- Deaf, unable to hear sounds (feminine form)
- preguntado
- Asked, wondered; past participle of preguntar
- si
- If, whether; conjunction introducing a condition
- haría
- Would do, conditional form of hacer
- pedazos
- Pieces, fragments broken from a whole object
- cuando
- When, at the time that something happens
- casa
- House, a building where people live
- volviera
- Would return, land; subjunctive of volver
- medida
- Measure; en la medida means as, to the extent
- pasaban
- Were passing, going by (imperfect, time or hours)
- ocurría
- Was happening, occurring (imperfect tense)
- nada
- Nothing, not anything at all
- terrible
- Terrible, dreadful, extremely bad or frightening
- dejó
- Stopped, left off doing something; let go
- preocuparse
- To worry, to be concerned about something
- resolvió
- Resolved, decided firmly to do something
- esperar
- To wait; to hope for something
- con
- Preposition meaning with, together with
- calma
- Calm, tranquility, a state of peace
- le
- Indirect object pronoun meaning to him/her/you
- depararía
- Would bring, hold in store (future/conditional)
- futuro
- Future, the time that is yet to come
- Por
- Preposition meaning for, by, through, per
- fin
- End; por fin means finally, at last
- mecía
- Was rocking, swaying gently back and forth
- cama
- A bed, furniture used for sleeping
- acostó
- Lay down, went to bed to rest
- ella
- She, third person singular feminine pronoun
- siguió
- Followed, continued, kept on doing something
- lado
- Side, the area next to or beside something
- pesar
- A pesar de means despite, in spite of
- balanceo
- Swaying, rocking motion back and forth
- lamento
- Lament, moan, sad sound of grief or pain
- cerró
- Closed, shut (eyes or a door)
- ojos
- Eyes, the organs used for seeing
- profundamente
- Deeply, profoundly, to a great degree
- dormida
- Asleep, in the state of sleeping (feminine)
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