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Un plan para abandonar a los niños
A plan to leave the children
Spanish
Un leñador pobre vivía cerca de un gran bosque con su mujer y sus dos hijos, Hansel y Gretel. Su mujer era la madrastra de los niños. Había muy poca comida en la región y la familia ya casi no tenía pan. Una noche, el padre no podía dormir.
English translation
A poor woodcutter lived near a large forest with his wife and his two children, Hansel and Gretel. His wife was the children’s stepmother. There was very little food in the region, and the family was almost out of bread. One night, the father could not sleep.
Spanish
«¿Cómo vamos a alimentar a los niños? —le preguntó a su mujer—. No tenemos suficiente comida ni para nosotros».
English translation
“How are we going to feed the children?” he asked his wife. “We don’t have enough food even for ourselves.”
Spanish
«Mañana los llevaremos al bosque —respondió ella—. Les daremos pan y encenderemos un fuego. Después los dejaremos solos. No encontrarán el camino a casa».
English translation
“Tomorrow we’ll take them to the forest,” she replied. “We’ll give them bread and light a fire. Then we’ll leave them alone. They won’t find their way home.”
Spanish
El padre no quería abandonar a sus hijos.
English translation
The father did not want to abandon his children.
Spanish
«Los animales salvajes pueden matarlos», dijo.
English translation
“Wild animals could kill them,” he said.
Spanish
«Pero si se quedan aquí, los cuatro vamos a morir de hambre», respondió la mujer.
English translation
“But if they stay here, all four of us will starve to death,” his wife replied.
Spanish
La mujer insistió mucho. Al final, el hombre aceptó, aunque le daba mucha pena abandonar a sus hijos.
English translation
The woman kept insisting. In the end, the man agreed, though he felt terribly sad about abandoning his children.
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