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Scene 1 · Intermediate
Een meisje op blote voeten in de sneeuw
A barefoot girl in the snow
Dutch
Het was de laatste avond van het jaar. De sneeuw viel in dikke vlokken, het werd al donker en het was verschrikkelijk koud. Door de straten zwierf een arm klein meisje, zonder iets op haar hoofd en met blote voeten. Toen ze van huis vertrok, had ze nog pantoffels aan.
English translation
It was the last evening of the year. Snow fell in thick flakes, it was growing dark, and it was terribly cold. A poor little girl wandered through the streets, with nothing on her head and bare feet. When she left home, she was still wearing slippers.
Dutch
Die waren veel te groot voor haar, want ze waren van haar moeder geweest. Veel had ze er dus niet aan.
English translation
They were much too big for her, because they had belonged to her mother. So they were not much use to her.
Dutch
Bij het oversteken was ze haar pantoffels kwijtgeraakt. Ze had moeten rennen om twee rijtuigen te ontwijken die met grote snelheid aan kwamen rijden. De ene pantoffel had ze daarna nergens meer kunnen vinden. De andere was door een jongen meegenomen.
English translation
While crossing the street, she had lost her slippers. She had had to run to dodge two carriages coming toward her at great speed. Afterward, she couldn't find one slipper anywhere. A boy had taken the other.
Dutch
Hij was ermee weggerend en had gezegd dat hij de pantoffel als wieg kon gebruiken wanneer hij zelf kinderen had.
English translation
He had run off with it, saying he could use the slipper as a cradle when he had children of his own.
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