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| "No comprendo por qué la primavera tarda tanto en llegar ", decÃa el gigante egoÃsta cuando se asomaba a la ventana y veÃa su jardÃn blanco y frÃo. "¡Ojalá cambie el tiempo!" | "I cannot understand why the Spring is so late in coming," said the Selfish Giant, as he sat at the window and looked out at his cold white garden; "I hope there will be a change in the weather." |
| Pero la primavera no llegaba ni el verano tampoco. El otoño trajo frutos de oro a todos los jardines, pero no dio ninguno al del gigante. "Es demasiado egoÃsta", dijo. Y era siempre invierno en casa del gigante, y el viento del Norte, el granizo, el hielo y la nieve danzaban en medio de los árboles. | But the Spring never came, nor the Summer. The Autumn gave golden fruit to every garden, but to the Giant's garden she gave none. "He is too selfish," she said. So it was always Winter there, and the North Wind, and the Hail, and the Frost, and the Snow danced about through the trees. |
| Una mañana el gigante, acostado en su lecho, pero despierto ya, oyó una música deliciosa. Sonó tan dulcemente en sus oÃdos, que hizo imaginarse que los músicos del rey pasaban por allÃ. | One morning the Giant was lying awake in bed when he heard some lovely music. It sounded so sweet to his ears that he thought it must be the King's musicians passing by. |
| En realidad, era un pardillo que cantaba ante su ventana; pero como no habÃa oÃdo a un pájaro en su jardÃn hacÃa mucho tiempo, le pareció la música más bella del mundo. Entonces el granizo dejó de bailar sobre su cabeza y el viento del Norte de rugir. Un perfume delicioso llegó hasta él por la ventana abierta. | It was really only a little linnet singing outside his window, but it was so long since he had heard a bird sing in his garden that it seemed to him to be the most beautiful music in the world. Then the Hail stopped dancing over his head, and the North Wind ceased roaring, and a delicious perfume came to him through the open casement. |
| "Creo que ha llegado al fin la primavera", dijo el gigante. Y saltando del lecho se asomó a la ventana y miró. ¿Qué fue lo que vio? | "I believe the Spring has come at last," said the Giant; and he jumped out of bed and looked out. What did he see? |
| Pues vio un espectáculo extraordinario. Por una brecha abierto en el muro, los niños habÃanse deslizado en el jardÃn encaramándose a las ramas. Sobre todos los árboles que alcanzaba él a ver habÃa un niño, y los árboles sentÃansen tan dichosos de sostener nuevamente a los niños, que se habÃan cubierto de flores y agitaban graciosamente sus brazos sobre las cabezas infantiles. | He saw a most wonderful sight. Through a little hole in the wall the children had crept in, and they were sitting in the branches of the trees. In every tree that he could see there was a little child. And the trees were so glad to have the children back again that they had covered themselves with blossoms, and were waving their arms gently above the children's heads. |
| Los pájaros revoloteaban de unos para otros cantando con delicia, y las flores reÃan irguiendo sus cabezas sobre el césped. Era un bonito cuadro. Sólo en un rincón, en el rincón más apartado del jardÃn, seguÃa siendo invierno. Allà se encontraba un niño muy pequeño. Tan pequeño era, que no habÃa podido llegar a las ramas del árbol y se paseaba a su alrededor llorando amargamente. | The birds were flying about and twittering with delight, and the flowers were looking up through the green grass and laughing. It was a lovely scene, only in one corner it was still winter. It was the farthest corner of the garden, and in it was standing a little boy. He was so small that he could not reach up to the branches of the tree, and he was wandering all round it, crying bitterly. |
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