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English Audio Request

emmyblue
327 Words / 1 Recordings / 4 Comments
Note to recorder:

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I was reading in my library when I heard a strange noise coming from outside. I wondered who dare disturb my rest in this region of the carpathians mountains. I approached to the window with a view on a sinuous road wich seems never end.
The castle was on the top of a cliff with a dim forest where some little eyes were glowing in the light of the fullmoon. They were following something that looks like a spectre.
Was it the devil who was after me ?

This weird shape was moving very fast in the night. It was looking like a automobile without horses. The vehicle stopped and a human got outside.
As he was walking to my door I could noticed he was very scared and he was shaking in his brown jacket and his shirt wasn't button up. His tie was crooked and there was dirty mud on his shoes.
All of that created a scruff and fearful person.
He went to the great door and knocked. It was as silent as the grave and only the sound of the knocker with the human's heartbeats rang out.

I suddenly remembered that my meal was still lying down in the floor.
I dragged the body to my secret chamber that only one book hide in my library known only by myself can opened it.

The fur starting appeared and my wings deployed. I flew down and I retransformed in my originary appearance. I took my antique silver lamp where a flame was starting to burn without a chimney as soon as I touched it. I heavily walked to my wooden massive door, I took my key from my pocket and the sound of rattling chains and clanking of bolts maked a echo in the empty castle. I opened the door and I found myself face to face with this human. "Welcome to my house! Enter freely and of your own free will ! "

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  • Vampire History ( recorded by rnp2014 ), American English

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    I was reading in my library when I heard a strange noise coming from outside. I wondered who dare disturb my rest in this region of the Carpathian Mountains. I approached the window with a view of a sinuous road which seemed to never end.
    The castle was on the top of a cliff with a dim forest where some little eyes were glowing in the light of the full moon. They were following something that looks like a spectre.
    Was it the devil who was after me ?

    This weird shape was moving very fast in the night. It was looked like an automobile without horses. The vehicle stopped and a human got outside.
    As he was walking to my door I could notice that he was very scared and he was shaking in his brown jacket and his shirt wasn't buttoned up. His tie was crooked and there was dirty mud on his shoes.
    All of that created a scruff and fearful person.
    He went to the great door and knocked. It was as silent as the grave and only the sound of the knocker with the human's heartbeats rang out.

    I suddenly remembered that my meal was still lying down on the floor.
    I dragged the body to my secret chamber that only one book hidden in my library known only by myself can open.

    My feathers starting appearing and my wings deployed. I flew down and I retransformed into my original appearance. I took my antique silver lamp where a flame was starting to burn without a chimney as soon as I touched it. I walked heavily to my wooden massive door, I took my key from my pocket and the sound of rattling chains and clanking of bolts made an echo in the empty castle. I opened the door and I found myself face to face with this human. "Welcome to my house! Enter freely and of your own free will! "

Comments

rnp2014
Oct. 25, 2014

Corrections: "My feathers started appearing..."
"It looked like an automobile without horses."

Emmy, que voulez-vous dire par "...an automobile without horses?"
Comment cela se traduit en français ?

emmyblue
Oct. 26, 2014

Merci beaucoup, vraiment beaucoup !!!

L'histoire se déroule en 1897 avec l'apparition de la voiture à moteur, donc sans chevaux. Le vampire ne connaissait pas ce véhicule.

rnp2014
Oct. 26, 2014

De rien ! Ah oui, l'automobile vient d'être inventée seulement trois ans auparavant en 1894. Donc, il vaut mieux dire "It looked like a 'car' without horses". Ou bien "a vehicle without horses."

Bonne continuation !

emmyblue
Oct. 27, 2014

Oui vous avez raison ! Merci et bonne continuation à vous aussi.

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