Dutch · Beginner
Adapted from The Tortoise and the Hare
A hare boasts about his speed, then loses a race to a steady tortoise.
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Scene 1 · Beginner
De haas vertelde de andere dieren trots hoe snel hij kon rennen. ‘Niemand heeft ooit van me gewonnen als ik zo hard mogelijk ren,’ zei hij. ‘Wie wil er een wedstrijd tegen me lopen?’
The hare proudly told the other animals how fast he could run. “No one has ever beaten me when I run as fast as I can,” he said. “Who wants to race me?”
‘Ik wil wel,’ zei de schildpad rustig.
“I’ll race you,” said the tortoise calmly.
De haas vond dat een goede grap. Hij zei dat hij zelfs rondjes om de schildpad heen kon lopen.
The hare thought that was a good joke. He said he could even run circles around the tortoise.
‘Win eerst maar van me,’ antwoordde de schildpad. ‘Laten we beginnen.’
“You’ll have to beat me first,” replied the tortoise. “Let’s begin.”
De route voor de wedstrijd werd gekozen en de race begon.
The route for the race was chosen, and the race began.
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