The Tale of Benjamin Bunny — Page 5
He took a tremendous jump off the top of the wall on to the top of the cat, and cuffed it off the basket, and kicked it into the greenhouse, scratching off a handful of fur.
Il fit un bond prodigieux du haut du mur sur le dos du chat, le chassa du panier d'un coup de patte, et l'envoya d'un coup de pied dans la serre, lui arrachant une poignée de poils au passage.
The cat was too much surprised to scratch back.
Le chat était trop surpris pour griffer en retour.
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When old Mr. Bunny had driven the cat into the greenhouse, he locked the door.
Lorsque le vieux M. Lapin eut chassé le chat dans la serre, il ferma la porte à clé.
Then he came back to the basket and took out his son Benjamin by the ears, and whipped him with the little switch.
Puis il revint au panier et en sortit son fils Benjamin par les oreilles, et le fouetta avec la petite baguette.
Then he took out his nephew Peter.
Puis il sortit son neveu Pierre.
Then he took out the handkerchief of onions, and marched out of the garden.
Puis il prit le mouchoir d'oignons, et sortit du jardin d'un pas décidé.
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When Mr. McGregor returned about half an hour later he observed several things which perplexed him.
Lorsque M. McGregor revint environ une demi-heure plus tard, il observa plusieurs choses qui le laissèrent perplexe.
It looked as though some person had been walking all over the garden in a pair of clogs--only the footmarks were too ridiculously little!
On aurait dit qu'une personne s'était promenée dans tout le jardin avec une paire de sabots — seulement les empreintes étaient d'une petitesse vraiment ridicule !
Also he could not understand how the cat could have managed to shut herself up _inside_ the greenhouse, locking the door upon the _outside_.
De plus, il ne pouvait pas comprendre comment le chat avait pu se retrouver enfermé _à l'intérieur_ de la serre, avec la porte verrouillée de _l'extérieur_.
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When Peter got home his mother forgave him, because she was so glad to see that he had found his shoes and coat.
Lorsque Pierre rentra à la maison, sa mère lui pardonna, car elle était si heureuse de voir qu'il avait retrouvé ses chaussures et son manteau.
Cotton-tail and Peter folded up the pocket-handkerchief, and old Mrs. Rabbit strung up the onions and hung them from the kitchen ceiling, with the bunches of herbs and the rabbit-tobacco.
Queue-de-Coton et Pierre plièrent le mouchoir de poche, et la vieille Mme Lapin enfila les oignons et les suspendit au plafond de la cuisine, avec les bouquets d'herbes et le tabac-de-lapin.
Vocabulary
- fit
- Past tense of 'faire'; he/she did or made
- bond
- A leap, jump, or sudden spring forward
- prodigieux
- Extraordinary, amazing, or astonishingly impressive
- haut
- High, tall, or at the top of something
- mur
- A wall, typically of a building or enclosure
- dos
- The back of a person or animal
- chat
- A domestic cat kept as a pet
- chassa
- Past tense of 'chasser'; drove away or chased off
- panier
- A basket used for carrying goods or items
- coup
- A hit, blow, or sudden strike
- patte
- A paw or leg of an animal
- envoya
- Past tense of 'envoyer'; sent or flung something
- pied
- A foot or the base of something
- serre
- A greenhouse or a claw of a bird of prey
- arrachant
- Present participle of 'arracher'; tearing or pulling away
- poignée
- A handful of something or a door handle
- poils
- Hairs or fur on an animal's body
- passage
- A passing by or a narrow corridor or path
- trop
- Adverb meaning 'too' or 'too much'
- surpris
- Surprised, caught off guard, or astonished
- griffer
- To scratch or claw with nails or claws
- retour
- A return or coming back to a place
- Illustration
- A picture or drawing accompanying a text
- Lorsque
- Conjunction meaning 'when' at a specific moment
- vieux
- Old, aged, or having lived many years
- Lapin
- A rabbit, a small burrowing mammal
- eut
- Past historic of 'avoir'; had at a specific moment
- chassé
- Past participle of 'chasser'; chased or driven away
