Italian–English parallel text
Il pacco sbagliato
The Wrong Parcel
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Il pacco ha iniziato a parlare alle 7:02 di mattina.
The parcel started talking at 7:02 in the morning.
«Svegliati, Nora», ha detto. La voce era di donna, dolce e triste. «Hai promesso».
“Wake up, Nora,” it said. A woman’s voice, soft and sad. “You promised.”
Sam è rimasto in cucina con i calzini. Era il suo terzo giorno nell’appartamento. Ha guardato la scatola sul tavolo. La scatola ha ricambiato lo sguardo. Beh, non proprio. Ma è sembrato così.
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?», ha chiamato. «Maya? C’è qualcuno sveglio?».
“Leo?” he called. “Maya? Is anyone awake?”
Una porta si è aperta. Leo è uscito con i capelli spettinati e un occhio chiuso.
A door opened. Leo came out with his hair everywhere and one eye closed.
«Cosa c’è? È un incendio? Dimmi che non c’è un incendio. Ho pulito la padella ieri. Quasi».
“What’s wrong? Is it a fire? Tell me it’s not a fire. I cleaned the pan yesterday. Almost.”
«Non c’è un incendio. È il pacco. Parla».
“It’s not a fire. It’s the parcel. It talks.”
«I pacchi non parlano, Sam».
“Parcels don’t talk, Sam.”
«Svegliati, Nora», ha detto il pacco. «Hai promesso».
“Wake up, Nora,” said the parcel. “You promised.”
Leo ha aperto l’altro occhio. «Va bene. Quel pacco parla».
Leo opened his other eye. “Okay. That parcel talks.”
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