dejaron de comer
stopped eatingDejar de followed by an infinitive means stopping an activity.
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El ratón de la corte y el del campo
A2 · Chapter 2 of 3 · Edition 1
La comida se interrumpe
The meal is interrupted
Adapted from El ratón de la corte y el del campo, by Félix María Samaniego.
Mientras los dos ratones disfrutaban de la comida, oyeron un ruido en la puerta. Era la mujer que cuidaba la despensa. Entró en el cuarto y los ratones dejaron de comer inmediatamente. La alegría se convirtió en miedo.
Primero corrieron y se escondieron entre los alimentos. El ratón del campo estaba tan asustado que no sabía por dónde salir. Su amigo conocía mejor el cuarto y buscó un pasadizo en la pared. Era un paso estrecho que los ratones habían abierto con los dientes.
—¡Sígueme! —dijo el ratón de la corte. El visitante corrió detrás de él. Los dos pasaron por el agujero y escaparon. Por fin estaban a salvo, pero el ratón del campo no quería seguir comiendo. El olor del queso ya no le parecía tan importante.
While the two mice were enjoying the food, they heard a noise at the door. It was the woman who looked after the pantry. She entered the room and the mice immediately stopped eating. Their joy turned to fear.
First they ran and hid among the food. The country mouse was so frightened that he did not know which way to get out. His friend knew the room better and looked for a passage in the wall. It was a narrow passage that the mice had opened with their teeth.
‘Follow me!’ said the court mouse. The visitor ran behind him. The two went through the hole and escaped. At last they were safe, but the country mouse did not want to carry on eating. The smell of the cheese no longer seemed so important to him.
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a salvo
safe; out of dangerEstar a salvo means being out of danger after a threat.
pasadizo
narrow passageThe mice escape through this passage in the wall.
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Adapted from El ratón de la corte y el del campo, by Félix María Samaniego.
Spanish prose adaptations by Read Spanish Daily. These versions retell one fable; they are not the original verse or the complete collection.
Fábulas en verso castellano, volume I, book I, fable VIII. Madrid: Oficina de Cano, 1818, pages 9–10. Original Spanish text in the public domain.
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