El doctor sabelotodo

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|El doctor Sabelotodo |  |[pic]ENGLISH |
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|| |Doctor Know-all |

|Érase una vez un pobre campesino, llamado Cangrejo que se fue a la ciudad |  |There was once on a time a poor peasant called Crabb, who drove with two |
|guiando un carro tirado por dos bueyes a venderle a un doctor una | |oxen a load of wood to the town, and sold it to adoctor for two thalers. |
|carretada de leña por dos ducados. Mientras se le pagaban sus dineros el | |When the money was being counted out to him, it so happened that the |
|doctor se encontraba precisamente comiendo; cuando vio el campesino lo | |doctor was sitting at table, and when the peasant saw how daintily he ate |
|bien que comía y bebía le entró envidia y pensóque también él quisiera | |and drank, his heart desired what he saw, and he would willingly have been|
|ser doctor. Así que se quedó unos momentos sin saber qué hacer y, al fin, | |a doctor too. So he remained standing a while, and at length inquired if |
|le preguntó si no podría hacerse él doctor. | |he too could not be a doctor. "Oh, yes,"said the doctor, "that is soon |
| | |managed." "What must I do?" asked the peasant. "In the first place buy |
|-¡Ya lo creo! -respondió el doctor-; eso se logra fácilmente. | |thyself an A B C book of the kind which has a cock on the frontispiece: in|
|| |the second, turn thy cart and thy two oxen into money, and get thyself |
|-¿Qué debo hacer? -preguntó el campesino. | |some clothes, and whatsoever else pertains to medicine; thirdly, have a |
| | |sign painted for thyself withthe words, "I am Doctor Knowall," and have |
|-En primer lugar te compras un abecedario, de esos que tienen un gallito | |that nailed up above thy house-door." The peasant did everything that he |
|pintado en las primeras páginas; en segundo lugar vendes tu carreta y los | |had been told to do. When he had doctored people awhile, but not long, a |
|bueyes y, con lo que saques,te compras trajes y todo lo que es propio del| |rich and great lord had some money stolen. Then he was told about Doctor |
|menester doctoral; y, en tercer lugar, mandas hacer un rótulo donde se lea| |Knowall who lived in such and such a village, and must know what had |
|"Soy el doctor Sabelotodo" y lo clavas bien alto sobre la puerta de tu | |become of the money.So the lord had the horses put in his carriage, drove|
|casa. | |out to the village, and asked Crabb if he were Doctor Knowall? Yes, he |
| | |was, he said. Then he was to go with him and bring back the stolen money. |
|El campesino siguiólas instrucciones al pie de la letra. Y he aquí que | |"Oh, yes, but Grethe, my wife, must go too." The lord was willing and let |
|cuando ya había doctorado un poquillo, pero no mucho, robaron a un gran | |both of them have a seat in the carriage, and they all drove away |
|señor una cierta cantidad de dinero. Entonces alguien le habló del doctor | |together....