Counting up to a million
12. Compter jusqu’à un million
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A boy is in his room in the evening. He is in his bed.
Un garçon est dans sa chambre le soir. Il est dans son lit.
He wants to sleep, but he thinks about numbers. He starts to count.
Il veut dormir, mais il pense aux nombres. Il commence à compter.
He says one, two, three. He continues slowly.
Il dit un, deux, trois. Il continue lentement.
He reaches ten, then twenty. He is happy.
Il arrive à dix, puis à vingt. Il est content.
He says thirty, forty, fifty. He keeps counting.
Il dit trente, quarante, cinquante. Il compte encore.
He reaches sixty. He says seventy.
Il arrive à soixante. Il dit soixante-dix.
He continues with seventy-one, seventy-two.
Il continue avec soixante et onze, soixante-douze.
He reaches eighty. He is surprised.
Il arrive à quatre-vingts. Il est surpris.
He says eighty-one, eighty-two.
Il dit quatre-vingt-un, quatre-vingt-deux.
He reaches ninety. He continues a little more.
Il arrive à quatre-vingt-dix. Il continue encore.
He says ninety-one, ninety-two.
Il dit quatre-vingt-onze, quatre-vingt-douze.
Then he thinks about hundreds. He says one hundred, two hundred.
Après, il pense aux centaines. Il dit cent, deux cents.
He says three hundred, five hundred. He is tired.
Il dit trois cents, cinq cents. Il est fatigué.
He thinks about one thousand, then ten thousand.
Il pense à mille, puis à dix mille.
He thinks about one hundred thousand. He smiles.
Il pense à cent mille. Il sourit.
He wants to reach one million. He closes his eyes.
Il veut arriver à un million. Il ferme les yeux.
He falls asleep before reaching one million. The numbers stay in his head.
Il s’endort avant le million. Les nombres restent dans sa tête.