| Toddy fungerte ikke slik som de andre
| Toddy did not work like the others
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| Så når de ville leke ville han ligge å lese
| So when they wanted to play he would lie down to read
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| Om de små små kryp nedi jorden
| About the tiny little insects underground
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| Moren til Toddy ble bekymret for skolen sa:
| Toddy's mother worried about school said:
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| Gutten er gløgg, men hvorfor graver’n i jorden
| The boy is mulled wine, but why dig in the ground
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| Etter små små kryp å ta med hjem
| After tiny little insects to take home
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| Toddy’s tupe
| Toddy’s tupe
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| Ingen skjønte hvordan det kunne skje
| No one understood how it could happen
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| Det ble en suksess
| It was a success
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| De elsket festen på hans myke tupe
| They loved the party on his soft tip
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| Verden ble som ny for en bille
| The world was like new to a beetle
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| Tupeen ble en by for de ville små dyr
| Tupeen became a city for the wild little animals
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| Tiden den gikk med sin perfekte logikk
| Time passed with its perfect logic
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| Han ble ekspert i sitt fag og ingen bar noe nag
| He became an expert in his field and no one bore any grudge
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| For her til lands var det kun han som var bra
| Because in this country, only he was good
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| Han snakket personlig til hver eneste flue
| He spoke personally to every single fly
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| Og til og med en stokkmaur den kunne han kue
| And even a stick ant he could cow
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| Både larve og dronning gjorde som han sa
| Both the caterpillar and the queen did as he said
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| Toddy’s tupe
| Toddy’s tupe
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| Ingen skjønte hvordan det kunne skje
| No one understood how it could happen
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| Det ble en suksess
| It was a success
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| De elsket festen på hans myke tupe
| They loved the party on his soft tip
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| Verden ble som ny for en bille
| The world was like new to a beetle
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| Tupeen ble en by for de ville små dyr
| Tupeen became a city for the wild little animals
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| Toddy’s tupe
| Toddy’s tupe
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| Ingen skjønte hvordan det kunne skje
| No one understood how it could happen
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| Det ble en suksess
| It was a success
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| De elsket festen på hans myke tupe
| They loved the party on his soft tip
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| Verden ble som ny for en bille
| The world was like new to a beetle
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| Tupeen ble en by for de ville små dyr | Tupeen became a city for the wild little animals |