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Around midnight the robbers saw that there was no light coming from the window of the house. They were curious. The robbers wanted to go back to the |
The leader of the robbers told one robber to go back into the house. "Find out what has
frightened us," he said. The robber went back to the house. It was all dark. He went into the
house. "If only I could see," he said to himself. "It is so dark in here." The eyes of the cat
were shining. The robber took out a match. He thought the eyes of the cat were burning
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| around midnight | au environ de minuit |
curious |
curieux | |
| to go back | retourner | find out | s'informer | |
| awful | terrible | scared | passé du verbe to scare: effrayer | |
| told | passé du verbe tell: dire | had frightened us | nous a fait peur | |
| if only | si seulement | were shining | brillait | |
| took | passé du verbe take: prendre | match | allumette | |
| burning coals | charbons ardents |
