Spanish–English parallel text
El pastorcito mentiroso
The Boy Who Cried Wolf
Aesop
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Las fábulas de Esopo para niños El pastorcito y el lobo Un pastorcito cuidaba las ovejas de su amo cerca de un bosque oscuro no lejos del pueblo. Pronto encontró que la vida en el pastizal era muy aburrida.
The Æsop for Children The Shepherd Boy & the Wolf A Shepherd Boy tended his master’s Sheep near a dark forest not far from the village. Soon he found life in the pasture very dull.
Todo lo que podía hacer para divertirse era hablar con su perro o tocar su flauta de pastor.
All he could do to amuse himself was to talk to his dog or play on his shepherd’s pipe.
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Un día, mientras estaba sentado observando las ovejas y el tranquilo bosque, y pensando en qué haría si viera un lobo, se le ocurrió un plan para divertirse.
One day as he sat watching the Sheep and the quiet forest, and thinking what he would do should he see a Wolf, he thought of a plan to amuse himself.
Su amo le había dicho que pidiera ayuda si un lobo atacaba al rebaño, y los aldeanos lo ahuyentarían.
His Master had told him to call for help should a Wolf attack the flock, and the Villagers would drive it away.
Así que ahora, aunque no había visto nada que siquiera pareciera un lobo, corrió hacia el pueblo gritando a todo pulmón: «¡Lobo! ¡Lobo!»
So now, though he had not seen anything that even looked like a Wolf, he ran toward the village shouting at the top of his voice, “Wolf! Wolf!”
Como esperaba, los aldeanos que escucharon el grito dejaron su trabajo y corrieron muy alarmados hacia el pastizal. Pero cuando llegaron allí, encontraron al niño doblado de risa por la broma que les había jugado.
As he expected, the Villagers who heard the cry dropped their work and ran in great excitement to the pasture. But when they got there they found the Boy doubled up with laughter at the trick he had played on them.
Unos días después, el pastorcito volvió a gritar: «¡Lobo! ¡Lobo!». De nuevo los aldeanos corrieron a ayudarlo, solo para ser objeto de sus risas otra vez.
A few days later the Shepherd Boy again shouted, “Wolf! Wolf!” Again the Villagers ran to help him, only to be laughed at again.
Entonces, una tarde, mientras el sol se ponía detrás del bosque y las sombras se extendían sobre el pastizal, un lobo realmente saltó de la maleza y cayó sobre las ovejas.
Then one evening as the sun was setting behind the forest and the shadows were creeping out over the pasture, a Wolf really did spring from the underbrush and fall upon the Sheep.
Aterrorizado, el niño corrió hacia el pueblo gritando: «¡Lobo! ¡Lobo!». Pero aunque los aldeanos escucharon el grito, no corrieron a ayudarlo como lo habían hecho antes. «No puede engañarnos otra vez», dijeron.
In terror the Boy ran toward the village shouting “Wolf! Wolf!” But though the Villagers heard the cry, they did not run to help him as they had before. “He cannot fool us again,” they said.
El lobo mató a muchas de las ovejas del niño y luego se escabulló hacia el bosque.
The Wolf killed a great many of the Boy’s sheep and then slipped away into the forest.
A los mentirosos no se les cree ni siquiera cuando dicen la verdad.
Liars are not believed even when they speak the truth.
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