Chapter I
Julia
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Literary translation
§ 1.1
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Julia is a little girl.
§ 1.2
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She lives near the seashore.
§ 1.3
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Britain is Julia’s homeland.
§ 1.4
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British girls love the seashore.
§ 1.5
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British girls also love sailors.
§ 1.6
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Julia is the daughter of a farmer and lives in a small cottage.
§ 1.7
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But Julia loves the seashore and sailors.
§ 1.8
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The sailors love Julia too.
§ 1.9
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Julia often walks near the seashore.
§ 1.10
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The sailors’ daughters walk with Julia and dance near the seashore.
§ 1.11
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There are many roses near Julia’s cottage.
§ 1.12
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Julia gives water to the roses.
§ 1.13
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Julia often gives roses to the sailors.
§ 1.14
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The farmer does not blame Julia but praises her because she gives beautiful roses to the sailors.
§ 1.15
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The roses are red and white.
§ 1.16
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Julia often carries beautiful roses to the sailors’ cottages.
§ 1.17
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The sailors praise the little girl.
§ 1.18
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A pirate comes to Julia’s cottage.
§ 1.19
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The pirate’s tunic is red, and his helmet and spear are splendid.
§ 1.20
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Julia stands near the cottage gate and watches the pirate; she admires and praises his spear, helmet, and red tunic.
§ 1.21
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The pirate also praises Julia, the cottage, and the roses.
§ 1.22
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“O Julia,” he says, “you are a beautiful girl, and your roses are beautiful.”
§ 1.23
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“My little boat is beautiful.”
§ 1.24
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The prow of my boat is high; I stand at the end of the boat and steer it.
§ 1.25
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“My boat is white; it is now near the shore.”
§ 1.26
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Then Julia walks with the pirate to the seashore and looks at the white boat.
§ 1.27
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Julia and the pirate decorate the prow of the boat with many roses.
§ 1.28
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Suddenly the pirate throws the girl into the boat.
§ 1.29
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The girl is in tears, but to no avail—the pirate stands at the far end of the boat and steers it.
§ 1.30
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The farmer comes to the cottage.
§ 1.31
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His little daughter is not in the cottage.
§ 1.32
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Then the farmer calls out, “Julia, my daughter, where are you?”
§ 1.33
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He calls Julia again, but in vain—she is nowhere to be found.
§ 1.34
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Supper is not ready on the table, and there are no roses on it either.
§ 1.35
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Then he hurries to the shore and sees the white boat in the distance.
§ 1.36
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He hurries to the sailors’ cottages.
§ 1.37
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The sailors’ frightened daughters say, “Your Julia is with the pirates.”
§ 1.38
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The farmer’s anger is great.
§ 1.39
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He snatches up a helmet and spear.
§ 1.40
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The sailors give the farmer their boat.
§ 1.41
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The sailors also seize helmets and spears and hurry with the farmer to the pirates’ boat.
§ 1.42
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Then the farmer calls out to the pirates: “Where,” he asks, “is my daughter?”
§ 1.43
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The pirates answer, “Your daughter is in our boat.”
§ 1.44
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Then the farmer gives the pirates a great deal of money.
§ 1.45
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The pirates carry Julia to the farmer’s boat.
§ 1.46
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Julia is glad to be living in the little cottage with the farmer again.
§ 1.47
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But Julia is now twelve years old.
§ 1.48
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So the farmer gives his daughter writing tablets.
§ 1.49
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He also gives money to the schoolmaster.
§ 1.50
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Every day the girl walks through the fields to school.
§ 1.51
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There are many young bullocks in the fields, but the girl is unafraid.
§ 1.52
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Julia carries her writing tablets to school.
§ 1.53
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There are many letters on the tablets.
§ 1.54
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The schoolmaster praises Julia because she recites her letters well every day.
§ 1.55
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At school there are many boys and girls with Julia.
§ 1.56
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The teacher manages the school well.
§ 1.57
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The teacher gives fine books to industrious boys; he does not praise lazy and badly behaved boys, but reproves them.
§ 1.58
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The teacher is very angry because the lazy boys do not recite their letters well.
§ 1.59
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So the lazy boys stand in the corners.
§ 1.60
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The badly behaved boys are in tears.
§ 1.61
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And so the boys are hardworking and recite their letters well.
§ 1.62
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Julia takes her lunch to school every day because the journey is long.
§ 1.63
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Julia finds her lunch pleasant out in the fields.
§ 1.64
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The kindly schoolmaster tells the boys and girls many stories at school, now about Britain and now about distant lands.
§ 1.65
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The stories are pleasing to the boys and girls.
§ 1.66
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Now, therefore, in this book I tell stories not only to Julia but also to many boys and girls.