by
Edward Lear (1812 - 1888)
There was an Old Man in a tree
Language: English
Available translation(s): FIN
There was an Old Man in a tree,
Who was horribly bored by a Bee;
When they said, "Does it buzz?"
He replied, "Yes, it does!"
"It's a regular brute of a Bee!"
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- FIN Finnish (Suomi) (Erkki Pullinen) , copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2010-01-14
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Word count: 33
Olipa kerran vanha äijä, joka istui...
Language: Finnish (Suomi)  after the English
Olipa kerran vanha äijä, joka istui puussa,
ja jota mehiläinen kiusasi aivan kamalasti.
Kun kaikki kysyivät: "Pöriseekö se?"
hän vastasi: "Ja varmana pörisee!
Se on aikamoinen peto mehiläiseksi."
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Based on:
- a text in English by Edward Lear (1812 - 1888), no title
This text was added to the website: 2010-01-14
Line count: 5
Word count: 28