The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin — Page 5
But Nutkin ran in front laughing, and shouting--
Maar Nutkin rende vooruit, lachend en roepend--
"Humpty Dumpty lies in the beck, With a white counterpane round his neck, Forty doctors and forty wrights, Cannot put Humpty Dumpty to rights!"
"Humpty Dumpty ligt in de beek, Met een witte sprei om zijn nek, Veertig dokters en veertig smeden, Kunnen Humpty Dumpty niet helen!"
Now old Mr. Brown took an interest in eggs; he opened one eye and shut it again.
Nu toonde de oude heer Bruin interesse in eieren; hij opende één oog en sloot het weer.
But still he did not speak.
Maar toch zei hij niets.
Nutkin became more and more impertinent--
Nutkin werd steeds brutaler--
"Old Mr. B! Old Mr. B! Hickamore, Hackamore, on the King's kitchen door; All the King's horses, and all the King's men, Couldn't drive Hickamore, Hackamore, Off the King's kitchen door."
"Oude heer B! Oude heer B! Hickamore, Hackamore, op de keukendeur van de Koning; Al des Konings paarden en al des Konings mannen, Konden Hickamore, Hackamore, Niet van des Konings keukendeur verdrijven."
Nutkin danced up and down like a sunbeam; but still Old Brown said nothing at all.
Nutkin danste op en neer als een zonnestraal; maar de oude Bruin zei nog steeds helemaal niets.
Nutkin began again--
Nutkin begon opnieuw--
"Arthur O'Bower has broken his band, He comes roaring up the land! The King of Scots with all his power, Cannot turn Arthur of the Bower!"
"Arthur O'Bower heeft zijn band gebroken, Hij komt brullend over het land! De Koning van Schotland met al zijn macht, Kan Arthur van de Bower niet keren!"
Nutkin made a whirring noise to sound like the wind, and he took a running jump right onto the head of Old Brown!...
Nutkin maakte een suizend geluid om de wind na te bootsen, en hij nam een aanloop en sprong regelrecht op het hoofd van de oude Bruin!...
Then all at once there was a flutterment and a scufflement and a loud "Squeak!"
Toen was er plotseling een gefladder en een gegrauw en een luide "Piep!"
The other squirrels scuttered away into the bushes.
De andere eekhoorns schoten haastig de struiken in.
When they came back very cautiously, peeping round the tree--there was Old Brown sitting on his door-step, quite still, with his eyes closed, as if nothing had happened.
Toen ze heel voorzichtig terugkwamen en om de boom gluurden--zat de oude Bruin op zijn drempelsteen, volkomen stil, met gesloten ogen, alsof er niets was gebeurd.
But Nutkin was in his waistcoat pocket!
Maar Nutkin zat in zijn vestzak!
This looks like the end of the story; but it isn't.
Dit lijkt het einde van het verhaal; maar dat is het niet.
Vocabulary
- Maar
- Conjunction meaning 'but,' introducing contrast
- rende
- Past tense of 'rennen,' meaning ran quickly
- vooruit
- Forward, ahead in direction or progress
- lachend
- Laughing, present participle used as adjective
- en
- Conjunction meaning 'and,' connecting words or clauses
- roepend
- Calling out, shouting, present participle of 'roepen'
- ligt
- Third person singular of 'liggen,' lies down
- in
- Preposition meaning 'in' or 'inside'
- de
- Definite article 'the' for common-gender nouns
- beek
- A small stream or brook in nature
- Met
- Preposition meaning 'with,' indicating accompaniment
- een
- Indefinite article meaning 'a' or 'an'
- witte
- Adjective form of 'wit,' meaning white
- sprei
- A bedspread or coverlet placed over a bed
- om
- Preposition meaning 'around' or 'for'
- zijn
- Possessive pronoun meaning 'his,' or verb 'to be'
- nek
- The neck, back part of the human neck
- Veertig
- The number forty
- dokters
- Plural of 'dokter,' meaning doctors or physicians
- veertig
- The number forty
- smeden
- Plural of 'smid,' blacksmiths who work with metal
- Kunnen
- Modal verb meaning 'can' or 'are able to'
- niet
- Negation word meaning 'not'
- helen
- To heal or mend something that is broken
- Nu
- Adverb meaning 'now,' at this moment
- toonde
- Past tense of 'tonen,' meaning showed or displayed
- oude
- Adjective form of 'oud,' meaning old or aged
- heer
- A gentleman or mister, formal address for men
- interesse
- Noun meaning interest or curiosity in something
- eieren
- Plural of 'ei,' meaning eggs
- hij
- Third person singular pronoun meaning 'he'
- opende
- Past tense of 'openen,' meaning opened
- één
- The number one, emphasized to distinguish from article
- oog
- An eye, the organ used for seeing
- sloot
- Past tense of 'sluiten,' meaning closed or shut
- het
- Definite article 'the' for neuter nouns; also 'it'
- weer
- Again, once more; also means weather
- toch
- Adverb meaning 'still,' 'yet,' or 'anyway'
- zei
- Past tense of 'zeggen,' meaning said
