Dutch · Beginner
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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Scene 1 · Beginner
De vos en de ooievaar kwamen bij elkaar op bezoek en leken goede vrienden. Op een dag nodigde de vos haar uit om bij hem te eten. Voor de grap gaf hij haar alleen soep in een heel ondiepe schaal.
The fox and the stork visited each other and seemed to be good friends. One day, the fox invited her to eat at his place. As a joke, he gave her only soup in a very shallow dish.
De vos kon de soep gemakkelijk oplikken, maar de ooievaar kon alleen het puntje van haar lange snavel in de soep steken. Na de maaltijd had ze nog net zoveel honger als daarvoor.
The fox could easily lap up the soup, but the stork could only dip the tip of her long beak into it. After the meal, she was just as hungry as before.
‘Het spijt me dat de soep je niet smaakt,’ zei de vos.
“I’m sorry you don’t like the soup,” said the fox.
‘Je hoeft geen sorry te zeggen,’ antwoordde de ooievaar. ‘Kom binnenkort eens bij mij eten.’
“You don’t need to apologize,” replied the stork. “Come and eat at my place sometime soon.”
Ze spraken af op welke dag de vos zou komen.
They agreed on which day the fox would come.
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