Dutch
De vos en de ooievaar gaan bij elkaar op bezoek.
English translation
The fox and the stork visit each other.
Dutch · Absolute Beginner
De vos en de ooievaar
Adapted from The Fox and the Stork
A fox serves food in a way the stork cannot eat, and the stork later returns the trick.
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De ondiepe schaal van de vos
The fox's shallow dish
Dutch
Ze lijken goede vrienden.
English translation
They seem like good friends.
Dutch
Op een dag komt de ooievaar bij de vos eten.
English translation
One day, the stork comes to the fox’s house for a meal.
Dutch
De vos wil een grap maken.
English translation
The fox wants to play a joke.
Dutch
Hij geeft haar alleen soep.
English translation
He gives her only soup.
Dutch
De soep zit in een heel platte schaal.
English translation
The soup is in a very flat dish.
Dutch
De vos likt de soep op.
English translation
The fox laps up the soup.
Dutch
De ooievaar heeft een lange snavel.
English translation
The stork has a long beak.
Dutch
Alleen het puntje van haar snavel komt in de soep.
English translation
Only the tip of her beak reaches the soup.
Dutch
Ze kan niets eten.
English translation
She can’t eat anything.
Dutch
Ze heeft nog steeds honger.
English translation
She is still hungry.
Dutch
De vos zegt sorry.
English translation
The fox says he’s sorry.
Dutch
Hij zegt dat de ooievaar de soep niet lekker vindt.
English translation
He says the stork doesn’t like the soup.
Dutch
De ooievaar vraagt de vos om bij haar te komen eten.
English translation
The stork asks the fox to come to her place for a meal.
Dutch
Samen kiezen ze een dag.
English translation
Together, they choose a day.
Dutch
De ooievaar gaat met honger weg.
English translation
The stork leaves hungry.
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