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FRENCH IV
READING BOOKLET
PIMSLEUR
SIMON & SCHUSTERS
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Graphic Design: Maia Kennedy
andRecorded Program 2013 Simon & Schuster, Inc.
Reading Booklet 2013 Simon & Schuster, Inc.Pimsleuris an imprint of Simon & Schuster Audio,a division of Simon & Schuster, Inc. Mfg. in USA.
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French IVVOICES
English-Speaking Instructor ..................Ray BrownFrench-Speaking Instructor .... Dominique ClmentFemale French Speaker ...... M.-P. Grandin-Gillette
Male French Speaker .......................... Pierre Hurel
COURSEWRITERS
Marie-P. Grandin-Gillette Berit S. Ahmad
EDITOR
Hiromi Bouchard
EDITOR& EXECUTIVEPRODUCER
Beverly D. Heinle
REVIEWERDominique Clment
PRODUCER& DIRECTOR
Sarah H. McInnis
RECORDINGENGINEER
Peter S. Turpin
Simon & Schuster Studios, Concord, MA
acknowledgments
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Introduction ........................................................ 1
Leon Un : Les ufs / Nous irons aux bois ......... 3Leon Deux : Mon chapeau / Si tu pars
en voyage ....................................................... 5Leon Trois : Pomme rouge de lautomne ........... 7Leon Quatre : Lpi de bl / Soyez bnis ........... 9Leon Cinq : Homophones / La marchande
de foie .............................................................. 11Leon Six : Un voyage ........................................ 13Leon Sept : Un voyage (suite) .......................... 14Leon Huit : Un voyage (suite) .......................... 15Leon Neuf : Un voyage (suite) ......................... 16Leon Dix : Un voyage (suite) ........................... 17Leon Onze : Un voyage (suite) ......................... 18Leon Douze : Un voyage (suite) ....................... 19Leon Treize : Un voyage (suite) ....................... 20Leon Quatorze : Un voyage (suite) .................. 21Leon Quinze : Un voyage (suite) ..................... 23Leon Seize : Un voyage (suite) ........................ 24
Leon Dix-sept : Un voyage (suite) .................. 25Leon Dix-huit : Un voyage (suite) ................... 26Leon Dix-neuf : Un voyage (suite) ................... 28Leon Vingt : Un voyage (suite et fin) ............... 30Translations for Lessons 6-20 ............................... 32
table oF contents
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French IV
There are 20 Reading Lessons in French IV.These lessons will expand your vocabulary andprovide reading practice. All are accompanied bytranslations. The first 5 Readings include some
short poems and an exercise with homophones.Translations immediately follow these lessons. Thelast 15 Readings make up a short story. The transla-tions for these can be found following the story.
The accompanying recorded portion of the
Readings for French IVwill be found at the end ofthe program, following the units. Instructions onhow to proceed with the Readings are contained inthe audio.
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French IV
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l U : l uf / nu i ux bi
A, B, C, D, E
Mais o sont les ufs ?
F, G, H, I, J
Non, pas dans mon lit !K, L, M, N, O
Pas dans le piano !
P, Q, R, S, T
Pas dans le grenier !U, V, W
Et pour les trouver
X, Y et Z
Il faut quon nous aide !1, 2, 3
Nous irons aux bois
4, 5, 6
Cueillir des cerises
7, 8, 9
Dans mon panier neuf
10, 11, 12
Elles seront toutes rouges !
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lssn on: t es / t w ds w g (rans.)
A, B, C, D, E
But where are the eggs?
F, G, H, I , J
No, not in my bed!K, L, M, N, O
Not in the piano!
P, Q, R, S, T
Not in the attic!U, V, W
And to find them
X, Y and Z
Someone must help us!1, 2, 3
To the woods well go
4, 5, 6
To pick some cherries
7, 8, 9
In my new basket
10, 11, 12
They will be all red!
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French IV
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l dux : m pu / si u p vyg
Quand je mets mon chapeau gris
Cest pour aller sous la pluie
Quand je mets mon chapeau vert
Cest que je suis en colreQuand je mets mon chapeau bleu
Cest que a va dj mieux
Quand je mets mon chapeau blanc
Cest que je suis trs contentSi tu pars, si tu pars en voyage
Dans le vent, dans le vent de lt
En faisant, en faisant tes bagages
Noublie pas, noublie pas demporterTes chaussettes et tes souliers
Range-les bien dans ta valise
Ton blue-jean et ton cir
Ta chemise et ton tricot
Tes culottes et ton maillot
Ton foulard et ton chapeau
Ton savon, ta brosse dents
Ton ballon, ton cerf-volant
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lssn t : my ha / If Yu g t ravin (rans.)
