Story Time With Ms. Koznek

I wrote a fairy tale for my Italian class. It is about a cat named Maximus. I named him after Russell Crowe.

Here is my Italian Fairy Tale.

Maximus e I topi gladiatore

C'era una volta un gatto che abitava a Roma. Si chiamava Maximus. Aveva 2 anni. Che abitava a Roma, a il Colosseo con suo familiga. In suo familiga, Maximus aveva 100 fratelli e sorelle.

Un giorno Maximus ha dato la caccia al topo al Colosseo. I topi abitavano al Colosseo perché il Colosseo é vicino a negozio di formaggio. I topi piacciono I formaggi. I topi nascondevano da I gatti a il Colosseo. I topi abitavano a l'ultimo di il Colosseo, I gatti abitavano alla parte superiore di il Colosseo. Di solito I gatti e I topi non si vedevano. Ma, in questo giorno, Maximus ha scoperta un topo.

Il topo ha detto a Maximus, “Per favore Signore Gatto, non mangiare me, io farò qualche cosa!”

Maximus era molto intelligente. Lui ha sapeva se ha mangiato il topo, il topo sarebbe morto. Se Maximus non ha mangiato il topo, potrebbe usare il topo.

Maximus ha avuto un'idea.

Lui ha detto al topo, “Parla tuoi amici per me e non si mangia, io ho un'idea.”

Maximus e I topi hanno fatto uno spettacolo. Uno spettacolo di gladiatore, e I topi erano I gladiatore.

Maximus ha venduto I biglietti per I topi gladiatore spettacolo e I umani sono venuti. Maximus e I topi hanno fatto molto denaro e loro erano famosi.

La fine.


This is what happens when I take what I wrote in Italian and enter it into Google Translate.


Maximus and Gladiator Mice

There was once a cat who lived in Rome. It was called Maximus. He had 2 years. Who lived in Rome, the Colosseum with his familiga. In his familiga, Maximus had 100 brothers and sisters.

One day, Maximus gave hunt mice at the Colosseum. The mice lived to the Coliseum because the Coliseum is close to the cheese shop. Mice like Cheese. The mice hid from Cats at the Colosseum. The mice lived to the last of the Colosseum, The cats lived at the top of the Coliseum. Usually Cats and Mice are not seeing. But on this day, Maximus has discovered a mouse.

The mouse said to Maximus, "Please Lord Gatto not eat me, I will do anything!"

Maximus was very intelligent. He knew if he ate the mouse, the rat died. If Maximus has not eaten the mouse, you use the mouse.

Maximus had an idea.

He said the mouse, "Talk to your friends and me do not eat, I have an idea."

Maximus and the mice have a show. A spectacle of Gladiator, and I had mice I gladiatore.

Maximus has sold tickets for the show gladiatore mice and humans I have come. Maximus and the mice have made a lot of money and they were famous.

The end.


And here is the normal, grammatically correct English version, which is way more coherent then the Google Translate version. But I think it is less fun.


Maximus and the Gladiator Mice

There was once a cat who lived in Rome. His name was called Maximus. He was 2 years old. He lived in Rome, at the Colosseum with his family. In his family, Maximus had 100 brothers and sisters.

One day, Maximus was hunting mice at the Colosseum. The mice lived at the Coliseum because the Coliseum is close to a cheese shop. Mice like Cheese. The mice hid from the cats at the Colosseum. The mice lived on the bottom of the Colosseum, while the cats lived at the top of the Coliseum. Usually the Cats and Mice did not see eaach other. But on this day, Maximus has discovered a mouse.

The mouse said to Maximus, "Please Mr. cat do not eat me, I will do anything!"

Maximus was very intelligent. He knew if he ate the mouse, the mouse died. If Maximus did not eat the mouse, he could use the mouse.

Maximus had an idea.

He said the mouse, "Talk to your friends for me and I will not eat you, I have an idea."

Maximus and the mice made a show. A show with Gladiators, and the mice were the gladiators.

Maximus sold tickets for the show and humans came to watch. Maximus and the mice made a lot of money and they were very famous.

The end.

So tell me boys and girls, which version was your favorite?