Dutch · Beginner
Adapted from The Fox and the Crow
A fox flatters a crow into dropping the food she is holding.
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Scene 1 · Beginner
Een vos zag een kraai met een stuk kaas in haar snavel. Ze vloog naar een boom en ging op een tak zitten. De vos wilde de kaas hebben en liep naar de boom.
A fox saw a crow with a piece of cheese in her beak. She flew to a tree and sat on a branch. The fox wanted the cheese and walked to the tree.
‘Goedendag, mevrouw de kraai’, riep hij. ‘Wat ziet u er mooi uit! Uw veren glanzen zo prachtig.’
“Good day, Mrs. Crow,” he called. “How beautiful you look! Your feathers shine so beautifully.”
Hij zei dat haar stem vast nog mooier was dan die van alle andere vogels. Toen vroeg hij: ‘Wilt u een lied voor me zingen? Dan kan ik u de koningin van de vogels noemen.’
He said that her voice must be even more beautiful than that of all the other birds. Then he asked, “Would you sing a song for me? Then I can call you the queen of the birds.”
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