When I put on my grey hat
Its to walk in the rain
When I put on my green hat
Its because Im angryWhen I put on my blue hat
Its that I feel better already
When I put on my white hat
Its because Im very happyIf you go, if you go traveling
In the wind, in the wind of summer
While packing, while packing your luggage
Dont forget, dont forget to take alongYour socks and your shoes
Arrange them nicely in your suitcase
Your blue jeans and your rain slicker
Your shirt and your sweater
Your underpants and your swimsuit
Your scarf and your hat
Your soap, your toothbrush
Your ball, your kite
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l t i : P ug u
Pomme rouge de lautomne
A mri sur le pommier
Tiens, prends-la
Je te la donneMets-la dans ton tablier
Lautomne est bien arriv
Grappe blonde de lautomne
A mri sur lespalierLa voici
Je te la donne
Mets-la dans ton grand panier
Lautomne est bien arrivFeuilles rousses de lautomne
Les beaux feuillages dors
Jen ferai une couronne
Et tu pourras la porter
En courant dans lherbe folle
Ou dans un grand champ de bl
Sur le chemin de lcole
Lautomne est bien arriv
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l t: r a pp f a uu (.)
Red apple of autumn
Ripened on the apple tree
Here, take it
I give it to youPut it in your apron
Autumn has indeed arrived
Golden bunch [of grapes] of autumn
Ripened on the trellisThere it is
I give it to you
Put it in your big basket
Autumn has indeed arrivedCrimson leaves of autumn
Beautiful golden leaves
I will make them into a crown
And you can wear it
Running in the wild grass
Or through a large field of wheat
On the way to school
Autumn has indeed arrived
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l Qu : l pi b / syz bi
Lpi de bl
Je navais quun pi de bl
En bon terrain je lai sem
pleines mains jai rcoltPuis au moulin je lai port
La farine vendue au march
Un grand profit ma rapport
Un bel habit jai commandLa fille du roi ma regard
Le roi ma fait son conseiller
Un grand domaine
il ma donnVoil comme un pi de bl
Dhonneurs et de biens
ma combl
Soyez bnis
Soyez bnis gens de la cuisine
Nous vous devons de grands bonheurs
Et si jamais lamour me taquine
Un cordon bleu aura mon cur
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l Fu: The Ear of Wheat/Be Blessed (.)
The Ear of Wheat
I had only an ear of wheat
In good soil I planted it
With full hands I harvestedThen to the mill I took it
The flour sold at market
A large profit brought me
A nice suit I orderedThe kings daughter looked at me
The king made me his advisor
A large estate
he gave to meHere is how one ear of wheat
With honors and wealth
showered me
Be Blessed
Be blessed people of the kitchen
We owe our happiness to you
And if ever love catches me
A cordon-bleucook will have my heart
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l ciq : hp / l fi
cville, cest s, pkilomtres.
Il va compter jusqu .
Ils ont bu vigverres de vien vi.
Les de harmonica beaux.Ma va voir la avec monsieur le i.
Mais ma ne dort pas sous la .
Cest un vvqui vient vvous.
Vivement la fidu film, jai fi!Le piest dans le meuble en pi.
Le ne se rend pas p
quil raconte un de fes.
Il tait une fiUne marchande de fi
Qui vendait du fi
Dans la ville de Fix.
Elle se dit,Mafoi,
Cest la premirefois
Et la dernirefois
Que je vends dufoie
Dans la ville deFoix !
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leon Five: homopone / te liver saewoman (ran.)
This town, its Ste, 7 kilometers away.
He goes away, without counting toone hundred.
They drank twenty glasses of wine in vain.
The sounds of his harmonica are beautiful.My mother is going to see the sea withthe mayor.
But my aunt doesnt sleep under the tent.
Its a green worm thats coming toward you.
I cant wait for the end of the movie,Im hungry!
The bread is in the pine furniture.
The count does not realize
That hes telling a fairy tale.There was once upon a time
A liver saleswoman
Who was selling liver
In the town of Foix.
She said to herself,My faithThis is the first time
And the last time
That Im selling liver
In the town of Foix!
