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the adventures of a hippopotamus (part 1)

2008.08.26
The hippopotamus was dreaming. He dreamed that he lived a happy life full of love and enjoyment.
L'hippopotame rêvait. Il rêvait qu'il vivait une vie pleine d'amour et de joie.

He was a quiet and generous hippopotamus, but he was a heavy hippopotamus.
C'était une brave bête d'hippopotame, plutôt gentil, - mais lourd !

He did not know that he was prisoner of a dream.
Il ne savait pas qu'il était prisonnier d'un rêve.

He was dreaming that a girl was in love with him.
Il rêvait qu'on l'aimait.

He did not understand that she loved only herself.
Il n'avait pas compris que l'autre n'aimait que lui-même.

Oh, she was not guilty ! It's a frequent matter !
Oh, ce n'était pas de sa faute ! C'est là chose courante !

Because they love only themselves, they want that everybody looks like them ...
Comme ils n'aiment seulement que leur propre personne, les autres voudraient qu'on leur ressemble ...

... and if you don't look like them, they don't love you any more.
... et si vous ne leur ressemblez pas, ils ne vous aiment plus.

The sky became outlandish. Le ciel est devenu bizarre.

The mountain was growling. La montagne a grondé.

The sky tore ... Le ciel s'est déchiré ...

... over the faded cities. - au-dessus des villes éteintes.

A tsunami gobbed up every thing. Un tsunami a tout englouti.

The water was blowing up ... L'eau a explosé ...

... and the fire spattering. - ... et le feu a giclé.

The hippopotamus thought to have a solid skin ...
L'hippopotame croyait avoir la peau solide ...

... as a shell. - ... comme une cuirasse.

Nethertheless he was mortally wounded.
Mais il était blessé à mort.

Seuls quelques fragments de son coeur flottaient encore dans l'eau noire ...

Only some fragments of his heart were still floating in the black water ...

extracted from The Tales of the Griotte

( if you put the French word griot - a griot = a story-teller - into the feminine form, you have the word griotte -, which also means morello cherry ...)

this set is warmly dedicated to my friend Oscar

TO BE CONTINUED !
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