Did you know that in French they refer to Spring time as ‘Printemps’, from Old French ‘prins’ (first) and ’temps’ (time as in weather). It is a time of celebration as the world wakes up from a long cold winter. Festivals celebrated include Mardi Gras, a week long festival where everyone dances, dresses up in disguise and eats all the sweets and yummy foods in their cupboard to get ready for Lent. They also make lots of crêpes, a type of delicious pancake!
It’s also the time where animals come out of hibernation and many animals are born. Often animal songs are sung at this time, like this funny song about frogs talking to each other.
Et bien, finalement ce garçon
Il ferme les yeux pour mieux entendre
Il écoute encore les grenouilles
Et là, les yeux fermés
Il découvre qu’elles ne parlaient plus le langage des grenouilles
Pas du tout, en bien écoutant, elles parlaient le langage des gens