Spanish–English parallel text
La liebre y sus orejas
The Hare and His Ears
Aesop
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El león había sido gravemente herido por los cuernos de una cabra que se estaba comiendo. Estaba muy enfadado al pensar que cualquier animal que eligiera para su comida fuera tan descarado como para llevar cosas tan peligrosas como cuernos que lo arañaran mientras comía.
The Lion had been badly hurt by the horns of a Goat, which he was eating. He was very angry to think that any animal that he chose for a meal, should be so brazen as to wear such dangerous things as horns to scratch him while he ate.
Así que ordenó que todos los animales con cuernos debían abandonar sus dominios en un plazo de veinticuatro horas.
So he commanded that all animals with horns should leave his domains within twenty-four hours.
La orden sembró el terror entre las bestias. Todos aquellos que tuvieron la mala suerte de tener cuernos comenzaron a hacer las maletas y a marcharse.
The command struck terror among the beasts. All those who were so unfortunate as to have horns, began to pack up and move out.
Incluso la liebre, que, como sabes, no tiene cuernos y por lo tanto no tenía nada que temer, pasó una noche muy inquieta, soñando pesadillas terribles sobre el temible león.
Even the Hare, who, as you know, has no horns and so had nothing to fear, passed a very restless night, dreaming awful dreams about the fearful Lion.
Y cuando salió de la madriguera bajo el sol de la mañana y vio allí la sombra proyectada por sus largas y puntiagudas orejas, un miedo terrible se apoderó de ella.
And when he came out of the warren in the early morning sunshine, and there saw the shadow cast by his long and pointed ears, a terrible fright seized him.
“Adiós, vecino grillo”, gritó. “Me voy. Sin duda se inventará que mis orejas son cuernos, diga lo que diga”.
“Goodby, neighbor Cricket,” he called. “I’m off. He will certainly make out that my ears are horns, no matter what I say.”
No des a tus enemigos el más mínimo motivo para atacar tu reputación.
Do not give your enemies the slightest reason to attack your reputation.
Tus enemigos aprovecharán cualquier excusa para atacarte.
Your enemies will seize any excuse to attack you.
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