Italian–English parallel text
Perché
Why
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Sono le quattro del pomeriggio. La cucina è silenziosa.
It is four o’clock in the afternoon. The kitchen is quiet.
Non c’è più pane sul piatto.
There is no more bread on the plate.
Nina mette la chiave sul tavolo.
Nina puts her key on the table.
«Perché?» dice.
“Why?” she says.
La nonna guarda la chiave.
Grandma looks at the key.
«Perché cosa?»
“Why what?”
«Perché tutto questo? Un bigliettino? Una busta? Una porta blu?»
“Why all this? A note? An envelope? A blue door?”
«È una buona porta.»
“It is a good door.”
«Ci sono molte porte blu, nonna! No! No! No!»
“There are a lot of blue doors, Grandma! No! No! No!”
«Sì.»
“Yes.”
«Hai un telefono! Puoi dire: Nina, vieni all’albergo.»
“You have a phone! You can say: Nina, come to the hotel.”
«Sì», dice la nonna. «Posso dirlo.»
“Yes,” Grandma says. “I can say that.”
Nina si alza. Grida.
Nina stands up. She shouts.
Grida per le porte. Grida per la pioggia e l’autobus.
She shouts about the doors. She shouts about the rain and the bus.
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