«The dog and the sparrow» in Spanish
El perro y el gorrión
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| ✒ Author | Brothers Grimm |
| 📖 Pages | 3 |
| ⏰ Reading time | 10 minutes |
| 💡 Originally published | 1812 |
| 🌏 Original language | German |
| 📌 Type | Fairy tale |
| 📌 Genres | Children's literature, Adventure, Parable |
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El perro y el gorrión: read the book with parallel translation into English
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A un perro de pastor le había tocado en suerte un mal amo, que le hacía pasar hambre. No queriendo aguantarlo por más tiempo, el animal se marchó, triste y pesaroso. Encontróse en la calle con un gorrión, el cual le preguntó: "Hermano perro, ¿por qué estás tan triste?" Y respondióle el perro: "Tengo hambre y nada que comer." Aconsejóle el pájaro: "Hermano, vente conmigo a la ciudad, yo haré que te hartes." Encamináronse juntos a la ciudad, y, al llegar frente a una carnicería, dijo el gorrión al perro: "No te muevas de aquí; a picotazos te haré caer un pedazo de carne," y, situándose sobre el mostrador y vigilando que nadie lo viera, se puso a picotear y a tirar de un trozo que se hallaba al borde, hasta que lo hizo caer al suelo. Cogiólo el perro, llevóselo a una esquina y se lo zampó. Entonces le dijo el gorrión: "Vamos ahora a otra tienda; te haré caer otro pedazo para que te hartes." Una vez el perro se hubo comido el segundo trozo, preguntóle el pájaro: "Hermano perro, ¿estás ya harto?" - "De carne, sí," respondió el perro, "pero me falta un poco de pan." Dijo el gorrión: "Ven conmigo, lo tendrás también," y, llevándolo a una panadería, a picotazos hizo caer unos panecillos; y como el perro quisiera todavía más, condújolo a otra panadería y le proporcionó otra ración. Cuando el perro se la hubo comido, preguntóle el gorrión: "Hermano perro, ¿estás ahora harto?" - "Sí," respondió su compañero. "Vamos ahora a dar una vuelta por las afueras."
A shepherd's dog had a master who took no care of him, but often let him suffer the greatest hunger. At last he could bear it no longer; so he took to his heels, and off he ran in a very sad and sorrowful mood. On the road he met a sparrow that said to him, "Why are you so sad, my friend?" - "Because," said the dog, "I am very very hungry, and have nothing to eat." - "If that be all," answered the sparrow, "come with me into the next town, and I will soon find you plenty of food." So on they went together into the town: and as they passed by a butcher's shop, the sparrow said to the dog, "Stand there a little while till I peck you down a piece of meat." So the sparrow perched upon the shelf: and having first looked carefully about her to see if anyone was watching her, she pecked and scratched at a steak that lay upon the edge of the shelf, till at last down it fell. Then the dog snapped it up, and scrambled away with it into a corner, where he soon ate it all up. "Well," said the sparrow, "you shall have some more if you will; so come with me to the next shop, and I will peck you down another steak." When the dog had eaten this too, the sparrow said to him, "Well, my good friend, have you had enough now?" - "I have had plenty of meat," answered he, "but I should like to have a piece of bread to eat after it." - "Come with me then," said the sparrow, "and you shall soon have that too." So she took him to a baker's shop, and pecked at two rolls that lay in the window, till they fell down: and as the dog still wished for more, she took him to another shop and pecked down some more for him. When that was eaten, the sparrow asked him whether he had had enough now. "Yes," said he; "and now let us take a walk a little way out of the town."
