Los viajes de Pulgarcito

Texto Traducido

sucientemente grande para que lo dejara pasar.

As se encamin a la entrada de una vez por todas, pero
uno de los dos centinelas que vigilaban la puerta, lo vio, y
le dijo al otro, qu fea araa la que est all, la matar",
deja a la pobre criatura en paz le dijo el otro; no le
ha hecho dao a nadie. Entonces Pulgarcito atraves
sano y salvo la grieta de la puerta de la cmara del
tesoro, abri la ventana bajo la cual estaban esperando
los ladrones y lanz a travs de ella un Tlero[1] tras otro.
Cuando el pequeo sastrecillo estaba en la mitad de su
tarea, escuch al rey que vena a inspeccionar su cmara
del tesoro, y se escabull rpidamente a un escondrijo.
El Rey not que varios Tleros estaban desaparecidos,
pero no conceba quien podra haberlos robado, ya que
las cerraduras y cerrojos estaban en buen estado y todo
pareca estar a buen resguardo. Entonces l se march y
dijo a los centinelas, Mantnganse en guardia, alguien
est tras el dinero.
Cuando Pulgarcito al n sigui con su trabajo, los
centinelas escucharon el sonido del dinero y un klink,
klink, klink. Ellos corrieron rpidamente en aras de
agarrar al ladrn, pero el pequeo sastrecillo, que era aun
ms rpido, salt a un rincn y se cubri con un Tlero,
para que as ninguna parte de l estuviera al descubierto,
y al mismo tiempo se burl de los centinelas gritndoles,
Aqu estoy, los centinelas corrieron al lugar en donde
Pulgarcito haba gritado, pero en el momento en que
llegaban, Pulgarcito ya haba saltado a otro rincn bajo
un tlero y gritaba, Jo, jo, aqu estoy, los guardias
saltaron all con apuro pero haca mucho que Pulgarcito
estaba en otra esquina y gritaba Jo, jo, aqu estoy.
As estuvo Pulgarcito tanto tiempo hacindolos tontos y
conducindolos de un lado a otro por la cmara del tesoro
que los centinelas se cansaron y se fueron. Entonces
poco a poco lanz todos los tleros hacia fuera, enviando
el ultimo con toda su fuerza, luego salt gilmente sobre
l y vol a travs de la ventana hacia fuera en un tlero.
Los ladrones se deshicieron en alabanzas a l, t eres
un hroe muy valiente, le dijeron, "quieres ser nuestro
capitn?"
Pulgarcito, sin embargo, rechaz la oferta, y dijo que
quera ver el mundo primero. Entonces dividieron el
botn, pero el pequeo sastrecillo solo pidi un kreuzer[2]
porque no poda llevar ms consigo.
Entonces, una vez ms desenvain su espada y con ella
le dijo adis a los ladrones, y sigui con su camino.
Primero se fue a trabajar con unos maestros, pero a el
no le quedo gustando ese ocio y por ltimo ofreci sus
servicios como empleado en una posada. Las criadas, sin
embargo, no lo soportaban, porque l vea todo lo que

