Italian–English parallel text
Tom Tit Tot
Joseph Jacobs
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C’era una volta una donna che cucinò cinque torte. E quando le tirò fuori dal forno, erano così cotte che la crosta era troppo dura da mangiare. Così disse a sua figlia:
Once upon a time there was a woman, and she baked five pies. And when they came out of the oven, they were that overbaked the crusts were too hard to eat. So she says to her daughter:
“Figliola,” disse, “metti quelle torte sulla mensola e lasciale lì un po’, e torneranno buone.” Intendeva, sai, che la crosta si sarebbe ammorbidita.
“Darter,” says she, “put you them there pies on the shelf, and leave ‘em there a little, and they’ll come again.”--She meant, you know, the crust would get soft.
Ma la ragazza disse tra sé e sé: “Beh, se torneranno buone, le mangerò adesso.” E si mise all’opera e le mangiò tutte, dalla prima all’ultima.
But the girl, she says to herself: “Well, if they’ll come again, I’ll eat ‘em now.” And she set to work and ate ‘em all, first and last.
Bene, all’ora di cena la donna disse: “Vai a prendere una di quelle torte. Scommetto che ora saranno tornate buone.”
Well, come supper-time the woman said: “Go you, and get one o’ them there pies. I dare say they’ve come again now.”
La ragazza andò a guardare, e non c’era altro che i piatti. Così tornò indietro e disse: “No, non sono tornate buone.”
The girl went and she looked, and there was nothing but the dishes. So back she came and says she: “Noo, they ain’t come again.”
“Nemmeno una?” disse la madre.
“Not one of ‘em?” says the mother.
“Nemmeno una,” disse lei.
“Not one of ‘em,” says she.
“Beh, che siano tornate buone o no,” disse la donna, “ne voglio una per cena.”
“Well, come again, or not come again,” said the woman “I’ll have one for supper.”
“Ma non puoi, se non sono tornate buone,” disse la ragazza.
“But you can’t, if they ain’t come,” said the girl.
“Ma invece posso,” disse lei. “Vai a prendere la migliore.”
“But I can,” says she. “Go you, and bring the best of ‘em.”
“Migliore o peggiore,” disse la ragazza, “le ho mangiate tutte, e non ne avrai nessuna finché non saranno tornate buone.”
“Best or worst,” says the girl, “I’ve ate ‘em all, and you can’t have one till that’s come again.”
Bene, la donna era esausta, e portò il suo filatoio alla porta per filare, e mentre filava cantava:
Well, the woman she was done, and she took her spinning to the door to spin, and as she span she sang:
“Mia figlia ha mangiato cinque, cinque torte oggi. Mia figlia ha mangiato cinque, cinque torte oggi.”
“My darter ha’ ate five, five pies to-day. My darter ha’ ate five, five pies to-day.”
Il re stava passando per la strada e la sentì cantare, ma non riusciva a capire cosa cantasse, così si fermò e disse:
The king was coming down the street, and he heard her sing, but what she sang he couldn’t hear, so he stopped and said:
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