Tales by Vladimir Suteev. Under the mushroom
I translated this little tale by myself. This is the ninth story from the storybook that I'm going to translate as a practice. Any corrections are very welcome :)
Once an ant got caught in the heavy rain.
Where to hide?
An ant saw the small mushroom in a clearing, reached it and hid under its cap.
He had sit under a mushroom and had wait out the rain.
But it was raining harder and harder...
The sopping butterfly crawled at the mushroom:
- Ant! Ant! Let me under the mushroom! I got wet and I can't fly!
- Where will I let you? - an ant said. - I barely fit myself here.
- It's ok! It's a bit cramped here, but no matter.
An ant let a butterfly under the mushroom.
Meanwhile it was raining even harder...
A mouse ran past them.
- Let me under the mushroom! I'm dripping with water.
- Where will we let you? It's no place here!
- Stand closer a little!
They stood closer and let a mouse under a mushroom.
Meanwhile the rain fell and wasn't going to stop.
Past mushroom a sparrow jumped and lamented:
- My feathers are wet, my wings are tired! Let me under the mushroom to dry off, to rest and to wait out this rain!
- Here is no place!
- Move a little bit, please!
- All right.
They moved and there was found a place for a sparrow.
In that moment a hare jumped out in the clearing. He saw the mushroom.
- Hide me! - he cried out. - Help me! A fox is chasing me!
- I feel sorry for him, - an ant said.
- Let stand closer a little more.
They just managed to hide the hare as a fox came running.
- Did you see a hare? - she asked.
- We did not.
A fox stepped closer and sniffed:
- Isn't that where he hid?
- Where can he hide here?!
A fox waved her tail and went away.
By this time the rain stopped and the sun came out.
They got out from under the mushroom and cheered.
An ant thought and said:
- How is it? There wasn't enough of space for me alone, but now there was found a place for five of us!
- Croak! Croak!- laughed someone.
All of them looked and saw a frog sitting on the mushroom and laughing:
- Oh, you! The mushroom did...
She didn't finish and jumped away.
They looked at the mushroom and understood why there wasn't enough of space for one at first and then there was found a place for five of them.
And do you understand why?
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Hi there,
Here are my corrections!
Tales by Vladimir Suteev. Under the mushroom
Once upon a time/one day, an ant got caught in the heavy rain.
"Where to should I hide?" thought the ant/ He looked for a place to hide.
He had sit sat under a the mushroom and had waited for the rain to pass/stop out the rain.
But it was raining harder and harder...
- Ant! Ant! Let me under the mushroom! I got wet and I can't fly!
- Where will I let you would I put you? - an the ant said. - I can barely fit in here myself here.
- It's ok! It's a bit cramped here, but no matter.
Meanwhile, it was raining even harder...
A mouse ran past them.
- Let me under the mushroom! I'm dripping with water.
- Where will we let you would we put you? It's no place here There's no more room under here!
- Stand a little closer together a little!
They stood/huddled closer and let a the mouse under a the mushroom.
Meanwhile, the rain continued to fall and wasn't going to stop showing any signs of stopping.
- My feathers are wet, my wings are tired! Let me under the mushroom to dry off, to rest and to wait out this rain!
- Here is no place! There's no more room under here!
- Move a little bit, please!
- All right.
They moved and they saw there was found enough space a place for a the sparrow.
In that moment, a hare jumped out in the clearing. He saw the mushroom.
- Hide me! - he cried out. - Help me! A fox is chasing me!
- I feel sorry for him, - an ant said.
- Let's stand closer a little closer together more.
They just managed to hide the hare as a the fox came running.
- Did Have you seen a hare? - she asked.
- We did not haven't.
- Isn't that where he hid he hiding under there?
- Where can could he (possibly) be hiding he hide under here?!
By this time, the rain had stopped and the sun came out.
They got out from under the mushroom and cheered.
- How is it that there wasn't enough of space for me alone, but now there was found a place for then we found space for five of us!
- Croak! Croak!- laughed someone laughed.
All of them looked and saw a frog sitting on the mushroom and laughing:
- Oh, you! The mushroom did...
She didn't finish and jumped away.
They looked at the mushroom and understood why there wasn't enough of space for one at first and then there was found a place for but then there was enough space for five of them.
And do you understand why?
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