2014年5月9日金曜日 -


Christine : Pets
Als ich klein
war hatte ich ein Meerschweinchen, aber ich war zu klein um mich daran erinnern zu können. Danach
hatte ich ein Haustier, dass ich vielleicht in einem Geschäft niemals
ausgewählt hätte. Ich kann mich noch genau erinnern, wie ich das
bekommen habe. Ich sass im Auto, mein Vater ist gefahren, plötzlich bremste er
und stieg aus. Als er wieder kam hielt er ein seltsames Ding in der Hand. Es sah aus wie ein Stein. Er
legte es neben meine Füsse auf den Boden des Rücksitzes. Ich beobachtete es
genau. Nichts bewegte sich. Doch plötzlich schoss ein Kopf und 4 kurze Beine
aus den Löchern dieses “Steines”. Ich zog sofort meine Beine nach oben und
beobachtete es weiter. Der Hals wurde länger und länger und streckte sich in meine
Richtung. So...über was für ein Tier spreche ich? :-) (fragen Sie mich im Unterricht oder sagen Sie
mir, was Sie denken)
When I was small, I had a guinea pig, but I was too small to remember much about it. After that, I had another
pet, which I probably would have never gotten for myself. I can remember exactly how I got it. I was sitting in the car and my
dad was driving. Suddenly, he
stopped the car and got out. When he came
back, he was holding something strange in his hand. It looked like a stone. He put
it next to my feet on the floor of
the back seat. I watched it carefully. Nothing moved. Then suddenly a head and 4 short legs shot out of some
holes in the “stone”. I immediately pulled my legs up and kept watching it. The
neck grew longer and longer and pointed towards me. So...what kind of animal am
I talking about? :-) (You can ask me in the lesson or take a guess!)
When I was 12, I really wanted to have a
cat, but we lived in an apartment on the 6th floor. Under normal circumstances, my parents would have never agreed to this, but because they were building a house, they permitted it. My
friend’s cat was pregnant and when the kittens were born I went to choose which cat I wanted. There I saw a little
“gentleman”. He looked like he was wearing a suit. Black with white paws, belly, neck and half of the
face. I immediately fell in love with him. As soon as the mother cat noticed
that I was close to the babies, she hunted me without
mercy. She even tried to bite my leg while I was
running away. Luckily, she didn’t hurt me. Around 2 months later, I took him home and called him “Blacky”, a popular name for cats and
dogs who are mainly black.
The
first month we spent in the old apartment. After that,
we moved to the new house and started letting him out. Because
he was still quite young and inexperienced,
though, he got injured by some other cats and he had to undergo an
operation. But that’s not all. The doctor said that he also caught a
“cat flu” which is life threatening and if we decided
to go through with the operation there was no guarantee that he would survive. However, if the operation was not done, he would die. So,
we had to choose. I am not religious,
but
this was the first time in my entire life that I prayed.
When he was on my lap, sick and not able to move, I wished from the bottom of
my heart that he would survive this. And my wish came true. My parents decided to do the expensive
operation (700 Euro) and the following week was a bit difficult, but thanks to
the whole family’s efforts he was able to make it. And that was the
beginning of a 14 year long friendship.
Meerschweinchen : guinea pig:モルモット
seltsam:strange:変な
Umstände:circumstances:状況
zusagen:agree:賛成する
Pfoten:paws:犬や猫など爪のある動物の足
gnadenlos :without mercy:容赦なく
unerfahren :inexperienced:未熟で
beten:pray:祈る
der Wunsch geht in Erfüllung: the wish comes true:願いが叶う☆