Spanish–English parallel text

Caperucita Roja

Little Red-Cap

Brothers Grimm

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Érase una vez una niña pequeña y querida a la que todos los que la veían amaban, pero sobre todo su abuela, y no había nada que no le hubiera dado a la niña.

Once upon a time there was a dear little girl who was loved by everyone who looked at her, but most of all by her grandmother, and there was nothing that she would not have given to the child.

Una vez le regaló una caperucita de terciopelo rojo, que le sentaba tan bien que nunca quiso ponerse otra cosa; por eso siempre la llamaban «Caperucita Roja».

Once she gave her a little cap of red velvet, which suited her so well that she would never wear anything else; so she was always called ‘Little Red-Cap.’

Un día su madre le dijo: «Ven, Caperucita Roja, aquí tienes un trozo de pastel y una botella de vino; llévaselos a tu abuela, está enferma y débil, y le harán bien.

One day her mother said to her: ‘Come, Little Red-Cap, here is a piece of cake and a bottle of wine; take them to your grandmother, she is ill and weak, and they will do her good.

Sal antes de que empiece a hacer calor y, cuando vayas, camina con cuidado y tranquilidad y no te salgas del camino, o podrías caerte y romper la botella, y entonces tu abuela no recibirá nada; y cuando entres en su habitación, no olvides decir “Buenos días”, y no te pongas a curiosear en cada rincón antes de hacerlo».

Set out before it gets hot, and when you are going, walk nicely and quietly and do not run off the path, or you may fall and break the bottle, and then your grandmother will get nothing; and when you go into her room, don’t forget to say, “Good morning”, and don’t peep into every corner before you do it.’

«Tendré mucho cuidado», dijo Caperucita Roja a su madre, y le dio su mano en señal de promesa.

‘I will take great care,’ said Little Red-Cap to her mother, and gave her hand on it.

La abuela vivía en el bosque, a media legua de la aldea, y justo cuando Caperucita Roja entraba en el bosque, un lobo se encontró con ella. Caperucita no sabía qué criatura tan malvada era y no le tuvo ningún miedo.

The grandmother lived out in the wood, half a league from the village, and just as Little Red-Cap entered the wood, a wolf met her. Red-Cap did not know what a wicked creature he was, and was not at all afraid of him.

«Buenos días, Caperucita Roja», dijo él.

‘Good day, Little Red-Cap,’ said he.

«Muchas gracias, lobo».

‘Thank you kindly, wolf.’

«¿A dónde vas tan temprano, Caperucita Roja?»

‘Whither away so early, Little Red-Cap?’

«A casa de mi abuela».

‘To my grandmother’s.’

«¿Qué llevas en tu delantal?»

‘What have you got in your apron?’

«Pastel y vino; ayer fue día de hornear, así que la pobre abuela enferma ha de tener algo bueno para fortalecerse».

‘Cake and wine; yesterday was baking-day, so poor sick grandmother is to have something good, to make her stronger.’

«¿Dónde vive tu abuela, Caperucita Roja?»

‘Where does your grandmother live, Little Red-Cap?’

«Un buen cuarto de legua más adelante en el bosque; su casa está bajo los tres grandes robles, los avellanos están justo debajo; seguro que la conoces», respondió Caperucita Roja.

‘A good quarter of a league farther on in the wood; her house stands under the three large oak-trees, the nut-trees are just below; you surely must know it,’ replied Little Red-Cap.

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