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l six : U vyg
Ctait il y a quelques annes,
quand les tudiants voyageaient encore,
seuls, en couple ou plusieurs,
quand ils faisaient le tour de lEurope,sans tlphones portables et sans ordinateurs
mais plutt
avec des sacs dos.
Le plus souvent ils navaient pas
beaucoup dargent.
Quelquefois mme, ils devaient tlphoner
leurs parents aux tats-Unis, en Suisse ouen Angleterre.
Ils les appelaient au milieu des vacances,de Nazar, dpidaure ou du Cap de la Chvre,
pour leur demander de leur transfrer
la petite banque du petit village
juste assez pour finir les vacances.En change, ils leur enverraient
une belle carte postale
de Grce, de France, de Turquie,
du Portugal ou de lex-Yougoslavie.
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l sp : U vyg (ui)
Ce jour-l, il faisait beau,
on entendait mme quelques oiseaux.
Ctait tt un matin
en juillet ou en aot.Ils staient levs de trs bonne heure,
ce qui est dur pour les tudiants,
pour arriver lheure la gare.
Ctait une petite gare fleurie
dans le sud de lItalie,
vraiment trs au sud,
tout en bas de la botte
au bout de la ligne.
Ah, les trains italiens,
ctait quelque chose !
Ils le savaient bien
parce quils avaient travers presque toute lItalie
en train, du nord au sud,avant de prendre le bateau pour la Grce.
a avait pris une ternit.
Heureusement qu laller, ils ntaient
pas presss.
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l hui : U vyg (ui)
Ils avaient dcid de partir ensemble
laventure
pour voir si ctait une bonne ide,
pour savoir si ctait lui pour elleet elle pour lui.
Ils staient dit que bon,
si a ne marchait pas,
ce ntait pas la fin du monde.Au contraire,
a ferait des souvenirs de jeunesse.
Il en faut tout le monde,
des souvenirs de voyagedans des pays dont on ne parle pas la langue.
Lui, il avait lhabitude
quon ne le comprenne pas.
Il apprenait dire bonjour, merci
en grec, en turc, en portugais.
Pour elle ctait plus difficile.
Elle se sentait un peu coupable
de ne pas mieux parler litalien.
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l nuf : U vyg (ui)
a stait bien pass, ces vacances.
Cinq semaines ensemble
vingt-quatre heures sur vingt-quatre.
Ils pourraient les raconter leurs parents, leurs amis,
quand ils rentreraient,
elle Paris, lui aux tats-Unis.
Ils avaient pris des bus, explor, visit,
mont les marches des temples,fait la queue aux muses.
Elle avait lu des guides et des romans
pendant quil dessinait dans un cahier.
Au bout dun moment, les temples grecsfinissent par se ressembler.
Ils avaient mang dans des restaurants,
des choses bizarres, du poulpe, despetits poissons,
et montr du doigt quand ils ne savaient pasce que ctait.
Le plus souvent, ctait bon,
mme si de temps en temps, on avait
une surprise.
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l dix : U vyg (ui)
Ils avaient rencontr des gens,
dans les bus ou aux terrasses des restaurants.
Ils avaient tous parl anglais ou espagnol,
ils staient donn des adresses,une plage, un htel, un renseignement
ou le nom dun ami.
Quand ils ne se comprenaient pas,
ils staient dbrouillsen faisant des gestes, en dessinant,
en se montrant quelque chose sur une carte
ou en disant OK, OK.
Plusieurs fois, ils avaient mme t invits dormir chez quelquun,
sur un canap ou dans un jardin.
Le matin, il y avait des enfants, des chats,
on leur avait offert le caf.
Ils staient dit, sparment,
que ctait vraiment sympa davoir confiance,
et queux, ils feraient la mme chose
quand ils auraient une maison avec un canap.
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12.13.14.15.16.
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l oz : U vyg (ui)
Dautres fois, dans les villes,ils avaient dormi dans des pensions de familleou sur les toits des htels.Ctait le plus conomique et pas
si inconfortable.Heureusement quil navait jamais plu !Le reste du temps, ils avaient couch surles plages.Ctait encore autoris
il y a quelques annes.Personne ntait venu les rveiller niles chassermais il fallait quand mme se leveret aller se jeter dans leau
parce quil faisait chaud le matin.a faisait du bien de nager,de se rafrachir les ides.Leau tait tellement claire et bleuequon en voyait le fond des dizainesde mtreset que a faisait un peu peur.Quand elle mettait la tte dedans,elle ne savait pas si elle prfrait ouvrir les yeuxou les fermer.
