tez-le
comme vous pourrez." Alors le paysan, se redressant devant le
prince, lui dit: "Un seul sac de cette terre est deja trop lourd
pour vous, et vous ne craignez pas de charger votre conscience
de tout le poids de ce champ!"
Frappe de ces paroles, le prince comprit l'injustice de l'action
qu'il avait commise et il restitua aussitot au paysan le champ
qu'il lui avait pris.
[Footnote 1: Why subjunctive?]
Ecrivez en 300 mots cette histoire.
GRAMMAR REVIEW.--LESSON XXII
Impersonal verbs.--Use of _falloir_.--Present participles. Relative
clause used for active infinitive or present participle.--Review
also weather and time expressions.
EXAMPLES
Il faut travailler pour reussir. One must work to succeed.
Il me faudra partir demain. I shall have to go to-morrow.
Il faut que l'enfant revienne. The child must come back.
Il lui faut un chapeau neuf. He needs a new hat.
Une femme charmante.--Une A charming woman.--A woman
femme chantant la Marseillaise. singing the Marseillaise.
Je l'ai vu qui travaillait. I saw him work (working).
Il a cesse _de chanter._ He has stopped _singing_.
Il vaut mieux rester, il va It is better to stay, it is
pleuvoir. going to rain.
Il est deux heures. It is two o'clock.
Il fait beau temps. The weather is fine.
A. 1. One must amuse oneself. 2. By [1] telling his stories,
the story-teller keeps[2] himself from forgetting[3] them. 3.
I have to have (I need) a book. 4. It is a question[4] of
getting-revenge[3955 and there remains only[6] one way. 5. It
seems[7] to me that it would be better to avenge yourself by[1]
throwing him out of the window. 6. I see the king coming.[8] 7.
It is half past seven; there still remains a quarter of an hour
for[9] me to work. 8. He was walking in the park, because it
was fine weather. 9. It happened[10] that he came to consult me.
10. It is an important matter. 11. Never mind,[11] it is better
to wait. 12. We must not strike out the two remaining words. 13.
What time is it? Must we be going? 14. It is fitting[12] that
she remain[13] here. 15. She must amuse the children by telling
them amusing stories. 16. Triboulet knows that his life is at
stake.[14] 17. He is sure of dying.[3] 18. Far from amusing[3] me,
he angered me. 19. Wishing to buy a hat, he entered the hatter's.
20. The following week it rained. 21. After filling[15] the s
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