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‘Le Corbeau et le Renard - Jean de La Fontaine’
Click to listen to Recorded 2008-07-05 16-46-55.mp3 (712Kb)
Non-native speaker
Accent: American
Author: JW
Date: 7/5/2008

Description of what is on the sound file:
A Classic French Poem

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Transcript of sound file:
Maître corbeau, sur un arbre perché,
Tenait en son bec un fromage.
Maître renard par l'odeur alléché ,
Lui tint à peu près ce langage :
Hé bonjour Monsieur du Corbeau.
Que vous êtes joli! que vous me semblez beau!
Sans mentir, si votre ramage
Se rapporte à votre plumage,
Vous êtes le phénix des hôtes de ces bois»
A ces mots le corbeau ne se sent pas de joie;
Et pour montrer sa belle voix,
Il ouvre un large bec laisse tomber sa proie.
Le renard s'en saisit et dit: Mon bon Monsieur,
Apprenez que tout flatteur
Vit aux dépens de celui qui l'écoute:
Cette leçon vaut bien un fromage sans doute.
Le corbeau honteux et confus
Jura mais un peu tard , qu'on ne l'y prendrait plus.

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Translation:
Master Crow, perched in a tree
Held a cheese in his beak
Master Fox attracted by the smell
Spoke to him using language like this
Hey, hello Sir Crow
How nice you are, how beautiful you seem to me
Without lying, if your singing
Is like your plumage
You are the phoenix of the hosts of these woods
At these words the crow is overjoyed
And to show his beautiful voice
He opens his large beak and lets his prey fall
The fox takes it and says: My good sir
Learn that every flatterer
Lives at the expense of the one who listens to him
Without a doubt, this lesson is worth a cheese
The Crow embarrassed and confused
Swore, but a bit late, not to be taken again.

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