Italian–English parallel text

Topina Titty e Topina Tatty

Titty Mouse and Tatty Mouse

Joseph Jacobs

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Topina Titty andò a spigolare e Topina Tatty andò a spigolare,

Titty Mouse went a leasing and Tatty Mouse went a leasing,

Così andarono entrambe a spigolare.

So they both went a leasing.

Topina Titty spigolò una spiga di grano e Topina Tatty spigolò una spiga di grano,

Titty Mouse leased an ear of corn, and Tatty Mouse leased an ear of corn,

Così entrambe spigolarono una spiga di grano.

So they both leased an ear of corn.

Topina Titty fece un budino e Topina Tatty fece un budino,

Titty Mouse made a pudding, and Tatty Mouse made a pudding,

Così entrambe fecero un budino.

So they both made a pudding.

E Topina Tatty mise il suo budino nella pentola a bollire,

And Tatty Mouse put her pudding into the pot to boil,

Ma quando Titty andò a mettere il suo, la pentola si rovesciò e la scottò a morte.

But when Titty went to put hers in, the pot tumbled over, and scalded her to death.

Allora Tatty si sedette e pianse; poi uno sgabello a tre gambe disse: “Tatty, perché piangi?” “Titty è morta,” disse Tatty, “e così piango;” “allora,” disse lo sgabello, “saltellerò,” così lo sgabello saltellò.

Then Tatty sat down and wept; then a three-legged stool said: “Tatty, why do you weep?” “Titty’s dead,” said Tatty, “and so I weep;” “then,” said the stool, “I’ll hop,” so the stool hopped.

Poi una scopa nell’angolo della stanza disse: “Sgabello, perché saltelli?” “Oh!” disse lo sgabello, “Titty è morta, e Tatty piange, e così saltello;” “allora,” disse la scopa, “spazzerò,” così la scopa iniziò a spazzare.

Then a broom in the corner of the room said, “Stool, why do you hop?” “Oh!” said the stool, “Titty’s dead, and Tatty weeps, and so I hop;” “then,” said the broom, “I’ll sweep,” so the broom began to sweep.

“Allora,” disse la porta, “Scopa, perché spazzi?” “Oh!” disse la scopa, “Titty è morta, e Tatty piange, e lo sgabello saltella, e così spazzo;” “Allora,” disse la porta, “scricchiolerò,” così la porta scricchiolò.

“Then,” said the door, “Broom, why do you sweep?” “Oh!” said the broom, “Titty’s dead, and Tatty weeps, and the stool hops, and so I sweep;” “Then,” said the door, “I’ll jar,” so the door jarred.

“Allora,” disse la finestra, “Porta, perché scricchioli?” “Oh!” disse la porta, “Titty è morta, e Tatty piange, e lo sgabello saltella, e la scopa spazza, e così scricchiolo.”

“Then,” said the window, “Door, why do you jar?” “Oh!” said the door, “Titty’s dead, and Tatty weeps, and the stool hops, and the broom sweeps, and so I jar.”

“Allora,” disse la finestra, “cigolerò,” così la finestra cigolò. Ora c’era una vecchia panca fuori dalla casa, e quando la finestra cigolò, la panca disse: “Finestra, perché cigoli?” “Oh!”

“Then,” said the window, “I’ll creak,” so the window creaked. Now there was an old form outside the house, and when the window creaked, the form said: “Window, why do you creak?” “Oh!”

disse la finestra, “Titty è morta, e Tatty piange, e lo sgabello saltella, e la scopa spazza, la porta scricchiola, e così cigolo.”

said the window, “Titty’s dead, and Tatty weeps, and the stool hops, and the broom sweeps, the door jars, and so I creak.”

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