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A mouse looked through the crack in the wall to see the farmer and his wife open a package. What food might this contain? The mouse wondered - he was devastated to discover it was a mousetrap. |
mouse trap – pułapka na myszy crack – szczelina, pęknięcie package – paczka contain – zawierać wonder – zastanawiać się devastated – zdruzgotany discover – odkryć |
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Retreating to the farmyard, the mouse proclaimed the warning: "There is a mousetrap in the house! There is a mousetrap in the house!" The chicken clucked and scratched, raised her head and said, "Mr. Mouse, I can tell this is a grave concern to you, but it is of no consequence to me. I cannot be bothered by it." |
retreat – wycofać się farmyard – podwórze, podwórko proclaim – ogłosić warning – ogłoszenie cluck – gdakać scratch – podrapać (się), skrobać (się) raise – podnieść grave concern – poważne zmartwienie of no consequence – bez znaczenia bother – martwić, dręczyć, kłopotać (się) |
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The mouse turned to the pig and told him, "There is a mousetrap in the house! There is a mousetrap in the house!" The pig sympathized, but said, "I am so very sorry, Mr. Mouse, but there is nothing I can do about it but pray. Be assured you are in my prayers." |
sympathize – wyrazić współczucie pray – modlić się be assured – możesz być pewien prayer – modlitwa |
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The mouse turned to the cow and said, "There is a mousetrap in the house! There is a mousetrap in the house!" The cow said, "Wow, Mr. Mouse. I'm sorry for you, but it's no skin off my nose." So, the mouse returned to the house, head down and dejected, to face the farmer's mousetrap alone. |
turn to – zwrócić się do it's no skin off my nose – to nie mój problem head down – ze spuszczoną głową dejected – przybity, przygnębiony |
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That very night a sound was heard throughout the house - like the sound of a mousetrap catching its prey. The farmer's wife rushed to see what was caught. In the darkness, she did not see it was a venomous snake whose tail the trap had caught. The snake bit the farmer's wife. |
that very night – tej (właśnie) nocy prey – ofiara rush – pognać, popędzić catch, caught, caught – złapać venomous snake – jadowity wąż tail – ogon bite, bit, bitten – ukąsić |
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The farmer rushed her to the hospital and she returned home with a fever. Everyone knows you treat a fever with fresh chicken soup, so the farmer took his hatchet to the farmyard for the soup's main ingredient. |
fever – gorączka treat – leczyć hatchet – topór, siekiera main ingredient – główny składnik |
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But his wife's sickness continued, so friends and neighbours came to sit with her around the clock. To feed them, the farmer butchered the pig. |
sickness – choroba continue – trwać, kontynuować feed – nakarmić butcher – zarżnąć |
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The farmer's wife did not get well; she died. So many people came for her funeral, the farmer had the cow slaughtered to provide enough meat for all of them. The mouse looked upon it all from his crack in the wall with great sadness. |
did not get well – nie wyzdrowiała funeral – pogrzeb had the cow slaughtered – kazał zabić krowę provide – dostarczyć sadness – smutek |
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So, the next time you hear someone is facing a problem and think it doesn't concern you, remember - when one of us is threatened, we are all at risk. We are all involved in this journey called life. We must keep an eye out for one another and make an extra effort to encourage one another. |
face a problem – borykać się z problemem concern – dotyczyć when one of us is threatened – kiedy jednemu z nas coś grozi at risk – w niebezpieczeństwie involved – zaangażowany, wplątany keep an eye out for – wypatrywać, obserwować, patrzeć na one another – siebie na wzajem make an extra effort – dodatkowo się postarać encourage – wspierać; zachęcać |
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Remember! Each of us is a vital thread in another person's tapestry; our lives are woven together for a reason. One of the best things to hold on to in this world is a friend. Have a Great Day! |
vital thread – ważna nić tapestry – gobelin, arras woven together – splecione razem for a reason – z jakiegoś powodu hold on to – trzymać się czegoś |