Translation from the Spanish by Kit Maude
First English-Spanish bilingual edition published in 2024 by Tapioca Stories. English-Spanish bilingual edition © 2024 Tapioca Stories
Originally published as Natura © 2022 Alboroto Ediciones, Mexico
Published in agreement with Phileas Fogg Agency
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Library of Congress Control Number: 2024934113
ISBN: 979-8-9887499-3-6
Printed in China
First Printing, 2024
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English-Spanish Bilingual Edition
Translation from the Spanish by Kit Maude
A path, small trails, that with the help of autumn, winter, spring, and summer, spread across a leaf. Un camino, pequeños senderos, que con ayuda del otoño, el invierno, la primavera, y el verano, se dibujan en una hoja.
A leaf hanging from a branch.
Una hoja que pende de una rama.
A branch joined to another, and another, to form the crown of a tree (let us stop in for a moment, at the homes of the birds with their rugs of grass).
Una rama que junto a otra, y otra, forman la copa de un árbol (nos detenemos, por un momento, en las habitaciones de los pájaros, sus alfombras de hierba).
A tree that, together with another, and another, makes a forest
(now let us listen to the steps, the age, the heart of the animals). Un árbol que junto a otro, y otro, forman un bosque
(ahora escuchamos los pasos, la edad, el corazón de los animales).
A path, small trails, along which a man, a woman, and a boy walk every afternoon.
Un camino, pequeños senderos, por los que cada tarde atraviesan un hombre, una mujer y un niño.
Big creatures, small creatures: footprints that create the skin of the forest.
Seres grandes, seres diminutos: huellas que forman la piel del bosque.
Paths drawn with the help of autumns, winters, springs, and summers.
Rutas, dibujadas con ayuda de otoños, inviernos, primaveras, y veranos.
Only the boy has noticed: it all happens on a single leaf.
Lo ha notado solo el niño: todo sucede sobre una hoja.
A leaf that hangs from a branch
Una hoja que pende de una rama…
