Danish · Intermediate
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 · Intermediate
Da en rig mands kone blev syg og mærkede, at hun snart skulle dø, kaldte hun sin eneste datter hen til sengen.
When a rich man’s wife fell ill and sensed that she would soon die, she called her only daughter to her bedside.
»Kære barn, bliv ved med at være god og tro på Gud. Så vil han altid beskytte dig. Fra himlen vil jeg stadig kunne se dig og være dig nær.«
“Dear child, keep being good and believe in God. Then he will always protect you. From heaven I will still be able to see you and stay close to you.”
Kort efter lukkede hun øjnene og døde. Pigen gik hver dag hen til sin mors grav for at græde, og hun holdt fast i sin tro og sin godhed. Om vinteren lå sneen som et hvidt tæppe over graven. Da forårssolen havde smeltet sneen, havde faren giftet sig igen.
Soon afterward she closed her eyes and died. Every day the girl went to her mother’s grave to cry, and she held on to her faith and her kindness. In winter the snow lay over the grave like a white blanket. By the time the spring sun had melted the snow, her father had remarried.
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