En la noche llegó un regalo
y se puso bajó el árbol,
amaneció bastante despacio
y llegó Gregorio empijamado,
buscando un presente anhelado.
Este chico destapa el regalo
y no le gusta lo que ha encontrado,
no entiende que ha pasado,
él no quería un huevo verde claro,
eso no es lo que había pedido este año.
A gift arrived during the night
and was placed under the tree.
Dawn broke slowly,
and Gregorio arrived in his pajamas,
looking for a long-awaited present.
This boy unwraps the gift
and doesn't like what he finds.
He doesn't understand what happened.
He didn't want a light green egg.
That's not what he asked for this year.
Lo mira con disgusto,
no le parece un regalo pulcro,
es grotesco y absurdo,
un objeto sin rumbo,
algo que no sirve en este mundo.
No lo quiere en su morada
y con enfado lo saca de casa,
llega al sofá de mala gana,
se sienta a esperar que pase la mañana
y que se le pase la rabia.
He looks at it with disgust,
it doesn't seem like a neat gift to him,
it's grotesque and absurd,
an aimless object,
something that serves no purpose in this world.
He doesn't want it in his home
and angrily throws it out,
reluctantly reaching the sofa,
he sits down to wait for the morning to pass
and for his anger to subside.
Tras un rato el huevo regresa,
un mosquito con paciencia lo lleva
y de repente la magia llega
de aquel huevo nace una criatura bella,
es una especie nueva.
Es un rinoceronte de color verde
y con el mosquito mejores amigos se vuelven,
Gregorio triste se siente,
desecho su regalo y amigo ya no tiene,
por no aceptar con humildad los presentes.
After a while, the egg returns,
a mosquito patiently carries it away,
and suddenly magic happens:
a beautiful creature is born from that egg,
a new species.
It is a green rhinoceros,
and it becomes best friends with the mosquito.
Gregorio feels sad,
he threw away his gift and now has no friend,
because he did not humbly accept the presents.
