Grimms' Fairy Tales — Page 6
In the morning came the fox again and met him as he was beginning his journey, and said, 'Go straight forward, till you come to a castle, before which lie a whole troop of soldiers fast asleep and snoring: take no notice of them, but go into the castle and pass on and on till you come to a room, where the golden bird sits in a wooden cage; close by it stands a beautiful golden cage; but do not try to take the bird out of the shabby cage and put it into the handsome one, otherwise you will repent it.'
Le matin, le renard revint et le rencontra au moment où il commençait son voyage, et dit : « Allez tout droit, jusqu'à ce que vous arriviez à un château, devant lequel est couché toute une troupe de soldats profondément endormis et ronflant : ne faites pas attention à eux, mais entrez dans le château et continuez jusqu'à ce que vous arriviez à une pièce où l'oiseau d'or est assis dans une cage en bois ; tout près se trouve une belle cage dorée ; mais n'essayez pas de sortir l'oiseau de la cage minable pour le mettre dans la belle, sinon vous le regretterez. »
Then the fox stretched out his tail again, and the young man sat himself down, and away they went over stock and stone till their hair whistled in the wind.
Puis le renard étendit de nouveau sa queue, et le jeune homme s'assit dessus, et ils partirent par-dessus souches et pierres jusqu'à ce que leurs cheveux sifflent dans le vent.
Before the castle gate all was as the fox had said: so the son went in and found the chamber where the golden bird hung in a wooden cage, and below stood the golden cage, and the three golden apples that had been lost were lying close by it.
Devant la porte du château, tout était comme le renard l'avait dit : ainsi le fils entra et trouva la chambre où l'oiseau d'or était suspendu dans une cage en bois, et en dessous se trouvait la cage dorée, et les trois pommes d'or qui avaient été perdues étaient posées tout près.
Then thought he to himself, 'It will be a very droll thing to bring away such a fine bird in this shabby cage'; so he opened the door and took hold of it and put it into the golden cage.
Alors il pensa en lui-même : « Ce serait une chose bien ridicule d'emmener un si bel oiseau dans cette cage minable » ; il ouvrit donc la porte, s'en empara et le mit dans la cage dorée.
But the bird set up such a loud scream that all the soldiers awoke, and they took him prisoner and carried him before the king.
Mais l'oiseau poussa un cri si perçant que tous les soldats se réveillèrent, et ils le firent prisonnier et le conduisirent devant le roi.
Vocabulary
- matin
- ma-tan — Morning, the early part of the day
- renard
- ruh-nar — A fox, a cunning wild animal
- revint
- ruh-van — Came back, returned (past tense of revenir)
- rencontra
- ron-kon-tra — Met, encountered someone (simple past tense)
- moment
- mo-mon — A moment, a specific point in time
- où
- oo — Where or when, a relative pronoun
- commençait
- ko-mon-say — Was beginning, started (imperfect tense)
- voyage
- vwa-yazh — A journey or trip taken somewhere
- dit
- dee — Said, spoke (simple past of dire)
- Allez
- a-lay — Go! (imperative plural form of aller)
- tout
- too — All, entirely, completely; everything
- droit
- drwa — Straight, directly forward without turning
- jusqu'à
- zhoos-ka — Until or up to a point or place
- arriviez
- a-ree-vyay — Arrive (subjunctive/imperfect second person plural)
- château
- sha-toh — A castle or large stately mansion
- devant
- duh-von — In front of, before a place or person
- lequel
- luh-kel — Which, that; masculine relative pronoun
- couché
- koo-shay — Lying down, reclining in a horizontal position
- troupe
- troop — A group or troop, especially of soldiers
- soldats
- sol-da — Soldiers, military personnel on guard duty
- profondément
- pro-fon-day-mon — Deeply, in a profound or thorough manner
- endormis
- on-dor-mee — Asleep, fallen into sleep (plural masculine)
- ronflant
- ron-flon — Snoring loudly while sleeping
- faites
- fet — Do, make (imperative plural of faire)
- attention
- a-ton-syon — Attention, notice; care paid to something
