French · Intermediate
Adapted from Thumbelina
A tiny girl is carried far from home and meets creatures who want to decide her future.
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Scene 1 · Intermediate
Une femme désirait ardemment un enfant, sans parvenir à réaliser son rêve. Elle a fini par consulter une fée : « Pourriez-vous me dire où trouver un petit enfant ? »
A woman longed desperately for a child, but could not make her dream come true. At last, she went to consult a fairy: “Could you tell me where to find a little child?”
« Rien de plus facile. Voici un grain d’orge qui n’est pas de l’espèce ordinaire des champs. Plantez-le dans un pot de fleurs, et vous verrez ce qui arrivera. »
“Nothing could be easier. Here is a grain of barley, not the ordinary kind grown in the fields. Plant it in a flowerpot, and you’ll see what happens.”
La femme l’a remerciée et lui a versé les douze shillings demandés pour le grain.
The woman thanked her and paid the twelve shillings she had asked for the grain.
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