Danish
Det er sommer.
English translation
It’s summer.
Danish · Absolute Beginner
Myren og græshoppen
Adapted from The Ant and the Grasshopper
A grasshopper spends the summer singing while an ant stores food for winter.
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Scene 1 · Absolute Beginner
En travl myre om sommeren
A busy ant in summer
Danish
En græshoppe hopper og synger på en mark.
English translation
A grasshopper hops and sings in a field.
Danish
En myre går forbi.
English translation
An ant walks by.
Danish
Myren bærer mad hjem.
English translation
The ant carries food home.
Danish
Det er hårdt arbejde.
English translation
It’s hard work.
Danish
Græshoppen vil gerne snakke med myren.
English translation
The grasshopper wants to talk to the ant.
Danish
Men myren samler mad til vinteren.
English translation
But the ant is gathering food for the winter.
Danish
»Du kan også samle mad til vinteren,« siger myren.
English translation
“You can gather food for the winter too,” says the ant.
Danish
Græshoppen tænker ikke på vinteren.
English translation
The grasshopper doesn’t think about winter.
Danish
Der er jo masser af mad nu.
English translation
After all, there’s plenty of food now.
Danish
Myren arbejder videre.
English translation
The ant keeps working.
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