dancers (~Tänzer~)! “Ragamuffins! Vagabonds! Village‿musicians!” she cries angrily and swings at‿the‿same‿time (~dabei~) her red umbrella with [its] brass handle. 11. What else can they do but (~anders tun als~) pack‿up their duds and go‿out (~hinausgehen~) again into the rain? 12. And in (~bei~) this pitiful exodus the snail remains so far behind that she can no longer hear the cries of the other four, who after wandering about for a long time find a fairly dry place where they pass the rest‿of‿the (~übrig~) night. 13. All, however, will think of this adventure as long as they live.~ Wie die Wodansmühle entstand. ~A.~ Merken Sie sich in dieser Geschichte folgende Konstruktionen und Wendungen und übersetzen Sie dann zur Übung die englischen Sätze ins Deutsche! 1. Seite 81, Zeile 16: »... an der einen Seite des Baches ließ sich so etwas wie ein alter Graben erkennen«. Ähnlich: »So etwas läßt sich nicht beschreiben« ~Such a thing cannot be described, is beyond description, is indescribable.~[2] Wie sagen Sie also auf deutsch: ~_a._ The water is not fit to drink (lets [one] not drink itself). _b._ The bread is not fit to eat. _c._ This pen (~Feder~) is no longer fit to write with (with this pen lets it itself no more write). _d._ His handwriting (~Handschrift~) is no longer legible (lets [one] itself no more read). _e._ When I saw how he struck my friend, I was no longer to be held‿back (let I me not more hold‿back, ~zurückhalten~). _f._ Why don’t you let yourself be advised (why lettest thou thyself, _dat._, not advise, ~raten~)? _g._ I didn’t need to be told twice (I let to‿me that not twice, ~zweimal~, say).~ 2. Seite 82, Zeile 3: »..., daß es dort je eine Mühle oder einen Müller gegeben habe«. Sagen Sie also auf deutsch: ~_a._ There are no such birds. _b._ Animals that can speak have never existed since the days (time) of the hermit Klaus. _c._ Has there ever (~je~) been a wiser man than Solomon (~Salomo~)? _d._ If there has ever been a wiser man than Solomon, tell me who it was. _e._ Had there ever been such beings (~Wesen~) on this island (~Insel~), half (~halb~; _uninfl._) beast, half man, we should have seen them, too. _f._ There is but one God, and there will never be more than this one.~ 3. Seite 82, Zeile 5: »Nur einer machte hiervon eine Ausnahme, /das/ war mein Großvater«. Und Seite 85, Zeile 23: »..., denn /dieses/ sei die Art der Weiber.« Merken Sie sich ebenfalls, daß man auf deutsch sagt: »/Das/ oder /dies sind/ meine Brüder, meine Schwestern, meine Kinder«! Also: ~_a._ If these are your books, take them. _b._ Whose mill is that? _c._ Those are millstones. _d._ If those were my horses, I should have (~lassen~) them shod better. _e._ Can you tell me whose pens those are? Those must be Charles’s pens. _f._ How could those (~der~) be his sisters? He has no sisters.~