Elle dit que ce n' taient pas des pommes, mais plut t des ch taignes.
she says they weren't apples, but instead that they were chestnuts
J'ai dit que j' tais innocent puisque je n'avais pas mang de ch taignes
I said I was innocent since I had not eaten any chestnuts
mais le Serpent l'informa que ch taignier pouvait aussi avoir un sens figuratif
but the Serpent informed her that "chestnut" could also have a figurative meaning
Elle dit qu'une ch taigne peut tre une blague vieillie et moisie
she says a chestnut can be an aged and mouldy joke
Je suis devenu p le cette d finition
I turned pale at this definition
parce que j'ai fait beaucoup de blagues pour passer le temps fatigu
because I have made many jokes to pass the weary time
Et certaines d'entre elles mes blagues auraient pu tre de la vari t ch taigne
and some of them my jokes could have been of the chestnut variety
mais j'avais honn tement suppos que c' taient de nouvelles blagues quand je les ai faites
but I had honestly supposed that they were new jokes when I made them
Elle m'a demand si j'avais fait des blagues juste au moment de la catastrophe.
She asked me if I had made any jokes just at the time of the catastrophe
J'ai t oblig d'admettre que je m' tais fait une blague
I was obliged to admit that I had made a joke to myself
m me si je n'ai pas fait la blague haute voix
although I did not make the joke aloud
Je pensais aux cascades
I was thinking about the waterfalls
Comme c'est merveilleux de voir ce vaste plan d'eau tomber l -bas
"How wonderful it is to see that vast body of water tumble down there "
Puis, en un instant, une pens e brillante m'est venue l'esprit.
Then in an instant a bright thought flashed into my head
Ce serait beaucoup plus merveilleux de voir l'eau d gringoler dans la cascade
"It would be a great deal more wonderful to see the water tumble up the waterfall "
J' tais sur le point de mourir de rire quand toute la nature s'est d cha n e
I was just about to die from laughing when all nature broke loose
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