Cierto sastre tuvo un hijo, quien result ser pequeo,

siendo no ms grande que un pulgar y por esta razn
siempre fue llamado Pulgarcito. l tena, sin embargo,
algo de coraje en l, y le dijo a su padre: padre, debo
y voy a salir al mundo. Eso es cierto, hijo mo, dijo
el viejo, y tom una larga aguja para zurcir e hizo una
perilla de cera en un extremo de sta, y aqu tienes una
espada para que te enfrentes con lo que se interponga
en tu camino. Luego el pequeo sastrecillo quiso tener
una ltima comida con sus padres, y esper en la cocina
para ver qu haba cocinado su madre. Fue, sin embargo,
justo cuando el plato fue servido, y puesto en la mesa,
cuando Pulgarcito dijo, Madre, qu hay para comer
hoy?", Velo t mismo le respondi su madre. As que
Pulgarcito salt a la mesa y le ech un vistazo al plato,
pero, como estir tanto su cuello por encima del plato, el
vapor de este lo agarr y lo llev encima de la chimenea.
Rod en el aire del vapor por un ratito, hasta que por n
baj a la tierra nuevamente.
Ahora el pequeo sastrecillo estaba afuera en el ancho
mundo, viajando por l, y fue un maestro en el arte de
cocinar, pero la comida no era lo sucientemente buena
para l. Camarera, sino nos da mejor comida, dijo
Pulgarcito, me ir y temprano en la maana escribir
con tiza en la puerta de su casa: muchas papas y poca
carne! Adis, Sr. Rey-papa "Qu tendra usted realmente, saltamontes?" dijo la camarera furiosa y tom un
pao de cocina y fue tras Pulgarcito para golpearlo, pero
ste fue ms hbil y se escondi bajo un dedal, asomado
bajo ste le sac la lengua a la camarera. Ella levant
el dedal para agarrarlo pero Pulgarcito salt al pao y
mientras la camarera lo buscaba ste salt a una grieta
en la mesa, asom su cabeza y grit Jo, Jo seorita
camarera y cuando ella se abalanz para golpearlo, l se
desliz hasta un cajn. Al nal, sin embargo, la camarera
lo atrap y lo llev fuera de la casa.
El pequeo sastrecillo sigui su viaje y lleg a un gran
bosque, all se top con un grupo de ladrones que
haban diseado un plan para robar el tesoro del Rey.
Cuando ellos vieron al pequeo sastrecillo, pensaron,
Un pequeo tipo como se puede entrar por el ojo de
una cerradura y servirnos de ganza. Hola grit uno
de ellos, Gigante Goliat, irs a la cmara del tesoro
con nosotros?, te puedes deslizar hacia dentro y sacar
el dinero. Pulgarcito reexion un momento y al nal
respondi si, y fue con ellos a la cmara del tesoro.
Luego revis las puertas de arriba a abajo para ver si
tenan alguna grieta. No le cost mucho encontrar una lo
1

ellas hacan en secreto, sin que ellas se dieran cuenta de

que estaban siendo observadas, y l le dijo a sus patrones
que ellas haban tomado los platos y los haban sacado
de la bodega para ellas. Entonces ellas dijeron Espera, y
nosotras le pagaremos y arreglaron entre ellas tenderle
una trampa. Pronto despus cuando una de las criadas
estada cortando el csped en el jardn, y vio a Pulgarcito
saltando sobre y asomndose por arriba y abajo de las
plantas, ella lo cort rpidamente junto con el pasto, lo
amarr todo en un gran trapo, y secretamente lo arroj
a las vacas. Ahora entre ellas haba una gran vaca negra,
quien se lo trag sin hacerle dao. Adentro, sin embargo,
esto lo puso mal, porque estaba bastante oscuro y no
haba ni una luz de vela. Cuando la vaca estaba siendo
ordeada, Pulgarcito grit:
Maz, trigo, centeno[3]
Estar pronto el balde
lleno?
Pero el ruido del ordeo evit que ste fuese entendido.
Despus de esto el amo de la casa fue al establo y dijo
esa vaca deber ser faenada maana, luego Pulgarcito
se alarm tanto que grit a viva voz Djenme salir
primero, que estoy atrapado dentro de ella. El amo oy
eso bastante bien, pero no supo de dnde vena la voz,
"Dnde ests?", pregunt. En la negra, respondi
Pulgarcito, pero el amo no comprendi lo que signicaba
y se fue.
La maana siguiente la vaca fue matada. Felizmente Pulgarcito no se top con ninguno de los cortes que le hicieron a la vaca; lo consigui entre la carne. Y cuando el
carnicero vino y empez su trabajo, l grit con todas sus
fuerzas, No cortes muy profundo, no cortes muy profundo, estoy dentro, nadie oy esto por el ruido que haca el
cuchillo carnicero. Ahora el pobre Pulgarcito estaba en
problemas, pero los problemas avivan el ingenio, y salt hacia fuera con tanta agilidad entre golpe y golpe que
ninguno de ellos lo toc, y se escap sin un solo rasguo.

1.1

Prrafo Siendo Traducido

But still he could not get away, there was nothing for it
but to let himself be thrust into a black-pudding with the
bits of bacon. His quarters there were rather conned, and
besides that he was hung up in the chimney to be smoked,
and there time did hang terribly heavy on his hands.

