Sunday, February 1, 2009

The english version of the "LES BONS AMIS", "The good friends"


"It's snowing so much that the fields are completely white, completely white.
The little rabbit has nothing left to eat. Nothing.
He opens the door.
"Brrr!!!.... How cold it is!"
The little rabbit goes looking for something, anything to eat.
And suddenly he finds ... guess what?
Two orange carrots, this big, that were sleeping under the snow.
Munch, munch, munch. He eats one of them.
He isn't hungry anymore.
He says to himself:
"It's so cold, it's snowing so much, that the little horse, my neighbor, must surely be hungry. I'm going to take the other carrot to his house."
The little rabbit runs, runs to the home of the little horse, his neighbor.
Knock! Knock!
The little rabbit opens the door...
Ah! The little horse isn't there!!
The little rabbit leaves the carrot ... and departs.
In the snow that slides and cracks the little horse is looking for something to eat. And suddenly he finds ... guess what?
A big beet, white and purple, that formed a little bump under the snow.
Munch, munch, munch. The little horse eats the beet.
Good, good! He isn't hungry anymore, and he returns to his house.
He returns home, sees the carrot, and says:
"Who brought me that? It's the little grey rabbit: I saw his little pawprints in the snow! That little grey rabbit is so nice!"
Then he says to himself:
"It's so cold, it's snowing so much, that the sheep must surely be hungry. I'm going to take him this carrot right away and then come back home."
The little horse gallops! Clop! Clop! Clop! Clop! Clop! Clop! To the big sheep's house.
Knock! Knock!
The little horse opens the door.
Ah! The sheep isn't there!
The little horse sets the carrot down and leaves.
The big curly sheep had gone to look for something to eat. And suddenly he finds ... guess what?
A red cabbage hidden deep in the snow.
He eats the cabbage leaf by leaf, munch, munch, munch.
He's not hungry anymore and he returns to his house.
The sheep enters his home, sees the carrot and says:
"A carrot, who brought me that? It's the little horse, I bet: I see his hoofprints in the snow!"
And the sheep also says:
"It's so cold, it's snowing so much, the deer must surely be hungry: I'll take him the carrot and then come back home."
The big sheep trots, trots on the snow, which is slippery and crackly, on the frozen fields through the woods.
All the way to the house of the little red deer.
Knock, knock, the sheep opens the door...
Ah! The deer isn't there!
The sheep leaves the carrot and departs.
The deer had gone to look for something to eat. He had found ... guess what? A tuft of frozen grass and the buds on a little pine tree.
He eats so much of that that he isn't hungry anymore.
He goes back home, sees the carrot and says:
"Who brought me that? The brown sheep, I think: he left a bit of wool behind as he left here."
And the deer also says:
"It's so cold, it's snowing so much, the grey rabbit must surely be hungry. I'm going to take him this carrot right away and then I'll come back home."
The little red deer jumps, jumps, over the hedges, over the holly, in the leafless woods.
He arrives, he finally arrives at the door of the little rabbit.
When he returned home, the little grey rabbit had fallen asleep.
The deer opens the door very quietly and sets down the carrot, very quietly, next to the bed.
The rabbit wakes up.
The deer says to him:
"It's so cold, it's snowing so much, perhaps you have nothing to eat! I brought you a carrot."
And so it was that, from the horse to the sheep, from the sheep to the deer, the carrot returned to the little grey rabbit.
Ah! Such good, good friends!

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