French classics read with notes Little Naughty Nicholas

The little mischievous Nicholas has accompanied many French people through a happy childhood, and has countless "little Nicholas fans" in France. Nikolai was a schoolboy who had just started school, and he had a bunch of "die-hards", just a bunch of buddies and brothers in school. These little guys are innocent and happy. Wherever they go, they become chaotic.

"Little Naughty Nicholas" is a masterpiece of collaboration between two French comic book masters. Gusini was responsible for writing the story, and Sambe was responsible for the illustrations. The narrative of the story is also based on the method of comics, and the pictures themselves are also wonderful stories.

The little thumb

The teacher explained to us that the principal of the school was going to leave, he was retiring. To celebrate, we prepare terrible things, at school, we will do as for the distribution of prizes: dads and moms will come, we will put chairs in the big class, armchairs for the director and teachers, garlands and a platform to make the representation. The comics, as usual, it's going to be us, the students.

Distribution des prix award ceremony

Guirlande n.f. garland

Each class prepares something. The big ones go to do gymnastics, they all put themselves on top of each other and the one who is the highest, he waves a small flag and everyone applauds. They did that, last year, for the distribution of prizes and it was very nice, even if in the end it missed a little for the flag, because they fell before waving it. The class above ours will dance, They will all be dressed as peasants, with hooves, they will go around in circles, bang on the platform with their hooves, but instead of waving a flag, they will wave handkerchiefs shouting "yup there!" They, too, did that last year, it was worse than gymnastics, but they didn't fall. There is a class that will sing Brother Jacques and a former student who will recite a compliment and tell us that it is because the director gave him good advice that he became a town hall man and secretary to the town hall.

Sabot n.m. wooden shoes

We're going to be great! The mistress told us we were going to play a play! A play like in theaters and in Clotaire's television, because Dad didn't want to buy one yet.

The play is called Le Petit Poucet et le Chat Botté, and today, in class, we do the first rehearsal, the teacher has to tell us what roles we are going to play. Geoffroy, by any chance, came dressed as a cowboy, his dad is very rich and he buys him a lot of things, but the mistress did not like Geoffroy's disguise so much. "I have already warned you, Geoffroy, she told him, that I do not like to see you come to school in disguise. Besides, there are no cowboys in this room. "No cowboys?" Geoffroy asked, and you call it a play? It's going to be nothing ugly! and the mistress put him on the picket line.

The story of the play is very complicated and I did not understand very well when the mistress told us it. I know that there is the Little Thumb who is looking for his brothers and he meets the Puss in Boots and there is the Marquis of Carabas and an ogre who wants to eat the brothers of the Little Thumb and the Puss in Boots helps the Little Thumb and the ogre is defeated and he becomes kind and I believe that in the end he does not eat the brothers of the Little Thumb and everyone is happy and they eat something else.

Marquis n.m. Marquis

ogre n. Man-eating monsters

"Let's see," said the mistress, "who is going to play the role of the Little Thumb? "I, mademoiselle," said Agnan. This is the main role and I am the first in the class! It's true that Agnan is the first in the class, he is also the darling and a bad comrade who cries all the time and wears glasses and we can't beat him because of them. "You have a head to play the Little Thumb, like me to make lace!" said Eudes, a friend, and Agnan began to cry and the mistress put Eudes on the peg, next to Geoffroy.

"I need an ogre, now," said the mistress, "an ogre who wants to eat the Little Thumb!" I proposed that the ogre be Alceste, because he is very fat and he eats all the time. But Alceste didn't agree, he looked at Agnan and said, "I don't eat that!" This is the first time I see him looking disgusted, in Alceste, it's true that the idea of eating Agnan, it's not so appetizing. Agnan was upset that we didn't want to eat him. "If you don't withdraw what you said," Agnan shouted, "I'll complain to my parents and get you kicked out of school! —Silence! the mistress shouted. Alceste, you will make the crowd of villagers and then also, you will be the blower, to help your comrades during the performance. The idea of blowing to the friends, like when they are on the board, amused him, Alceste, he took a cookie in his pocket, put it in his mouth and he said, "D'ac! "This is a way of expressing oneself," shouted the mistress, "do you want to speak correctly! "D'ac, mademoiselle," corrected Alceste and the mistress breathed a big sigh, she looks tired, these days.

Souffleur n. Remind the person of the line

For Puss in Boots, the mistress had first chosen Maixent. She had told him that he would have a beautiful suit, a sword, whiskers and a tail. Maixent agreed with the beautiful suit, whiskers and especially the sword, but he didn't want to know anything about the tail.

sword n.f. 剑

"I'll look like a monkey," he said. "Well, joachim said, "you'll be natural!" and Maixent kicked him, Joachim slapped him, the mistress put them both on the picket line and she told me that Puss in Boots would be me and that if I didn't like it it was the same price, because she was getting tired of this gang of boys and she complained a lot about our parents having to raise us and that if it continued like this we would end up in prison and she complained about the guards.

Garnement n.m. Mischievous, trickster

After choosing Rufus to make the ogre and Clotaire the Marquis of Carabas, the mistress gave us sheets written by machine, where there was what we had to say. The mistress saw that there were loads of actors at the picket, so she told them to come back to help Alceste make the crowd of villagers. Alceste was not happy, he wanted to make the crowd on his own, but the mistress told him to keep quiet. "Well," said the mistress, "let's start, read your roles carefully. Agnan, this is what you are going to do you arrive here, you are desperate, it is the forest, you look for your brothers and you find yourself in front of Nicolas, puss in Boots. You people, the crowd, you say, all together: but, it's the Little Thumb and the Puss in Boots! Let's go. »

We put ourselves in front of the blackboard. I had a ruler on my belt to pretend it was the sword and Agnan started reading his role. "My brothers," he said, "Where are my poor brothers! "My brothers," cried Alceste, "where are my poor brothers! —

But finally, Alceste, what do you do? The mistress asked. "Well," Alceste replied, "I'm the blower, so I'm blowing! "Mademoiselle," said Agnan, "when Alceste blows, he sends me crumbs of biscuit on my glasses and I see nothing more! I will complain to my parents! And Agnan took off his glasses to wipe them off, so Alceste quickly took advantage of it and slapped her. "On the nose! Eudes shouted, slapped on the nose! Agnan started screaming and crying. He said he was unhappy and they wanted to kill him and he rolled on the ground. Maixent, Joachim and Geoffroy began to make the crowd: "But it's the Little Thumb, they said, and the Puss in Boots!" I was fighting with Rufus. I had the ruler and he had a pen tray. The rehearsal worked funny, when all of a sudden, the mistress shouted "Enough! In your seats! You will not play this piece during the party. I don't want the Director to see that! We all stayed with our mouths open.

miette n.f. breadcrumbs, crumbs

Plumier n.m. Stationery box

It was the first time we heard the mistress punish the director!