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Danish · Beginner

Rapunzel

By The Brothers Grimm

A girl with extraordinarily long hair is kept in a tower until a prince discovers her.

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Illustration for the scene “A wish for a child”

Scene 1 · Beginner

Et ønske om et barn

A wish for a child

Danish

Der var engang en mand og en kvinde som længe havde ønsket sig et barn. Endelig fik kvinden håb om at de snart ville få et.

English translation

Once upon a time there was a man and a woman who had long wanted a child. At last, the woman began to hope that they would soon have one.

Danish

Fra et lille vindue bag på deres hus kunne de se ned i en have med mange blomster og grønne planter. Der var en høj mur rundt om haven. Ingen turde gå derind, for haven tilhørte en troldkvinde som alle var bange for.

English translation

From a small window at the back of their house, they could look down into a garden full of flowers and green plants. A high wall surrounded the garden. No one dared go in, because the garden belonged to a witch everyone was afraid of.

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