Danish · Beginner
Adapted from Cinderella
A mistreated young woman receives help from a magical bird and goes to the king’s festival.
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Scene 1 · Beginner
En rig mand havde en kone og en datter. Konen blev alvorligt syg. Lige før hun døde, kaldte hun sin datter hen til sengen.
A rich man had a wife and a daughter. His wife fell seriously ill. Just before she died, she called her daughter to her bedside.
»Vær god, og tro på Gud. Så vil han passe på dig, og fra himlen vil jeg altid være tæt på dig,« sagde hun.
“Be good and believe in God. Then he will take care of you, and I’ll be in heaven, always close to you,” she said.
Efter morens død gik pigen hver dag ud til hendes grav og græd. Hun blev ved med at tro på Gud og være god mod andre. Om vinteren lå der sne på graven. Da sneen var væk igen om foråret, havde faren giftet sig med en anden kvinde.
After her mother died, the girl went to her mother’s grave every day and cried. She kept believing in God and being kind to others. In winter, snow covered the grave. By the time the snow had melted in spring, her father had married another woman.
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