French · Intermediate
Adapted from Cinderella
A mistreated young woman receives help from a magical bird and goes to the king’s festival.
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Scene 1 · Intermediate
La femme d’un homme riche était tombée gravement malade. Sentant la mort approcher, elle a fait venir sa fille unique à son chevet.
The wife of a rich man had fallen seriously ill. Feeling death approaching, she sent for her only daughter and had her brought to her bedside.
« Ma chère enfant, reste bonne et pieuse ; le bon Dieu veillera toujours sur toi. Moi, je te regarderai du ciel et resterai près de toi. »
“My dear child, remain good and devout; the good Lord will always watch over you. I will watch over you from heaven and stay close to you.”
Puis elle a fermé les yeux pour toujours. Sa fille allait chaque jour pleurer sur sa tombe, fidèle aux paroles de sa mère. La neige d’hiver a recouvert la terre d’un drap blanc ; quand le printemps l’a fait disparaître, le père avait pris une nouvelle épouse.
Then she closed her eyes forever. Her daughter went to weep at her grave every day, faithful to her mother’s words. Winter snow covered the earth with a white blanket; when spring made it disappear, the father had taken a new wife.
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