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Tales Contes by de Perrault ( Perrault ( 1902 ed.) ( éd. 1902) ( 1697) 1697)
Charles Perrault
Casterman, Tournai, 1902
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Contes de Perrault (éd. 1902) (1697)
THE LES
TALES CONTES OF DE PERRAULT PERRAULT
CLASSIC EDITION ÉDITION CLASSIQUE
By Par le Canon Chanoine FÉRON, FÉRON,
Professor Professeur of de Pedagogy Pédagogie at the au Grand grand Seminary Séminaire of de Tournai. Tournai.
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The Le little petit Red Riding Hood Chaperon rouge chaperon — (m) hood, hooded cloak
Bluebeard La Barbe-Bleue
The Le Master Cat maître Chat maître — (m) Master; honorific title traditionally used before animal characters in fables and fairy talesor ou the le Booted Cat Chat botté botte — (f) boot → botté (wearing boots, booted)
The La Beauty Belle in the au Sleeping Wood Bois dormant dormant — sleeping, asleep — masculine singular agreeing with le bois (the wood), not la Belle: literally 'the Beauty in the Sleeping Wood'
The Les Fairies Fées
Cinderella Cendrillon or ou the la little petite Glass Slipper Pantoufle de verre pantoufle — (f) slipper
Ricky Riquet of à the la Tuft Houppe houppe — (f) tuft of hair
Hop-o'-My-Thumb Le Petit Poucet pouce — (m) thumb → poucet (diminutive: little thumb-sized boy), Hop-o'-My-Thumb
Donkeyskin Peau d’Âne
The Les Ridiculous Wishes Souhaits ridicules
Wikisource Note: Note de Wikisource : In Dans this cette Catholic edition, édition catholique, the text le texte has a been été toned down. adouci. adoucir — to soften, tone down, expurgate (of a text)In particular En particulier the story l'histoire of de Donkeyskin Peau d’Âne is censored — est censurée — There is no question of the king marrying his daughter. Il n’est pas question pour le roi d’épouser sa fille. il n'est pas question pour qn de + inf — there is no question of someone doing something — reading word by word yields the wrong sense; here it means the idea of the king marrying his daughter has been completely eliminated from the story
Le petit Chaperon rouge
THE LES TALES CONTES OF DE PERRAULT PERRAULT
Little Le petit Red Riding Hood Chaperon rouge
TALE. CONTE.
Once upon a time Il était une fois il était une fois — once upon a time (traditional fairy-tale opening formula)there was a une little petite village girl, fille de village, the la brightest one plus éveillée éveillé — bright, sharp, lively (literally 'awake')one qu’on could have eût su savoir — could: in classical French, subjunctive and conditional forms of savoir often carry the meaning of pouvoir (to be able to)seen: voir : her sa mother mère adored her, en était folle, être fou de — to dote on, to be mad about: en stands for d'elle (about her)and et her sa grandmother mère-grand mère-grand — (f) /dated./ grandmotheradored her even more. plus folle encore. This Cette good old woman bonne femme bonne femme — (f) goodwoman, goodwife — a familiar or respectful name for a woman, often elderly or of humble standinghad a little red hood made for her lui fit faire un petit chaperon rouge chaperon — (m) a hooded cape or cowl worn in the Middle Ages and early modern periodwhich qui suited her lui seyait seoir — to suit, to become, to flatter: defective verb used primarily in the third person (il sied, il seyait)so si well, bien, that que everywhere she was called Little Red Riding Hood. partout on l’appelait le petit Chaperon rouge.