- niets
- Pronoun meaning 'nothing,' not anything at all
- werd
- Past tense of 'worden,' meaning became
- steeds
- Adverb meaning 'increasingly' or 'continuously'
- brutaler
- Comparative of 'brutaal,' meaning more impudent or cheeky
- Oude
- Adjective form of 'oud,' meaning old, aged
- op
- Preposition meaning 'on' or 'upon'
- keukendeur
- The kitchen door, entrance to a kitchen
- van
- Preposition meaning 'of' or 'from'
- Koning
- A king, male monarch of a country
- Al
- Proper name or adverb meaning 'all' or 'already'
- des
- Genitive article, archaic form of 'de' meaning 'of the'
- Konings
- Genitive form of 'Koning,' meaning 'of the king'
- paarden
- Plural of 'paard,' meaning horses
- al
- All, every; also already, an adverb of time
- mannen
- Plural of 'man,' meaning men
- Konden
- Past tense plural of 'kunnen,' meaning could
- Niet
- Negation word meaning 'not'
- verdrijven
- To drive away, expel, or banish something
- danste
- Past tense of 'dansen,' meaning danced
- neer
- Down, downward direction or movement
- als
- Conjunction or preposition meaning 'as' or 'like'
- zonnestraal
- A ray of sunshine, beam of sunlight
- maar
- Conjunction meaning 'but,' introducing contrast
- nog
- Adverb meaning 'still,' 'yet,' or 'even'
- helemaal
- Adverb meaning 'completely,' 'entirely,' or 'at all'
- begon
- Past tense of 'beginnen,' meaning began or started
- opnieuw
- Adverb meaning 'again,' starting fresh once more
- heeft
- Third person singular of 'hebben,' meaning has
- band
- A bond, tie, or band; also a rubber tire
- gebroken
- Past participle of 'breken,' meaning broken
- Hij
- Third person singular pronoun meaning 'he'
- komt
- Third person singular of 'komen,' meaning comes
- brullend
- Roaring, present participle of 'brullen'
- over
- Preposition meaning 'over,' 'across,' or 'about'
- land
- Land, country, or nation; terrain
- De
- Definite article 'the' for common-gender nouns
- met
- Preposition meaning 'with,' indicating accompaniment
- macht
- Power, force, or might
- Kan
- Third person singular of 'kunnen,' meaning can
- keren
- To turn back, reverse, or stop something
- maakte
- Past tense of 'maken,' meaning made or created
- suizend
- Whizzing or whooshing, making a rushing sound
- geluid
- A sound or noise
- wind
- Wind, moving air in the atmosphere
- na
- Preposition meaning 'after' or 'following'
- te
- Infinitive particle, equivalent to 'to' before verbs
- bootsen
- To imitate or mimic someone or something
- nam
- Past tense of 'nemen,' meaning took
- aanloop
- A running start before jumping or launching
- sprong
- Past tense of 'springen,' meaning jumped; also a jump
- regelrecht
- Straight, directly, heading right toward something
- hoofd
- Head, the uppermost part of the body
- Toen
- Adverb or conjunction meaning 'then' or 'when'
- was
- Past tense of 'zijn,' meaning was
- er
- Expletive pronoun meaning 'there,' used with 'zijn'
- plotseling
- Adverb meaning 'suddenly,' without warning
- gefladder
- Fluttering, the act of wings flapping rapidly
- gegrauw
- Growling or snarling sounds made by animals
- luide
- Adjective form of 'luid,' meaning loud
- Piep
- A squeak or peep, a small high-pitched sound
- andere
- Adjective meaning 'other' or 'different'
- eekhoorns
- Plural of 'eekhoorn,' meaning squirrels
- schoten
- Past tense plural of 'schieten,' meaning shot or darted
- haastig
- Hastily, in a hurried or rushed manner
- struiken
- Plural of 'struik,' meaning bushes or shrubs
- ze
- Pronoun meaning 'they' or 'she'
- heel
- Adverb meaning 'very' or adjective meaning 'whole'
- voorzichtig
- Careful, cautious, proceeding with great care
- terugkwamen
- Past tense plural of 'terugkomen,' meaning came back
- boom
- A tree, a large woody plant
- gluurden
- Past tense plural of 'gluren,' meaning peeked or spied
- zat
- Past tense of 'zitten,' meaning sat
- drempelsteen
- A doorstep, the stone at a doorway threshold
- volkomen
- Adverb meaning 'completely' or 'utterly'
- stil
- Still, quiet, motionless, making no sound
- gesloten
- Past participle of 'sluiten,' meaning closed or shut
- ogen
- Plural of 'oog,' meaning eyes
- alsof
- Conjunction meaning 'as if,' introducing hypothetical comparison
- gebeurd
- Past participle of 'gebeuren,' meaning happened or occurred
- vestzak
- A waistcoat or vest pocket, small clothing pocket
- Dit
- Demonstrative pronoun meaning 'this'
- lijkt
- Third person singular of 'lijken,' meaning seems or appears
- einde
- End, conclusion, final part of something
- verhaal
- A story, tale, or narrative account
- dat
- Pronoun or conjunction meaning 'that'
- is
- Third person singular of 'zijn,' meaning is
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