Toad
Shut those damn birds up. Then I'll sing!
Gnat
Yes, but we are led by a veritable eagle.
Fallen Tree
I'm just getting my strength up. I'll stand up again.
Stump
Well, sure, I cannot move, but that means I cannot misstep.
Stone
There is moss on me? Well, let us grow, let us grow.
Gravestone
If only people didn't walk all over you like that!
Book
I can only give the answers I contain.
Fence Post
Ah, spring... I can feel myself growing.
Basalt
Don't touch me, I am molten lava.
Undated Manuscript, 1935
Your Humble Translator
The Work
The Count (Excluding Me, Alas)
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5 comments:
Sir, I commend your excellent work.
Also, I'm wondering if there is a reason Kniha doesn't get translated? If this occasional inclusion of actual Czech words continues, I will soon be unable to "get it," as my vocabulary is, as you know, whack.
Fixed! That was "book." It's an amusing thing that I appear to be able to use Czech and English nouns interchangeably. I swear I proofread that twice and didn't notice.
Díky!
to nic. I got to be in the know for a minute since I actually knew what that word meant. Thanks Czech Barnes & Noble (Barvic & Novotiny?).
Aye, yes Barvic & Novotny it was. I bought The Ground Beneath Her Feet and Gravity's Rainbow there.
hehe...footpants....
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