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Le mien ne mange pas les souris ; [il n’aime pas ça]1.
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 [poing]2.
Mais à cause des griffes, la souris est morte.
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Petites histoires naturelles - recueil 2
by Isabelle Aboulker (b. 1938)
1. Le Chat et les Souris  [sung text checked 1 time]
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- by Jules Renard (1864 - 1910), "Le Chat", appears in Histoires naturelles
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View original text (without footnotes)Confirmed with Jules Renard, Histoires naturelles, Paris, Modern-Bibliothèque, 1894, page 32.
1 Aboulker: "oui, oui, oui, pas les souris"2 Aboulker: "point"
3 omitted by Aboulker.
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2. Le Papillon  [sung text checked 1 time]
Ce billet doux plié en [deux]1 cherche une adresse de fleur.
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- 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
Confirmed with Jules Renard, Histoires naturelles, Paris, Modern-Bibliothèque, 1894, page 75. Note: this is a prose text. Line breaks have been added arbitrarily.
1 Aboulker: "quatre"Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
3. Une Feuille entrait chez moi  [sung text checked 1 time]
Une feuille entrait chez moi par la fenêtre ouverte Je l’ai prise et je l’ai relâchée.
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- by Jules Renard (1864 - 1910)
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Que se passe-t-il ?
Neuf heures du soir
Et il y a encore de la lumière chez lui.
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- by Jules Renard (1864 - 1910), "Le Ver luisant", appears in Histoires naturelles
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Confirmed with Jules Renard, Histoires naturelles, Paris, Modern-Bibliothèque, 1894, page 68. Note: this is a prose text. Line breaks have been added arbitrarily.
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5. Les Fourmis  [sung text checked 1 time]
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.
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- 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 checked 1 time]
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— Quoi ? [Quoi]1 ? Quoi ?
— Rien.
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Authorship:
- by Jules Renard (1864 - 1910), "Le Corbeau", appears in Histoires naturelles
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View original text (without footnotes)Confirmed with Jules Renard, Histoires naturelles, Paris, Modern-Bibliothèque, 1894, page 110.
1 Aboulker: "Coua"2 Aboulker: "Oh my dear, listen to this funny story: Un corbeau"
3 Aboulker: "Oh my dear! J'ai"
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