Stonoga
The Centipede
Da obuje stonogasvoje noge male,došla u trgovinukupiti sandale.
So that all her little feetcould have shoes to wear,to the shop the centipedewent for sandals, pair by pair.
Trgovac je vidioda je šansa mala –gdje da nađe tolikiisti broj sandala?
Well, the shopkeeper could seethe chances were quite small:where could he find so manysandals in one size at all?
Jedva da su pronašlidvadesetak pari,a tek su je obulipetinu, u stvari.
They could barely find some twentypairs of them in store,and with these they'd shod a fifthof her feet, no more.
Pa su zatim cipeleobuvati stali,ali je i u tomeizbor bio mali.
Then they turned to shoes insteadand began to try,but in shoes as well, the choicewas small: their stock ran dry.
Probali su nanule,čizme i opanke,da sve noge obujunade su pretanke.
Wooden clogs they tried, and boots,and opanci too;but of shoeing all her feethopes were thin and few.
Na kraju je ostaloosam bosih noga,ljuta kao paprikabila je stonoga.
In the end, there still remainedeight bare feet in need;fiery as a chilliwas the centipede.
Zamislite kako jeizgledala radnja,sve dok je isprobanai patika zadnja.
Just imagine how the shoplooked: oh, what a mess!till they'd tried the very lastsneaker on, no less.
Trgovac se trudioobuti stonogu,na kraju od umoraon je pao s nogu.
The shopkeeper tried hardto make the job complete,but at last, from sheer exhaustion,he was run off his feet.
Od silnoga neredadigla mu se kosa,stonoga je otišlaiz dućana bosa.
From the dreadful, mighty messup on end stood his hair,and the centipede walked outof the shop, her feet all bare.
Eto, zato stonogeobuću ne nose,nego brižno čuvajusvoje noge bose.
That is why the centipedesgo without their shoes,but they tend with loving carethe bare feet they use.