Texto Original

A certain tailor had a son, who happened to be small, and

no bigger than a Thumb, and on this account he was always called Thumbling. He had, however, some courage
in him, and said to his father, Father, I must and will go

TEXTO ORIGINAL

out into the world. Thats right, my son, said the old
man, and took a long darning-needle and made a knob of
sealing-wax on it at the candle, and there is a sword for
thee to take with thee on the way. Then the little tailor
wanted to have one more meal with them, and hopped
into the kitchen to see what his lady mother had cooked
for the last time. It was, however, just dished up, and the
dish stood on the hearth. Then he said, Mother, what is
there to eat to-day?" See for thyself, said his mother.
So Thumbling jumped on to the hearth, and peeped into
the dish, but as he stretched his neck in too far the steam
from the food caught hold of him, and carried him up the
chimney. He rode about in the air on the steam for a while,
until at length he sank down to the ground again. Now the
little tailor was outside in the wide world, and he travelled about, and went to a master in his craft, but the food
was not good enough for him. Mistress, if you give us no
better food, said Thumbling, I will go away, and early
to-morrow morning I will write with chalk on the door
of your house, 'Too many potatoes, too little meat! Farewell, Mr. Potato-King.'" What wouldst thou have forsooth, grasshopper?" said the mistress, and grew angry,
and seized a dishcloth, and was just going to strike him;
but my little tailor crept nimbly under a thimble, peeped
out from beneath it, and put his tongue out at the mistress.
She took up the thimble, and wanted to get hold of him,
but little Thumbling hopped into the cloth, and while the
mistress was opening it out and looking for him, he got
into a crevice in the table. Ho, ho, lady mistress, cried
he, and thrust his head out, and when she began to strike
him he leapt down into the drawer. At last, however, she
caught him and drove him out of the house.
The little tailor journeyed on and came to a great forest,
and there he fell in with a band of robbers who had a design to steal the Kings treasure. When they saw the little
tailor, they thought, A little fellow like that can creep through a key-hole and serve as picklock to us. Hollo,
cried one of them, thou giant Goliath, wilt thou go to
the treasure-chamber with us? Thou canst slip thyself in
and throw out the money. Thumbling reected a while, and at length he said, yes, and went with them to the
treasure-chamber. Then he looked at the doors above and
below, to see if there was any crack in them. It was not
long before he espied one which was broad enough to let
him in. He was therefore about to get in at once, but one of
the two sentries who stood before the door, observed him,
and said to the other, What an ugly spider is creeping there; I will kill it. Let the poor creature alone, said the
other; it has done thee no harm. Then Thumbling got
safely through the crevice into the treasure-chamber, opened the window beneath which the robbers were standing,
and threw out to them one thaler after another. When the
little tailor was in the full swing of his work, he heard the
King coming to inspect his treasure-chamber, and crept
hastily into a hiding-place. The King noticed that several
solid thalers were missing, but could not conceive who
could have stolen them, for locks and bolts were in good
condition, and all seemed well guarded. Then he went

3
away again, and said to the sentries, Be on the watch, some one is after the money. When therefore Thumbling
recommenced his labours, they heard the money moving,
and a sound of klink, klink, klink. They ran swiftly in to
seize the thief, but the little tailor, who heard them coming, was still swifter, and leapt into a corner and covered himself with a thaler, so that nothing could be seen
of him, and at the same time he mocked the sentries and
cried, Here am I!" The sentries ran thither, but as they
got there, he had already hopped into another corner under a thaler, and was crying, Ho, ho, here am I!" The
watchmen sprang there in haste, but Thumbling had long
ago got into a third corner, and was crying, Ho, ho, here
am I!" And thus he made fools of them, and drove them
so long round about the treasure-chamber that they were
weary and went away. Then by degrees he threw all the
thalers out, dispatching the last with all his might, then
hopped nimbly upon it, and ew down with it through the
window. The robbers paid him great compliments. Thou
art a valiant hero, said they; wilt thou be our captain?"
Thumbling, however, declined, and said he wanted to see
the world rst. They now divided the booty, but the little
tailor only asked for a kreuzer because he could not carry
more.

