Dutch · Intermediate
Adapted from Cinderella
A mistreated young woman receives help from a magical bird and goes to the king’s festival.
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Scene 1 · Intermediate
De vrouw van een rijke man werd ernstig ziek. Toen ze voelde dat ze niet lang meer zou leven, riep ze haar enige dochter bij haar bed.
The wife of a rich man became seriously ill. When she felt that she did not have long to live, she called her only daughter to her bedside.
‘Lief kind, blijf goed en vroom,’ zei ze. ‘Dan zal de goede God je altijd beschermen. Vanuit de hemel zal ik op je neerkijken en dicht bij je blijven.’ Daarna sloot ze haar ogen en stierf.
“Dear child, remain good and pious,” she said. “Then the good God will always protect you. From heaven, I will look down on you and stay close to you.” Then she closed her eyes and died.
Het meisje ging elke dag naar het graf van haar moeder om te huilen. Ze bleef goed en vroom, zoals haar moeder haar had gevraagd. In de winter bedekte de sneeuw het graf als een wit laken. Toen de lentezon de sneeuw weer liet verdwijnen, was haar vader opnieuw getrouwd.
The girl went to her mother’s grave every day to cry. She remained good and pious, just as her mother had asked her to. In winter, the snow covered the grave like a white sheet. When the spring sun made the snow disappear again, her father had married again.
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