Peter Pan — Page 11
She explained in quite a matter-of-fact way that she thought Peter sometimes came to the nursery in the night and sat on the foot of her bed and played on his pipes to her.
Elle expliqua d'un ton tout à fait naturel qu'elle pensait que Peter venait parfois dans la nursery la nuit et s'asseyait au pied de son lit et jouait de sa flûte pour elle.
Unfortunately she never woke, so she didn't know how she knew, she just knew.
Malheureusement elle ne se réveillait jamais, aussi ne savait-elle pas comment elle le savait, elle le savait, c'est tout.
"What nonsense you talk, precious. No one can get into the house without knocking."
« Quelles sottises tu dis, ma chérie. Personne ne peut entrer dans la maison sans frapper. »
"I think he comes in by the window," she said.
« Je crois qu'il entre par la fenêtre », dit-elle.
"My love, it is three floors up."
« Mon amour, c'est au troisième étage. »
"Were not the leaves at the foot of the window, mother?"
« N'y avait-il pas des feuilles au pied de la fenêtre, maman ? »
It was quite true; the leaves had been found very near the window.
C'était tout à fait vrai ; les feuilles avaient été trouvées tout près de la fenêtre.
Mrs. Darling did not know what to think, for it all seemed so natural to Wendy that you could not dismiss it by saying she had been dreaming.
Mme Darling ne savait que penser, car tout cela semblait si naturel à Wendy qu'on ne pouvait pas écarter la chose en disant qu'elle avait rêvé.
"My child," the mother cried, "why did you not tell me of this before?"
« Mon enfant », s'écria la mère, « pourquoi ne m'en avais-tu pas parlé avant ? »
"I forgot," said Wendy lightly.
« J'ai oublié », dit Wendy légèrement.
She was in a hurry to get her breakfast.
Elle était pressée de prendre son petit-déjeuner.
Oh, surely she must have been dreaming.
Oh, elle devait sûrement avoir rêvé.
But, on the other hand, there were the leaves.
Mais, d'un autre côté, il y avait les feuilles.
Mrs. Darling examined them very carefully; they were skeleton leaves, but she was sure they did not come from any tree that grew in England.
Mme Darling les examina très attentivement ; c'étaient des feuilles squelettisées, mais elle était sûre qu'elles ne provenaient d'aucun arbre qui poussait en Angleterre.
She crawled about the floor, peering at it with a candle for marks of a strange foot.
Elle rampa sur le plancher, l'examinant à la lueur d'une bougie pour y trouver des traces d'un pied inconnu.
She rattled the poker up the chimney and tapped the walls.
Elle agita le tisonnier dans la cheminée et frappa les murs.
Vocabulary
- expliqua
- Past tense of 'expliquer'; she explained something
- ton
- Tone or manner of speaking; also 'your'
- tout
- Adverb or adjective meaning 'all' or 'completely'
- fait
- Done; part of phrase 'tout à fait' meaning completely
- naturel
- Adjective meaning natural, normal, or unaffected
- pensait
- Imperfect tense of 'penser'; she was thinking or believed
- venait
- Imperfect of 'venir'; he used to come or was coming
- parfois
- Adverb meaning sometimes or occasionally
- nursery
- English loanword; children's bedroom or playroom
- nuit
- Noun meaning night or nighttime
- s'asseyait
- Imperfect of 's'asseoir'; used to sit down somewhere
- pied
- Noun meaning foot; 'au pied de' means at the foot of
- lit
- Noun meaning bed; place for sleeping
- jouait
- Imperfect of 'jouer'; he was playing an instrument
- flûte
- Noun meaning flute; a wind musical instrument
- Malheureusement
- Adverb meaning unfortunately or regrettably
- réveillait
- Imperfect of 'se réveiller'; she never used to wake up
- jamais
- Adverb meaning never or ever in negation
- aussi
- Adverb meaning also, too, or therefore
- savait
- Imperfect of 'savoir'; she knew or used to know
- comment
- Adverb meaning how; used in questions and clauses
- Quelles
- Interrogative adjective meaning 'what' (feminine plural)
- sottises
- Nonsense, silly things, or foolish remarks
- dis
- Present tense of 'dire'; you say or are saying
- chérie
