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Danish · Beginner

Ræven og storken

Adapted from The Fox and the Stork

By Aesop

A fox serves food in a way the stork cannot eat, and the stork later returns the trick.

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Illustration for the scene “The fox's shallow dish”

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Rævens flade fad

The fox's shallow dish

Danish

Ræven og storken besøgte tit hinanden, og de så ud til at være gode venner. En dag inviterede ræven storken til middag. For sjov serverede ræven kun lidt suppe i et meget fladt fad. Ræven kunne nemt slikke suppen i sig, men storken kunne kun dyppe spidsen af sit lange næb i den.

English translation

The fox and the stork often visited each other, and they seemed to be good friends. One day, the fox invited the stork to dinner. As a joke, the fox served just a little soup in a very shallow dish. The fox could easily lap up the soup, but the stork could only dip the tip of her long beak into it.

Danish

Hun var stadig lige så sulten efter middagen som før.

English translation

She was just as hungry after dinner as she had been before.

Danish

»Det gør mig ondt, at du ikke kan lide suppen,« sagde ræven.

English translation

“I’m sorry you don’t like the soup,” said the fox.

Danish

»Det skal du ikke undskylde for,« sagde storken. »Jeg håber, du snart kommer og spiser hos mig.«

English translation

“You don’t have to apologize for that,” said the stork. “I hope you’ll come over for a meal soon.”

Danish

De aftalte en dag, hvor ræven skulle komme til middag.

English translation

They agreed on a day for the fox to come to dinner.

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