English–Spanish parallel text
The Train to Leeds
El tren a Leeds
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An original English story from The Night Bakery · La panadería de noche · Episode 19, with the Spanish beside it, paragraph by paragraph. Read it online, or download it as a dual-language ebook.
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Walter bent down slowly and picked up the wet bag with his good hand. He looked inside at the cold bread. Then he walked past Ana, into the kitchen, and threw it in the bin.
Walter se agachó despacio y cogió la bolsa mojada con su mano buena. Miró dentro el pan frío. Luego pasó por delante de Ana, entró en la cocina y lo tiró a la papelera.
He didn’t say anything more. Ana didn’t ask. They both knew there were questions in the room, and they both left them there.
No dijo nada más. Ana no preguntó. Los dos sabían que había preguntas en la habitación, y los dos las dejaron allí.
At breakfast, Jess came down with a letter in her hand. Her face was pink. “Grandad. Ana. I have to tell you something.” She looked at Ana. Ana gave her a small smile.
En el desayuno, Jess bajó con una carta en la mano. Tenía la cara rosa. «Abuelo. Ana. Tengo que contaros algo.» Miró a Ana. Ana le dio una pequeña sonrisa.
“There’s an open day at the university in Leeds on Saturday. You can see the buildings and talk to the teachers. For architecture. I want to go.” She took a breath. “And I have a letter from London too. They want to see me in the spring.”
«El sábado hay una jornada de puertas abiertas en la universidad de Leeds. Puedes ver los edificios y hablar con los profesores. De arquitectura. Quiero ir.» Tomó aire. «Y también tengo una carta de Londres. Quieren verme en primavera.»
Walter put down his cup. He looked at Jess for a long time. Ana was afraid he was going to be angry. But he only said, “Architecture. Like your drawings.”
Walter dejó su taza. Miró a Jess mucho rato. Ana tenía miedo: pensaba que él se iba a enfadar. Pero solo dijo: «Arquitectura. Como tus dibujos.»
“You know about my drawings?”
«¿Sabes lo de mis dibujos?»
“I’m old, Jess. I’m not blind.” He drank his tea. “I can’t go with you on Saturday. Somebody has to make the bread, and my hand…”
«Soy viejo, Jess. No estoy ciego.» Bebió su té. «No puedo ir contigo el sábado. Alguien tiene que hacer el pan, y mi mano…»
“I can go with her,” Ana said. “After the baking. If you can do the shop alone.”
«Puedo ir con ella», dijo Ana. «Después del pan. Si puedes hacer la tienda solo.»
Walter nodded. And for one second, Jess put her arms round her grandad. Then she ran upstairs, very fast, so nobody could see her face.
Walter asintió. Y por un segundo, Jess puso los brazos alrededor de su abuelo. Luego subió corriendo, muy rápido, para no enseñar la cara.
On Saturday, at a quarter past eight, Ana and Jess were at Hollin Bridge station. It was a small station at the top of the town, with two platforms and one ticket machine.
El sábado, a las ocho y cuarto, Ana y Jess estaban en la estación de Hollin Bridge. Era una estación pequeña arriba en el pueblo, con dos andenes y una máquina de billetes.
“Two returns to Leeds, please,” Ana said to the machine. Then she laughed. “I always talk to machines. In English, they understand me better than people.”
«Dos billetes de ida y vuelta a Leeds, por favor», dijo Ana a la máquina. Luego se rió. «Siempre hablo con las máquinas. En inglés, me entienden mejor que las personas.»
Jess looked at the timetable. “Platform two. Eight thirty-two. The journey is fifty minutes. We’re going to be early for once.”
Jess miró el horario. «Andén dos. Ocho y treinta y dos. El viaje es de cincuenta minutos. Por una vez vamos a llegar pronto.»
The train went through green hills, little stone towns and fields with sheep. Ana was tired after her night of work, but she couldn’t sleep. She watched Jess. Jess was watching the window, with her headphones round her neck.
El tren fue por colinas verdes, pueblos pequeños de piedra y campos con ovejas. Ana estaba cansada después de su noche de trabajo, pero no podía dormir. Miraba a Jess. Jess miraba a la ventana, con sus auriculares en el cuello.
“Can I ask you something?” Jess said suddenly. “Do you miss your dad?”
«¿Puedo preguntarte algo?», dijo Jess de repente. «¿Echas de menos a tu padre?»
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