The Tale of Mrs. Tittlemouse — Page 3
I am sure I can see the marks of little dirty feet."
Ich bin sicher, ich kann die Abdrücke kleiner schmutziger Füße sehen."
[Illustration: Marks of little feet]
[Illustration: Abdrücke kleiner Füße]
[Illustration: Babbitty Bumble]
[Illustration: Babbitty Bumble]
said the bumble bee.
sagte die Hummel.
Mrs. Tittlemouse looked at her severely.
Frau Tittlemouse sah sie streng an.
She wished that she had a broom.
Sie wünschte, sie hätte einen Besen.
"Good-day, Babbitty Bumble; I should be glad to buy some beeswax.
„Guten Tag, Babbitty Bumble; ich würde gern etwas Bienenwachs kaufen.
But what are you doing down here?
Aber was machen Sie hier unten?
Mrs. Tittlemouse began to get cross.
Frau Tittlemouse begann ärgerlich zu werden.
She sidled down a passage, and disappeared into a storeroom which had been used for acorns.
Sie schlich einen Gang entlang und verschwand in einem Vorratsraum, der für Eicheln genutzt worden war.
Mrs. Tittlemouse had eaten the acorns before Christmas; the storeroom ought to have been empty.
Frau Tittlemouse hatte die Eicheln vor Weihnachten aufgegessen; der Vorratsraum hätte leer sein sollen.
But it was full of untidy dry moss.
Aber er war voller unordentlichem trockenem Moos.
[Illustration: Full of moss]
[Illustration: Voller Moos]
[Illustration: Bees nest]
[Illustration: Bienennest]
Mrs. Tittlemouse began to pull out the moss.
Frau Tittlemouse begann, das Moos herauszuziehen.
Three or four other bees put their heads out, and buzzed fiercely.
Drei oder vier andere Bienen streckten ihre Köpfe heraus und summten heftig.
Mrs. Tittlemouse decided to leave the bees till after dinner.
Frau Tittlemouse beschloss, die Bienen bis nach dem Abendessen in Ruhe zu lassen.
When she got back to the parlour, she heard some one coughing in a fat voice; and there sat Mr. Jackson himself!
Als sie ins Wohnzimmer zurückkehrte, hörte sie jemanden mit einer dicken Stimme husten; und da saß Herr Jackson höchstpersönlich!
Vocabulary
- sicher
- Certain, safe, or sure about something
- Abdrücke
- Imprints or marks left by pressing something
- kleiner
- Smaller or little, comparative/inflected form
- schmutziger
- Dirtier or dirty, inflected adjective form
- Füße
- Plural of foot, the body part used for walking
- sehen
- To see or observe something visually
- Illustration
- A picture or drawing accompanying a text
- sagte
- Said, past tense of 'sagen', to say
- Hummel
- A bumblebee, a large fuzzy flying insect
- Frau
- Woman or Mrs., a common title and noun
- sah
- Saw, simple past tense of 'sehen', to see
- streng
- Strict or stern in manner or expression
- wünschte
- Wished or desired, past tense of 'wünschen'
- hätte
- Would have, subjunctive form of 'haben'
- Besen
- A broom used for sweeping floors
- Tag
- Day or a greeting as in 'good day'
- würde
- Would, subjunctive form used for politeness
- gern
- Gladly or willingly, expresses liking to do something
- etwas
- Something or somewhat, an indefinite pronoun
- Bienenwachs
- Beeswax, a waxy substance produced by bees
- kaufen
- To buy or purchase goods or services
- machen
- To do or make something
- hier
- Here, indicating a nearby place or location
- unten
- Below or downstairs, indicating lower position
- begann
- Began, simple past of 'beginnen', to begin
- ärgerlich
- Annoyed or irritating, expressing frustration or anger
- werden
- To become or auxiliary for future and passive
- schlich
- Crept or sneaked, past tense of 'schleichen'
- Gang
- A corridor, hallway, or passage in a building
- entlang
- Along, indicating movement beside something lengthwise
- verschwand
- Disappeared, past tense of 'verschwinden'
- Vorratsraum
- A storage room used for keeping supplies or provisions
- Eicheln
- Acorns, the nuts produced by oak trees
- genutzt
- Used or utilized, past participle of 'nutzen'
- worden
- Been, past participle used in passive constructions
- vor
- Before, in front of, or ago as preposition
- Weihnachten
- Christmas, the Christian holiday celebrated in December
- aufgegessen
- Eaten up, past participle of 'aufessen', to finish eating
- leer
- Empty, containing nothing inside
- sollen
- Should or supposed to, a modal verb of obligation
- voller
- Full of, indicating abundance of something inside
- unordentlichem
- Messy or untidy, inflected adjective in dative case
- trockenem
- Dry, inflected adjective describing a dry substance
- Moos
- Moss, a small green plant growing in damp places
- Voller
- Full of, emphasizing that something is completely filled
- Bienennest
- A bee's nest or hive where bees live
- herauszuziehen
- To pull out or extract something from a place
- andere
- Other or others, referring to additional individuals
- Bienen
- Bees, plural of 'Biene', the stinging insect
- streckten
- Stretched or stuck out, past tense of 'strecken'
- Köpfe
- Heads, plural of 'Kopf', the body part
- heraus
- Out or outward, a directional separable prefix
- summten
- Hummed or buzzed, past tense of 'summen'
- heftig
- Vigorously, intensely, or vehemently describing an action
- beschloss
- Decided, simple past of 'beschließen', to decide
- bis
- Until or up to a point in time
- nach
- After or to, a preposition of time or direction
- Abendessen
- Dinner or evening meal, the main evening meal
- Ruhe
- Rest, quiet, or peace in a calm state
- lassen
- To let, allow, or leave someone or something
- Als
- When or as, a subordinating conjunction for past events
- Wohnzimmer
- Living room, the main room for relaxing in
- zurückkehrte
- Returned, past tense of 'zurückkehren', to come back
- hörte
- Heard, simple past tense of 'hören', to hear
- jemanden
- Someone, indefinite pronoun in accusative case
- dicken
- Thick or fat, inflected adjective in dative case
- Stimme
- Voice, the sound produced when a person speaks
- husten
- To cough, to expel air from lungs forcefully
- da
- There, then, or since depending on context
- saß
- Sat, simple past tense of 'sitzen', to sit
- Herr
- Mr. or gentleman, a formal title for men
- höchstpersönlich
- In person, emphasizing someone's personal and direct presence
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