Dutch
Een boer heeft een gans.
English translation
A farmer has a goose.
Dutch · Absolute Beginner
De gans met de gouden eieren
Adapted from The Goose That Laid the Golden Eggs
A farmer kills the goose that lays golden eggs, hoping to get all its gold at once.
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Scene 1 · Absolute Beginner
Een vreemd geel ei
A strange yellow egg
Dutch
Op een dag vindt hij een ei in het nest van de gans.
English translation
One day, he finds an egg in the goose’s nest.
Dutch
Hij neemt het ei mee naar huis.
English translation
He takes the egg home.
Dutch
Daar ontdekt hij dat het ei van goud is.
English translation
There, he discovers that the egg is made of gold.
Dutch
Hij is blij.
English translation
He is happy.
Dutch
Elke ochtend vindt de boer weer een ei van goud.
English translation
Every morning, the farmer finds another egg made of gold.
Dutch
Hij verkoopt de eieren.
English translation
He sells the eggs.
Dutch
Zo krijgt hij veel geld.
English translation
This way, he gets a lot of money.
Dutch
Al snel is hij rijk.
English translation
Soon, he is rich.
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