One Un day, jour, her sa mother mère having ayant baked cuit and et made fait some cakes, des galettes, said to her: “ lui dit : « Go see Va voir how comment your grandmother is, se porte ta mère-grand, se porter — to be doing, to feel (referring to health or physical condition)for I have been told car on m’a dit that qu’ she elle was était ill. malade. Take her Porte-lui a une cake galette and et this ce little petit pot pot of de butter.” beurre. »
Little Red Riding Hood Le petit Chaperon rouge set off partit at once aussitôt to go pour aller to chez her sa grandmother’s, mère-grand, who qui lived demeurait demeurer — to live, reside, dwellin dans another un autre village. village. While passing En passant through dans a un wood, bois, she elle met rencontra Mr. compère compère — a familiar title for animal characters in fables and folktalesWolf, le Loup, who qui very much wanted to eut bien envie de avoir envie de + inf — to strongly want to, to have a great mind to: bien intensifies the desireeat her; la manger ; but mais he il did not dare, n’osa, ne + oser — did not dare: in literary French, oser can be negated with ne alone without pasbecause of à cause de some quelques woodcutters bûcherons who qui were étaient in dans the la forest. forêt. He Il asked her lui demanda where où she elle was going. allait. The La poor pauvre child, enfant, who qui did not know ne savait pas that qu’ it il was était dangerous dangereux to de stop s’arrêter to à listen to écouter a un wolf, loup, said to him: lui dit : I Je am going vais to see voir my grandmother, ma mère-grand, and et to carry her lui porter a une cake, galette, with avec a un little petit pot pot of de butter, beurre, which que my ma mother mère is sending her. lui envoie. — Does she live — Demeure-t-elle very bien bien — (adv.) very, quite; (m) wealth, riches, worldly goodsfar away? loin ? said the wolf to her. lui dit le loup. — Oh! — Oh ! yes, oui, said Little Red Riding Hood; dit le petit Chaperon rouge ; it c’ is est beyond par delà par-delà — beyond, past, on the far side ofthe mill le moulin that que you vous see voyez way tout over there, là-bas, at à the la first première house maison of the du village. village. — Well then! — Eh bien ! said dit the le Wolf, Loup, I je want veux to go see her l’aller voir vouloir aller voir — go to see her: in classical French syntax, object pronouns (here l') attach to the modal verb (vouloir) rather than the dependent infinitivetoo: aussi : I je am heading there m’y en vais s'en aller — am heading there: combines y (there) with the reflexive idiom s'en aller (to leave, go on one's way)by par this ce path, chemin-ci, and et you toi by par that path; ce chemin-là ; and et we nous shall see verrons who will get there first. à qui plus tôt y sera. à qui plus tôt — who will get there first (literally 'to whom will be there sooner'): an archaic competitive formula
The Le Wolf Loup began to run se mit à courir se mettre à + inf — to begin to, to startwith all his might de toute sa force de toute sa force — with all his might, at top speedalong par the le path chemin that was qui était the le shortest, plus court, and et the la little petite girl fille went s’en alla along by par the longest path, le chemin le plus long, amusing herself s’amusant by à picking cueillir hazelnuts, des noisettes, à running courir after après butterflies, des papillons, and et making à faire bouquets of des bouquets the des little petites flowers fleurs that qu’ she elle came across. rencontrait.
The Le Wolf Loup did not take long to ne fut pas longtemps à être longtemps à + inf — did not take long to: older construction meaning 'it was not long before he arrived'arrive arriver at à the grandmother’s house; la maison de la mère-grand ; he knocks: il heurte : heurter — to knock (at a door): in modern French frapper is standard; heurter usually means to collide with or bump intoknock, knock. toc, toc. — Who — Qui is there? est là ? — It — C’ is est your votre granddaughter, Little Red Riding Hood, fille, le petit Chaperon rouge, fille — (f) here: granddaughter (used familiarly for petite-fille)said dit the le Wolf, Loup disguising en contrefaisant contrefaire — to disguise, feign, or imitate (one's voice)his sa voice, voix, who qui is bringing you vous apporte a une cake galette and et a un little petit pot pot of de butter, beurre, which que my ma mother mère is sending you. vous envoie. — The — La good bonne grandmother, mère-grand, who qui was était in dans her son bed, lit, because she à cause qu’elle à cause que — because: older causal conjunction, now replaced by parce que in standard Frenchfelt a little unwell, se trouvait un peu mal, se trouver mal — to feel faint or unwellcried to him: lui cria : Pull Tire the la small wooden pin, chevillette, chevillette — (f) small wooden peg or pin inserted into a latch mechanism to keep it lockedthe la wooden latch bobinette bobinette — (f) small wooden latch or turn-buckle on a doorwill fall. cherra. choir — will fall: third-person singular future of the archaic verb choir (to fall; modern tomber)— The — Le Wolf Loup pulled tira the la small wooden pin, chevillette, and et the la door porte opened. s’ouvrit. He Il threw himself se jeta upon sur the la good bonne woman, femme, and et devoured her la dévora in no time at all, en moins de rien, en moins de rien — in no time at all, in an instantfor car it had been il y avait more than plus de three trois days jours since qu’ he had eaten. il n’avait mangé. il y a ... que ne — had not eaten: pas is omitted after temporal clauses with il y a ... que, indicating that something has not taken place during that period
Next Ensuite he il closed ferma the la door, porte, and went to lie down et s’alla coucher aller se coucher — went and lay down: in classical French syntax, reflexive pronouns precede the auxiliary/motion verb aller rather than the infinitivein dans the grandmother’s bed, le lit de la mère-grand, while waiting for en attendant le en attendant — while waiting for, in anticipation ofLittle petit Red Riding Hood, Chaperon rouge, who, qui, some quelque time temps later, après, came vint to knock heurter at à the la door: porte : knock, knock. toc, toc. — Who — Qui is there? est là ? — Little Red Riding Hood, — Le petit Chaperon rouge, who qui heard entendit the la deep voice grosse voix gros — deep, gruff, thick (of a voice)of the du Wolf, Loup, was afraid eut peur at first, d’abord, d'abord — at first, initiallybut, mais, thinking croyant that que her sa grandmother mère-grand had a cold, était enrhumée, enrhumé — having a cold, congestedanswered: répondit : It C’ is est your votre granddaughter, Little Red Riding Hood, fille, le petit Chaperon rouge, fille — (f) here: granddaughter (used familiarly for petite-fille)who qui is bringing you vous apporte a une cake galette and et a un little petit pot pot of de butter, beurre, which que my ma mother mère is sending you. vous envoie. — The — Le Wolf Loup cried to her, lui cria softening en adoucissant adoucir — to soften, make gentler or quieterhis voice a little: un peu sa voix : Pull Tire the la small wooden pin, chevillette, the la wooden latch bobinette will fall. cherra. — Little Red Riding Hood — Le petit Chaperon rouge pulled tira the la small wooden pin, chevillette, and et the la door porte opened. s’ouvrit.
