...

1 views

Lynn the Caterpillar
Wrote this children's story for an assignment in my Arabic class in college.

Once upon a time there was a little caterpillar who lived in the caterpillar neighborhood in the forest. The little caterpillar’s name was Lynn. Lynn was just like most other caterpillar’s her age. She loved to play in the forest with her friends.
كَانَ يَا مَا كَانَ هناك يرقة صغيرة وتسكون في الغابة في منطقة من اليسروع. أسمهان لين. وكانَ لين تماما مثل أليسوع أخرى سنها. وقالت تحب أن تلعب في الغابة مع صديقاتها.
One day Lynn woke up and felt very different. She looked in the mirror. She looked the same as she did yesterday.
يوم واحد استيقظ لينَ صعودا وشعر مختلفة جداً. وقالت انها تتطلع في المرآة. وقالت إنها نفسها كما فعلتُ امس.
She looked around her house. It also looked the same as it did yesterday.
وقالتُ انها تتطلع حلول منزلها. بدا الأمر نفسه كما فعل أمس أيضاً.
She went downstairs to her kitchen where her mother and father were cooking breakfast. Even her parents looked the same. Lynn was very troubled and upset. She couldn’t figure out why she felt so different.
ذهبتُ إلى الطابق السفلي مطبخها حيثُ والطب وجبة الإفطار. الديها بدأت نفسها أيضاً. وكان لين مستاءة للغاية لأنها لم استطع أن أعرف لماذا شعرت مختلفة جداً.
Her mother asked her why she looked so upset. Lynn explained that she just didn’t feel like a caterpillar anymore and that something had changed inside her. Her mother and her father were worried and confused. They assured her that she was born a caterpillar and so she was a caterpillar today and she would be a caterpillar tomorrow.
سالتها والدتها لماذا أنها مستاءة جداً. وأو ضح لين انها لا تشعر يرقة بعد الآن وكان شيء تغير داخل بلدها. وكانت والدتها ووالدها قلقة ومرتبكة. وأكدوا لها أنها ولدت يرقة. وكانت يرقة اليوم وقالت...