Pages 12–13
Histoire de Babar, le petit éléphant (The Story of Babar), Maquette
Gift of Laurent, Mathieu, and Thierry de Brunhoff, and purchased with the assistance of The Florence Gould Foundation and the Acquisitions Fund, Fellows Endowment Fund, Gordon N. Ray Fund, and the Heineman Fund, 2004
Babar dines with his friend, the Old Lady. She thinks he looks very smart in his new clothes. After dinner, feeling tired, he falls asleep quickly. / Babar now lives at the Old Lady's house. In the mornings he does exercises with her and then takes his bath. He showers with his trunk.
Babar va dîner chez son amie la vieille dame. Elle le trouve vraiment très chic dans son costume neuf. Après dîner, fatigué, il s'endort vite. / Maintenant Babar habite chez la vieille dame. Le matin il fait de la gymnastique avec elle et après prend son bain. Il se douche avec sa trompe.
Babar va dîner chez son amie la vieille dame. Elle le trouve très chic dans son costume neuf. Après le dîner, fatigué, il s'endort vite. / Maintenant Babar habite chez la vieille dame. Le matin, avec elle, il fait de la gymnastique, puis il prend son bain.
Babar dines with his friend the Old Lady. She thinks he looks very smart in his new clothes. After dinner, feeling tired, he falls asleep quickly. / Babar now lives at the Old Lady's house. In the mornings, he does exercises with her, and then he takes his bath.