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
In the evening, after dinner, he tells the Old Lady's friends all about his life in the great forest. / Every day he goes for a ride in the car the Old Lady has bought for him. The Old Lady gives him whatever he wants.
Le soir après dîner, il raconte aux amis de la vieille dame sa vie dans la grande forêt. / Tous les jours il se promène dans l'auto que la vieille dame lui a acheté[e]. La vieille dame lui donne tout ce qu'il veut.
Le soir, après dîner, il raconte aux amis de la vieille dame sa vie dans la grande forêt. / Tous les jours il se promène en auto. C'est la vieille dame qui la lui a achetée. Elle lui donne tout ce qu'il veut.
In the evening, after dinner, he tells the Old Lady's friends all about his life in the great forest. / He goes out for an automobile ride every day. The Old Lady has bought him the car. She gives him whatever he wants.