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Der Zauberladen

H. G. Wells

In each language: The Magic Shop · Der Zauberladen · La tienda de magia · La Boutique Magique · Il negozio di magia

A father lets his small son haul him by the finger into a narrow Regent Street shop full of tricks that seem far too real. The sallow shopman insists there is no deception at all, and tells the boy he is the Right Sort of Boy.

In English, German, Spanish, French and Italian · about 4,000 words · 20–40 min to read.

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Ich hatte den Zauberladen schon mehrmals aus der Ferne gesehen; ich war ein- oder zweimal daran vorbeigegangen, ein Schaufenster voller verlockender kleiner Dinge, Zauberkugeln, Zauberhühner, wunderbare Kegel, Bauchrednerpuppen, das Material für den Korbtrick, Kartenspiele, die ganz in Ordnung AUSSAHEN, und all so etwas, aber ich hatte nie daran gedacht hineinzugehen, bis mich Gip eines Tages, fast ohne Vorwarnung, an meinem Finger direkt bis zum Fenster zog und sich so verhielt, dass mir nichts anderes übrig blieb, als ihn mit hineinzunehmen.

I had seen the Magic Shop from afar several times; I had passed it once or twice, a shop window of alluring little objects, magic balls, magic hens, wonderful cones, ventriloquist dolls, the material of the basket trick, packs of cards that LOOKED all right, and all that sort of thing, but never had I thought of going in until one day, almost without warning, Gip hauled me by my finger right up to the window, and so conducted himself that there was nothing for it but to take him in.

Ich hatte ehrlich gesagt nicht gedacht, dass der Laden dort war – eine bescheidene Fassade in der Regent Street, zwischen dem Bilderladen und dem Ort, an dem die Küken gerade erst aus den Brutapparaten schlüpfen, aber er war zweifellos da.

I had not thought the place was there, to tell the truth—a modest-sized frontage in Regent Street, between the picture shop and the place where the chicks run about just out of patent incubators, but there it was sure enough.

Ich hatte mir eingebildet, er sei weiter unten in der Nähe des Circus, oder um die Ecke in der Oxford Street, oder sogar in Holborn; immer auf der anderen Straßenseite und ein wenig unzugänglich war er gewesen, mit etwas von einer Fata Morgana in seiner Lage; aber hier war er nun ganz unbestreitbar, und das dicke Ende von Gips zeigendem Finger machte ein Geräusch auf dem Glas.

I had fancied it was down nearer the Circus, or round the corner in Oxford Street, or even in Holborn; always over the way and a little inaccessible it had been, with something of the mirage in its position; but here it was now quite indisputably, and the fat end of Gip's pointing finger made a noise upon the glass.

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Languages

  • The Magic Shop · English (original)3,952 words · ~20 min
  • Der Zauberladen · GermanB1 Intermediate · 3,985 words · ~35 min
  • La tienda de magia · SpanishB1 Intermediate · 3,938 words · ~35 min
  • La Boutique Magique · FrenchB1 Intermediate · 4,513 words · ~40 min
  • Il negozio di magia · ItalianB1 Intermediate · 3,784 words · ~30 min

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