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Een eend wacht op haar nest
A duck waiting on her nest
Dutch
Het was zomer op het platteland. Het graan was geel en in de weilanden lag hooi. Bij een oude boerderij stroomde een diepe rivier. Tussen het huis en het water groeiden grote bladeren. Sommige waren zo hoog dat een klein kind eronder kon staan.
English translation
It was summer in the countryside. The grain was yellow, and there was hay in the meadows. A deep river flowed beside an old farm. Large leaves grew between the house and the water. Some were so tall that a small child could stand underneath them.
Dutch
Onder die bladeren zat een eend op haar nest. Ze wachtte tot haar jongen uit de eieren kwamen, maar het duurde lang. Ze begon er genoeg van te krijgen. Ze kreeg weinig bezoek. De andere eenden zwommen liever in de rivier dan dat ze bij haar kwamen zitten.
English translation
Under those leaves, a duck sat on her nest. She waited for her young to hatch, but it was taking a long time. She was beginning to get tired of waiting. She had few visitors. The other ducks preferred swimming in the river to sitting with her.
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