The Le Wolf, Loup, seeing her la voyant enter, entrer, said to her, lui dit hiding en se cachant in dans the le bed, lit, under sous the la cover: couverture : Put Mets the cake la galette and et the le little petit pot pot of de butter beurre on sur the la bread chest, huche, huche — (f) breadbox, kneading trough, or wooden chest used in traditional rural homes to store breadand et come viens to lie down te coucher with me. avec moi. Little Le petit Red Riding Hood Chaperon rouge undresses, se déshabille, and et goes va to get into bed, se mettre dans le lit, where où she elle was fut very bien astonished étonnée to see de voir how comment her sa grandmother mère-grand mère-grand — (f) /dated./ grandmotherwas made était faite être fait — to be built, shaped, or formed physicallyin en her son undress. déshabillé. déshabillé — (m) nightclothes, undress; an informal garment worn in private or in bed— She — Elle said to her: lui dit : My Ma grandmother, mère-grand, what big arms you have! que vous avez de grands bras ! que ... de — an exclamative construction: que introduces the exclamation and de precedes the adjective and noun, meaning "what big arms you have!"— It — C’ is est to pour embrace you better, mieux t’embrasser, embrasser — to embrace or hug; from bras, armsmy ma daughter! fille ! — My — Ma grandmother, mère-grand, what que big legs you have! vous avez de grandes jambes ! — It — C’ is est to pour run better, mieux courir, my mon child! enfant ! — My — Ma grandmother, mère-grand, what que big ears you have! vous avez de grandes oreilles ! — It — C’ is est to pour listen better, mieux écouter, my mon child! enfant ! — My — Ma grandmother, mère-grand, what que big eyes you have! vous avez de grands yeux ! — It is — C’est to pour see you better, mieux te voir, my mon child! enfant ! — My — Ma grandmother, mère-grand, what que big teeth you have! vous avez de grandes dents ! — It is — C’est to pour eat you! te manger ! And, Et, saying en disant these ces words, mots, that ce wicked méchant Wolf Loup threw himself se jeta upon sur le Little petit Red Riding Hood, Chaperon rouge, and et ate her. la mangea.
Bluebeard La Barbe-Bleue
TALE. CONTE.
There was once Il était une fois il était une fois — once upon a time (traditional fairy-tale opening formula)a un man homme who qui had beautiful houses avait de belles maisons in à la town ville and et in à the la country, campagne, de la gold and silver tableware, vaisselle d’or et d’argent, furniture des meubles in embroidery, en broderies, and et entirely gilded carriages. des carrosses tout dorés. But, Mais, unfortunately, par malheur, this man cet homme had avait a la blue beard: barbe bleue : this cela made him le rendait so si ugly laid and et so terrifying, si terrible, terrible — terrifying, dreadful, inspiring terrorthat qu’ there was no one who did not flee from before him. il n’était personne qui ne s’enfuît de devant lui. il n'est personne qui ne + subj — there was no one who did not flee from him (i.e. everyone fled) — a double negative construction where ne is a full negative without pas
One Une of de his ses neighbors, voisines, a lady of high rank, dame de qualité, dame de qualité — a noblewoman, a lady of high social standinghad avait two deux daughters. filles. He Il asked her for lui en demanda one une in marriage. en mariage. They Elles both did not want him, n’en voulaient point toutes deux, vouloir de qn — vouloir de qn — to be willing to accept someone as a spouse or partnerbeing unable to ne pouvant bring themselves to se résoudre à take prendre prendre — to marry, take as a husbanda un man homme who qui had eût a la blue beard. barbe bleue. What put them off Ce qui les dégoûtait dégoûter — to put off, discourage, disincline, make reluctanteven more encore, was c’est that he qu’il had avait already déjà married épousé several women, plusieurs femmes, and et that qu’ no one on ne knew savait what ce que those women ces femmes had become. étaient devenues.
