The Secret Garden Bilingual EPUB & Word List

Original · English

When Mary Lennox was sent to Misselthwaite Manor to live with her uncle everybody said she was the most disagreeable-looking child ever seen. It was true, too. She had a little thin face and a little thin body, thin light hair and a sour expression.

Parallel translation

Cuando enviaron a Mary Lennox a la mansión de Misselthwaite a vivir con su tío, todo el mundo dijo que era la niña de aspecto más desagradable que jamás se había visto. Y era verdad. Tenía una carita delgada y un cuerpecito delgado, el pelo fino y claro y una expresión agria.

Original · English

Her hair was yellow, and her face was yellow because she had been born in India and had always been ill in one way or another. Her father had held a position under the English Government and had always been busy and ill himself.

Parallel translation

Tenía el pelo amarillo y la cara amarilla porque había nacido en la India y siempre había estado enferma de una cosa u otra. Su padre había ocupado un puesto en el Gobierno inglés y siempre había estado ocupado y enfermo él mismo.

Original · English

Mary had liked to look at her mother from a distance and she had thought her very pretty, but as she knew very little of her she could scarcely have been expected to love her or to miss her very much when she was gone.

Parallel translation

A Mary le había gustado mirar a su madre desde lejos y le había parecido muy bonita, pero como la conocía muy poco, apenas cabía esperar que la quisiera o que la echara mucho de menos cuando faltó.

Original · English

She did not miss her at all, in fact, and as she was a self-absorbed child she gave her entire thought to herself, as she had always done. If she had been older she would no doubt have been very anxious at being left alone in the world.

Parallel translation

De hecho, no la echaba de menos en absoluto y, como era una niña ensimismada, dedicaba todos sus pensamientos a sí misma, como siempre había hecho. Si hubiera sido mayor, sin duda se habría sentido muy inquieta al quedarse sola en el mundo.