He just

Il y a besoin de plus des éléphants pour faire les bulles d'air dan l'eau.
He needs more elephants to blow air-bubbles.

On dit, pour faire; ou à faire

"pour faire" ou peut-être "de faire + quelque chose (qch)"

You would find à faire mostly at the end of a sentence, such as:

Il n'y a rien à faire- There's nothing to do

thanks :) beaucoup

énergie (eh-nehr-zhee) fem.

energy

énergie solaire, solar energy
énergie nucléaire, nuclear energy

« L' attention est l' état de l' homme qui veut surmonter une difficulté ; c' est une manière d' être, produite par l' énergie de la volonté ; c' est un effet, et non pas une cause. . . » - Antoine-Louis-Claude Destutt De Tracy, Eléments d’idéologie – I

Attention is the state of one who wishes to surmount a difficulty; it is a state of consciousness produced by the will’s energy; it is an effect, and not a cause. . .

Une souris verte* (ewn soo-ree vehrt) (Child's song)

Une souris verte
Qui courait dans l’herbe.
Je l’attrape par la queue,
Je la montre à ces messieurs.
Ces messieurs me dissent :
Trempez – la dans l’huile,
Trempez-la dans l’eau,
Ça fera un escargot tout chaud.
Je la mets dans un tiroir,
Ell’ me dit : Il fait trop noir.
Je la mets dans mon chapeau,
Ell’ me dit : Il fait trop chaud.


*Une souris vert, literally “a green mouse,” in other words immature, like a green fruit.



Little Baby Mousie (freely translated)


Lit-tle ba-by mous-ie
He runs in the green grass .
When I catch him by the tail,
I show him to those old men.
Those old men they tell me:
Put him in some oi-il ,
Or in some wat-er,
That will make the lit-tle slug** all warm.
I put him in a draw-er,
He tells me: It’s too dar--rk.
I put him in my ha-at,
He tells me it’s much too warm.
- dAb

** “escargot” is actually a snail. An “escargot de pays” is a land snail.

When I read through the poem and got to the part about the escargot, I knew that they meant snail, for escargot is a well-known appetizer.

The actual word for slug is "limace (f)". I remember the story my Belgian friend told me about when she lived in Costa Rica. During the rainy season they would have great big slugs all over the place, even inside the house on the curtains.

I did enjoy the little ditty! Thanks for finding it, dab! I'd never seen it before :)

'Ces messieurs' were teasing that the little mouse would be a nice snack!

I've never 'enjoyed' the delicacy of snail. Are they served in the shell?

Couldn't tell you as I've never partaken. Supposedly they are done up with garlic and butter, but anything done with garlic and butter would improve in flavour!

I do remember reading up once on the process but that still didn't tempt me...

porter (pohr-teh ), noun, masc.

1. in dancing, a lifting or carrying of one’s partner
2. a brown beer of English origin

porter, verb

1. to carry
2. to bring, take, transport
3. to wear, carry, “He wears a shirt,” “Il porte une chemise”
4. of one’s ‘bearing’, “She holds her head high,” “Elle porte la tête haute.”

“Les chaînes du mariage sont si lourdes qu’il faut être deux pour les porter.” -Alexandre Dumas (fils)
The chains of marriage are so heavy that it takes two to carry them. (C’est amusant!)