Fru Krage flyver med et stykke ost i næbbet.
Mrs. Crow flies with a piece of cheese in her beak.

Danish · Absolute Beginner
Adapted from The Fox and the Crow
A fox flatters a crow into dropping the food she is holding.
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Scene 1 · Absolute Beginner
Fru Krage flyver med et stykke ost i næbbet.
Mrs. Crow flies with a piece of cheese in her beak.
Hun sætter sig i et træ.
She perches in a tree.
En ræv ser osten.
A fox sees the cheese.
Han vil have den.
He wants it.
Han går hen til træet.
He walks over to the tree.
Ræven siger, at fru Krage ser godt ud.
The fox says Mrs. Crow looks good.
Han siger, at hun sikkert synger godt.
He says she probably sings well.
»Syng for mig. Så kalder jeg dig fuglenes dronning.«
“Sing for me. Then I’ll call you the queen of the birds.”
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