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Petites histoires naturelles - recueil 2

by Isabelle Aboulker (b. 1938)

1. Le Chat et les Souris
 (Sung text)

Language: French (Français) 
I
Le mien ne mange pas les souris ; oui, oui, oui, pas les souris.
Il n’en attrape que pour jouer avec. 
Quand il a bien joué, il lui fait grâce de la vie, 
et il va rêver ailleurs, l’innocent, 
assis dans la boucle de sa queue, 
la tête bien fermée comme un point.
Mais à cause des griffes, la souris est morte.

 ... 

Text Authorship:

  • by Jules Renard (1864 - 1910), "Le Chat", appears in Histoires naturelles

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2. Le Papillon
 (Sung text)

Language: French (Français) 
Ce billet doux plié en quatre 
cherche une adresse de fleur.

Text Authorship:

  • by Jules Renard (1864 - 1910), "Le Papillon", appears in Histoires naturelles, first published 1894

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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • ENG English (Anyi Sharma) , "The Butterfly", copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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3. Une Feuille entrait chez moi
 (Sung text)

Language: French (Français) 
Une feuille entrait chez moi 
par la fenêtre ouverte 
Je l’ai prise et je l’ai relâchée.

Text Authorship:

  • by Jules Renard (1864 - 1910)

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4. Le Ver luisant
 (Sung text)

Language: French (Français) 
I
Que se passe-t-il ? 
Neuf heures du soir
Et il y a encore de la lumière chez lui.

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Text Authorship:

  • by Jules Renard (1864 - 1910), "Le Ver luisant", appears in Histoires naturelles

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5. Les Fourmis
 (Sung text)

Language: French (Français) 
Chacune d’elle ressemble au chiffre 3. 

Et il y en a ! il y en a !

Il y en a 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3… jusqu’à l’infini.

Text Authorship:

  • by Jules Renard (1864 - 1910), "Les Fourmis", appears in Histoires naturelles

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Confirmed with Jules Renard, Histoires naturelles, Paris, Modern-Bibliothèque, 1894, page 72. Note: this is a prose text. Line breaks have been added arbitrarily.


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6. Quoi
 (Sung text)

Language: French (Français) 
 ... 

II
— Quoi ? Coua ? Quoi ?
— Rien.

Text Authorship:

  • by Jules Renard (1864 - 1910), "Le Corbeau", appears in Histoires naturelles

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Total word count: 148
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