<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=536711" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>The Mole Part Three</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Kaum ist's vorbei mit dem Trara, <br>So ist der Wühler wieder da. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">When all is quiet, as before, <br>The burrower appears once more. </div><div style="margin:10px 0"></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Schnupp! dringt die Schaufel wie der Blitz <br>Dem Maulwurf unter seinen Sitz. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Knoll thrusts his spade and, doing so, <br>Attacks the creature from below. </div><div style="margin:10px 0"></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Und mit Hurra in einem Bogen <br>Wird er herauf ans Licht gezogen. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Hoorah! And in a graceful arc <br>The mole emerges from the dark. </div><div style="margin:10px 0"></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Aujau! Man setzt sich in den Rechen <br>Voll spitzer Stacheln, welche stechen. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Ow yow! The rake, a prickly thing, <br>When sat upon, is known to sting. </div><div style="margin:10px 0"></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Und Knoll zieht für den Augenblick <br>Sich schmerzlich in sich selbst zurück. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Knoll, in the face of perforation, <br>Withdraws in painful contemplation. </div><div style="margin:10px 0"></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Schon hat der Maulwurf sich derweil <br>Ein Loch gescharrt in Angst und Eil. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Meanwhile, the apprehensive mole <br>Makes haste to dig himself a hole. </div><div style="margin:10px 0"></div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br>Doch Knoll, der sich emporgerafft, <br>Beraubt ihn seiner Lebenskraft. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">But Knoll, arisen, fierce and brave, <br>Annihilates the digging knave. </div><div style="margin:10px 0"></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Da liegt der schwarze Bösewicht <br>Und wühlte gern und kann doch nicht; <br>Denn hinderlich, wie überall, <br>Ist hier der eigne Todesfall. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Here lies the scoundrel, sleek and sable. <br>He'd rather dig, but he's unable. <br>It does not suit him in the least <br>To be so suddenly deceased.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Wilhelm+Busch">Wilhelm Busch</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=536711" data-title="The Mole Part Three de Wilhelm Busch" data-description="Kaum ist's vorbei mit dem Trara, So ist der Wühler wieder da. When all is quiet, as before, The burrower appears once more. Schnupp! dringt die Schaufel wie der Blitz Dem Maulwurf unter seinen Sitz. Knoll thrusts his spade and, doing s..."></div> </div> </div>

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