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O izvirniku
Živalske zgodbe Clare Dillingham Pierson
Devetindevetdeset avtorskih zgodb o živalih na kmetiji, travniku, v gozdu, ob ribniku in ponoči. Bralni jezik je Slovenščina, izvirnik pa prihaja iz vira Živalske zgodbe Clare Dillingham Pierson v jeziku English.
Besedilo
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Topli poletni dnevi so minili in dolgotipalčne kobilice so se spet vrnile na travnik. Vsi so jih bili veseli, njihove sestrične kobilice pa so jim v čast priredile zabavo.
Koliko dela so imeli travniški prebivalci s pripravami na to zabavo! Preobleči se jim sicer ni bilo treba, zato pa so se drgnili in čistili, vse mlade kobilice pa so odšle na rob gozda vadit skoke in si dodobra razgibat kolena. Na zabavi bodo morda igre in ples, in kako strašno bi bilo, če bi katera izmed mladih kobilic ugotovila, da se ji dve ali tri noge nočejo gladko upogibati!
Kobilice niso vedele, ob kateri uri naj priredijo zabavo. Nekateri travniški prebivalci, ki so jih želele povabiti, so bili vajeni spati ves dan, drugi pa vso noč, zato je bilo res težko najti uro, ko bi bili vsi povsem budni in pripravljeni na zabavo. Nazadnje je drevesni žabec rekel: »Pukr-r-rup! Pukr-r-rup! Priredite jo ob sončnem zahodu!« In tako je tudi bilo.
Vsi so prišli pravočasno, poskakovali, klepetali in plesali ter se za praznično večerjo gostili z nežnimi zelenimi listi. Nekaj malih kobilic je postalo zaspanih in so zlezle med trpotec, da bi malo zadremale. Prav tedaj je velik samec dolgotipalčne kobilice oznanil, da bo zapel pesem — kar je bilo zelo prijazno od njega, saj je to v resnici storil zato, da bi razveselil druge, ne pa zato, da bi pokazal, kako imeniten glasbenik je. Vsi gostje so vzkliknili: »Kako očarljivo!« ali: »Z največjim veseljem bomo prisluhnili!« On pa se je namestil na nizko vejo, ki se je pozibavala. Saj veste, dolgotipalčne kobilice pojejo s pokrovkami svojih kril, zato si je, ko je pristal na veji, pogladil bledozeleno obleko in malo podrgnil s pokrovkami, da se je prepričal, ali so uglašene. Nato je glasno in jasno začel: »Katy je to storila! Katy je to storila!! Katy je to storila!!!«
Seveda ni mislil na nobeno pravo Katy, ampak je le pel svojo pesem. Vendar je bil tam še en samec dolgotipalčne kobilice, ki je imel navado ugovarjati, pa še preveč se je bil najedel, zaradi česar je bil še bolj čemeren kakor navadno. Ko je torej pevec zapel: »Katy je to storila!«, je ta čemernež poskočil in rekel: »Katy tega ni storila! Katy tega ni storila!! Katy tega ni storila!!!« In tako sta kar naprej ponavljala, eden, da je to storila, drugi pa, da ni, dokler ni bilo vseh sram in jim je postalo neprijetno. Nekaj malih kobilic se je celo prebudilo in hotelo vedeti, kaj se dogaja.
Oba pevca sta bila vse bolj razdražena, dokler nazadnje nobeden ni več prav vedel, kaj govori — in to se, veste, skoraj vedno zgodi, kadar se ljudje razjezijo. Kar naprej sta nekaj ponavljala, kolikor glasno in hitro sta le mogla, in ves čas mislila, kako zelo pametna sta — toliko sta pač vedela o tem.
Nenadoma je nekdo opazil, da tisti, ki je začel s »Katy je to storila!«, zdaj vrešči: »Katy tega ni storila!«, tisti, ki je prej govoril »Katy tega ni storila!«, pa rjove: »Katy je to storila!« Tedaj so se vsi zasmejali, onadva na veji pa sta se zelo osramočeno spogledala.
Drevesni žabec je vedno vedel, kaj je treba storiti, in je tako glasno zaklical: »Pukr-r-rup!«, da so vsi pri priči utihnili. Ko je zavladala tišina, je rekel: »Zdaj bomo prisluhnili duetu z naslovom ‘Katy’, ki nam ga bosta zapela pevca na drevesu. Pri odpevu, prosim, zapojte vsi.« In tako se je petje znova začelo, le da sta bila zdaj oba vodilna pevca dobre volje, vse dolgotipalčne kobilice spodaj pa so pritegnile: »Je ali ni, je ali ni, je ali ni.« In tako se je prepir končal.
Izvirnik
045 THE KATYDID'S QUARREL
Naslednje strani prikazujejo izvirno besedilo za primerjavo.
The warm summer days were past, and the Katydids came again to the meadow. Everybody was glad to see them, and the Grasshoppers, who are cousins of the Katydids, gave a party in their honor.
Such a time as the meadow people had getting ready for that party! They did not have to change their dresses, but they scraped and cleaned themselves, and all the young Grasshoppers went off by the woods to practise jumping and get their knees well limbered, because there might be games and dancing at the party, and then how dreadful it would be if any young Grasshopper should find that two or three of his legs wouldn't bend easily!
The Grasshoppers did not know at just what time they ought to have the party. Some of the meadow people whom they wanted to invite were used to sleeping all day, and some were used to sleeping all night, so it really was hard to find an hour at which all would be wide-awake and ready for fun. At last the Tree Frog said: "Pukr-r-rup! Pukr-r-rup! Have it at sunset!" And at sunset it was.
Everyone came on time, and they hopped and chattered and danced and ate a party supper of tender green leaves. Some of the little Grasshoppers grew sleepy and crawled among the plantains for a nap. Just then a big Katydid said he would sing a song--which was a very kind thing for him to do, because he really did it to make the others happy, and not to show what a fine musician he was. All the guests said, "How charming!" or, "We should be delighted!" and he seated himself on a low swinging branch. You know Katydids sing with the covers of their wings, and so when he alighted on the branch he smoothed down his pale green suit and rubbed his wing-cases a little to make sure that they were in tune. Then he began loud and clear, "Katy did! Katy did!! Katy did!!!"
Of course he didn't mean any real Katy, but was just singing his song. However, there was another Katydid there who had a habit of contradicting, and he had eaten too much supper, and that made him feel crosser than ever; so when the singer said "Katy did!" this cross fellow jumped up and said, "Katy didn't! Katy didn't!! Katy didn't!!!" and they kept at it, one saying that she did and the other that she didn't, until everybody was ashamed and uncomfortable, and some of the little Grasshoppers awakened and wanted to know what was the matter.
Both of the singers got more and more vexed until at last neither one knew just what he was saying--and that, you know, is what almost always happens when people grow angry. They just kept saying something as loud and fast as possible and thought all the while that they were very bright--which was all they knew about it.
Suddenly somebody noticed that the one who began to say "Katy did!" was screaming "Katy didn't!" and the one who had said "Katy didn't!" was roaring "Katy did!" Then they all laughed, and the two on the branch looked at each other in a very shamefaced way.
The Tree Frog always knew the right thing to do, and he said "Pukr-r-rup!" so loudly that all stopped talking at once. When they were quiet he said: "We will now listen to a duet, 'Katy,' by the two singers who are up the tree. All please join in the chorus." So it was begun again, and both the leaders were good-natured, and all the Katydids below joined in with "did or didn't, did or didn't, did or didn't." And that was the end of the quarrel.
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