Bluebeard, La Barbe-Bleue, to pour make faire acquaintance, connaissance, led them, les mena, with avec their leur mother mère and et three trois or ou four quatre of their de leurs best friends, meilleures amies to à one une of de his ses country houses, maisons de campagne, where où they stayed on demeura a full week. huit jours entiers. huit jours — a week (traditional French counting that includes both the first and the last day)There was nothing but Ce n’étaient que ce n'est que — there was nothing but, it was a continual round ofwalks, promenades, que hunting and fishing outings, parties de chasse et de pêche, que dances danses and et feasts, festins, que refreshments: collations : in the end enfin everything tout went alla so si well bien that que the la younger sister cadette began commença to à find trouver that que the le master maître of the house du logis was était a un very fort well-bred gentleman. honnête homme. honnête homme — a respectable gentleman: in classical French, a man of good breeding and polished manners, or a decent and honourable manAs soon as they Dès qu’on were back fut de retour in à la town, ville, the marriage le mariage was concluded. se conclut.
At the Au end bout of d’ a un month, mois, Bluebeard la Barbe-Bleue told dit his wife à sa femme that he qu’il was était obliged obligé to de make faire a un journey voyage into en the provinces, province, of de at least six weeks, six semaines au moins, for pour an une affair affaire of importance; de conséquence ; de conséquence — of great importance, of weightthat he qu’il asked her la priait to de amuse herself well se bien divertir during pendant his son absence; absence ; that qu’ she elle have fît her good friends come; venir ses bonnes amies ; that qu’ she elle take them les menât to à the la country, campagne, if si she elle wished; voulait ; that que everywhere partout she elle feast well. fît bonne chère. faire bonne chère — to feast well, eat and entertain lavishly“Here are,” « Voilà, he said to her, “ lui dit-il, the keys les clefs to the des two deux great grands furniture store-rooms; garde-meubles ; garde-meuble — (m) storeroom for fine furniture, tapestries, and valuable household goodshere are voilà those celles of de the la gold and silver tableware, vaisselle d’or et d’argent, which qui is not used ne sert pas every tous les day; jours ; here are voilà those celles of de my mes strongboxes coffres-forts where où est my mon gold or and et my mon silver are; argent ; those celles of the des caskets cassettes cassette — (f) small lockable chest or casket for valuables and moneywhere où my jewels are, sont mes pierreries, and et here is voilà the le master key passe-partout passe-partout — (m) master key, passkeyto de all tous the les apartments. appartements. As for Pour this cette little petite key here, clef-ci, it c’ is est the la key clef to the du closet cabinet cabinet — (m) small private room, closet, or studyat the au end bout of de the la great grande gallery galerie of de the l’ ground-floor apartment: appartement bas : appartement bas — ground-floor suite of roomsopen ouvrez everything, tout, go allez everywhere; partout ; but, mais, as for pour this ce little petit closet, cabinet, I je forbid you vous défends to d’ enter it, y entrer, and et I je forbid it to you vous le défends in de such telle a way sorte that, que, if s’ it il happens that you vous arrive de open it, l’ouvrir, there is nothing that you should not expect from my anger.” il n’y a rien que vous ne deviez attendre de ma colère. » il n'y a rien que ... ne — there is nothing you must not fear from my anger — a double negative meaning you should expect the absolute worst of my wrath
She Elle promised promit to observe d’observer exactly exactement everything tout ce that qui had just been ordered to her, lui venait d’être ordonné, and et he gets lui monte into dans his son carriage, carrosse, and et leaves part for pour his son journey. voyage.