- entrez
- on-tray — Enter! Go in! (imperative plural of entrer)
- continuez
- kon-teen-yoo-ay — Continue! Keep going (imperative plural form)
- pièce
- pyes — A room inside a building or dwelling
- l'oiseau
- lwa-zoh — The bird, a feathered flying creature
- d'or
- dor — Of gold, made of or resembling gold
- assis
- a-see — Seated, sitting down (past participle of asseoir)
- cage
- kazh — A cage, an enclosure for holding animals
- bois
- bwa — Wood, the material from trees; also forest
- près
- pray — Near, close by in proximity
- trouve
- troov — Finds, is located (present tense of trouver)
- belle
- bel — Beautiful, lovely (feminine adjective form)
- dorée
- do-ray — Golden, gilded, covered in gold (feminine)
- n'essayez
- neh-say-ay — Do not try (negative imperative of essayer)
- sortir
- sor-teer — To go out, to leave a place
- minable
- mee-nabl — Shabby, miserable, pitiful in appearance or quality
- mettre
- metr — To put, to place something somewhere
- sinon
- see-non — Otherwise, or else; introduces a consequence
- regretterez
- ruh-gret-ray — Will regret it (future tense, second person plural)
- Puis
- pwee — Then, afterwards; adverb indicating sequence
- étendit
- ay-ton-dee — Stretched out, extended (simple past of étendre)
- nouveau
- noo-voh — New; again (de nouveau = once again)
- queue
- kuh — Tail of an animal; also a line or queue
- jeune
- zhuhn — Young, youthful in age or appearance
- homme
- om — Man, an adult male human being
- s'assit
- sa-see — Sat down (reflexive simple past of asseoir)
- dessus
- duh-soo — On top, above; on it or upon it
- partirent
- par-teert — Departed, left (simple past of partir)
- par-dessus
- par-duh-soo — Over, above; jumping over something
- souches
- soosh — Tree stumps left after felling a tree
- pierres
- pyer — Stones, rocks; plural of pierre
- cheveux
- shuh-vuh — Hair (on one's head); plural noun
- sifflent
- seef-l — Whistle, hiss (present tense plural of siffler)
- vent
- von — Wind, moving air in the atmosphere
- Devant
- duh-von — In front of, before a place or object
- porte
- port — Door, entrance to a building or room
- comme
- kom — As, like; conjunction showing comparison
- ainsi
- an-see — Thus, so, in this way or manner
- fils
- fees — Son, a male child of a parent
- entra
- on-tra — Entered, went in (simple past of entrer)
- trouva
- troo-va — Found, discovered (simple past of trouver)
- chambre
- shombr — A bedroom or private room in a building
- suspendu
- soos-pon-doo — Hanging, suspended from above (past participle)
- dessous
- duh-soo — Under, beneath; below something
- trouvait
- troo-vay — Was found, was located (imperfect of trouver)
- pommes
- pom — Apples; plural of pomme
- perdues
- per-doo — Lost, gone missing (feminine plural past participle)
- posées
- poh-zay — Placed, set down (feminine plural past participle)
- Alors
- a-lor — Then, so, at that point in time
- pensa
- pon-sa — Thought, considered (simple past of penser)
- lui-même
- lwee-mem — Himself; emphatic reflexive pronoun
- serait
- suh-ray — Would be; conditional of être
- chose
- shohz — Thing, an object or matter
- ridicule
- ree-dee-kool — Ridiculous, absurd, deserving of mockery
- d'emmener
- dom-nay — To take away, to bring along with oneself
- bel
- bel — Beautiful, fine (masculine before vowel)
- ouvrit
- oo-vree — Opened (simple past of ouvrir)
- donc
- donk — Therefore, so, thus; logical consequence marker
- empara
- om-pa-ra — Seized, grabbed (simple past of s'emparer)
- mit
- mee — Put, placed (simple past of mettre)
- poussa
- poo-sa — Pushed, let out (simple past of pousser)
- cri
- kree — A cry, a shout or scream
- perçant
- per-son — Piercing, sharp and penetrating (sound)
- réveillèrent
- ray-vay-yair — Woke up (simple past plural of réveiller)
- firent
- feert — Made, did (simple past plural of faire)
- prisonnier
- pree-zo-nyay — Prisoner, someone held captive by others
- conduisirent
- kon-dwee-zeert — Led, brought (simple past plural of conduire)
- roi
- rwa — King, the male monarch of a kingdom
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