Danish · Beginner
Adapted from The Wild Swans
A princess works in silence to free her brothers from an enchantment that turns them into swans.
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Scene 1 · Beginner
Langt borte boede en konge med elleve sønner og en datter der hed Elisa. Brødrene gik i skole og skrev på tavler af guld. Elisa havde en smuk billedbog, og alle børnene var glade.
Far away lived a king with eleven sons and a daughter named Eliza. The brothers went to school and wrote on tablets made of gold. Eliza had a beautiful picture book, and all the children were happy.
Men så giftede deres far sig med en dronning der ikke kunne lide dem. Dagen efter brylluppet legede børnene at de havde gæster. Normalt fik de kager og æbler til deres leg. Deres nye stedmor gav dem i stedet en kop med sand. »I kan lege at det er kage,« sagde hun.
But then their father married a queen who didn’t like them. The day after the wedding, the children pretended they had guests. They usually got cakes and apples for their game. Their new stepmother gave them a cup of sand instead. “You can pretend it’s cake,” she said.
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