Spanish–English parallel text
La historia de los tres cerditos
The Story of the Three Little Pigs
Joseph Jacobs
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Érase una vez, cuando los cerdos hablaban en rima y los monos mascaban tabaco, y las gallinas tomaban rapé para hacerse fuertes, y los patos hacían ¡cuac, cuac, cuac!
Once upon a time, when pigs spoke in rhyme and monkeys chewed tobacco, and hens took snuff to make them tough, and ducks went quack, quack, quack, O!
Había una vieja cerda con tres cerditos, y como no tenía bastante para alimentarlos, los mandó fuera a buscar fortuna. El primero que se fue encontró a un hombre con un fardo de paja y le dijo:
There was an old sow with three little pigs, and since she didn’t have enough to feed them, she sent them out to seek their fortune. The first one that went off met a man with a bundle of straw and said to him:
«Por favor, señor, deme esa paja para construir una casa».
“Please, sir, give me that straw to build a house.”
El hombre se la dio y el cerdito construyó una casa con ella. Pronto llegó un lobo, llamó a la puerta y dijo:
The man did, and the little pig built a house with it. Soon a wolf came along, knocked at the door, and said:
«Cerdito, cerdito, déjame entrar».
“Little pig, little pig, let me come in.”
El cerdito contestó:
The pig answered:
«No, no, ni por los pelos de mi barbilla».
“No, no, by the hair of my chinny chin chin.”
Entonces el lobo dijo:
Then the wolf said:
«Pues soplaré y resoplaré, y tu casa derribaré».
“Then I’ll huff, and I’ll puff, and I’ll blow your house in.”
Así que sopló y resopló, y derribó la casa, y se comió al cerdito.
So he huffed, and he puffed, and he blew the house in, and he ate up the little pig.
El segundo cerdito encontró a un hombre con un fardo de retama y le dijo:
The second little pig met a man with a bundle of furze and said:
«Por favor, señor, deme esa retama para construir una casa».
“Please, sir, give me that furze to build a house.”
El hombre se la dio y el cerdito construyó su casa. Entonces llegó el lobo y dijo:
The man did, and the pig built his house. Then along came the wolf and said:
«Cerdito, cerdito, déjame entrar».
“Little pig, little pig, let me come in.”
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