Spanish–English parallel text
Caperucita Roja
Little Red Riding Hood
Charles Perrault
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Érase una vez, en un pueblo, una pequeña niña de campo, la más bonita que nadie hubiera visto jamás. Su madre la quería con locura, y su abuela la adoraba aún más.
Once upon a time, in a certain village, there lived a little country girl, the prettiest girl anyone had ever seen. Her mother was extremely fond of her, and her grandmother loved her even more.
Esta buena mujer le mandó hacer una pequeña caperuza roja. Le sentaba tan bien que todo el mundo la llamaba Caperucita Roja.
This good woman had a little red riding hood made for her. It suited the girl so well that everybody called her Little Red Riding Hood.
Un día su madre, que había preparado unos pasteles, le dijo:
One day her mother, who had baked some cakes, said to her:
«Ve, querida mía, y mira cómo está tu abuela. He oído que ha estado muy enferma. Llévale un pastel y este tarrito de mantequilla».
“Go, my dear, and see how your grandmother is doing. I hear she has been very ill. Take her a cake and this little pot of butter.”
Caperucita Roja partió enseguida hacia la casa de su abuela, que estaba en otro pueblo.
Little Red Riding Hood set out at once for her grandmother’s house, which was in another village.
Mientras cruzaba el bosque, se encontró con el viejo Lobo. Tenía muchas ganas de comérsela, pero no se atrevió, porque había unos leñadores cerca en el bosque.
As she was walking through the wood, she met old Wolf. He very much wanted to eat her up, but he didn’t dare, because there were some woodcutters nearby in the forest.
Le preguntó adónde iba. La pobre niña, que no sabía que era peligroso pararse a escuchar a un lobo, le dijo:
He asked her where she was going. The poor child, who didn’t know it was dangerous to stop and listen to a wolf, said to him:
«Voy a ver a mi abuela y a llevarle un pastel y un tarrito de mantequilla de parte de mi madre».
“I’m going to see my grandmother, and take her a cake and a little pot of butter from my mother.”
«¿Vive muy lejos?», preguntó el Lobo.
“Does she live far away?” asked the Wolf.
«¡Ah, sí!», respondió Caperucita Roja. «Está más allá del molino que ves allí a lo lejos, en la primera casa del pueblo».
“Oh, yes,” answered Little Red Riding Hood. “It’s past that mill you see over there, at the first house in the village.”
«Bueno», dijo el Lobo, «yo también iré a verla. Yo voy por este camino y tú vas por aquel, y veremos quién llega antes».
“Well,” said the Wolf, “I’ll go and see her too. I’ll go this way, and you go that way, and we’ll see who gets there first.”
El Lobo echó a correr tan rápido como pudo por el camino más corto, y la niña tomó el camino más largo. Se entretuvo recogiendo nueces, persiguiendo mariposas y haciendo ramos con las florecillas que encontraba.
The Wolf started to run as fast as he could, taking the shortest way, and the little girl took the longest way around. She had fun gathering nuts, chasing butterflies, and making bunches of the little flowers she found.
El Lobo no tardó mucho en llegar a la casa de la anciana. Llamó a la puerta, toc, toc.
It didn’t take the Wolf long to get to the old woman’s house. He knocked at the door, tap, tap.
«¿Quién es?»
“Who’s there?”
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