- ferma
- Past tense of 'fermer'; closed or shut something
- porte
- A door or gate of a building
- clé
- A key used to lock or unlock something
- Puis
- Adverb meaning 'then' or 'afterwards' in sequence
- revint
- Past tense of 'revenir'; came back or returned
- sortit
- Past tense of 'sortir'; took out or went out
- fils
- A son, a male child of a parent
- oreilles
- Ears, the organs of hearing on a head
- fouetta
- Past tense of 'fouetter'; whipped or lashed sharply
- baguette
- A thin stick or wand; also a French bread loaf
- neveu
- A nephew, the son of one's sibling
- prit
- Past tense of 'prendre'; took or grabbed something
- mouchoir
- A handkerchief used to wipe the nose or face
- oignons
- Onions, pungent bulb vegetables used in cooking
- jardin
- A garden or outdoor space for growing plants
- décidé
- Decided, determined, or resolved to do something
- environ
- Approximately or about a certain quantity or time
- demi
- Half of something or a partial measure
- heure
- An hour, a unit of sixty minutes
- plus
- More, additional, or no longer depending on context
- tard
- Late or later in time than expected
- observa
- Past tense of 'observer'; noticed or watched carefully
- plusieurs
- Several or more than two of something
- choses
- Things, objects, or matters of various kinds
- laissèrent
- Past tense of 'laisser'; left or caused someone to be
- perplexe
- Puzzled, confused, or unable to understand something
- On
- Indefinite pronoun meaning 'one', 'we', or 'they'
- aurait
- Conditional of 'avoir'; would have in a hypothetical
- dit
- Past tense of 'dire'; said or told something
- personne
- A person or in negation nobody at all
- promenée
- Past participle of 'se promener'; walked or strolled about
- tout
- All, every, or completely depending on context
- paire
- A pair or set of two matching items
- sabots
- Wooden clogs or the hooves of an animal
- seulement
- Only, merely, or just a limited amount
- empreintes
- Footprints or impressions left on a surface
- petitesse
- Smallness or the quality of being very little
- vraiment
- Truly, really, or genuinely emphasizing a statement
- ridicule
- Ridiculous, absurd, or deserving of mockery
- pouvait
- Imperfect of 'pouvoir'; was able to or could
- comprendre
- To understand or grasp the meaning of something
- comment
- How or in what way something occurred
- pu
- Past participle of 'pouvoir'; been able to do
- retrouver
- To find again or end up in a situation
- enfermé
- Locked in or shut inside an enclosed space
- intérieur_
- The inside or interior of a space or building
- verrouillée
- Locked, secured with a bolt or lock mechanism
- extérieur_
- The outside or exterior of a space or building
- rentra
- Past tense of 'rentrer'; went back home or inside
- maison
- A house or home where someone lives
- mère
- A mother, the female parent of a child
- pardonna
- Past tense of 'pardonner'; forgave or excused someone
- car
- Conjunction meaning 'because' or 'for' explaining reason
- si
- So, so much, or if depending on context
- heureuse
- Feminine form of happy or pleased about something
- voir
- To see or to look at something or someone
- retrouvé
- Past participle of 'retrouver'; found again or recovered
- chaussures
- Shoes or footwear worn on the feet
- manteau
- A coat or overcoat worn as outer clothing
- Queue
- A tail or a line of people or animals
- Coton
- Cotton, a soft natural fiber; here a character's name
- plièrent
- Past tense of 'plier'; folded or bent something flat
- poche
- A pocket in clothing for storing small items
- vieille
- Feminine adjective meaning 'old' or elderly woman
- enfila
- Past tense of 'enfiler'; threaded or slipped something on
- suspendit
- Past tense of 'suspendre'; hung up or suspended something
- plafond
- A ceiling, the upper interior surface of a room
- cuisine
- A kitchen or the style of cooking food
- bouquets
- Bunches of flowers or herbs tied together
- herbes
- Herbs or plants used for cooking or medicine
- tabac
- Tobacco, a plant whose leaves are smoked or chewed
- lapin
- A rabbit, a small furry long-eared mammal
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