Dutch · Beginner
Adapted from The Lion and the Mouse
A lion spares a mouse, who later frees him from a hunter’s net.
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Scene 1 · Beginner
Een leeuw lag te slapen. Een muisje rende over hem heen en weer. Daardoor werd de leeuw wakker. Hij hield het muisje met zijn grote poot vast. Toen deed hij zijn bek open om het muisje op te eten.
A lion was asleep. A little mouse ran back and forth over him. This woke the lion. He held the little mouse down with his big paw. Then he opened his mouth to eat the little mouse.
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