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When my niece, Roxane (8 years old on July 1st), is on holiday at my mother's, I show her my stories. She likes them very much as she also likes playing with my dollhouses. And last April when the three of us were at a tea-room she decided to write a story with Nina and Lucie.
Donc de retour chez Mamie, elle a tout de suite commencé son histoire qui se passe dans la véranda. Et le lendemain quand je l'ai vue elle était très fière de me la lire. Bon, il ne faut pas faire attention aux fautes d'orthographe etc... (c'est sa deuxième année à l'école primaire). Et nous n'avons pas voulu la stopper dans son élan créatif...
So once back at Grandma's, she started her story straight away which takes place in the conservatory. And the next day when I saw her she was proud to read it to me. Of course, you shouldn't pay attention to the spelling mistakes etc... (it's her second year at primary school). And we didn't want to stop her in her creative impulse...
So once back at Grandma's, she started her story straight away which takes place in the conservatory. And the next day when I saw her she was proud to read it to me. Of course, you shouldn't pay attention to the spelling mistakes etc... (it's her second year at primary school). And we didn't want to stop her in her creative impulse...
L'histoire - The story
Le texte est son texte, je n'ai rien changé. Les seules choses que j'ai faites est de prendre les photos et le traduire en anglais.
The words are her words, I didn't change anything. The only things I did was to take the photos and translate it into English.
Lucie : "Nina, Mamie, on fait du croquet."
Lucie : "Nina, Grandma, we play croquet."
Lucie : "Nina, Grandma, we play croquet."
Nina et Mamie : "Oh oui!"
Nina and Mamie : "Oh yes!"
Nina and Mamie : "Oh yes!"
Nina : "Mais on ne fait pas les points."
Nina : "But we don't count the points."
Nina : "But we don't count the points."
Mais comme Lucie sait que sa sœur est une tricheuse :"Ah si! On fait les points!"
But as Lucie knows her sister is a cheat : "Ah we do count the points!"
But as Lucie knows her sister is a cheat : "Ah we do count the points!"
Nina : "Ah non!"
Nina : "Ah no, we don't!"
Nina : "Ah no, we don't!"
Lucie : "Ah si!"
Lucie : "Ah yes, we do!"
Lucie : "Ah yes, we do!"
Mamie : "Ah non arrêtez! On ne fait pas les points comme je n'ai pas de carnet et de feuilles de brouillon."
Grandma : "Ah no stop it! We don't count the points because I don't have a notebook and rough paper."
Lucie : "Et si tu en achètes au supermarché."
Lucie : "And if you buy one at the supermarket."
Lucie : "And if you buy one at the supermarket."
Mamie : "Mais le supermarché n'est pas ouvert le dimanche."
Mamie : "But the supermarket isn't open on Sunday."
Nina : "Tu vois Lucie on ne fait pas les points."
Nina : "You see Lucie we don't count the points."
Lucie : "Mamie t'as qu'à demander à ton voisin."
Lucie : "Grandma just ask your neighbour."
Mamie : "Le voisin est parti en Inde."
Grandma : "The neighbour has gone to India."
Grandma : "The neighbour has gone to India."
Lucie : "Oh zut! On a qu'à aller en Inde. Mamie on a qu'à aller voir Papy, peut-être il a du papier."
Lucie : "Oh heck! We can go to India. Grandma we can go and see Granddad, maybe he has some paper."
Lucie : "Oh heck! We can go to India. Grandma we can go and see Granddad, maybe he has some paper."
Grandma : "He's in his garden and is having a nap."
Lucie : "On a qu'à le réveiller."
Mamie : "Mais Lucie, Papy n'aime pas qu'on le réveille."
Lucie : "Just wake him."
Grandma : "But Lucie, Granddad doesn't like to be woken up."
Lucie : "Just wake him."
Grandma : "But Lucie, Granddad doesn't like to be woken up."
Mamie : "Mais on doit prendre la voiture."
Grandma : "But we have to take the car."
Grandma : "But we have to take the car."
Lucie : "Oh non! J'aime pas aller dans la voiture."
Nina : "Mais Lucie t'es obligée pour aller chez Papy."
Lucie : "Oh no! I don't like going in the car."
Nina : But Lucie you have to to go to Granddad's."
Lucie : "Alors on ne fait pas les points."
Lucie : "Then we don't count the points."
Lucie : "Then we don't count the points."
Mamie : "Bon! on y va!"
Grandma : "Right! Let's go!
Grandma : "Right! Let's go!
Merci Roxane! - Thank you Roxane!