The Tale of Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle — Page 2
Three handkins and a pinny! Have _you_ seen them, Tabby Kitten?"
Drie zakdoekjes en een schortje! Heb _jij_ ze gezien, Tabby Kitten?"
The Kitten went on washing her white paws; so Lucie asked a speckled hen--
Het Katje bleef haar witte pootjes wassen; dus vroeg Lucie aan een gevlekte hen--
"Sally Henny-penny, have _you_ found three pocket-handkins?"
"Sally Henny-penny, heb _jij_ drie zakdoekjes gevonden?"
But the speckled hen ran into a barn, clucking--
Maar de gevlekte hen rende een schuur in, terwijl ze kakelend riep--
"I go barefoot, barefoot, barefoot!"
"Ik ga op blote voeten, blote voeten, blote voeten!"
And then Lucie asked Cock Robin sitting on a twig.
En toen vroeg Lucie het aan Roodborst die op een takje zat.
Cock Robin looked sideways at Lucie with his bright black eye, and he flew over a stile and away.
Roodborst keek van opzij naar Lucie met zijn heldere zwarte oogje, en vloog over een overstap en weg.
Lucie climbed upon the stile and looked up at the hill behind Little-town--a hill that goes up--up--into the clouds as though it had no top!
Lucie klom op de overstap en keek omhoog naar de heuvel achter Klein-stadje--een heuvel die omhoog gaat--omhoog--de wolken in, alsof hij geen top had!
And a great way up the hill-side she thought she saw some white things spread upon the grass.
En ver omhoog op de heuvelflank meende ze enkele witte dingen op het gras uitgespreid te zien.
Lucie scrambled up the hill as fast as her stout legs would carry her; she ran along a steep path-way--up and up--until Little-town was right away down below--she could have dropped a pebble down the chimney!
Lucie klauterde zo snel als haar stevige beentjes haar konden dragen de heuvel op; ze rende langs een steil pad--omhoog en omhoog--totdat Klein-stadje ver beneden haar lag--ze had een kiezelsteen in de schoorsteen kunnen gooien!
Presently she came to a spring, bubbling out from the hill-side.
Al gauw kwam ze bij een bron, die opborrelde uit de heuvelflank.
Some one had stood a tin can upon a stone to catch the water--but the water was already running over, for the can was no bigger than an egg-cup!
Iemand had een blikken blikje op een steen gezet om het water op te vangen--maar het water liep al over, want het blikje was niet groter dan een eierdopje!
And where the sand upon the path was wet--there were foot-marks of a _very_ small person.
En waar het zand op het pad nat was--daar waren voetafdrukken van een _heel_ klein persoon.
Lucie ran on, and on.
Lucie rende maar door, en door.
The path ended under a big rock.
Het pad eindigde onder een grote rots.
Vocabulary
- Drie
- The number three
- zakdoekjes
- Small handkerchiefs or hankies
- en
- Conjunction meaning 'and'
- een
- Indefinite article or number one
- schortje
- A small apron worn over clothing
- Heb
- First-person singular form of 'hebben' (to have)
- jij
- Second-person singular pronoun 'you' (emphatic)
- ze
- Pronoun meaning 'them' or 'they' or 'she'
- gezien
- Past participle of 'zien', meaning 'seen'
- Kitten
- A young cat
- Het
- Definite article for neuter nouns, 'the'
- Katje
- A small or young cat, kitten
- bleef
- Past tense of 'blijven', meaning 'stayed' or 'remained'
- haar
- Possessive pronoun 'her' or noun 'hair'
- witte
- Adjective 'white' in inflected form
- pootjes
- Small paws or feet of an animal
- wassen
- To wash or clean something
- dus
- Conjunction meaning 'so' or 'therefore'
- vroeg
- Past tense of 'vragen', meaning 'asked'
- aan
- Preposition meaning 'to', 'at', or 'on'
- gevlekte
- Adjective meaning 'spotted' or 'speckled'
- hen
- Pronoun meaning 'them' (object form)
- heb
- First-person singular present of 'hebben' (have)
- drie
- The number three
- gevonden
- Past participle of 'vinden', meaning 'found'
- Maar
- Conjunction meaning 'but'
- de
- Definite article for common nouns, 'the'
- rende
- Past tense of 'rennen', meaning 'ran'
- schuur
- A barn or shed for storage
- in
- Preposition meaning 'in' or 'into'
- terwijl
- Conjunction meaning 'while' or 'whereas'
- kakelend
- Cackling, making a hen-like noise
- riep
- Past tense of 'roepen', meaning 'called' or 'cried out'
- Ik
- First-person singular pronoun 'I'
- ga
- First-person singular present of 'gaan' (to go)
- op
- Preposition meaning 'on' or 'up'
- blote
- Adjective meaning 'bare' or 'naked'
- voeten
- Plural noun meaning 'feet'
- En
- Conjunction meaning 'and'
- toen
- Adverb or conjunction meaning 'then' or 'when'
- het
- Definite article for neuter nouns, 'the'
- Roodborst
- A robin, small bird with red breast
- die
- Relative pronoun or demonstrative meaning 'that' or 'who'
