by
Samuel Langhorne Clemens (1835 - 1910), as Mark Twain
The rats were devouring the house
Language: English
Available translation(s): FRE
The rats were devouring the house,
but instead of examining the cat's teeth
and the cat's claws,
they only concerned themselves
to find out if it was a holy cat,
a pious cat, a moral cat...
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Les rats dévoraient la maison
Language: French (Français)  after the English
Les rats dévoraient la maison,
mais au lieu d'examiner les dents du chat
et les mâchoires du chat,
ils étaient seulement préoccupés de savoir
si c'était un chat saint,
un chat pieux, un chat moral...
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