Texte en anglais

The little bell at the door of my mother's shop rang. A human with fine clothes was standing in front of me. His skin was totally white and his hair was brown and curly.

— Hi, miss ! I want to help a woman. She wants to know if she will get pregnant soon.

— I can help you, but you need to get me a string of her hair for a start, a vial of her blood and a dead fish.

The man looked at me strangely, he seemed disgusted, but he bowed.

— I will get that for you.

His dark eyes were now glowing and I couldn't stop looking into those black pearls. I closed my eyes a brief second and he was gone.

My heart was whispering to me that he would come back, but in fact my brain knew the truth : he would never look at me as I was looking at him.

I saw myself in a mirror. My black hair braided and tangled on the top of my head seemed beautiful to me. My eyes, clear blue nearly white looked the same as my mother's. There's tattoos on my face, lines and dots. All this put together are letting everyone know my true nature : a Haruspex.

The man finally came back.

— Hi miss ! I brought all the stuffs you asked me.

He put a pouch in front of me. My head was spinning as I looked at him in the eyes.

— Come back before dusk, I will give you the answer you seek.

His feet on the wood floor were clattering as he went to the door.

I was hoping it was not for his wife. I sighed in despair.

I read in the fish by putting my tiny fingers inside of him as I was burning the hairs with some blood. The answer came, the woman was going to get pregnant the following month.

I became nervous as he entered.

— I have the answer you seek, I said harshly to give myself exposure. Can you tell me something ?

— What is that ?

— Is it for your wife ?

He reached for my shaking fingers and took my hand in his.

— It's for my sister.

— She will get pregnant next month, I sighed.

He smiled at me and he put my hand next to his heart and said :

— Can I ask you out for a lunch ?

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Quand j'ai reçu cette idée de concours pour Carnival Row par messagerie sur Wattpad, je me suis dis que je n'avais pas un assez bon anglais pour ça.

Après quinze minutes, je revenais vers mon clavier pour tenter l'expérience. 😅😜

Même si j'ai des lacunes en anglais je suis quand même contente d'avoir réussi à écrire ce texte là. Vraiment tout un défi ! 💪🏽

J'espère que je n'ai pas trop écorchée vos yeux et que ça vous a plu ! 🤣