The neighbors Les voisines and et the les good bonnes friends amies did not wait n’attendirent pas to be sent for qu’on les envoyât quérir envoyer quérir — /dated/ to send someone to fetch or call for (quérir = archaic verb meaning to seek, fetch)in order to pour go to the young bride’s house, aller chez la jeune mariée, so impatient were they tant elles avaient d’impatience to see de voir all toutes the les riches richesses of de her sa house, maison, not having n’ayant dared osé to come there y venir while pendant que the husband le mari was there, y était, because of à cause de his sa blue beard, barbe bleue, which qui frightened them. leur faisait peur. There they are Les voilà at once aussitôt going through à parcourir the rooms, les chambres, the closets, les cabinets, the les dressing rooms, garde-robes, garde-robe — (f) dressing room or wardrobe chamber adjoining a bedchamberall toutes more beautiful plus belles and et richer plus riches than one another. les unes que les autres. They Elles then went up montèrent ensuite to the aux furniture store-rooms, garde-meubles, where où they elles could not ne pouvaient admire enough assez admirer the le number nombre and et beauty of la beauté the tapestries, des tapisseries, the beds, des lits, the sofas, des sophas the des cabinets, cabinets, cabinet — (m) an ornamental cabinet with drawers or compartments for storing precious objectsthe des pedestal tables, guéridons, the tables, des tables and et the mirrors des miroirs in which où one l’on saw oneself se voyait from depuis the les feet pieds to jusqu’à the la head, tête, and et whose dont les borders, bordures, some les unes of de mirror glass, glace, glace — (f) plate glass, mirror glassothers les autres of silver d’argent and et de gilded vermeil, vermeil doré, were étaient the les most beautiful plus belles and et the les most magnificent plus magnifiques that one qu’on had eût ever jamais seen. vues. They Elles did not cease ne cessaient to d’ praise lavishly exagérer exagérer — to praise lavishly, extol, talk up (classical usage meaning to magnify or celebrate sb's good fortune)and et envy d’envier the le happiness bonheur of de their leur friend, amie, who, qui, however, cependant, took no pleasure ne se divertissait point in seeing à voir all these toutes ces riches, richesses, because of à cause de the impatience l’impatience she qu’elle had avait to go d’aller open ouvrir the le closet cabinet of de the l’ ground-floor apartment. appartement bas.
She Elle was fut so si pressed pressée by de her sa curiosity, curiosité, that, que, without sans considering considérer that qu’ it il was était impolite malhonnête malhonnête — impolite, bad-mannered — in 17th-century usage, means lacking in breeding or courtesy, not 'dishonest'to de leave quitter her sa company, compagnie, she elle went down there y descendit by par a un small petit hidden staircase, escalier dérobé, dérobé — hidden, secret — used especially of a concealed backstairs or private passagewayand et with avec such tant de haste précipitation that qu’ she elle nearly pensa penser + inf — to nearly do something, come close to doing it — an older sense of penser before an infinitivebroke se rompre her neck le cou two deux or ou three trois times. fois. Having arrived Étant arrivée at à the la door porte of the du cabinet, cabinet, she elle stopped there for s’y arrêta some quelque time, temps, thinking songeant of à the la prohibition défense défense — (f) prohibition, ban — an order forbidding something; 'faire défense' means to forbid, not to defendthat que her husband son mari had made to her, lui avait faite, and et considering considérant that qu’il misfortune might befall her pourrait lui arriver malheur for d’ having avoir been été disobedient; désobéissante ; but mais the temptation la tentation was était so strong si forte, that qu’ she elle could not ne put overcome it: la surmonter : she elle therefore took prit donc the la little petite key, clef, and et opened ouvrit the door of the cabinet, trembling. en tremblant la porte du cabinet.
At first D’abord she elle saw ne vit nothing, rien, because parce que the les windows fenêtres were étaient closed. fermées. After Après a few quelques moments, moments, she elle began commença to see à voir that que the le floor plancher was était entirely tout covered couvert with de clotted blood, sang caillé, cailler — to clot, congeal (of blood) or curdle (of milk)and et that, que, in dans this ce blood, sang, were reflected se miraient se mirer — to be reflected, to see oneself reflectedthe les bodies corps of de several plusieurs dead women femmes mortes et tied attachées along le long the des walls: murs : they were c’était all toutes the les women femmes whom que la Bluebeard Barbe-Bleue had married, avait épousées, and et whom he qu’il had slaughtered avait égorgées one l’une after après the other. l’autre. She Elle nearly died pensa mourir penser + inf — to nearly do something, come close to doing it — an older sense of penser before an infinitiveof fright, de peur, and et the la key clef of the du cabinet, cabinet which she qu’elle had just venait de withdrawn retirer from de the la lock, serrure, fell lui tomba from de her la hand. main.
After Après having avoir somewhat un peu regained her senses, repris ses sens, reprendre ses sens — to regain one's senses, recover one's composure or consciousnessshe elle picked up ramassa the la key, clef, closed referma the la door, porte, and et went up monta to à her sa room chambre to pour recover se remettre a un little; peu ; but mais she elle could not manage it, n’en pouvait venir à bout, venir à bout de qch — to manage, succeed in (doing something); 'n'en pouvait venir à bout' means she could not succeed in calming herselfso tant moved was she. elle était émue.
