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Le Corbeau et le Cygne

The Crow and the Swan

Un corbeau voit un magnifique cygne blanc et devient jaloux de son apparence. Le corbeau décide d'essayer de se transformer pour devenir aussi beau que le cygne.

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Un corbeau vit un beau cygne blanc nageant dans un lac.

A crow saw a beautiful white swan swimming in a lake.

Le corbeau regarda ses propres plumes noires.

The crow looked at his own black feathers.

Il se sentit triste.

He felt sad.

« Je veux être blanc et beau comme le cygne »

"I want to be white and beautiful like the swan,"

pensa le corbeau.

thought the crow.

Le corbeau observait le cygne chaque jour.

The crow watched the swan every day.

Il vit le cygne se laver dans l'eau pure.

He saw the swan washing in the clean water.

« Peut-être que me laver me rendra blanc aussi, »

"Maybe washing will make me white too,"

dit le corbeau.

said the crow.

Le corbeau quitta sa demeure dans les arbres.

The crow left his home in the trees.

Il alla vivre près de l'eau.

He went to live by the water.

Chaque jour il lavait ses plumes noires.

Every day he washed his black feathers.

Il les frottait et les récurait énergiquement.

He rubbed and scrubbed them hard.

Mais ses plumes restèrent noires.

But his feathers stayed black.

Le corbeau devint très maigre car il ne pouvait plus trouver sa nourriture habituelle près de l'eau.

The crow got very thin because he could not find his usual food near the water.

Il devint faible et malade.

He became weak and sick.

Bientôt le pauvre corbeau mourut.

Soon the poor crow died.

Ses plumes étaient encore noires.

His feathers were still black.