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The candles would burn down low. New
ones would replace the low candles. The children rushed the little tree. They pulled off toys and candy. "Read us a story" shouted the children. |
And old man sat down beneath the Fir Tree. The old man read the children the story of Humpty
Dumpty.
"Can't I be in this story?" thought the Fir Tree.
"Will I have nothing to do in it?" But the Fir Tree had been the amusement for the evening.
The Fir Tree looked forward to the next evening. He thought he would be decorated again. All night, he
kept thinking how splendid he would look the next night.
Early the next morning, the servants came in the room.
"Now, they will decorate me again" thought the Fir Tree. Instead they dragged the Fir Tree from the
room. They put him in a dark corner in a room upstairs.
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READ ON |
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back to story |
| rushed | passé du verbe to rush: se ruer donc se ruèrent |
pulled off |
passé du verbe to pull off: enlever, arracher | |
| beneath | sous. synonyme: under | can't I be in this story? | Ne puis-je pas être dans cette histoire? | |
| Will I have nothing to do in it? | N'aurai-je rien à faire dedans? | had been | have:
passé du verbe avoir been: participe passé du verbe être had been: avait été |
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| looked foward | passé du verbe to look foward: attendre quelque chose avec impatience | kept thinking | passé du verbe to keep thinking: continuer à penser | |
| would look | verbe avec would: conditionnel
donc: would look: il paraîtrait, il aurait l'air |
instead | au lieu, à la place... | |
| corner | coin | upstairs | en-haut, étage supérieur |
