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    "Gormadoc, le petit"

    GORMADOC, LE PETIT


    Gormadoc, le petit
    fuit les loups.
    Il trouve un escalier
    qui se cache dans les nuages,
    et il n'hesite pas à monter.
    Il monte un, deux,
    dix, cent, mille marches
    de la spirale infinie.
    Gormadoc monte, et monte,
    et les bêtes ne courent plus
    derrière lui.
    Et il monte jusqu'à trouver
    l'entrée d'une grotte.
    Il entre, et continue a monter,
    maintenant, dans les couloirs de pierre.
    À la fin, il trouve une porte fermée.
    Il l'ouvre et, etoné,
    Gormadoc voit les premières marches de l'escalier
    et les loups, à côté ...
    Terrifié, il court!
    Le petit Gormadoc
    fuit les loups,
    jusqu'à ce qu'il trouve
    un autre escalier.
    Last edited by librarius_qui; 11-08-2008 at 09:29 PM. Reason: it's been a while, I'll have to make little adjustments, until it reaches what it was

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    Quote Originally Posted by librarius_qui View Post


    Gormadoc, le petit / fuit les loups. / Il trouve un escalier / qui se cache dans les nuages, / et il n'hesite pas à monter. / Il monte un, deux, / dix, cent, mille marches / de la spirale infinie. / Gormadoc monte, et monte, / et les bêtes ne courent plus / derrière lui. / Et il monte jusqu'à trouver / l'entrée d'une grotte. / Il entre, et continue a monter, / maintenant, dans les couloirs de pierre. / À la fin, il trouve une porte fermée. / Il l'ouvre et, etoné, / Gormadoc voit les premières marches de l'escalier / et les loups, à côté ... / Terrifié, il court! / Le petit Gormadoc / fuit les loups, / jusqu'à ce qu'il trouve / un autre escalier.
    (Lets try to avoid translation tools ...)

    It goes a bit like this:

    Gormadoc the little one runs from wolves. He finds a stair which winds all the way up into dark clouds, and he doesn't hesitate taking that way. Gormadoc goes up and up, and the beasts don't run after him anylonger. And he goes on going up until he reaches the entrance of a cave. He goes into it, and goes on up the way, right now, through the stone passage ways. At the end of that way, Gormadoc finds a closed door. He opens it, and astonished, Gormadoc finds the first steps of the stairs, and the wolves right at its side ... Terrified, he runs away! The little Gormadoc runs away, up till there he comes about an ... other winding stair.
    Last edited by librarius_qui; 11-10-2008 at 12:01 PM. Reason: close brackets ... I love to open them, but to close them ... awgh! | dots

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    I wish I had a sufficient command of French to comment on the original but the translation reads like a most interesting and imaginitive tale. Is it meant to be a parable?

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    Quote Originally Posted by PrinceMyshkin View Post
    Is it meant to be a parable?
    I wrote first, now someone's analysing ...

    It was "meant" to be a short tale, with a indirect meaning so ... Now I can say that, whatever it was meant to be, a parable is as what it came out!

    Good definition, actually! I'd never think of it.
    Thanks!


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