came in and began his work, he cried out with all his
might, Don't chop too deep, don't chop too deep, I am
amongst it. No one heard this because of the noise of the
chopping-knife. Now poor Thumbling was in trouble, but
trouble sharpens the wits, and he sprang out so adroitly
between the blows that none of them touched him, and
he escaped with a whole skin. But still he could not get
away, there was nothing for it but to let himself be thrust
into a black-pudding with the bits of bacon. His quarters
there were rather conned, and besides that he was hung
up in the chimney to be smoked, and there time did hang
terribly heavy on his hands.
At length in winter he was taken down again, as the blackpudding had to be set before a guest. When the hostess
was cutting it in slices, he took care not to stretch out his
head too far lest a bit of it should be cut o; at last he
saw his opportunity, cleared a passage for himself, and
jumped out.
The little tailor, however, would not stay any longer in a
house where he fared so ill, so at once set out on his journey again. But his liberty did not last long. In the open
country he met with a fox who snapped him up in a t of
absence. Hollo, Mr. Fox, cried the little tailor, it is I
who am sticking in your throat, set me at liberty again.
Thou art right, answered the fox. Thou art next to nothing for me, but if thou wilt promise me the fowls in thy
fathers yard I will let thee go. With all my heart, replied Thumbling. Thou shalt have all the cocks and hens,
that I promise thee. Then the fox let him go again, and
himself carried him home. When the father once more
saw his dear son, he willingly gave the fox all the fowls
which he had. For this I likewise bring thee a handsome
bit of money, said Thumbling, and gave his father the
kreuzer which he earned on his travels.

Then he once more buckled on his sword, bade the robbers goodbye, and took to the road. First, he went to
work with some masters, but he had no liking for that,
and at last he hired himself as man-servant in an inn. The
maids, however, could not endure him, for he saw all they
did secretly, without their seeing him, and he told their
master and mistress what they had taken o the plates,
and carried away out of the cellar, for themselves. Then
said they, Wait, and we will pay thee o!" and arranged with each other to play him a trick. Soon afterwards
when one of the maids was mowing in the garden, and saw But why did the fox get the poor chickens to eat?" Oh,
Thumbling jumping about and creeping up and down the you goose, your father would surely love his child far more
plants, she mowed him up quickly with the grass, tied all than the fowls in the yard!"
in a great cloth, and secretly threw it to the cows. Now
amongst them there was a great black one, who swallowed him down without hurting him. Down below, howe- [1] Moneda de plata Alemana que se us desde 1829 hasta
1837
ver, it pleased him ill, for it was quite dark, neither was
any candle burning. When the cow was being milked he [2] Moneda Alemana que se utiliz desde 1837 hasta 1873 y
cried,
equivale a 0.01~, es decir, 105 kreuzer=1 tlero.
Strip, strap, strull, Will the pail soon be full?"
But the noise of the milking prevented his being understood. After this the master of the house came into the
cow-byre and said, That cow shall be killed to-morrow.
Then Thumbling was so alarmed that he cried out in a
clear voice, Let me out rst, for I am shut up inside her.
The master heard that quite well, but did not know from
whence the voice came. Where art thou?" asked he. In
the black one, answered Thumbling, but the master did
not understand what that meant, and went out.
Next morning the cow was killed. Happily Thumbling did
not meet with one blow at the cutting up and chopping;
he got among the sausage-meat. And when the butcher

[3] En el original dice srtrip, strap, strull, pero para que rime
ha sido modicado

3 TEXT AND IMAGE SOURCES, CONTRIBUTORS, AND LICENSES

Text and image sources, contributors, and licenses

3.1

Text

Los viajes de Pulgarcito Fuente: http://es.wikisource.org/wiki/Los%20viajes%20de%20Pulgarcito?oldid=508616 Colaboradores: Gabriela de Black 12, Zeroth, Freddy eduardo, Shooke, Nayara es y Annimos: 1

3.2

Images

Archivo:N_write_green_black.svg Fuente: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7a/N_write_green_black.svg Licencia:

CC-BY-SA-3.0 Colaboradores: Image:N write green.svg Artista original: excl-zoo, changed to green color by Remember the dot; changed black quill by h2g2bob

3.3

Content license

Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0