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Scene 1 · Intermediate
En and venter i sin rede
A duck waiting on her nest
Danish
Det var sommer på landet. Kornet stod gyldent på markerne, havren var endnu grøn, og på engene stod høet i stakke. En stork gik omkring på sine lange, røde ben og talte egyptisk, som den havde lært af sin mor. Rundt om markerne og engene lå store skove med dybe vandhuller.
English translation
It was summer in the countryside. The grain stood golden in the fields, the oats were still green, and the hay was stacked in the meadows. A stork walked about on its long red legs, speaking Egyptian, which it had learned from its mother. Around the fields and meadows lay vast woods with deep pools.
Danish
Ved en gammel bondegård voksede der burreblade helt ned til floden. De største blade var så høje, at et lille barn kunne stå op under dem. I det lune skjul sad en and på sin rede. Hun var efterhånden træt af at vente på, at æggene skulle klække. Det hjalp heller ikke, at hun næsten aldrig fik besøg.
English translation
Beside an old farmhouse, burdock leaves grew all the way down to the river. The largest leaves stood so high that a small child could stand upright beneath them. In that warm, sheltered spot, a duck sat on her nest. She was getting tired of waiting for her eggs to hatch. It didn’t help that she hardly ever had visitors.
Danish
De andre ænder ville hellere svømme i floden end kravle op ad den glatte bred for at sludre med hende.
English translation
The other ducks would rather swim in the river than scramble up the slippery bank to chat with her.
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