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Scene 1 · Intermediate
Une fillette pieds nus dans la neige
A barefoot girl in the snow
French
Le dernier soir de l’année, la neige tombait à gros flocons dans l’obscurité et le froid terrible. Une pauvre petite fille errait dans les rues, tête et pieds nus. Elle avait pourtant quitté sa maison avec des pantoufles, mais elles étaient bien trop grandes : elles avaient appartenu à sa mère.
English translation
On the last evening of the year, snow fell in large flakes through the darkness and terrible cold. A poor little girl wandered the streets, bareheaded and barefoot. Yet she had left home wearing slippers, but they were far too big: they had belonged to her mother.
French
En courant pour échapper à deux voitures lancées à toute vitesse, elle les avait perdues. Impossible de retrouver la première ; quant à l’autre, un garçon s’en était emparé avant de s’enfuir, en prétendant qu’il en ferait un berceau pour ses futurs enfants.
English translation
She had lost them while running to escape two cars speeding past. She couldn’t find the first one; as for the other, a boy had snatched it and run off, claiming he would make it into a cradle for his future children.
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