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El corresponsal

Mientras el pelícano pescaba,
mientras la abeja hacía miel,
mientras la hormiga acarreaba materiales de construcción...
¿Que pasaba?
 
El ruiseñor cantaba.
 
Mientras el castor hacía diques,
mientras el buey araba,
mientras el hornero anidaba...
¿Que pasaba?
 
El ruiseñor cantaba.
 
Mientras el perro vigilaba,
mientras la cobra bailaba,
mientras el bacilo sintetizaba toxinas...
¿Que pasaba? ¿El ruiseñor cantaba?
 
No. El pelícano pescaba.
 
Pero mientras la marmota dormía,
mientras la hierba crecía,
mientras la araña tejía...
¿Que acontecía? ¿El ruiseñor cantaba? ¿El pelícano pescaba?
 
No. La hormiga cantaba y el mosquito araba.
 
Y mientras la gallina empollaba,
mientras la cobra cobraba,
mientras el bacilo bacilaba...
¿Que pasaba? ¿Se daba diques el castor?
 
No señor.
 
¿El hornero anidaba?
 
No. No daba.
 
¿Entonces... de que se trataba?
 
Se trataba de que mientras el perro se rascaba,
mientras la pava hipaba,
mientras el gato gateaba,
mientras el chimpancé chateaba...
Un corresponsal de la CNN
(que hasta ahora siempre había sido muy serio y eficiente)
tomaba nota de todo
y se preparaba para decírselo a Patricia Janiot,
que en cualquier momento lo iba a llamar
para que él pasara su informe
ante doscientos millones de telespectadores.
 
Translation

The stringer

While the pelican was fishing
while the bee was doing honey,
while the ant was carrying construction materials...
What was going on?
 
The sparrow was singing.
 
While the castor was doing dikes,
while the ox was plowing,
while the ovenbird was making its nest...
What was going on?
 
The sparrow was singing.
 
While the dog was watching,
while the cobra was dancing,
while the bacillus was synthesizing toxins...
What was going on? The sparrow was singing?
 
No. The pelican was fishing.
 
But while the marmot was sleeping
while the weed was growing,
while the spider was weaving...
What was happening? The sparrow was singing? The pelican was fishing?
 
No. The ant was singing and the mosquito was plowing.
 
And while the chicken was incubating,
while the cobra was cashing,
while the bacillus was staggering...
What was going on? The castor was doing dikes?
 
No sir.
 
The ovenbird was making its nest?
 
No. Neither.
 
So.. what was all about?
 
It was about that while the dog was scratching,
while the turkey was hiccuping,
while the cat was crouching,
while the chimp was chatting...
A CNN stringer
(who up to this point was always serious and efficient)
was taking note of everything
and was getting ready to tell it to Patricia Janiot,
that on any moment was going to call him
for him to pass his report
before two hundred millions of viewers.
 
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