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THE DEVOTED FRIEND (1) by O. Wilde
L’AMICO FEDELE
One morning the old Water-rat put his head out of his hole.
Una mattina il vecchio Topo-d’acqua mise la testa fuori dalla sua tana.
He had bright beady eyes and stiff grey whiskers, and his tail was like a long bit of black india-rubber.
Aveva occhi vivaci, piccoli e luccicanti, baffi grigi e dritti, e la coda era come un lungo pezzo di caucciù.
The little ducks were swimming about in the pond, looking just like a lot of yellow canaries, and their mother, who was pure white with real red legs, was trying to teach them how to stand on their heads in the water.
Le anatrelle nuotavano tutto intorno nel lago, proprio come un gruppo di canarini gialli e la loro mamma, che era bianca pura con delle zampette davvero rosse, stava cercando di insegnare loro come stare sulle loro teste nell’acqua.
‘You will never be in the best society unless you can stand on your heads,’ she kept saying to them; and every now and there she showed them how it was done.
‘Non entrerete mai nella buona società a meno che non sappiate stare sulle vostre teste,’ continuava a dire loro; e ogni tanto mostrava loro come si faceva.
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