Pět ráno

Five in the morning

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The storyOne day in the life of Petra, from five in the morning to the evening: who calls her before dawn, why everybody in her café gets cake, and what happens when a customer says she isn't hungry.

New words in the story

péct to bake
trouba oven
vesnice village
spěchat to hurry
zdarma free of charge
chutnat to taste good
makový poppy-seed; made with poppy seeds
peče / pečeš / pečeme bakes / you bake / we bake; forms of péct

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Five in the morning. Number 7 is dark, except for one window above the café.
Pět ráno. Všichni v domě spí.
Five in the morning. Everybody in the house is asleep.
Marie spí, Mourek spí. Jen Jan nahoře ještě tiše hraje. Ale Petra už nespí. Je v kavárně.
Marie is asleep, Mourek is asleep. Only Jan, upstairs, is still playing, very quietly. But Petra is already up. She's already in the café.
Petra
Dobré ráno, moje kavárno! Jdeme péct.
Good morning, my café! Time to bake.
Petra peče chleba a koláč. V lednici je třicet vajec, hodně mléka a másla. V troubě je makový koláč. Je moc dobrý.
Petra bakes bread and cake. In the fridge: thirty eggs, plenty of milk and butter. In the oven: her poppy-seed cake. It's very good.
Six o'clock. The phone rings. Only one person calls at this hour.
V šest ráno zvoní telefon.
At six in the morning the phone rings.
Petra
Haló? Babi! Dobré ráno!
Hello? Grandma! Good morning!
Babička
Dobré ráno, Petro! Už pečeš?
Good morning, Petra! Are you baking already?
Petra
Ano. A ty? Taky nespíš?
Yes, I'm baking. And you? Aren't you asleep either?
Babička
Ne. Taky peču. My nespíme, my pečeme!
No. I'm baking too. We don't sleep, we bake!
Petřina babička bydlí na vesnici. Každé ráno peče chleba.
Petra's grandmother lives in a village. She bakes bread every morning.
Babička
A jíš, Petro? Všichni jedí tvůj koláč. A ty?
Are you eating, Petra? Everybody eats your cake. And you?
Petra
Nemám hlad, babi. A nemám čas.
I'm not hungry, Grandma. And I don't have time.
Babička
Nemáš hlad? Hladový člověk není šťastný. To víš.
Not hungry? A hungry person is an unhappy person. You know that.
Petra
Vím. Proto v mojí kavárně mají všichni koláč.
I know, I know. That's why everybody in my café gets cake.
Seven o'clock. Petra opens the café. Outside, people are already waiting.
V sedm Petra otevírá dveře. Lidé už čekají.
At seven Petra opens the door. People are already waiting there.
Petra
Dobré ráno! Pojďte dál!
Good morning! Come in, come in!
Jan přichází první. Hraje celou noc. Je moc unavený.
Jan comes in first. He plays all night, and he's very tired.
Jan
Dobré ráno, Petro... Čaj, prosím. Jen čaj.
Morning, Petra... Tea, please. Just tea.
Petra
Dobře, Jane. Nemáš hlad, jsi unavený. Tady je velký hrnek čaje.
All right, Jan. You're not hungry, you're tired. Here's a big cup of tea.
Petra ví, co všichni chtějí. Marie jí říká všechno.
Petra knows what everybody wants. Marie tells her everything.
Then Marie comes in, with Eliška on her way to school.
Petra
Dobré ráno, paní Nováková! Ahoj, Eliško! Co si dáte?
Good morning, Mrs Nováková! Hi, Eliška! What would you two like?
Marie
Černý čaj bez cukru.
Black tea for me, no sugar.
Eliška
Já palačinky! Deset palačinek!
And pancakes for me! Ten pancakes!
Marie
Eliško! Ne deset. Dvě.
Eliška! Not ten. Two.
Petra
Dvě palačinky s máslem a hrnek mléka. A jednu malou pro Mourka.
Two pancakes with butter and a cup of milk. And one small pancake for Mourek.
Mourek už sedí na židli. Miluje palačinky.
Mourek is already sitting on a chair. He loves pancakes.
Eight o'clock. The café is full. A woman in a smart grey coat hurries in, her phone in her hand.
Zákaznice
Kávu, prosím! Rychle! Spěchám.
A coffee, please! Quickly! I'm in a hurry.
Petra
Dobré ráno! Kávu s mlékem? S cukrem?
Good morning! Coffee with milk? With sugar?
Zákaznice
Bez mléka. Bez cukru. A bez koláče! Nemám hlad.
No milk. No sugar. And no cake! I'm not hungry.
Nemám hlad. To Petra nemá ráda.
"I'm not hungry." Petra doesn't like that at all.
Petra
Nemáte hlad? Ale jste unavená. Tady je káva. A koláč ode mě.
You're not hungry? But you're very tired. Here's your coffee. And the cake is on me.
Zákaznice
Ne, děkuji! Nemám čas. Kolik stojí káva?
No, thank you! I don't have time. How much is the coffee?
Petra
Čtyřicet pět korun. Koláč je zdarma.
Forty-five crowns. The cake costs nothing.
The woman looks at the cake. She takes one bite. Then another.
Zákaznice
Mmm... Moc mi chutná! Ještě jeden, prosím.
Mmm... I really like it! Can I have another one?
Petra
Jistě! Posaďte se, prosím.
Of course! Sit down, please.
A sedí. A jí. Už není unavená.
And she sits. And eats. And she isn't tired any more.
Evening. The last guest has gone. Petra counts the money, and Mourek sits in the café window.
Večer. Kavárna je prázdná.
Evening. The café is empty.
Petra
Dnes osmdesát lidí! A koláč pro všechny.
Eighty people today! And everybody gets cake.
Zase zvoní telefon. Petra už ví: babička.
The phone rings again. Petra already knows: it's Grandma.
Babička
Tak Petro? Jíš?
Well, Petra? Are you eating?
Petra
Ano, babi! Teď jím. Chleba se sýrem a koláč.
Yes, Grandma! I'm eating now. Bread with cheese, and cake.
A Mourek? Taky jí. Jistě, rybu.
And Mourek? Mourek is eating too. Fish, of course.
Petra
Dobrou noc, Mourku. Zítra zase v pět ráno!
Good night, Mourek. Tomorrow, five in the morning again!