Weird translation of a scene

Post by **Anita Bensoussane** » 17 May 2006, 10:00

Yes - have a cream bun!

HeatherS · Post by **HeatherS** » 18 May 2006, 00:15

Mmmmm, thanks Anita. The creamiest cream bun I've ever had!

Try this one. I've left the names out so as not to make it too obvious.

When passing, the ____ the some cow inside the grass field it was stimulated in the grass and it saw. ' It respected the cow and the flag and in order to eat anything and Ji Anh to be severe but it does not do the grass which is tasteless, ' she called in ____. ' The cow - assuredly the chocolate eclair which eats the egg and the lettuce sandwich, assuredly, assuredly be and multi do not taste - even miss and and think the egg which boils and drinking a ginger pulse attention separation! The cow which is poor!

HeatherS · Post by **HeatherS** » 24 May 2006, 00:10

It seems this one's a bit tricky, so I'll give you a hint. Anne is speaking to George.

HeatherS · Post by **HeatherS** » 31 May 2006, 02:53

Still no takers? Shall I post the answer, or will I leave you a little longer to puzzle?

Raci · Post by **Raci** » 31 May 2006, 10:35

HeatherS wrote:Still no takers? Shall I post the answer, or will I leave you a little longer to puzzle?

Even with the F5 clue, I'm stumped

Are the cow and the chocolate eclair original words or added in translation?
I can't think of any times these words crop up together

HeatherS · Post by **HeatherS** » 01 Jun 2006, 00:38

Are the cow and the chocolate eclair original words or added in translation?

They are there in the original, as is the egg and lettuce sandwich! In fact, this quote isn't wildly different to the original.

Another clue - trouble seems to follow the Five wherever they go - especially around Kent.

If there are no correct responses by next Wednesday (or Tuesday night for most of you) I'll reveal the answer.

Post by **Anita Bensoussane** » 01 Jun 2006, 13:31

Aha! Okay, you practically told us it was in Five Get Into Trouble, Heather, so I cheated and looked up the passage. It's in Chapter 2. Anne says to George that she feels sorry for cows because they can't eat an egg and lettuce sandwich, a chocolate eclair or a boiled egg, and can't drink ginger-beer.

Post by **Anita Bensoussane** » 01 Jun 2006, 13:57

Another one:

The Mowdie the mole in her foot quite is neat from her nose, she is an eye and she is like that all and and and and it dawns and it will be able to penetrate a most dark night, her ear goes out and Joh the like all them well, it is small me it thinks.

Viking Star · Post by **Viking Star** » 01 Jun 2006, 14:17

As my return to the world of Blyton is quite recent, I probably don't have much of a chance of solving riddles in this particular string.

But I did want to say that I find them highly amusing and a quite original idea, so thank you everyone for providing the entertainment to unseen watchers!

HeatherS · Post by **HeatherS** » 02 Jun 2006, 00:45

That clue was meant to be obvious, I just tried to make it a teeny bit cryptic-sounding so I didn't look like I was just giving it away. But I'm so glad SOMEBODY finally cheated - so did you have to read the book up to that point, Anita? Lucky it wasn't in the final chapters! Or maybe not so lucky - it could be used as an excellent excuse for re-reading the book.

I can't believe nobody remembers that passage! It's one of my favourite FF quotes, and so like Ann to say a thing like that!

But I'm rather stumped on this new one. No ideas coming to me whatsoever.

Post by **Anita Bensoussane** » 02 Jun 2006, 08:35

Hi Heather,

I knew the passage from Five Get Into Trouble must come from somewhere near the beginning, so I just skimmed through until I found it.

If no-one recognises the new passage, I'll give a clue in a few days.

Raci · Post by **Raci** » 02 Jun 2006, 11:32

HeatherS wrote:I can't believe nobody remembers that passage! It's one of my favourite FF quotes, and so like Ann to say a thing like that!

I guess that just goes to show how we all remember different parts of the stories. It is a very 'Anne' comment - I can't believe I didn't remember it!

Anita Bensoussane wrote:The Mowdie the mole in her foot quite is neat from her nose, she is an eye and she is like that all and and and and it dawns and it will be able to penetrate a most dark night, her ear goes out and Joh the like all them well, it is small me it thinks.

I'm pretty sure in The children of cherry-tree farm Tammylan refered to the mole he was showing the children as Mowdie Mole. So thats my guess.

Post by **Anita Bensoussane** » 02 Jun 2006, 17:48

It is a Mowdie Mole, but not from The Children of Cherry-Tree Farm.

Post by **Tony Summerfield** » 03 Jun 2006, 19:38

I'm not very good at these games Anita, but I have been looking at a lot of books recently as we prepare to add to the Book Listing section and this sounds suspiciously like a chapter from Enid Blyton's Animal Lover's Book to me - I have probably just proved how poor I am at this sort of thing!!

Best wishes
Tony

Post by **Anita Bensoussane** » 03 Jun 2006, 22:15

A good guess, Tony, but the extract isn't from a nature book. It's from a work of fiction, and one which is widely available (second-hand if not new - I don't know whether it's still in print, but it may well be. It was published in the popular Dean & Son series.)

I look forward to seeing more books added to the Book Listing section

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Anita