Dutch · Beginner
Adapted from The Little Match Girl
On a cold New Year’s Eve, a poor girl lights her matches and sees visions in their flames.
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Scene 1 · Beginner
Het was de laatste avond van het jaar. Het werd al donker en er viel veel sneeuw. Een arm meisje liep door de koude straten, zonder muts en op blote voeten.
It was the last evening of the year. It was already getting dark, and a lot of snow was falling. A poor girl walked through the cold streets without a hat and barefoot.
Toen ze van huis ging, had ze nog pantoffels aan. Die waren van haar moeder geweest en waren veel te groot. Op straat kwamen twee rijtuigen snel op haar af. Ze rende opzij en verloor allebei haar pantoffels. De ene kon ze niet meer vinden. Een jongen pakte de andere en rende ermee weg.
When she left home, she was still wearing slippers. They had belonged to her mother and were much too big. Two carriages came racing toward her in the street. She darted aside and lost both slippers. She couldn’t find one of them again. A boy picked up the other and ran off with it.
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