Spanish–English parallel text
El paquete equivocado
The Wrong Parcel
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El paquete empezó a hablar a las 7:02 de la mañana.
The parcel started talking at 7:02 in the morning.
«Despierta, Nora», dijo. Era la voz de una mujer, suave y triste. «Tú prometiste».
“Wake up, Nora,” it said. A woman’s voice, soft and sad. “You promised.”
Sam estaba en la cocina en calcetines. Era su tercer día en el piso. Miró la caja sobre la mesa. La caja también lo miró. Bueno, en realidad no. Pero parecía eso.
Sam stood in the kitchen in his socks. It was his third day in the flat. He looked at the box on the table. The box looked back. Well, not really. But it felt like that.
«¿Leo?», llamó. «¿Maya? ¿Hay alguien despierto?».
“Leo?” he called. “Maya? Is anyone awake?”
Una puerta se abrió. Leo salió despeinado y con un ojo cerrado.
A door opened. Leo came out with his hair everywhere and one eye closed.
«¿Qué pasa? ¿Hay fuego? Dime la verdad: no hay fuego. Ayer limpié la sartén. Casi».
“What’s wrong? Is it a fire? Tell me it’s not a fire. I cleaned the pan yesterday. Almost.”
«No es fuego. Es el paquete. Habla».
“It’s not a fire. It’s the parcel. It talks.”
«Los paquetes no hablan, Sam».
“Parcels don’t talk, Sam.”
«Despierta, Nora», dijo el paquete. «Tú prometiste».
“Wake up, Nora,” said the parcel. “You promised.”
Leo abrió el otro ojo. «Vale. Ese paquete habla».
Leo opened his other eye. “Okay. That parcel talks.”
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