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l duz : U vyg (ui)
Une fois, un jour,
non, en fait, ctait une nuit,
ils avaient plong tous les deux ensemble
dun bloc de rochers.Il y avait des millions de petites lumires
qui brillaient dans leau.
Ctait magnifique !
Quest-ce que a pouvait bien tre ?Du plancton ? Des crevettes ?
Ils ny connaissaient rien.
Ils taient bien tudiants,
mais pas en biologie marine.Lui faisait de larchitecture
et elle de la littrature et du latin.
Ctait pour ressortir de leau
que a avait t plus dur.
Il avait fallu reprendre pied sur les rochers.
Elle avait march sur un oursin - ae !
Aprs, ils avaient pass des heures rire
et enlever les piquants la lampe de poche.
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l t iz : U vyg (ui)
Une autre fois, elle lattendaitsur un banc devant une gare.Il tait all chercher les horaires duprochain train.
Elle avait entendu quelquun qui disaitson nom.Son nom elle.Elle stait retourne et avait vu un typequelle ne connaissait pas.
Le type avait dit : Cest toi, non ? Cestbien toi ?
Ben oui, ctait bien elle, mais elle ne voyaitvraiment pasLe type tait un ami de son frre,
de quand ils taient petits.Il lavait reconnue aprs tout ce temps.Ctait bizarre.Ils navaient rien trouv dintressant se dire,alors le type tait parti rejoindre ses amis,
en lui faisant un petit signe de la main.Et quand elle lui avait racont a,quand il tait revenu, il avait ditque cest drle de rencontrer des gensquon connatdans un pays quon ne connat pas.
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l Quz : U vyg (ui)
Une autre fois, un autre jour,
il y avait du vent sur lAcropole
et des touristes qui prenaient des photos.
Ils taient rests des heures au soleil regarder les Cariatides
et essayer de se souvenir
de ce quils avaient lu sur le sujet.
Le pauvre, il avait pris une poussiredans lil,
un grain de sable dAthnes.
Comme il avait les yeux sensibles,
il ne voulait rien tenter de dramatique.
Il avait essay de cligner des yeux, depleurer, sans rien toucher.
Et il avait trouv quelle se moquait un peude lui.
a faisait un mal de chien.Il fallait que a sarrte.
Alors elle stait penche sur lui avec unebouteille deau,
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l Quz (ui)
17.
18.
19.
20.
elle avait insist et persvr.
Tu vas voir, a va aller, mais si, je tassure.
Des gens curieux staient regroupsautour deux,
et la fin, il tait mouill mais sauf, et tout lemonde avait applaudi.
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l Quiz : U vyg (ui)
Vers la fin des vacances, ils parlaient unpeu moins,ils se regardaient un peu plus, la drobe.Par-dessus son livre elle,
derrire ses croquis lui.Ce ntait pas encore pour tout de suiteles dcisions prendre ou ne pas prendre.Il y avait encore quelques matins,quelques cafs,
et quelques verres de vin,avant quils se demandent vraimentce quils allaient fairequand les vacances seraient finies.Peut-tre quil aurait pu
Peut-tre quelle aurait vouluIls verraient plus tard, ils avaient encorele temps,ils ntaient pas leurs parents.Dailleurs, il commenait faire chaud sur ce
quai de garedans le sud de lItalie.Des gens commenaient arriver, avec leurssacs dos.Il valait mieux aller chercher de leau
car le voyage risquait dtre long.
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7.8.9.
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14.15.16.17.
18.19.
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l siz : U vyg (ui)
Du sud au nord, jusqu Milan, a faisait loin.Il avait regard sur la carte.Huit-cent-quatre-vingt-huit kilomtres.Ils en avaient bien pour dix heures de train,
disons douze heures parce que ctait lItalie.Allez, douze heures de train, ce nestpas catastrophique.Ils pourraient peut-tre dormir un peuen sappuyant lun contre lautre.Cest ce quils avaient fait laller il y aun moisquand le train tait complet.Ils staient assis sur leur sac dans le couloir.Ils avaient souri aux militaires en uniformeet aux dames qui portaient des foulards surla tteet qui leur avaient propos du salami.Et puis, ils staient endormisau milieu du bruit et des odeurs.Ce ntait que le dbut pour les dames auxfoulards et pour les militaires,mais Milan pour elle,ctait dj loin de Paris,
et pour lui, lAmricain, nen parlons pas.
