THE FALL OF MAN.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 5167, 28 January 1895, Page 4

THE FALL OF MAN.

This is a Frenchman's version of the fall of Adam and Eve : — " Monsieur Adam, he vake up— he sees une belle demoiselle aslip in ze garden. Voila de la chance ! ' Bon jour, Madame Iv.' Madame Iv, she vake ; ehe hole her fan before to her face. Adam put on his eyeglass to admire' ze tableaux, and zey make von promenade. Madame Iv, she feel hungry. She sees appel on ze arbre. Serpent se promene sur l'arbre— make one walk on ze tree. • Monsieur le Serpent,' say Iv, ' vill vous not have ze bonte to peek some appel ? j'ais faim.* ' Certainement, Madame Iv, char mes de vous voir.' ' Hola, mon ami, ' ftr-r-retez vous !' says Adam—' stop ! stop que songez vons faire ? Was madness is zees P Yen must not pick ze appel !' Ze Bnake, he take one pinch of schnuff, he say: 'Au, Monsieur Adam, do you not know how zero ib noasing proheebet ze ladies P Madame Iv, pe.mit me to offer you some of zeeso fruit defendu— zeese forbidden fruit.' Iv, she make one courtesy— zs snake, he fill her parasol wiz ze appel. He Bays: 'Eritis stoat. Deus. Monsieur Adam, he will eat ze appel, he will become like oue Dieu; know ze good and ze eyell — but you, Madame Iv, cannot become more of a goddess than you are how.' An 5 zat feehish Madame Iv."