Translation:French Nursery Rhymes/The Quail and the Partridge

by C. B.

THE QUAIL AND THE PARTRIDGE

I saw the quail^[1]
In the straw,
All rolled up;^[2]
The partridge^[3]
In the meadow,
Hiding behind a clod.^[4]

1. Caille (s.f.), quail.
2. Se pelotonner (v.p.r.), fig. to roll one's self up.
3. Perdrix (s.f.), partridge.
4. Se motter (v.p.r.) to lurk behind a clod.