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Scene 1 · Beginner
En plan om at efterlade børnene
A plan to leave the children
Danish
En fattig brændehugger boede ved en stor skov. Han boede sammen med sine to børn, Hans og Grete, og sin kone. Hun var børnenes stedmor. Da der blev mangel på mad i landet, havde familien snart ikke nok at spise. En nat lå faren vågen og talte med sin kone om det.
English translation
A poor woodcutter lived near a large forest. He lived with his two children, Hansel and Gretel, and his wife. She was the children’s stepmother. When food grew scarce in the country, the family soon had too little to eat. One night, the father lay awake and talked to his wife about it.
Danish
»I morgen tager vi børnene med langt ind i skoven,« sagde hun. »Vi tænder et bål og giver dem lidt brød. Så går vi og lader dem blive der. De finder ikke hjem igen.«
English translation
“Tomorrow we’ll take the children deep into the forest,” she said. “We’ll light a fire and give them a little bread. Then we’ll go and leave them there. They won’t find their way home again.”
Danish
Faren sagde nej. Han var bange for at de vilde dyr ville dræbe børnene. Men konen blev ved med at sige at de alle fire ville dø af sult hvis børnene blev hjemme. Til sidst sagde han ja, selv om det gjorde ham meget ked af det.
English translation
The father said no. He was afraid that wild animals would kill the children. But his wife kept saying that all four of them would starve if the children stayed home. In the end he agreed, even though it made him very sad.
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