Dutch · Intermediate
Adapted from Rapunzel
A girl with extraordinarily long hair is kept in a tower until a prince discovers her.
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Scene 1 · Intermediate
Er waren eens een man en een vrouw die al heel lang naar een kind verlangden. Tot dan toe was hun wens niet uitgekomen, maar eindelijk begon de vrouw te hopen dat God haar een kind zou schenken.
Once upon a time there lived a man and a woman who had long wished for a child. Until then, their wish had not come true, but at last the woman began to hope that God would grant her a child.
Aan de achterkant van hun huis zat een klein raam dat uitkeek op een prachtige tuin vol bloemen en kruiden. Om die tuin stond een hoge muur. Niemand durfde naar binnen te gaan, want hij was van een machtige tovenares voor wie de hele wereld bang was.
At the back of their house was a small window that looked out onto a beautiful garden full of flowers and herbs. A high wall surrounded the garden. No one dared go inside, because it belonged to a powerful enchantress whom the whole world feared.
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