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Salieron los dos a la carretera; pero como el tiempo era caluroso, al cabo de poco trecho dijo el perro: "Estoy cansado, y de buena gana echaría una siestecita." - "Duerme, pues," asintió el gorrión, "mientras tanto, yo me posaré en una rama." Y el perro se tendió en la carretera y pronto se quedó dormido. En éstas, acercóse un carro tirado por tres caballos y cargado con tres cubas de vino. Viendo el pájaro que el carretero no llevaba intención de apartarse para no atropellar al perro, gritóle: "¡Carretero, no lo hagas o te arruino!" Pero el hombre, refunfuñó entre dientes: "No serás tú quien me arruine," restalló el látigo, y las ruedas del vehículo pasaron por encima del perro, matándolo. Gritó entonces el gorrión: "Has matado a mi hermano el perro, pero te costará el carro y los caballos." - "¡Bah!, ¡el carro y los caballos!" se mofó el conductor. "¡Me río del daño que tú puedes causarme!" y prosiguió su camino. El gorrión se deslizó debajo de la lona y se puso a picotear una espita hasta que hizo soltar el tapón, por lo que empezó a salirse el vino sin que el carretero lo notase, y se vació todo el barril. Al cabo de buen rato, volvióse el hombre, y, al ver que goteaba vino, bajó a examinar los barriles, encontrando que uno de ellos estaba vacío. "¡Pobre de mí!" exclamó. "Aún no lo eres bastante," dijo el gorrión, y, volando a la cabeza de uno de los caballos, de un picotazo le sacó un ojo. Al darse cuenta el carretero, empuñó un azadón y lo descargó contra el pájaro con ánimo de matarlo; pero el avecilla escapó, y el caballo recibió en la cabeza un golpe tan fuerte, que cayó muerto. "¡Ay, pobre de mí!" repitió el hombre. "¡Aún no lo eres bastante!" gritóle el gorrión; y cuando el carretero reemprendió su ruta con los dos caballos restantes, volvió el pájaro a meterse por debajo de la lona y no paró hasta haber sacado el segundo tapón, vaciándose, a su vez, el segundo barril. Diose cuenta el carretero demasiado tarde, y volvió a exclamar: "¡Ay, pobre de mí!" A lo que replicó su enemigo: "¡Aún no lo eres bastante!" y, posándose en la cabeza del segundo caballo, saltóle igualmente los ojos. Otra vez acudió el hombre con su azadón, y otra vez hirió de muerte al caballo, mientras el pájaro escapaba volando. "¡Ay, pobre de mí!" - "Aún no lo eres bastante," repitió el gorrión, al tiempo que sacaba los ojos al tercer caballo. Enfurecido, el carretero asestó un nuevo azadonazo contra el pájaro y, errando otra vez la puntería, mató al tercer animal. "¡Ay, pobre de mí!" exclamó. "¡Aún no lo eres bastante!" repitió una vez más el gorrión. "Ahora voy a arruinar tu casa," y se alejó volando.
So they both went out upon the high road; but as the weather was warm, they had not gone far before the dog said, "I am very much tired, I should like to take a nap." - "Very well," answered the sparrow, "do so, and in the meantime I will perch upon that bush." So the dog stretched himself out on the road, and fell fast asleep. Whilst he slept, there came by a carter with a cart drawn by three horses, and loaded with two casks of wine. The sparrow, seeing that the carter did not turn out of the way, but would go on in the track in which the dog lay, so as to drive over him, called out, "Stop! Stop! Mr Carter, or it shall be the worse for you." But the carter, grumbling to himself, "You make it the worse for me, indeed! What can you do?" cracked his whip, and drove his cart over the poor dog, so that the wheels crushed him to death. "There," cried the sparrow, "thou cruel villain, thou hast killed my friend the dog. Now mind what I say. This deed of thine shall cost thee all thou art worth." - "Do your worst, and welcome," said the brute, "what harm can you do me?" and passed on. But the sparrow crept under the tilt of the cart, and pecked at the bung of one of the casks till she loosened it; and than all the wine ran out, without the carter seeing it. At last he looked round, and saw that the cart was dripping, and the cask quite empty. "What an unlucky wretch I am!" cried he. "Not wretch enough yet!" said the sparrow, as she alighted upon the head of one of the horses, and pecked at him till he reared up and kicked. When the carter saw this, he drew out his hatchet and aimed a blow at the sparrow, meaning to kill her; but she flew away, and the blow fell upon the poor horse's head with such force, that he fell down dead. "Unlucky wretch that I am!" cried he. "Not wretch enough yet!" said the sparrow. And as the carter went on with the other two horses, she again crept under the tilt of the cart, and pecked out the bung of the second cask, so that all the wine ran out. When the carter saw this, he again cried out, "Miserable wretch that I am!" But the sparrow answered, "Not wretch enough yet!" and perched on the head of the second horse, and pecked at him too. The carter ran up and struck at her again with his hatchet; but away she flew, and the blow fell upon the second horse and killed him on the spot. "Unlucky wretch that I am!" said he. "Not wretch enough yet!" said the sparrow; and perching upon the third horse, she began to peck him too. The carter was mad with fury; and without looking about him, or caring what he was about, struck again at the sparrow; but killed his third horse as he done the other two. "Alas! miserable wretch that I am!" cried he. "Not wretch enough yet!" answered the sparrow as she flew away; "now will I plague and punish thee at thy own house."
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