Once upon a time, a good many years ago, there was a traveller, and he set out upon a journey. It was a magic journey, and was to seem very long when he began it, and very short when he got half way through.

He travelled along a rather dark path for some little time, without meeting anything, until at last he came to a beautiful child. So he said to the child, "What do you do here?" And the child said, "I am always at play. Come and play with me!"

C'era una volta, molti anni fa, un viaggiatore, e si mise in viaggio. Fu un viaggio magico, e doveva sembrare molto lungo quando iniziò, e molto breve quando arrivò a metà. Percorse per un po' di tempo un sentiero piuttosto oscuro, senza incontrare nulla, finché alla fine giunse da un bellissimo bambino. Quindi disse al bambino: "Cosa fai qui?" E il bambino disse: "Io gioco sempre. Vieni a giocare con me!"

So, he played with that child, the whole day long, and they were very merry. The sky was so blue, the sun was so bright, the water was so sparkling, the leaves were so green, the flowers were so lovely, and they heard such singing-birds and saw so many butteries,
that everything was beautiful. This was in fine weather. When it rained, they loved to watch the falling drops, and to smell the fresh scents.

Quindi, ha giocato con quel bambino, tutto il giorno, ed erano molto allegri. Il cielo era così azzurro, il sole era così luminoso, l'acqua era così scintillante, le foglie erano così verdi, i fiori erano così belli, e udirono tali uccelli canterini e videro così tanti ranuncoli ,
che tutto era bello. Questo era con il bel tempo. Quando pioveva, adoravano guardare le gocce che cadevano e annusare i freschi profumi.