ABC Short Tales
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Jules Lemaître
Jules Lemaître, né le 27 avril 1853 à Vennecy et mort le 5 août 1914 à Tavers, est un écrivain et critique dramatique français.
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ABC Short Tales - Jules Lemaître
JULES LEMAÎTRE
ABC SHORT TALES
ARMADA DE PAPEL
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ABC Short Tales
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Author: Jules Lemaître
Translation: Emma Harwood
Cover art material: courtesy of Martin Berube
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TN =Translator’s note.
CONTENTS
DONKEY (Âne)
SHEEP (Bélier)
DUCK (Canard)
DRAGONFLY (Demoiselle)
SNAIL (Escargot)
ANT (Fourmi)
CAKE (Gateau)
SWALLOW (Hirondelle)
IBIS (Ibis)
TOYS (Jouets)
KANGAROO (KANGOUROU)
WOLF (Loup)
SPARROW (Moineau)
SNOW (Neige)
EAR (Oreille)
PEA (Pois)
TAIL (Queue)
NIGHTINGALE (Rossignol)
PINE (Sapin)
TORTOISE (Tortue)
UNIVERSE (Univers)
VIOLETS (Violettes)
XAVIER (Xavier)
YVONNE (Yvonne)
ZERO (Zéro)
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
The book was translated from French. As result it was not possible to maintain full correspondence between the key words in both languages. For this reason the ABC runs in French, that was kept for reference.
DONKEY (Âne)
In a village used to live a poor woman, who had a small donkey for company. She loved the animal because he was smart and kind and he seemed happy to carry vegetables and groceries that she used to buy in the city market in his back.
But some bad boys used to laugh at the old woman and her donkey.
One day, they shouted to the old woman:
Hello, mother of a donkey!
Hello, my sons,
replied the old lady.
The donkey, in his turn, seemed to mock