Spanish–English parallel text
Tom Tit Tot
Joseph Jacobs
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Érase una vez una mujer que coció cinco pasteles. Cuando salieron del horno, estaban tan tostados que la corteza era demasiado dura para comerla. Así que le dijo a su hija:
Once upon a time there was a woman, and she baked five pies. When they came out of the oven, they were so overbaked that the crusts were too hard to eat. So she said to her daughter:
«Hija», dijo, «pon esos pasteles en la estantería y déjalos allí un rato, que ya volverán». Quería decir, ya sabes, que la corteza se pondría blanda.
“Daughter,” she said, “put those pies on the shelf and leave them there a little while, and they’ll come again.” She meant, you know, that the crust would get soft.
Pero la chica se dijo a sí misma: «Bueno, si van a volver, me los comeré ahora». Y puso manos a la obra y se los comió todos, del primero al último.
But the girl said to herself, “Well, if they’ll come again, I’ll eat them now.” And she set to work and ate them all, first to last.
Bueno, a la hora de cenar la mujer dijo: «Ve y trae uno de esos pasteles. Diría que ya habrán vuelto».
Well, at suppertime the woman said, “Go and get one of those pies. I’d say they’ve come again by now.”
La chica fue a mirar, y no había nada más que los platos. Así que volvió y dijo: «No, no han vuelto».
The girl went and looked, and there was nothing but the dishes. So she came back and said, “No, they haven’t come again.”
«¿Ni uno solo?», dijo la madre.
“Not one of them?” said the mother.
«Ni uno solo», dijo la chica.
“Not one of them,” said the girl.
«Bueno, vuelvan o no vuelvan», dijo la mujer, «cenaré uno».
“Well, come again or not come again,” said the woman, “I’ll have one for supper.”
«Pero no puedes, si no han vuelto», dijo la chica.
“But you can’t, if they haven’t come again,” said the girl.
«Pero sí puedo», dijo la mujer. «Ve y tráeme el mejor de todos».
“But I can,” said the woman. “Go and bring me the best of them.”
«El mejor o el peor», dijo la chica, «me los he comido todos, y no puedes comer ninguno hasta que vuelva».
“Best or worst,” said the girl, “I’ve eaten them all, and you can’t have one until it’s come again.”
Bueno, la mujer se dio por vencida. Se llevó la rueca a la puerta para hilar, y mientras hilaba, cantaba:
Well, the woman gave up. She took her spinning to the door to spin, and as she spun, she sang:
«Mi hija se ha comido cinco, cinco pasteles hoy. Mi hija se ha comido cinco, cinco pasteles hoy».
“My daughter has eaten five, five pies today. My daughter has eaten five, five pies today.”
El rey bajaba por la calle y la oyó cantar, pero no pudo oír bien lo que cantaba, así que se detuvo y dijo:
The king was coming down the street, and he heard her sing, but he couldn’t hear what she sang, so he stopped and said:
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