Spanish–English parallel text
El carbunclo azul
The Blue Carbuncle
Arthur Conan Doyle · retold
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El sombrero y la oca
The Hat and the Goose
Era la segunda mañana después de Navidad. Fui a ver a mi amigo Sherlock Holmes a su casa en el 221B de Baker Street. Quería desearle una feliz Navidad. Holmes era detective y la gente venía a verlo con problemas extraños de todo Londres. Yo soy médico y mi nombre es Watson.
It was the second morning after Christmas. I went to see my friend Sherlock Holmes at his rooms in 221B Baker Street. I wanted to wish him a happy Christmas. Holmes was a detective, and people came to him with strange problems from all over London. I am a doctor, and my name is Watson.
Holmes estaba tumbado en el sofá con una bata morada. Había un montón de periódicos de la mañana a su lado. Había una silla de madera junto al sofá. Un sombrero negro muy viejo colgaba del respaldo de la silla y una lente estaba sobre el asiento. Una lente es un cristal redondo que hace grandes las cosas pequeñas.
Holmes was lying on the sofa in a purple dressing gown. There was a pile of morning newspapers next to him. There was a wooden chair beside the sofa. A very old black hat hung on the back of the chair, and a lens lay on the seat. A lens is a round glass that makes small things look big.
«Estás ocupado», dije. «A lo mejor interrumpo tu trabajo».
“You are busy,” I said. “Maybe I am stopping your work.”
«En absoluto», respondió Holmes. «Me alegro de tener a un amigo aquí. Es solo una cosa pequeña». Señaló el sombrero viejo con el pulgar. «Pero es interesante».
“Not at all,” Holmes answered. “I am glad to have a friend here. It is only a small thing.” He pointed at the old hat with his thumb. “But it is interesting.”
Me senté en su sillón y calenté mis manos ante el fuego. Fuera hacía mucho frío y había hielo en las ventanas.
I sat down in his armchair and warmed my hands at the fire. Outside it was freezing, and there was ice on the windows.
«Creo que este sombrero tiene una historia oscura», dije. «A lo mejor te ayuda a atrapar a un criminal».
“I think this hat has a dark story,” I said. “Maybe it will help you catch a criminal.”
«No, no. Ningún delito», dijo Holmes y se rió. «Cuatro millones de personas viven muy juntas en esta ciudad. Pasan muchas cosas pequeñas y extrañas y muchas de ellas no son delitos».
“No, no. No crime,” said Holmes, and he laughed. “Four million people live close together in this city. So many strange little things happen, and many of them are not crimes.”
«Eso es verdad», dije. «Muchos casos tuyos en mis notas no tienen delitos».
“That is true,” I said. “Many of your cases in my notes have no crime in them.”
«Exacto. Y creo que este problema pequeño es otro de ellos. ¿Conoces a Peterson, el ordenanza?»
“Exactly. And I think this small problem is another one of them. You know Peterson, the commissionaire?”
Yo conocía bien a Peterson. Era un ordenanza, un hombre de uniforme que lleva mensajes y vigila puertas. También era un hombre muy honrado. «Sí», dije.
I knew Peterson well. He was a commissionaire, a man in uniform who carries messages and watches doors. He was also a very honest man. “Yes,” I said.
«Peterson me trajo este sombrero».
“Peterson brought me this hat.”
«¿Es su sombrero?»
“Is it his hat?”
«No, no. Lo encontró. Nadie conoce al dueño. Llegó la mañana de Navidad con una oca buena y gorda».
“No, no. He found it. Nobody knows the owner. It arrived on Christmas morning with a good fat goose.”
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