Italian–English parallel text
Tom Tit Tot
Joseph Jacobs
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C’era una volta una donna che ha cucinato cinque torte salate. Quando sono uscite dal forno, erano così cotte che la crosta era troppo dura da mangiare. Allora ha detto a sua figlia:
Once upon a time there was a woman, and she baked five pies. When they came out of the oven, they were so overbaked that the crusts were too hard to eat. So she said to her daughter:
«Figlia mia,» ha detto, «metti quelle torte sullo scaffale e lasciale lì un po’, e torneranno buone.» Voleva dire, sapete, che la crosta sarebbe diventata morbida.
“Daughter,” she said, “put those pies on the shelf and leave them there a little while, and they’ll come again.” She meant, you know, that the crust would get soft.
Ma la ragazza ha detto tra sé e sé: «Beh, se tornano buone, le mangio adesso.» E si è messa al lavoro e le ha mangiate tutte, dalla prima all’ultima.
But the girl said to herself, “Well, if they’ll come again, I’ll eat them now.” And she set to work and ate them all, first to last.
Beh, all’ora di cena la donna ha detto: «Va’ a prendere una di quelle torte. Secondo me ormai sono tornate buone.»
Well, at suppertime the woman said, “Go and get one of those pies. I’d say they’ve come again by now.”
La ragazza è andata a guardare, e non c’erano che i piatti. Allora è tornata e ha detto: «No, non sono tornate buone.»
The girl went and looked, and there was nothing but the dishes. So she came back and said, “No, they haven’t come again.”
«Neanche una?» ha detto la madre.
“Not one of them?” said the mother.
«Neanche una,» ha detto la ragazza.
“Not one of them,” said the girl.
«Beh, che siano tornate buone o no,» ha detto 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,» ha detto la ragazza.
“But you can’t, if they haven’t come again,” said the girl.
«Invece posso,» ha detto la donna. «Va’ a portarmi la migliore.»
“But I can,” said the woman. “Go and bring me the best of them.”
«Migliore o peggiore,» ha detto la ragazza, «le ho mangiate tutte, e non ne puoi avere una finché non torna buona.»
“Best or worst,” said the girl, “I’ve eaten them all, and you can’t have one until it’s come again.”
Beh, la donna si è arresa. Ha portato il suo lavoro alla porta per filare, e mentre filava, cantava:
Well, the woman gave up. She took her spinning to the door to spin, and as she spun, she sang:
«Mia figlia ha mangiato cinque, cinque torte oggi. Mia figlia ha mangiato cinque, cinque torte oggi.»
“My daughter has eaten five, five pies today. My daughter has eaten five, five pies today.”
Il re stava passando per la strada e l’ha sentita cantare, ma non riusciva a sentire cosa cantava, così si è fermato e ha detto:
The king was coming down the street, and he heard her sing, but he couldn’t hear what she sang, so he stopped and said:
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