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Jean de Brunhoff
1899-1937

Histoire de Babar, le petit éléphant (The Story of Babar), Maquette

ca. 1930-1931
8 1/4 x 6 1/2 inches (21 x 16 cm)

Gift of Laurent, Mathieu, and Thierry de Brunhoff, and purchased with the assistance of The Florence Gould Foundation and the Acquisitions Fund, Fellows Endowment Fund, Gordon N. Ray Fund, and the Heineman Fund, 2004

MA 6304
Translation: 

Babar hurries to take Arthur and Celeste to the big store and buys them some fine clothes. / Then Babar shows them takes them into town and into the pastry shop.

Transcription: 

Vite Babar emmène Arthur et Céleste dans le grand magasin et leur achète de beaux costumes. / Maintenant Babar leur montre les promène dans la ville et les mène chez le pâtissier.

Published version: 

Il les emmène chez le pâtissier manger de bons gâteaux.

He takes them to a pastry shop to eat some delicious cakes.