The Tale of Mrs. Tittlemouse — Page 5
Tittlemouse followed him with a dish-cloth, to wipe his large wet footmarks off the parlour floor.
Tittlemouse volgde hem met een vaatdoek, om zijn grote natte voetafdrukken van de salondeur te vegen.
[Illustration: Wiping up footmarks]
[Illustratie: Voetafdrukken wegvegen]
[Illustration: Walking down the passage]
[Illustratie: Door de gang lopen]
When he had convinced himself that there was no honey in the cupboards, he began to walk down the passage.
Toen hij zichzelf ervan had overtuigd dat er geen honing in de kasten zat, begon hij door de gang te lopen.
"Indeed, indeed, you will stick fast, Mr. Jackson!"
"Werkelijk, werkelijk, u zult vast komen te zitten, meneer Jackson!"
"Tiddly, widdly, widdly, Mrs. Tittlemouse!"
"Tiddly, widdly, widdly, mevrouw Tittlemouse!"
First he squeezed into the pantry.
Eerst wrong hij zich in de provisiekamer.
"Tiddly, widdly, widdly? no honey? no honey, Mrs. Tittlemouse?"
"Tiddly, widdly, widdly? geen honing? geen honing, mevrouw Tittlemouse?"
There were three creepy-crawly people hiding in the plate-rack.
Er waren drie kruipende wezentjes verstopt in het bordenrek.
Two of them got away; but the littlest one he caught.
Twee van hen ontsnapten; maar het kleinste ving hij.
[Illustration: Creepy-crawly people]
[Illustratie: Kruipende wezentjes]
[Illustration: Butterfly tasting the sugar]
[Illustratie: Vlinder die de suiker proeft]
Then he squeezed into the larder.
Daarna wrong hij zich in de voorraadkamer.
Miss Butterfly was tasting the sugar; but she flew away out of the window.
Juffrouw Vlinder proefde van de suiker; maar ze vloog weg door het raam.
"Tiddly, widdly, widdly, Mrs. Tittlemouse; you seem to have plenty of visitors!"
"Tiddly, widdly, widdly, mevrouw Tittlemouse; u schijnt heel wat bezoekers te hebben!"
"And without any invitation!" said Mrs. Thomasina Tittlemouse.
"En zonder enige uitnodiging!" zei mevrouw Thomasina Tittlemouse.
They went along the sandy passage--"Tiddly widdly--" "Buzz! Wizz! Wizz!"
Ze liepen door de zanderige gang--"Tiddly widdly--" "Bzzz! Wizz! Wizz!"
He met Babbitty round a corner, and snapped her up, and put her down again.
Hij trof Babbitty om een hoek, en griste haar op, en zette haar weer neer.
"I do not like bumble bees. They are all over bristles," said Mr. Jackson, wiping his mouth with his coat-sleeve.
"Ik hou niet van hommels. Ze zitten helemaal onder de stekels," zei meneer Jackson, terwijl hij zijn mond afveegde met zijn jaszoom.
"Get out, you nasty old toad!" shrieked Babbitty Bumble.
"Eruit, jij vieze oude pad!" krijste Babbitty Brommel.
"I shall go distracted!" scolded Mrs. Tittlemouse.
"Ik word er gek van!" snauwde mevrouw Tittlemouse.
[Illustration: Confronting the Bee]
[Illustratie: De bij tegemoet treden]
[Illustration: Shut into the nut-cellar]
[Illustratie: Opgesloten in de notenkelder]
She shut herself up in the nut-cellar while Mr. Jackson pulled out the bees-nest.
Ze sloot zichzelf op in de notenkelder terwijl meneer Jackson het bijennest uittrok.
He seemed to have no objection to stings.
Hij leek geen bezwaar te hebben tegen steken.
When Mrs.