- Term of endearment meaning darling or dear (feminine)
- Personne
- Pronoun meaning nobody or no one
- entrer
- Infinitive verb meaning to enter or to come in
- maison
- Noun meaning house or home
- sans
- Preposition meaning without
- frapper
- Infinitive meaning to knock or to strike
- crois
- Present of 'croire'; I believe or I think
- entre
- Present of 'entrer'; he enters or comes in
- par
- Preposition meaning by, through, or via
- fenêtre
- Noun meaning window in a wall or building
- dit
- Past tense of 'dire'; she said or stated
- amour
- Noun meaning love; used as term of endearment
- troisième
- Ordinal number meaning third in sequence
- étage
- Noun meaning floor or storey of a building
- feuilles
- Noun meaning leaves from a tree or plant
- maman
- Noun meaning mum or mom; informal for mother
- vrai
- Adjective meaning true, real, or correct
- été
- Past participle of 'être'; been; also means summer
- trouvées
- Past participle of 'trouver'; found (feminine plural)
- près
- Preposition meaning near or close to something
- Mme
- Abbreviation for 'Madame'; title for a woman
- penser
- Infinitive verb meaning to think or to reflect
- car
- Conjunction meaning because or for; introduces reason
- cela
- Demonstrative pronoun meaning that or this situation
- semblait
- Imperfect of 'sembler'; it seemed or appeared to be
- si
- Conjunction or adverb meaning if or so very
- on
- Indefinite pronoun meaning one, we, or people generally
- pouvait
- Imperfect of 'pouvoir'; one could or was able to
- écarter
- Infinitive meaning to dismiss, set aside, or brush off
- chose
- Noun meaning thing or matter
- disant
- Present participle of 'dire'; saying or by saying
- rêvé
- Past participle of 'rêver'; dreamed or had a dream
- enfant
- Noun meaning child or young person
- écria
- Past tense of 's'écrier'; she exclaimed or cried out
- mère
- Noun meaning mother or mom
- pourquoi
- Adverb meaning why; used in questions
- parlé
- Past participle of 'parler'; spoken or talked to
- avant
- Preposition or adverb meaning before or previously
- oublié
- Past participle of 'oublier'; forgotten something
- légèrement
- Adverb meaning slightly, lightly, or a little bit
- pressée
- Adjective meaning in a hurry or rushed (feminine)
- prendre
- Infinitive meaning to take or to have (food)
- petit
- Adjective meaning small or little
- déjeuner
- Noun meaning lunch; also breakfast in older usage
- devait
- Imperfect of 'devoir'; must have or was supposed to
- sûrement
- Adverb meaning surely, certainly, or definitely
- autre
- Adjective or pronoun meaning other or another
- côté
- Noun meaning side; 'd'un autre côté' means on the other hand
- examina
- Past tense of 'examiner'; she examined or inspected carefully
- attentivement
- Adverb meaning attentively, carefully, or closely
- squelettisées
- Adjective meaning skeletonized; reduced to skeleton only
- sûre
- Adjective meaning sure or certain (feminine form)
- provenaient
- Imperfect of 'provenir'; they came from or originated
- aucun
- Adjective or pronoun meaning no, none, or not any
- arbre
- Noun meaning tree
- poussait
- Imperfect of 'pousser'; it grew or was growing
- Angleterre
- Proper noun meaning England, the country
- rampa
- Past tense of 'ramper'; she crawled or crept along
- plancher
- Noun meaning floor (wooden) or floorboards
- l'examinant
- Present participle with pronoun; examining it closely
- lueur
- Noun meaning glow, glimmer, or faint light
- bougie
- Noun meaning candle; wax light source
- trouver
- Infinitive meaning to find or to discover something
- traces
- Noun meaning traces, marks, or clues left behind
- inconnu
- Adjective or noun meaning unknown or a stranger
- agita
- Past tense of 'agiter'; she stirred or poked vigorously
- tisonnier
- Noun meaning poker; tool used to stir fireplace coals
- cheminée
- Noun meaning fireplace or chimney
- frappa
- Past tense of 'frapper'; she knocked or struck the walls
- murs
- Noun meaning walls of a room or building
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