Le petit hérisson
Un petit hérisson
Un petit herisson a tombe pardesu borde de son arbre des herissons…
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Une Amie
…Il a trouve un lit et une amie…
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Confortable
…le lit était confortable parce qu’il était adorable et mauve.
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Anthea
…Anthea adore les hérissons…
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Walking to school with young human is a neverendingly delightful experience – today a story popped up out of finding an immature chestnut at the base of its parent tree. Young human decided to write the story in French, but for English speakers, it goes like this:
A little hedgehog that has fallen out of it’s hedgehog tree; The hedgehog found a friend and a bed; The bed was comfortable because it was adorable and mauve; and the hedgehog was beloved by Anthea – she adores hedgehogs.
She really does sound wonderful. All credit to those raising her. I hope she keeps this sense of wonder and the imagination. Thank you for sharing.
She lives with a couple of wonderful and unique individuals who happen to be her parents, each of whom are encouraging and creative in their different ways. I am invited to play and participate, and feel very lucky to have them all in my life!
Yes, the imagination is wonderful in this story. The color mauve (such a cool looking word) led me to this https://katherinebarber.blogspot.com/2018/07/how-do-you-pronounce-mauve.html where my spattered pronunciation was kindly corrected.
I had no idea there was a different way to pronounce mauve, other than rhyming with stove! How fascinating, and how interesting to learn some of the history of the pronunciation, and the predictions for its future. Maybe it will not change in Canada, so long we all have to take a certain amount of instruction in both languages in school.
Thanks for the translation. It’s too early for me to think in French, backtrack to Latin, and then hop forward to English. Such a beautiful little flower.
The flower was the very last rhododendron flower of the season, I think – very mauve, don’t you think?
Yes, I do. I’m gathering my dollies for a photo session this week. It seems so odd without my little ones (god-daughters) around. Still struggling to adapt to them not being underfoot and in the house this summer. It’s too too quiet.
Un bijou ce petit comte! Merci de le partager dans ma langue…il traduit bien toute la créativité d’un jeune esprit rempli d’amour. Bisous tout plein! ❤️
I was so happy and lucky to receive a copy of the little story from the hand of the author! She is an imaginative little person, and I am so glad she is learning your language! One day surely she will visit Quebec – maybe with me!
Both of you are most welcome!!! ❤️
Enchanting!
We certainly have fun, and I am lucky to glimpse her enchanted world when we are together!
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Thank you very much! we ❤ her too!
Youngest human never fails to astonish me. Bilingual no less. Her imagination genes certainly comes from you K. This little story is so touching. Love it.
We are lucky in Canada to have a “French Immersion” option at school for children in most larger and some smaller communities nowadays. I think young human’s imagination is all her own, but I am glad to abet it! I found the hedgehog, and the rest came pouring forth!
oh! the wonder of it all. I managed most of the French (it’s been a long time since I used it) but herisson had me stumped. Well done YH keep us learning.
It has been a long time for me too, and I studied Latin and Spanish instead of french when I was at school, so it is a stretch…YH didn’t know the word herisson either on the way to school, but had found it out during the day so we could continue our fun – she enjoys learning too!
En français? Bien sûr! C’est le Canada, et même les hérissons et les Hittys sont bilingues
Indeed yes! Though some of us are less bilingual than others…or at least bilingual in other languages besides French, and I am sadly not learning as fast as young human!
Young humans do have a great advantage in their super-absorbent brains!
thank you for the translation of this sweet tale.
You are so welcome, thought it would be a shame to miss the sweet commentary, it is such fun.
Beautiful colour, I loved all these photographs, Thank you, Love, nia (today my like button doesn’t work, I will come back)
Thank you! We loved the colours too, and had a big discussion about whether the “fleur” was violet or mauve!