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Scene 1 · Intermediate
De ezel vertrekt naar Bremen
The donkey leaves for Bremen
Dutch
Een man had een ezel die jarenlang zakken graan naar de molen had gedragen, zonder ooit moe te lijken. Maar met het ouder worden verloor de ezel zijn kracht en kon hij zijn werk steeds minder goed doen. Zijn baas begon zich af te vragen hoe hij van de kosten voor het voer af kon komen.
English translation
A man had a donkey who had carried sacks of grain to the mill for years without ever seeming tired. But as the donkey grew older, he lost his strength and could do his work less and less well. His master began to wonder how he could stop paying for the donkey’s feed.
Dutch
De ezel voelde dat hij gevaar liep. Hij vluchtte en ging op weg naar Bremen. ‘Daar kan ik vast stadsmuzikant worden’, dacht hij.
English translation
The donkey sensed that he was in danger. He ran away and set off for Bremen. “I’m sure I can become a town musician there,” he thought.
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