La Petite Souris
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La Petite Souris
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En France (et dans le Sud de l’Europe), la petite souris vient prendre les dents des enfants quand elles tombent. C’est la cousine de la “fée des dents” du folklore anglo-saxon !
Aujourd’hui, on va voir un personnage des contes et légendes de la culture française. Une figure petite mais importante !
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Everybody in France knows La Petite Souris (= “the Little Mouse” ), and it struck me that this tale was not universal when the daughter of an American friend lost her first tooth.
It’s funny how some tales or folklore are so deep-rooted in our culture that we can’t even imagine it’s different elsewhere. This is why, without her story, I would never have thought of telling you about La Petite Souris , a popular character of folklore for children in France and a few other countries.
Young children first have “ une dent de lait ” (= a baby tooth, literally “ a milk tooth ”). “ Perdre une dent de lait ” (= losing a baby tooth ) (especially the first one!) is an unavoidable part of growing up.
The good news is: there’s a folklore ritual to make it less surprising and scary!
The child can say: “ Ma dent est tombée. ” (= My tooth fell off ) [verb “ tomber ” = to fall, to fall off.]
Then her parents can say, for example: “ Oh ! La petite souris va passer ce soir ! ” (= “Oh, the Little Mouse will come tonight!” )
Or: “ Mets ta dent sous ton oreiller pour que la petite souris puisse passer ! ” (= Place your tooth under your pillow so the Little Mouse can come! )
[ Mettre la dent sous son oreiller / sur sa table de nuit = to place the tooth under your pillow / on your nightstand ]
At night, very quietly, la petite souris vient chercher la dent . (= “The Little Mouse comes to take the tooth.” )
Elle laisse une pièce ou un petit cadeau en échange de la dent. (= “The Little Mouse leaves a coin or a little present in exchange for the tooth.” )
L’enfant trouve la pièce à son réveil. (= “The child finds the coin when she wakes up in the morning.” )
In France, losing your first “ dent de lait ” is a big event in the life of the family. Some parents even keep the tooth in a small box.
Be careful: to be understood, you must talk about “ La petite souris .” “ The Little Mouse,” that’s her full name!
Otherwise, “ Une petite souris ” (= “ A little mouse ”) sounds weird.
However, one very cute animated movie in particular runs with the idea that there are multiple “petites souris” : Ernest et Célestine , an award-winning animated movie made in 2012.
It’s an adaptation of the book series with the same name by the Belgian writer and artist Gabrielle Vincent . This series was published between 1981 and 2000, and it tells the adventures of big, sweet Ernest ( un ours = a bear ) and small Célestine ( une souris = a mouse ).
C’est très mignon et pour toute la famille! (= “ It’s really cute, and for the whole family! ”)
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