Having noticed Ayant remarqué that que the la key clef of the du cabinet cabinet was était stained tachée with blood, de sang, she elle wiped it l’essuya two deux or ou three trois times; fois ; but mais the blood le sang did not go away: ne s’en allait point : she elle might wash it in vain, eut beau la laver, avoir beau + inf — try as one might, in vain — expresses that an action is performed to no avail ('no matter how much she washed it')and et even même rub it la frotter with avec scouring sand du sablon sablon — (m) fine sand used for abrasive scouring and cleaningand et with avec scouring grit, du grès, grès — (m) sandstone or powdered grit used as a scouring abrasivethere il always remained demeura toujours blood, du sang, for car the la key clef was enchanted, était fée, fée — (adj.) enchanted, magical — in older French, could be used as an adjective meaning endowed with supernatural powerand et there was no il n’y avait pas way moyen of de cleaning it la nettoyer completely: tout à fait : when the blood was removed quand on ôtait le sang from d’ one un side, côté, it il came back revenait on de the l’ other. autre.
Bluebeard La Barbe-Bleue returned revint from de his son journey that very evening, voyage dès le soir même, and et said dit that he qu’il had received avait reçu letters, des lettres, on dans the le way, chemin, which qui had informed him lui avaient appris that que the affair l’affaire for which pour laquelle he il had left était parti had just been venait d’être concluded terminée to à his son advantage. avantage. His Sa wife femme did everything she could fit tout ce qu’elle put to pour show him lui témoigner témoigner — to show, display, expressthat qu’ she elle was était delighted ravie by de his son prompt prompt return. retour.
The Le next day, lendemain, he il asked her for lui demanda the les keys; clefs ; and et she elle gave them to him, les lui donna, but mais with d’ such a trembling hand une main si tremblante, that he qu’il guessed devina without difficulty sans peine all tout that ce qui had s’était happened. passé. “How is it, « D’où vient, d'où vient que — how is it that, why is it that — a rhetorical question formula introducing a subordinate clause with 'que'he said to her, lui dit-il, that que the la key clef of the du cabinet cabinet is not n’est point with avec the les others? autres ? — It must be, — Il faut, il faut que + subj — must have — expresses an inference or deductionshe said, dit-elle, that que I je left it l’aie laissée up there là-haut on sur my ma table. table. — Do not fail, — Ne manquez pas, said Bluebeard, dit la Barbe-Bleue, to de give it to me me la donner shortly.” tantôt. » tantôt — soon, shortly; also sometimes, at one time, in alternating occasions
After Après several plusieurs delays, remises, remise — (f) delay, postponement, putting off — from 'remettre' (to defer); not a 'discount' or a 'shed'it il became necessary fallut to bring apporter the la key. clef. Bluebeard, La Barbe-Bleue, having examined it, l’ayant considérée, considérer — to examine, inspect closely, look attentively atsaid dit to à his sa wife: femme : Why Pourquoi is there y a-t-il blood du sang on sur this key? cette clef ? — I — Je know nothing about it, n’en sais rien, replied répondit the la poor pauvre woman, femme, paler than death. plus pâle que la mort. — You — Vous n’ know nothing about it! en savez rien ! Bluebeard resumed; reprit la Barbe-Bleue ; I je know it le sais well, bien, myself. moi. You Vous wanted avez voulu to enter the cabinet! entrer dans le cabinet ! Well then, Eh bien, madam, madame, you vous will enter it y entrerez and et go irez take prendre your votre place place beside auprès the des ladies dames whom que you vous saw there. y avez vues.