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l dix-p : U vyg (ui)
Comme ctait la fin de lt,ils sattendaient ce quil y ait du mondedans le train.Tous ces jeunes gens devaient bien
rentrer chez eux, quand mme.Sur le quai il y avait maintenant desAllemands, des Anglais, des Hollandais,des Franais comme elle, des Grecs quipartaient visiter lItalie,des Espagnols, des Belges, et mme
quelques Italiens,des Autrichiens et des Sudois peut-tre,mais pas dAmricains.Il tait content dtre le seul, en fait.Et puis, le train est arriv.
Et l, vraiment, ils se sont demandsi ils rvaient.En se dirigeant vers les portes avec leur sac,eux et tous les autres voyageurs se disaienten mme tempsla mme chose, mais dans beaucoup de
langues diffrentes.Mais cest pas possible, cest fou !
Tas vu a ? Cest incroyable !
Huit-cent-quatre-vingt-huit kilomtres dici Milan ...
a va tre lenfer !
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l dix-ui : U vyg
Le train tait dj tellement plein, complet,bourr craquerquils ont d se pousser, se tirer,pour arriver finalement y monter
juste avant que les portes se refermentderrire eux,laissant sur le quai quelques jeunes fillestrop timides.Le sac encore sur le dos, coincs,
bloqus, compresss,ils se sont regards par dessus dautres sacs dos.Il y avait des gens partout, debout, serrscomme des sardines,
dans chaque centimtre carr de chaquecouloir de ce train.Ils avaient envie de rire parce que ctaitdrle et en mme tempsvraiment pas marrant de penser
que si a continuait comme aon ne pourrait pas sasseoir avant Milan.Tout le monde se disait la mmechose, apparemment.On se demandait comment on allait rentrer
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Liverpool, Stuttgart, Lyon ou Bruxelles dans ces conditions.Et puis, le contrleur est apparu, commepar magie,
dans son uniforme, sous sa casquette,derrire sa moustache joviale.Comment avait-il bien pu faire pour se frayerun passageentre ces centaines de voyageurs ? Mystre.
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l dix-uf : U vyg (ui)
Quand il est arriv devant eux,
ils lui ont tendu leur passeport en mme temps.
Lui le sien, le bleu, lamricain.
Elle le sien aussi, le franais, le bordeaux.Il les a regards tous les deux,
elle et lui, et puis les billets et les passeports.
Il a souri et il leur a demand quelque choseen italien.
Elle ntait pas sre davoir compris
mais elle avait limpression quectait important.
Insieme ?
Elle sest jete leau.Elle a rpondu que oui, en italien.
Ils taient bien ensemble.
Alors il leur a expliqu quil fallait quils
descendent la gare suivante.Capite ? Capisci ?
Elle comprenait, oui, la gare suivante.
Quil fallait quils attendent une heure.
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Elle tait trs concentre, comme si sa vieen dpendait.
Et quau bout dune heure, il y aurait un autretrain, vous comprenez ?
Un autre train qui serait moins complet, pourMilan,Milano Centrale.
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l Vig : U vyg (ui fi)
Et puis le contrleur a disparu, englouti parla foule.
Elle a expliqu ce quelle avait compris, oucru comprendre.
Il lui demandait: Tu es sre, cest bien cequil a dit ?
Elle ntait pas cent pour cent sre, mais elleavait confiance.
Il a dit: OK, on descend, on verra bien.Elle a rpondu que de toute faon ctait a
ou mourir dasphyxie et de paralysie alorspourquoi pas ?
Quand le train sest arrt dans une gare vide
quils navaient pas vue sur la carte,ils sont descendus en croisant les doigts.
Ils ont regard autour deux.
Ils taient quatre.
Elle et lui et, plus loin sur le quai, deuxautres tudiants
avec, comme eux, des sacs dos et despasseports de couleurs diffrentes.
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l Vig (ui fi)
Une jeune fille et un jeune homme quiaimaient voyager ensemble,
qui attendraient le prochain train,
et qui devaient parler un peu litalien.
Quelquefois on ne les croirait pas
quand ils raconteraient cette histoire
des annes plus tard,
mme si elle tait vraie.
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l six: a Vyg (t i)
It was a few years ago,
when students still used to travel
alone, in couples or in groups,
when they used to tour Europewithout cell phones and without computers
but rather
with backpacks.
