Spanish–English parallel text
La maleta gris
The Grey Suitcase
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Me llamo Paula y una vez robé un queso. Bueno, no exactamente. Tomé una maleta. La maleta equivocada.
My name is Paula, and I once stole a cheese. Well, not exactly. I took a suitcase. The wrong suitcase.
Eso pasó en marzo, en la estación de Fráncfort. Mi tren llegó casi una hora tarde. Estaba cansada y tenía hambre.
It happened in March, at the station in Frankfurt. My train was almost an hour late. I was tired and hungry.
A la mañana siguiente tenía una entrevista importante. Una entrevista de trabajo en Brandt Feinkost. Es una empresa antigua de queso, embutidos y vino. Quería trabajar allí a toda costa. Escribí solicitudes durante dos años. Esa era mi oportunidad.
The next morning I had an important meeting. A job interview at Brandt Feinkost. It’s an old company for cheese, sausage and wine. I really wanted to work there. I had been writing applications for two years. This was my chance.
En el tren, mi maleta estaba sobre mí. Una maleta gris, pequeña, con ruedas. Eso pensé. En Fráncfort la tomé rápidamente y salí corriendo del tren.
On the train my suitcase lay on the rack above me. A grey suitcase, small, with wheels. Or so I thought. In Frankfurt I grabbed it quickly and ran off the train.
En el hotel puse la maleta sobre la cama y la abrí. Y entonces me quedé callada un buen rato.
At the hotel I put the suitcase on the bed and opened it. And then, for a long time, I said nothing.
No había ropa. Ni traje, ni blusa, ni cepillo de dientes. En la maleta había un queso. Un queso grande, redondo y amarillo, tan grande como un neumático de coche. Bueno, casi.
There were no clothes. No suit, no blouse, no toothbrush. Inside the suitcase lay a cheese. A big, round, yellow cheese, as big as a car tyre. Well, almost.
Junto al queso había un sobre. Lo abrí. Dentro había dinero. Mucho dinero. Conté: tres mil euros.
Next to the cheese lay an envelope. I opened it. There was money inside. A lot of money. I counted it: three thousand euros.
Y una nota. Alguien había escrito a mano:
And a note. Someone had written by hand:
Sábado, 18 horas. Él no debe saber nada. ¡Nadie puede ver el queso!
Saturday, 6 p.m. He must not know anything. Nobody may see the cheese!
Miré el queso. El queso me miró. Bueno, el queso no tiene ojos. Pero eso es lo que parecía.
I looked at the cheese. The cheese looked at me. All right, cheese has no eyes. But that’s how it felt.
Entonces sonó el teléfono dentro de la maleta.
Then something inside the suitcase started ringing.
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