Peter Pan — Page 9
When you play at it by day with the chairs and table-cloth, it is not in the least alarming, but in the two minutes before you go to sleep it becomes very real.
Wenn man tagsüber mit den Stühlen und dem Tischtuch damit spielt, ist es keineswegs beunruhigend, aber in den zwei Minuten, bevor man einschläft, wird es sehr real.
That is why there are night-lights.
Deshalb gibt es Nachtlichter.
Occasionally in her travels through her children's minds Mrs. Darling found things she could not understand, and of these quite the most perplexing was the word Peter.
Gelegentlich fand Mrs. Darling auf ihren Reisen durch die Gedanken ihrer Kinder Dinge, die sie nicht verstehen konnte, und das bei weitem Verwirrендste davon war das Wort Peter.
She knew of no Peter, and yet he was here and there in John and Michael's minds, while Wendy's began to be scrawled all over with him.
Sie kannte keinen Peter, und doch tauchte er hier und da in Johns und Michaels Gedanken auf, während Wendys Gedanken allmählich überall mit ihm bekritzelt wurden.
The name stood out in bolder letters than any of the other words, and as Mrs. Darling gazed she felt that it had an oddly cocky appearance.
Der Name stach in kühnerem Schriftbild hervor als alle anderen Wörter, und während Mrs. Darling ihn betrachtete, hatte sie das Gefühl, dass er ein seltsam selbstgefälliges Aussehen hatte.
Her mother had been questioning her.
Ihre Mutter hatte sie befragt.
At first Mrs. Darling did not know, but after thinking back into her childhood she just remembered a Peter Pan who was said to live with the fairies.
Zunächst wusste Mrs. Darling es nicht, aber nachdem sie in ihre Kindheit zurückgedacht hatte, erinnerte sie sich gerade noch an einen Peter Pan, von dem es hieß, er lebe bei den Feen.
There were odd stories about him, as that when children died he went part of the way with them, so that they should not be frightened.
Es gab seltsame Geschichten über ihn, zum Beispiel dass er, wenn Kinder starben, ein Stück des Weges mit ihnen ging, damit sie keine Angst haben sollten.
She had believed in him at the time, but now that she was married and full of sense she quite doubted whether there was any such person.
Sie hatte damals an ihn geglaubt, aber jetzt, da sie verheiratet und voller Vernunft war, bezweifelte sie sehr, ob es eine solche Person überhaupt gab.
Vocabulary
- Wenn
- Conditional conjunction introducing hypothetical situations or conditions.
- man
- Indefinite pronoun meaning one, people, or you in general.
- tagsüber
- During the day; in daytime hours.
- mit
- Preposition indicating accompaniment, means, or association.
- den
- Definite article accusative plural or dative plural form.
- Stühlen
- Plural dative form of chair; seats for sitting.
- und
- Conjunction connecting words, phrases, or clauses together.
- dem
- Definite article dative singular masculine or neuter.
- Tischtuch
- Tablecloth; cloth covering for dining or table surface.
- damit
- Adverb meaning with it or in order that.
- spielt
- Plays; third person singular present of spielen.
- ist
- Is; third person singular present of sein.
- es
- It; neuter pronoun referring to things or situations.
- keineswegs
- By no means; not at all; certainly not.
- beunruhigend
- Disturbing; worrying; causing anxiety or concern.
- aber
- But; conjunction introducing contrasting ideas or statements.
- in
- Preposition indicating position within time or place.
- zwei
- Two; the number 2.
- Minuten
- Minutes; plural of minute, unit of time.
- bevor
- Before; conjunction indicating prior timing or sequence.
- einschläft
- Falls asleep; third person singular of einschlafen.
- wird
- Becomes; third person singular present of werden.
- sehr
- Very; to a great degree or extent.
- real
- Real; actual or genuine in nature or quality.
- Deshalb
- Therefore; for that reason or as a result.
- gibt
- Gives; third person singular present of geben.
- Nachtlichter
- Night lights; small lights used during nighttime.
- Gelegentlich
- Occasionally; sometimes or now and then.
- fand
- Found; past tense of finden, to discover.
- auf
- On; preposition indicating position or direction upward.
- ihren
- Their; possessive pronoun dative or accusative plural.
- Reisen
- Journeys or travels; plural of Reise.
- durch
- Through; preposition indicating passage or movement.
- die
- The; definite article feminine singular or plural.
- Gedanken
- Thoughts; plural of Gedanke, mental ideas.
- ihrer
- Their; possessive pronoun feminine singular or dative.
- Kinder
- Children; plural of Kind, young persons.
- Dinge
- Things; plural of Ding, objects or matters.
- sie
- She or they; feminine singular or plural pronoun.
- nicht
- Not; negation particle used in German sentences.
- verstehen
- Understand; comprehend or grasp the meaning of.
- konnte
- Could; past tense of können, to be able.
- das
- That or which; neuter demonstrative or relative pronoun.
- bei
- At or near; preposition indicating proximity or location.
- weitem
- By far; distant or extensive in degree.
- Verwirrendste
- Most confusing; superlative of confusing or bewildering.
- davon
- Of it or that; from that or thereof.
- war
- Was; past tense singular of sein, to be.
- Wort
- Word; a unit of language with meaning.
- Sie
- You; formal singular or plural pronoun.
- kannte
- Knew; past tense of kennen, to know.
- keinen
- None or not a; accusative masculine singular negation.
- doch
- Yet or however; conjunction showing contrast or concession.
- tauchte
- Appeared or emerged; past tense of tauchen.
- er
- He; masculine singular personal pronoun.
- hier
- Here; adverb indicating location or place.
- da
- There; adverb indicating location or presence.
- während
- During or while; preposition or conjunction of time.
- allmählich
- Gradually or slowly; by degrees or increments.
- überall
- Everywhere; in all places or locations.
- ihm
- Him; dative masculine singular personal pronoun.
- bekritzelt
- Scribbled on; marked with writings or drawings.
- wurden
- Were; past tense plural of werden, to become.
- Der
- The; definite article masculine singular nominative.
- Name
- Name; word by which person or thing identified.
- stach
- Stood out; past tense of stechen, to stick.
- kühnerem
- Bolder; comparative form of kuhn, more daring.
- Schriftbild
- Handwriting or writing style; appearance of written text.
- hervor
- Forth or out; adverbial particle showing emergence.
- als
- Than or as; comparison conjunction or adverb.
- alle
- All; every one of a group.
- anderen
- Others; plural dative or accusative of other.
- Wörter
- Words; plural of Wort, units of language.
- ihn
- Him; accusative masculine singular personal pronoun.
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