The Tale of the Flopsy Bunnies — Page 4
The Flopsy Bunnies followed at a safe distance.
Die Flopsy-Häschen folgten in sicherem Abstand.
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They watched him go into his house.
Sie beobachteten, wie er in sein Haus ging.
And then they crept up to the window to listen.
Und dann schlichen sie sich ans Fenster heran, um zu lauschen.
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Mr. McGregor threw down the sack on the stone floor in a way that would have been extremely painful to the Flopsy Bunnies, if they had happened to have been inside it.
Herr McGregor warf den Sack auf den Steinboden, und zwar so, dass es für die Flopsy-Häschen äußerst schmerzhaft gewesen wäre, wenn sie zufällig darin gewesen wären.
They could hear him drag his chair on the flags, and chuckle--
Sie konnten hören, wie er seinen Stuhl über die Fliesen zog und kicherte –
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(The youngest Flopsy Bunny got upon the window-sill.)
(Das jüngste Flopsy-Häschen kletterte auf das Fensterbrett.)
Mrs. McGregor took hold of the sack and felt it.
Frau McGregor ergriff den Sack und betastete ihn.
She said she could feel six, but they must be _old_ rabbits, because they were so hard and all different shapes.
Sie sagte, sie könne sechs spüren, aber es müssten _alte_ Hasen sein, weil sie so hart seien und alle verschiedene Formen hätten.
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Mrs. McGregor untied the sack and put her hand inside.
Frau McGregor öffnete den Sack und steckte ihre Hand hinein.
When she felt the vegetables she became very very angry.
Als sie das Gemüse spürte, wurde sie sehr, sehr wütend.
She said that Mr.
Sie sagte, dass Herr
Vocabulary
- folgten
- Followed (past tense of folgen)
- sicherem
- Safe, secure (dative form of sicher)
- Abstand
- Distance, gap, or interval between things
- Illustration
- A picture or drawing accompanying a text
- beobachteten
- Observed, watched (past tense of beobachten)
- ging
- Went (simple past tense of gehen)
- schlichen
- Crept, sneaked (past tense of schleichen)
- Fenster
- Window, an opening in a wall for light
- heran
- Up to, close to (directional adverb/prefix)
- lauschen
- To eavesdrop, to listen secretly or attentively
- Herr
- Mister, sir, or gentleman (form of address)
- warf
- Threw (simple past tense of werfen)
- Sack
- Bag, sack; a large flexible container
- Steinboden
- Stone floor, a floor made of stone
- zwar
- Indeed, to be precise (concessive adverb)
- äußerst
- Extremely, to the utmost degree (intensifying adverb)
- schmerzhaft
- Painful, causing physical or emotional pain
- wäre
- Would be (subjunctive II form of sein)
- zufällig
- By chance, accidentally, coincidentally (adverb)
- darin
- In it, inside it (local adverb/pronoun)
- wären
- Would have been (subjunctive II plural of sein)
- konnten
- Could, were able to (past tense of können)
- hören
- To hear, to listen (infinitive verb)
- Stuhl
- Chair, a piece of furniture for sitting
- Fliesen
- Tiles, flat ceramic pieces used on floors
- zog
- Dragged, pulled (simple past tense of ziehen)
- kicherte
- Giggled, chuckled (past tense of kichern)
- jüngste
- Youngest (superlative adjective, youngest one)
- kletterte
- Climbed (simple past tense of klettern)
- Fensterbrett
- Windowsill, the ledge at the base of a window
- Frau
- Mrs., woman, wife (noun/form of address)
- ergriff
- Grabbed, seized (past tense of ergreifen)
- betastete
- Felt, touched carefully (past tense of betasten)
- könne
- Could (subjunctive I form of können)
- spüren
- To feel, to sense, to perceive something
- müssten
- Would have to (subjunctive II of müssen)
- Hasen
- Hares, rabbits (plural of Hase)
- hart
- Hard, tough, firm (adjective/adverb)
- seien
- Were/are (subjunctive I plural form of sein)
- verschiedene
- Various, different, diverse (plural adjective)
- Formen
- Shapes, forms (plural of Form)
- hätten
- Would have (subjunctive II of haben)
- öffnete
- Opened (simple past tense of öffnen)
- steckte
- Put, stuck (simple past tense of stecken)
- hinein
- Into it, inside (directional adverb/prefix)
- Gemüse
- Vegetables, plant-based food items
- spürte
- Felt, sensed (simple past tense of spüren)
- wurde
- Became (simple past tense of werden)
- wütend
- Angry, furious, enraged (adjective)
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