She Elle threw herself se jeta at aux her husband’s feet, pieds de son mari weeping, en pleurant, and et asking him en lui demandant pardon, pardon, with avec all toutes the les marks marques of d’un true vrai repentance, repentir, for de not having been n’avoir pas été obedient. obéissante. She Elle would have aurait moved a rock to pity, attendri un rocher, attendrir — to soften, touch with pity, move to compassionafflicted affligée as comme she elle was; était ; but Bluebeard mais la Barbe-Bleue had avait a heart le cœur harder plus dur than a qu’un rock. rocher. “It « Il is necessary faut to die, mourir, madam, madame, he told her, lui dit-il, and et immediately. tout à l’heure. tout à l'heure — /classical./ at once, immediately— Since it — Puisqu’il is necessary faut to die, mourir, she replied, looking at him with répondit-elle, en le regardant her les eyes yeux bathed baignés in de tears, larmes, give me donnez-moi a little time un peu de temps to pour pray to God. prier Dieu. — I — Je give you vous donne seven and a half minutes, un demi-quart d’heure, demi-quart d'heure — seven and a half minutes — half of a quarter-hour (15 minutes), a classical expression denoting a very brief intervalBluebeard resumed; reprit la Barbe-Bleue ; but mais not pas a un moment moment more.” davantage. »
When she Lorsqu’elle was fut alone, seule, she elle called appela her sa sister, sœur, and et said to her: lui dit : My Ma sister sœur Anne, Anne, for car that was what she was called, elle s’appelait ainsi, climb, monte, I je beg you, te prie, to sur the le top haut of de the la tower tour to see whether my brothers are not coming; pour voir si mes frères ne viennent point ; voir si... ne... point — to see whether my brothers are coming — in French, this negative phrasing expresses an anxious hope ('see if they aren't coming yet') rather than checking that they fail to arrivethey ils promised me m’ont promis that qu’ they ils would come to see me me viendraient voir today; aujourd’hui ; and, et, if si you tu see them, les vois, signal to them fais-leur signe to hurry. de se hâter. se hâter — to hurry, to make haste— Sister — La sœur Anne Anne climbed monta to sur the le top haut of de the la tower; tour ; and et the la poor pauvre afflicted woman affligée called out to her lui criait from de time temps to en time: temps : Anne, Anne, my ma sister sœur Anne, do you see Anne, ne vois-tu nothing rien coming? venir ? — And — Et la Sister sœur Anne Anne answered her: lui répondait : I see nothing Je ne vois rien but que the le sun soleil that qui makes the dust shimmer, poudroie, poudroyer — here, of sunlight, to make airborne dust shineand et the grass l’herbe that qui turns green. verdoie. verdoyer — to turn green, to shimmer green
Meanwhile Cependant cependant — meanwhile, in the meantime — a temporal use in classical FrenchBluebeard, la Barbe Bleue, holding tenant a un large grand cutlass coutelas coutelas — (m) cutlass, large curved knife or short swordin à his sa hand, main, shouted criait with de all toute his sa strength force at à his sa wife: femme : Come down Descends quickly, vite, or ou I je shall go up monterai there. là-haut. — One more — Encore un moment, moment, please, s’il vous plaît, his wife answered him; lui répondait sa femme ; and et immediately aussitôt she elle cried criait in a low voice: tout bas : tout bas — in a low voice, softly, under one's breathAnne, Anne, my ma sister sœur Anne, do Anne, ne you see vois-tu nothing rien coming? venir ? — And — Et la Sister sœur Anne Anne answered: répondait : I see nothing Je ne vois rien but que the le sun soleil that qui makes the dust shimmer, poudroie, poudroyer — here, of sunlight, to make airborne dust shineand et the grass l’herbe that qui turns green. verdoie. verdoyer — to turn green, to shimmer green
Come down Descends quickly then, donc vite, Bluebeard was shouting, criait la Barbe-Bleue, or ou I je shall go up monterai there. là-haut. — I am coming, — Je m’en vais, s'en aller — to be on one's way, to be coming right now — answering a summons, meaning 'I'm coming', not 'I am leaving'the woman answered; répondait la femme ; and et then puis she elle cried: criait : Anne, Anne, my ma sister sœur Anne, do Anne ne you see vois-tu nothing rien coming? venir ? — I — Je see, vois, answered répondit Sister la sœur Anne, Anne, a une thick cloud of dust grosse poussière poussière — (f) cloud of dust — une grosse poussière refers to a thick cloud or swirl of dust on the road, not a large speck of dustthat qui is coming vient from de this ce side… côté-ci… — Are they — Sont-ce ce sont — /formal/ /dated./ are they, is that — the inverted question form of ce sont ('are those my brothers?')my mes brothers? frères ? — Alas! — Hélas ! no, non, my ma sister: sœur : it is c’est a un flock troupeau of de sheep… moutons…
Do you not want Ne veux tu pas to come down? descendre ? Bluebeard was shouting — criait la Barbe-Bleue — One more Encore un moment, moment, his wife answered; répondait sa femme ; and et then puis she elle cried: criait : Anne, Anne, my ma sister sœur Anne, do you see Anne, ne vois-tu nothing rien coming? venir ? — I — Je see, vois, she answered, répondit-elle, two riders deux cavaliers who qui are coming viennent from de this ce side, côté-ci, but mais they ils are sont still very far away… bien loin encore… Praise be to God! Dieu soit loué ! Dieu soit loué — praise be to God, thank God (formula expressing relief and thanksgiving)she cried out s’écria-t-elle a un moment moment later; après ; they are ce sont my mes brothers. frères. I Je signal to them leur fais signe as hard as I can tant que je puis tant que qn peut — as much as one can, as hard as one can — puis is the classical first-person present of pouvoir (equivalent to je peux), not the adverb puis ('then')to de hurry. se hâter.