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Vocabulary
- volgde
- Followed someone or something
- hem
- Him; third person singular male object pronoun
- met
- With; preposition indicating accompaniment or means
- een
- A or an; indefinite article
- vaatdoek
- Dishcloth used for wiping or cleaning surfaces
- om
- To or around; preposition with multiple uses
- zijn
- His or to be; possessive or verb
- grote
- Big or large; adjective describing size
- natte
- Wet; adjective describing something soaked or moist
- voetafdrukken
- Footprints left behind on a surface
- van
- Of or from; common Dutch preposition
- de
- The; definite article for de-words
- salondeur
- Living room door or parlour door
- te
- To; infinitive marker or preposition
- vegen
- To wipe or sweep a surface clean
- Illustratie
- Illustration; a picture accompanying a text
- Voetafdrukken
- Footprints; marks left by feet on surfaces
- wegvegen
- To wipe away or sweep something off
- Door
- Through or by; preposition indicating passage
- gang
- Hallway or corridor inside a building
- lopen
- To walk or to run; general movement verb
- Toen
- When or then; referring to a past moment
- hij
- He; third person singular male subject pronoun
- zichzelf
- Himself; reflexive pronoun for self-reference
- ervan
- Of it or from it; contracted pronoun phrase
- had
- Had; past tense of hebben
- overtuigd
- Convinced or persuaded of something
- dat
- That; conjunction or demonstrative pronoun
- er
- There; expletive pronoun used in Dutch sentences
- geen
- No or none; negation of a noun
- honing
- Honey; sweet substance produced by bees
- in
- In or inside; preposition indicating location
- kasten
- Cupboards or cabinets for storing items
- zat
- Sat or was located; past tense of zitten
- begon
- Began; past tense of beginnen
- door
- Through; preposition indicating movement through
- Werkelijk
- Really or truly; adverb expressing emphasis
- werkelijk
- Really or truly; adverb expressing strong emphasis
- u
- You; formal second person singular pronoun
- zult
- Will; future tense form of zullen
- vast
- Stuck or fixed; adjective indicating being trapped
- komen
- To come; verb of movement toward a place
- zitten
- To sit or to be stuck somewhere
- meneer
- Mister or sir; formal male title of address
- mevrouw
- Mrs or madam; formal female title of address
- Eerst
- First or at first; indicating sequence order
- wrong
- Squeezed or wrung out something forcefully
- zich
- Himself or herself; reflexive pronoun
- provisiekamer
- Pantry or larder for storing food provisions
- Er
- There; expletive used to introduce existence
- waren
- Were; past tense plural form of zijn
- drie
- Three; the number 3
- kruipende
- Creeping or crawling; adjective describing movement
- wezentjes
- Little creatures or tiny beings
- verstopt
- Hidden or concealed somewhere out of sight
- het
- The; definite article for het-words
- bordenrek
- Plate rack used for drying or storing dishes
- Twee
- Two; the number 2
- hen
- Them; third person plural object pronoun
- ontsnapten
- Escaped; past tense plural of ontsnappen
- maar
- But; conjunction indicating contrast or exception
- kleinste
- Smallest; superlative adjective describing size
- ving
- Caught; past tense singular of vangen
- Kruipende
- Creeping; adjective describing crawling movement
- Vlinder
- Butterfly; winged insect with colourful wings
- die
- That or who; relative or demonstrative pronoun
- suiker
- Sugar; sweet crystalline food substance
- proeft
- Tastes; third person singular of proeven
- Daarna
- After that or thereafter; adverb of sequence
- voorraadkamer
- Storeroom or pantry for keeping food supplies
- Juffrouw
- Miss; formal title for an unmarried woman
- proefde
- Tasted; past tense singular of proeven
- ze
- She or they; third person pronoun
- vloog
- Flew; past tense singular of vliegen
- weg
- Away or road; indicating departure or direction
- raam
- Window; an opening in a wall with glass
- schijnt
- Seems or shines; third person of schijnen
- heel
- Very or quite; adverb intensifying adjectives
- wat
- What or some; interrogative or indefinite pronoun
- bezoekers
- Visitors or guests coming to a place
- hebben
- To have; auxiliary and main verb
- En
- And; conjunction joining words or clauses
- zonder
- Without; preposition indicating absence of something
- enige
- Any or only; adjective indicating uniqueness or absence
- uitnodiging
- Invitation; a request to attend or visit
- zei
- Said; past tense singular of zeggen
- Ze
- She or they; third person pronoun
- liepen
- Walked or ran; past tense plural of lopen
- zanderige
- Sandy; adjective describing a sandy texture
- Hij
- He; third person singular male subject pronoun
- trof
- Met or found; past tense singular of treffen
- hoek
- Corner or angle; point where two surfaces meet
- en
- And; conjunction joining words or phrases
- griste
- Snatched or grabbed quickly and forcefully
- haar
- Her or hair; possessive pronoun or noun
- op
- On or up; preposition or particle
- zette
- Put or placed; past tense singular of zetten
- weer
- Again or weather; adverb of repetition
- neer
- Down; directional particle indicating downward motion
- Ik
- I; first person singular subject pronoun
- hou
- Hold or like; first person of houden
- niet
- Not; negation adverb in Dutch sentences
- hommels
- Bumblebees; large fuzzy buzzing insects
- helemaal
- Completely or entirely; adverb of totality
- onder
- Under or below; preposition indicating position
- stekels
- Spines or stings; sharp pointed protrusions
- terwijl
- While or whereas; conjunction of simultaneity
- mond
- Mouth; facial opening used for eating speaking
- afveegde
- Wiped off; past tense of afvegen
- jaszoom
- Coat hem; the bottom edge of a jacket
- Eruit
- Out of here; exclamation demanding departure
- jij
- You; second person singular subject pronoun
- vieze
- Dirty or disgusting; adjective describing filth
- oude
- Old; adjective describing age of something
- pad
- Toad; an amphibian similar to a frog
- krijste
- Screamed or shrieked; past tense of krijsen
- word
- Become; first person of worden
- gek
- Crazy or mad; adjective describing mental state
- snauwde
- Snarled or snapped at someone angrily
- De
- The; definite article for de-words
- bij
- Bee or at; insect or preposition of location
- tegemoet
- Toward or to meet; directional preposition
- treden
- To step or tread; verb of stepping forward
- Opgesloten
- Locked up or imprisoned; past participle of opsluiten
- notenkelder
- Nut cellar; underground storage for nuts
- sloot
- Closed or locked; past tense of sluiten
- bijennest
- Bee nest; a colony home built by bees
- uittrok
- Pulled out or withdrew; past tense of uittrekken
- leek
- Seemed or appeared; past tense of lijken
- bezwaar
- Objection or problem; a concern raised against something
- tegen
- Against or toward; preposition of opposition
- steken
- To sting or to poke; action of piercing
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