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Day 3 of 12 Days of Christmas : 3 French Hens & translations

Day 3 cover Little Red Hen French and EnglishDay 3 should be 3 French Hens but, since we couldn’t find said triplet chooks,
we decided to give you a singular hen —
red
— and appropriately, in French.

A peu près la même chose?
as our cross-Channel amis might say?

Which raises the tricky question of translation,
especially of beloved books like The Little Red Hen. Continue reading →

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This entry was posted in 12 days of Christmas, books and tagged 12 days of Christmas, Asterix, Beatrix Potter, books, Christmas, fun, puns, Squirrel Nutkin, translation, wordplay on 28th December 2017 by Joanna.
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