Bluebeard La Barbe-Bleue began se mit to shout à crier so loudly si fort that que the whole toute la house maison trembled from it. en trembla. The La poor pauvre woman femme came down, descendit, and et went alla to throw herself se jeter at à his ses feet, pieds all tearful tout épleurée épleuré — tearful, weeping bitterly, dissolved in tearsand et all disheveled. tout échevelée. échevelé — disheveled, with hair in disarray“This « Cela is of no use, ne sert de rien, ne servir de rien — to be of no use, to serve no purpose — classical construction equivalent to modern cela ne sert à riensaid Bluebeard; dit la Barbe-Bleue ; it il is necessary faut to die. mourir. ” Then, » Puis, taking her la prenant by the hair with one hand, d’une main par les cheveux, and et with de the l’ other autre raising levant the le cutlass coutelas in en the air, l’air, he il was about to allait lui strike off abattre abattre — to strike off, to sever (a head)her la head. tête. The La poor pauvre woman, femme, turning se tournant toward him, vers lui, and et looking at him le regardant with fading eyes, avec des yeux mourants, begged him le pria to de give her lui donner a un little petit moment moment to pour collect herself in prayer. se recueillir. se recueillir — to collect one's thoughts, to compose oneself in prayer“No, « Non, no, non, he said, dit-il, commend yourself well to God;” recommande-toi bien à Dieu ; » se recommander à Dieu — to commend one's soul to God (traditional phrase spoken before dying)and, et, raising levant his son arm… bras…
At Dans that ce moment, moment, someone on knocked heurta heurter — to knock, to pound (on a door) — in classical French heurter is used where modern French has frapperso hard si fort on à the la door porte that Bluebeard que la Barbe-Bleue stopped dead. s’arrêta tout court. s'arrêter tout court — to stop dead in one's tracks, to stop abruptlyThe door was opened, On ouvrit, and et immediately two riders were seen entering, aussitôt on vit entrer deux cavaliers, who, qui drawing their swords, mettant l’épée à la main, mettre l'épée à la main — to draw one's sword, to take sword in handran coururent straight droit at Bluebeard. à la Barbe-Bleue. He Il recognized reconnut that que they were c’était his wife’s brothers, les frères de sa femme, one a l’un dragoon dragon dragon — (m) dragoon (a mounted cavalry soldier, not the mythical creature)and et the other l’autre a musketeer, mousquetaire, so that he de sorte qu’il fled s’enfuit immediately aussitôt to escape; pour se sauver ; se sauver — to escape, flee, run away or seek refugebut mais the les two deux brothers frères pursued him so closely le poursuivirent de si près that qu’ they ils caught him l’attrapèrent before avant he qu’il could pût reach gagner the le flight of steps. perron. perron — (m) flight of exterior stone steps leading up to an entrance porchThey passed their swords through his body, Ils lui passèrent leur épée au travers du corps, and et left him le laissèrent dead. mort.
The La poor pauvre woman femme was était almost presque as aussi dead morte as que her husband, son mari, and et did not have n’avait pas the la strength force to de rise se lever to embrace pour embrasser her brothers. ses frères.
It Il turned out se trouva that Bluebeard que la Barbe-Bleue had no n’avait point heirs d’héritiers and et that qu’ thus ainsi his sa wife femme remained demeura mistress maîtresse of de all tous his ses property. biens. bien — (m) property, estate, wealth (usually in the plural biens)She Elle used part of it en employa une partie to marry à marier her sa sister sœur to avec a un gentleman, gentilhomme, another une autre part partie to buy captains’ commissions à acheter des charges de capitaines charge — (f) military commissions, offices: under the Ancien Régime, army captaincies and official posts were venal, bought from the Crown or previous holdersfor à her ses two deux brothers, frères, and et the remainder le reste to à marry se marier herself elle-même to à a un very fort worthy gentleman, honnête homme, honnête homme — a respectable gentleman: in classical French, a man of good breeding and polished manners, or a decent and honourable manwho qui made her lui fit forget oublier the le wretched time mauvais temps mauvais temps — wretched time, miserable days or period of one's lifethat qu’ she elle had spent avait passé with avec la Bluebeard. Barbe-Bleue.
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Le maître Chat ou le Chat Botté
CONTE.
Un meunier ne laissa pour tous biens, à trois enfants qu’il avait, que son moulin, son âne et son chat. Les partages furent bientôt faits ; ni le notaire, ni le procureur n’y furent point appelés. Ils auraient eu bientôt mangé tout le pauvre patrimoine. L’aîné eut le moulin, le second eut l’âne, et le plus jeune n’eut que le chat.
Ce dernier ne pouvait se consoler d’avoir un si pauvre lot : « Mes frères, disait-il, pourront gagner leur vie honnêtement en se mettant ensemble ; pour moi, lorsque j’aurai mangé mon chat, et que je me serai fait un manchon de sa peau, il faudra que je meure de faim. »