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Scene 1 · Intermediate
Un plan para abandonar a los niños
A plan to leave the children
Spanish
Cerca de un gran bosque vivía un leñador pobre con su mujer y sus dos hijos, Hansel y Gretel. La mujer era la madrastra de los niños. La familia tenía poco para comer y, cuando la falta de alimentos se extendió por la región, el hombre ya no pudo conseguir ni el pan de cada día.
English translation
Near a great forest lived a poor woodcutter with his wife and his two children, Hansel and Gretel. The woman was the children’s stepmother. The family had little to eat, and when food shortages spread across the region, the man could no longer even get their daily bread.
Spanish
Una noche daba vueltas en la cama, sin poder dormir por la preocupación.
English translation
One night, he tossed and turned in bed, unable to sleep from worry.
Spanish
«¿Qué va a ser de nosotros? —le preguntó a su mujer—. ¿Cómo vamos a alimentar a nuestros hijos si no tenemos suficiente ni para nosotros?».
English translation
“What will become of us?” he asked his wife. “How are we going to feed our children if we don’t have enough even for ourselves?”
Spanish
«Mañana temprano los llevaremos a lo más profundo del bosque —respondió ella—. Les encenderemos un fuego y les daremos un trozo de pan. Después nos iremos a trabajar y los dejaremos solos. No encontrarán el camino de vuelta y nos libraremos de ellos».
English translation
“Early tomorrow, we’ll take them deep into the forest,” she replied. “We’ll light a fire for them and give them a piece of bread. Then we’ll go off to work and leave them alone. They won’t find their way back, and we’ll be rid of them.”
Spanish
El hombre se negó. No soportaba pensar en sus hijos solos, expuestos a los animales salvajes.
English translation
The man refused. He couldn’t bear to think of his children alone, exposed to wild animals.
Spanish
«Entonces los cuatro moriremos de hambre —replicó la mujer—. Ya puedes preparar las tablas para nuestros ataúdes».
English translation
“Then all four of us will starve to death,” the woman retorted. “You might as well get the boards ready for our coffins.”
Spanish
Siguió presionándolo hasta que él aceptó. Aun así, el padre dijo que le daban mucha lástima sus pobres hijos.
English translation
She kept pressuring him until he agreed. Even so, the father said he felt very sorry for his poor children.
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