Most of the time they didnt have
lots of money.Sometimes they even had to call
their parents in the United States, inSwitzerland or in England.
They would call them in the middle of vacation,from Nazar, from Epidaure or from Cap dela Chvre,
to ask them to transfer to them
in the little bank in the little village
just enough to finish the vacation.In exchange, they would send to them
a pretty postcard
from Greece, from France, from Turkey,
from Portugal or from the former Yugoslavia.
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That day, the weather was nice,
one could even hear some birds.
It was early one morning
in July or in August.They had gotten up very early,
which is hard for students,
to arrive at the station on time.
It was a small station with flowers
in the South of Italy,
really very much in the South,
all the way down the boot
at the end of the line.
Ah, Italian trains,
that was something!
They knew that well
because they had crossed almost all of Italy
by train, from North to South,before taking the boat to Greece.
It had taken an eternity.
Fortunately on the way there, they werent
in a hurry.
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They had decided to go away together
on an adventure
to see if it was a good idea,
to know if it was him for herand her for him.
Theyd told each other that, well,
if it didnt work out
it wasnt the end of the world.
On the contrary,
that would make some memories of youth.
That is necessary for everyone,
travel memories
in countries of which you dont speakthe language.
Him, he was used to
not being understood.
He would learn to say hello, thank you,in Greek, in Turkish, in Portuguese.
For her it was more difficult.
She was feeling a little guilty
for not speaking Italian better.
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l n i: a Vyg (iu)
It had gone well, that vacation.
Five weeks together
twenty-four hours a day.
They could recount itto their parents, to their friends
when they came home,
her to Paris, him to the United States.
They had taken buses, explored, visited,climbed the steps of the temples,
waited in line at museums.
She had read guidebooks and novels
while he was drawing in a sketchbook.After a while, Greek temples
end up looking the same.
They had eaten in restaurants,
weird things, squid, small fish,
and pointed a finger when they didnt know
what it was.
Most of the time, it was good,
even if from time to time, you had a surprise.
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l t : a Vyg (iu)
They had met people,
in the buses or on the patios of restaurants.
They had all spoken English or Spanish,
they had given each other addresses,a beach, a hotel, a piece of information
or the name of a friend.
When they didnt understand each other,
they had worked it outby making gestures, by drawing,
by showing each other something on a map
or by saying OK, OK.
Several times, they had even been invitedto sleep at someones house,
on a couch or in a garden.
In the morning, there were children, cats,
they had been offered coffee.
They had told themselves, separately,
that it was really nice to be trusting
and that them, they would do the same thing
when they had a house with a couch.
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Other times, in the cities,they had slept in family-run pensionsor on the roofs of hotels.That was the most economical and not
that uncomfortable.Fortunately it had never rained!The rest of the time, they had spent the nighton beaches.That was still allowed
a few years ago.No one had come to wake them up or chasethem awaybut you still had to get upand go throw yourself in the water
because it was hot in the morning.It did some good to swim,to refresh your mind.The water was so clear and bluethat one saw the bottom of it dozens of
meters awayand that was a little scary.When she put her head under water,she didnt know whether she preferred toopen her eyes
or to close them.
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Once, one day,
no, actually, it was one night,
they had both plunged together
from high rocks.There were millions of little lights
that were shining in the water.
It was magnificent!
What could it be?Plankton? Shrimp?
They knew nothing about that.
They were indeed students
but not of marine biology.He was studying architecture
and she literature and Latin.
Getting back out of the water
had been more difficult.
Theyd had to get a foothold on the rocks.
She had stepped on a sea urchin ouch!
Afterwards, theyd spend hours laughing
and pulling out the spikes by flashlight.
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l Fu: a Vyg (iu)
Another time, another day,
there was wind on the Acropolis
and tourists who were taking pictures.
They had stayed in the sun for hourslooking at the Cariatides
and trying to remember
what they had read on the subject.
Poor him, hed gotten a speck of dust inhis eye,
a grain of sand from Athens.
Because he had sensitive eyes,
he didnt want to attempt anything dramatic.
Hed tried blinking, crying, withouttouching anything.
And hed thought that she was making fun ofhim a little.
It was hurting like crazy.It had to stop.
So shed leaned over him with a water bottle,
shed insisted and persevered.
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Youll see, itll be all right, but of course,I assure you.
Some curious people had gatheredaround them,
and in the end, he was wet but safe, and inthe end everyone had applauded.
