une petite histoire de famille

Un jour, il y a très longtemps,
un éclair est tombé sur ce poteau électrique à côté de la boîte aux lettres.

From my parent's home,
thinking to a very very old family story.
It was a stormy weather and my father was outside to see how it worked,
and then a huge thunderbold fell on this electric pole.
He was a little bit dizzie during a few minutes.