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NARRADOR Un campesino chino se fue a la ciudad para vender la cosecha de arroz y su mujer le pidió que no se olvidase de traerle un peine. |||||was|||city||to sell||harvest|||||||||||to forget||to bring her||comb NARRATOR A Chinese peasant went to the city to sell the rice harvest and his wife asked him not to forget to bring him a comb.

Después de vender su arroz en la ciudad, el campesino se reunió con unos compañeros, y bebieron y lo celebraron largamente. ||||rice|||||farmer||meeting|||||they drank|||they celebrated|at length After selling his rice in the city, the peasant met with some companions, and they drank and celebrated it for a long time. (AMBIENTE) Después, un poco confuso, en el momento de regresar, se acordó de que su mujer le había pedido algo, pero ¿qué era? |||||||||||he remembered|||||||order|||| (ENVIRONMENT) Then, a little confused, at the time of returning, he remembered that his wife had asked for something, but what was it? No lo podía recordar. I could not remember it. Entonces, compró en una tienda para mujeres lo primero que le llamó la atención: un espejo. |||||||||||called|||| Then, he bought in a store for women the first thing that caught his attention: a mirror. Y regresó al pueblo. |returned|| And he returned to the village. NARRADOR Entregó el regalo a su mujer y se marchó a trabajar sus campos. NARRATOR|He delivered|||||||||||| NARRATOR He gave the gift to his wife and went to work in his fields.

La mujer se miró en el espejo y comenzó a llorar desconsoladamente. |||||||||||dismally The woman looked at herself in the mirror and started crying inconsolably. La madre le preguntó la razón de aquellas lágrimas. ||||||||tears The mother asked him the reason for those tears. La mujer le dio el espejo y le dijo: The woman gave him the mirror and said: MUJER Mi marido ha traído a otra mujer, joven y hermosa. ||||brought|||||| WOMAN My husband has brought another woman, young and beautiful.

NARRADOR La madre tomó el espejo, lo miró y le dijo a su hija: NARRATOR||||||||||||| NARRATOR The mother took the mirror, looked at it and said to her daughter:

MADRE No tienes de qué preocuparte, es una vieja. |No||||to worry||| MOTHER You do not have to worry, she's an old woman.