Italian–English parallel text
Riccioli d’oro e i tre orsi
Goldilocks and the Three Bears
Flora Annie Steel
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C’erano una volta tre orsi, che vivevano insieme in una casa tutta loro, in un bosco. Uno di loro era il Piccolo Orsetto, una era l’Orsa di Mezzo e l’altro era il Grande Orso Grosso. Ognuno di loro aveva una ciotola per il porridge: una ciotolina per il Piccolo Orsetto, una ciotola media per l’Orsa di Mezzo e una grande ciotola per il Grande Orso Grosso. E avevano ciascuno una sedia per sedersi: una sedia piccola per il Piccolo Orsetto, una sedia media per l’Orsa di Mezzo e una sedia grande per il Grande Orso Grosso. E avevano ciascuno un letto per dormire: un lettino per il Piccolo Orsetto, un letto medio per l’Orsa di Mezzo e un letto grande per il Grande Orso Grosso.
Once upon a time there were three Bears, who lived together in a house of their own, in a wood. One of them was a Little Wee Bear, and one was a Middle-sized Bear, and the other was a Great Big Bear. They had each a bowl for their porridge; a little bowl for the Little Wee Bear; and a middle-sized bowl for the Middle-sized Bear; and a great bowl for the Great Big Bear. And they had each a chair to sit in; a little chair for the Little Wee Bear; and a middle-sized chair for the Middle-sized Bear; and a great chair for the Great Big Bear. And they had each a bed to sleep in; a little bed for the Little Wee Bear; and a middle-sized bed for the Middle-sized Bear; and a great bed for the Great Big Bear.
Un giorno, dopo che avevano preparato il porridge per colazione e lo avevano versato nelle loro ciotole, sono usciti a fare una passeggiata nel bosco mentre il porridge si raffreddava, per non bruciarsi la bocca cominciando troppo presto, perché erano orsi educati e beneducati. E mentre erano via, una bambina di nome Riccioli d’oro, che abitava dall’altra parte del bosco ed era stata mandata a fare una commissione da sua madre, è passata vicino alla casa e ha guardato dentro dalla finestra. Poi ha sbirciato dal buco della serratura, perché non era affatto una bambina beneducata. Poi, vedendo che non c’era nessuno in casa, ha sollevato il chiavistello. La porta non era chiusa a chiave, perché gli orsi erano orsi buoni, che non facevano del male a nessuno e non sospettavano mai che qualcuno potesse fare del male a loro. Così Riccioli d’oro ha aperto la porta ed è entrata; ed è stata molto contenta quando ha visto il porridge sul tavolo. Se fosse stata una bambina beneducata, avrebbe aspettato il ritorno degli orsi e poi, forse, l’avrebbero invitata a colazione; perché erano orsi buoni — un po’ ruvidi, come sono di solito gli orsi, ma nonostante tutto molto buoni d’animo e ospitali. Ma lei era una bambina sfacciata e maleducata, e così ha cominciato a servirsi da sola.
One day, after they had made the porridge for their breakfast, and poured it into their porridge-bowls, they walked out into the wood while the porridge was cooling, that they might not burn their mouths by beginning too soon, for they were polite, well-brought-up Bears. And while they were away a little girl called Goldilocks, who lived at the other side of the wood and had been sent on an errand by her mother, passed by the house, and looked in at the window. And then she peeped in at the keyhole, for she was not at all a well-brought-up little girl. Then seeing nobody in the house she lifted the latch. The door was not fastened, because the Bears were good Bears, who did nobody any harm, and never suspected that anybody would harm them. So Goldilocks opened the door and went in; and well pleased was she when she saw the porridge on the table. If she had been a well-brought-up little girl she would have waited till the Bears came home, and then, perhaps, they would have asked her to breakfast; for they were good Bears--a little rough or so, as the manner of Bears is, but for all that very good-natured and hospitable. But she was an impudent, rude little girl, and so she set about helping herself.
Prima ha assaggiato il porridge del Grande Orso Grosso, ma per lei era troppo caldo. Poi ha assaggiato il porridge dell’Orsa di Mezzo, ma per lei era troppo freddo. E poi è andata al porridge del Piccolo Orsetto, lo ha assaggiato, e non era né troppo caldo né troppo freddo, ma giusto, e le è piaciuto così tanto che lo ha mangiato tutto, fino all’ultimo boccone!
First she tasted the porridge of the Great Big Bear, and that was too hot for her. Next she tasted the porridge of the Middle-sized Bear, but that was too cold for her. And then she went to the porridge of the Little Wee Bear, and tasted it, and that was neither too hot nor too cold, but just right, and she liked it so well that she ate it all up, every bit!
Poi Riccioli d’oro, che era stanca perché aveva rincorso le farfalle invece di fare la commissione, si è seduta sulla sedia del Grande Orso Grosso, ma per lei era troppo dura. Poi si è seduta sulla sedia dell’Orsa di Mezzo, ma per lei era troppo morbida. Ma quando si è seduta sulla sedia del Piccolo Orsetto, non era né troppo dura né troppo morbida, ma perfetta. Così si è accomodata lì, e ci è rimasta finché il fondo della sedia non ha ceduto, ed è caduta giù, dritta per terra con un tonfo; e questo l’ha fatta arrabbiare moltissimo, perché era una bambina dal brutto carattere.
Then Goldilocks, who was tired, for she had been catching butterflies instead of running on her errand, sate down in the chair of the Great Big Bear, but that was too hard for her. And then she sate down in the chair of the Middle-sized Bear, and that was too soft for her. But when she sat down in the chair of the Little Wee Bear, that was neither too hard nor too soft, but just right. So she seated herself in it, and there she sate till the bottom of the chair came out, and down she came, plump upon the ground; and that made her very cross, for she was a bad-tempered little girl.
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