- takje
- A small twig or branch
- zat
- Past tense of 'zitten', meaning 'sat'
- keek
- Past tense of 'kijken', meaning 'looked'
- van
- Preposition meaning 'of' or 'from'
- opzij
- Adverb meaning 'sideways' or 'to the side'
- naar
- Preposition meaning 'to' or 'towards'
- met
- Preposition meaning 'with'
- zijn
- Possessive pronoun 'his' or verb 'to be'
- heldere
- Adjective meaning 'bright' or 'clear'
- zwarte
- Adjective meaning 'black' in inflected form
- oogje
- A small eye, diminutive of 'oog'
- vloog
- Past tense of 'vliegen', meaning 'flew'
- over
- Preposition meaning 'over' or 'across'
- overstap
- A step or crossing point over an obstacle
- weg
- Noun meaning 'road' or adverb meaning 'away'
- klom
- Past tense of 'klimmen', meaning 'climbed'
- omhoog
- Adverb meaning 'upward' or 'up'
- heuvel
- A hill or small elevated landform
- achter
- Preposition meaning 'behind' or 'after'
- Klein
- Adjective meaning 'small' or 'little'
- stadje
- A small town, diminutive of 'stad'
- gaat
- Third-person singular present of 'gaan' (to go)
- wolken
- Plural noun meaning 'clouds'
- alsof
- Conjunction meaning 'as if' or 'as though'
- hij
- Third-person singular masculine pronoun 'he'
- geen
- Negative article meaning 'no' or 'not any'
- top
- The highest point or summit of something
- had
- Past tense of 'hebben', meaning 'had'
- ver
- Adjective or adverb meaning 'far' or 'distant'
- heuvelflank
- The side or slope of a hill
- meende
- Past tense of 'menen', meaning 'thought' or 'believed'
- enkele
- Adjective meaning 'some' or 'a few'
- dingen
- Plural noun meaning 'things'
- gras
- Noun meaning 'grass'
- uitgespreid
- Past participle meaning 'spread out' or 'laid out'
- te
- Particle used before infinitives, meaning 'to'
- zien
- Infinitive meaning 'to see'
- klauterde
- Past tense of 'klauteren', meaning 'scrambled' or 'clambered'
- zo
- Adverb meaning 'so' or 'as' or 'like this'
- snel
- Adjective or adverb meaning 'fast' or 'quick'
- als
- Conjunction meaning 'as' or 'when' or 'like'
- stevige
- Adjective meaning 'sturdy' or 'firm' or 'strong'
- beentjes
- Small legs, diminutive plural of 'been'
- konden
- Past tense plural of 'kunnen', meaning 'could'
- dragen
- Infinitive meaning 'to carry' or 'to bear'
- langs
- Preposition meaning 'along' or 'past'
- steil
- Adjective meaning 'steep'
- pad
- A path or narrow track
- totdat
- Conjunction meaning 'until'
- beneden
- Adverb meaning 'below' or 'downstairs'
- lag
- Past tense of 'liggen', meaning 'lay' or 'was lying'
- kiezelsteen
- A pebble or small stone
- schoorsteen
- A chimney on a roof or building
- kunnen
- Modal verb meaning 'to be able to' or 'can'
- gooien
- Infinitive meaning 'to throw' or 'to toss'
- Al
- Adverb meaning 'already' or 'soon'
- gauw
- Adverb meaning 'soon' or 'quickly'
- kwam
- Past tense of 'komen', meaning 'came'
- bij
- Preposition meaning 'at', 'near', or 'by'
- bron
- A spring or source of water
- opborrelde
- Past tense of 'opborrelen', meaning 'bubbled up'
- uit
- Preposition meaning 'out of' or 'from'
- Iemand
- Indefinite pronoun meaning 'someone' or 'somebody'
- blikken
- Adjective meaning 'tin' or 'made of tin'
- blikje
- A small tin can or metal container
- steen
- A stone or rock
- gezet
- Past participle of 'zetten', meaning 'placed' or 'set'
- om
- Preposition meaning 'around', 'at', or 'in order to'
- water
- The liquid essential for life, water
- vangen
- Infinitive meaning 'to catch' or 'to capture'
- maar
- Conjunction meaning 'but' or adverb 'only'
- liep
- Past tense of 'lopen', meaning 'walked' or 'ran'
- al
- Adverb meaning 'already' or 'yet'
- want
- Conjunction meaning 'because' or 'for'
- was
- Past tense of 'zijn', meaning 'was'
- niet
- Negation adverb meaning 'not'
- groter
- Comparative adjective meaning 'larger' or 'bigger'
- dan
- Conjunction meaning 'than' in comparisons
- eierdopje
- A small egg cup for holding boiled eggs
- waar
- Adverb meaning 'where' or adjective meaning 'true'
- zand
- Noun meaning 'sand'
- nat
- Adjective meaning 'wet' or 'damp'
- daar
- Adverb meaning 'there'
- waren
- Past tense plural of 'zijn', meaning 'were'
- voetafdrukken
- Footprints or impressions left by feet
- heel
- Adverb meaning 'very' or adjective meaning 'whole'
- klein
- Adjective meaning 'small' or 'little'
- persoon
- A person or individual human being
- door
- Preposition meaning 'through' or 'by'
- eindigde
- Past tense of 'eindigen', meaning 'ended' or 'finished'
- onder
- Preposition meaning 'under' or 'below'
- grote
- Adjective meaning 'large' or 'big' in inflected form
- rots
- A large rock or cliff
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