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Jeune ou Vieux ?

Young or Old?

Un petit garçon est assez âgé pour lacer ses chaussures, mais trop jeune pour aider son père à peindre la maison. Il est assez âgé pour se nourrir, mais trop jeune pour aider sa mère à cuisiner. Est-il trop jeune ou trop vieux ?

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Un petit garçon est assez âgé pour lacer ses chaussures, mais trop jeune pour aider son père à peindre la maison. Il est assez âgé pour se nourrir, mais trop jeune pour aider sa mère à cuisiner. Est-il trop jeune ou trop vieux ?

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Publisher: Room to Read
Creators: Mukesh Malviya (writer), Shailja Jain Chougule (illustrator)
Translation: Yazid Zahrawi - Ulatus
This edition: fr Global Digital Library edition republished and aligned to its published English edition; title and credit pages omitted, page layout adapted, and Storyglot learning notes added.

Original story ↗ · Source edition ↗ · CC BY 4.0 ↗

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