Spanish–English parallel text
Tres hombres de Gotham
Three Men of Gotham
James Baldwin (1841–1925)
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Hay un pueblo en Inglaterra que se llama Gotham, y se cuentan muchas historias divertidas sobre la gente extraña que vivía allí.
There is a town in England called Gotham, and many funny stories are told about the strange people who used to live there.
Un día, dos hombres de Gotham se encontraron en un puente. Hodge venía del mercado y Peter iba al mercado.
One day two men of Gotham met on a bridge. Hodge was coming from the market, and Peter was going to the market.
«¿Adónde vas?», dijo Hodge.
“Where are you going?” said Hodge.
«Voy al mercado a comprar ovejas», dijo Peter.
“I’m going to the market to buy sheep,” said Peter.
«¿Comprar ovejas?», dijo Hodge. «¿Y por dónde las vas a llevar a casa?»
“Buy sheep?” said Hodge. “And which way will you bring them home?”
«Las cruzaré por este puente», dijo Peter.
“I’ll bring them over this bridge,” said Peter.
«No, no lo harás», dijo Hodge.
“No, you won’t,” said Hodge.
«Sí, lo haré», dijo Peter.
“Yes, I will,” said Peter.
«No lo harás», dijo Hodge.
“You won’t,” said Hodge.
«Lo haré», dijo Peter.
“I will,” said Peter.
Luego golpearon el suelo con sus bastones como si hubiera cien ovejas entre ellos.
Then they beat their sticks on the ground as though there were a hundred sheep between them.
«¡Cuidado!», gritó Peter. «Ten cuidado de que mis ovejas no salten del puente».
“Careful!” cried Peter. “Watch out that my sheep don’t jump off the bridge.”
«No me importa adónde salten», dijo Hodge, «pero no van a cruzarlo».
“I don’t care where they jump,” said Hodge, “but they won’t go over it.”
«Pues sí lo harán», dijo Peter.
“But they will,” said Peter.
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