Dice que no eran manzanas, sino casta as
she says they weren't apples, but instead that they were chestnuts
Le dije que era inocente porque no hab a comido casta as
I said I was innocent since I had not eaten any chestnuts
pero la Serpiente le inform que "casta o" tambi n pod a tener un significado figurado
but the Serpent informed her that "chestnut" could also have a figurative meaning
Dice que una casta a puede ser una broma envejecida y mohosa
she says a chestnut can be an aged and mouldy joke
Me puse p lido ante esta definici n
I turned pale at this definition
porque he hecho muchos chistes para pasar el tiempo cansado
because I have made many jokes to pass the weary time
y algunos de ellos mis chistes podr an haber sido de la variedad casta a
and some of them my jokes could have been of the chestnut variety
pero honestamente hab a supuesto que eran chistes nuevos cuando los hice
but I had honestly supposed that they were new jokes when I made them
Me pregunt si hab a hecho alguna broma justo en el momento de la cat strofe
She asked me if I had made any jokes just at the time of the catastrophe
Me vi obligado a admitir que me hab a hecho una broma a m mismo
I was obliged to admit that I had made a joke to myself
aunque no hice la broma en voz alta
although I did not make the joke aloud
este era el chiste que estaba pensando para m mismo:
this was the joke I was thinking to myself:
Estaba pensando en las cascadas
I was thinking about the waterfalls
" Qu maravilloso es ver caer esa vasta masa de agua all abajo "
"How wonderful it is to see that vast body of water tumble down there "
Entonces, en un instante, un pensamiento brillante brill en mi cabeza
Then in an instant a bright thought flashed into my head
" Ser a mucho m s maravilloso ver el agua caer por la cascada "
"It would be a great deal more wonderful to see the water tumble up the waterfall "
Estaba a punto de morir de la risa cuando toda la naturaleza se desat
I was just about to die from laughing when all nature broke loose