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l Fif: a Vyg (iu)
Toward the end of the vacation, they spoke alittle less,they looked at each other a little more, out ofthe corner of their eye.
She over her book,he behind his sketches.It wasnt [the time] right nowthe decisions to make or not to make.There were still a few mornings, a
few coffees,and a few glasses of wine,before they asked themselves reallywhat they were going to dowhen the vacation was over.
Maybe he could have ...Maybe she would have wanted ...They would see later, they still had time,they werent their parents.Besides, it was getting hot on this
station platformin the South of Italy.People were starting to arrive, withtheir backpacks.It was best to go get water
because the trip might be long.
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l s ix: a Vyg (iu)
From south to north, up to Milan, that was far.Hed looked at the map.eight-hundred eighty-eight km.That would take them a good ten hours by train,
lets say twelve hours because this was Italy.Come on, twelve hours on a train, thatsnot catastrophic.Maybe they could sleep a littleby leaning against each other.
Thats what theyd done on the way down amonth agowhen the train was full.Theyd sat on their bag in the hallway.Theyd smiled at the soldiers in uniform
and at the ladies who were wearing scarveson their headsand whod offered them salami.And then theyd fallen asleepin the middle of the noise and smells.
It was only the beginning for the ladies in thescarves and for the soldiers,But Milan for her,that was already far from Paris,and for him, the American, lets not talkabout it.
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l s v: a Vyg (iu)
Since it was the end of summer,they expected that there would be people onthe train.All these young people really had to
go home, still.On the platform there were now someGermans, English, DutchFrench like her, Greeks going to visit Italy,Spaniards, Belgians, and even a few Italians,
Austrians and Swedes maybe,but no Americans.He was glad to be the only one, actually.And then, the train arrived.And there, really, they asked themselves
if they were dreaming.Making their way toward the doors withtheir bag,they and all the other travelers were tellingthemselves at the same time
the same thing but in many different languages.But thats impossible, thats crazy!
Did you see that? Thats unbelievable!
888 km from here to Milan ...
Thats going to be hell!
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l e ig: a Vyg (iu)
The train was already so filled, booked,stuffed to bursting
that they had to push each other, pull each other,
in order to finally manage to get on
just before the doors shut behind them,
leaving on the platform a few too-shyyoung women.
Their bags still on their backs, stuck,blocked, compressed,
they looked at each other over other backpacks.
There were people everywhere, standing,packed like sardines,
in each square centimeter of each corridor ofthat train.
They felt like laughing because it was funnyand at the same time
really not fun to think
that if it went on like that
one wouldnt be able to sit before Milan.Everyone was telling themselves the samething, apparently.
One was wondering how one was going toget back
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to Liverpool, to Stuttgart, to Lyon or toBrussels in those conditions.
And then, the conductor appeared, as ifby magic,
in his uniform, under his cap, behind hisjovial mustache.
How had he managed to make his way
between these hundreds of travelers?A mystery.
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l n i: a Vyg (iu)
When he arrived in front of them,
They handed him their passports at thesame time.
He his, the blue one, the American one.
She hers too, the French one, the burgundy one.
He looked at both of them,
at her and him, and then at the ticketsand passports.
He smiled and he asked them somethingin Italian.
She wasnt sure shed understood
but she had a feeling that it was important.
Insieme?She took a chance.
She answered yes, in Italian.
They were indeed together.
Then he explained to them that they shouldget off at the following station ...
Capite? Capisci?
She understood, yes, at the following station.
That they should wait for an hour ...
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She was very focused, as if her life dependedon it.
And that after an hour, there would beanother train, you understand?
Another train that would be less full, toMilan,Milano Centrale.
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l t wy: a Vyg (iu)
And then the conductor disappeared,engulfed by the crowd.
She explained what shed understood, orthought shed understood.
He was asking her, Youre sure, thats reallywhat he said?
She wasnt 100% sure, but she had faith.
He said, OK, were getting off, well see.
She answered that in any case it was thator die of asphyxia and paralysis so why not?
When the train stopped at an empty stationthat they hadnt seen on the map,
they got off, crossing their fingers.
They looked around them.
There were four of them.
She and he and, further on the platform, twoother students
with, like them, backpacks and different-colored passports.
A young woman and a young man who lovedto travel together,
who would wait for the next train,
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and who might speak a little Italian.
Sometimes people wouldnt believe them
when they told this story
years later,even if it was true.
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