French · Beginner

La Reine des neiges

Name: La Reine des neiges
Author: Hans Christian Andersen

Adapted from The Snow Queen

By Hans Christian Andersen

Gerda journeys through a series of strange lands to find Kay after he is taken by the Snow Queen.

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Le miroir du méchant magicien

The wicked magician's mirror

Écoutons cette histoire. Un méchant magicien avait fabriqué un miroir étrange. Dans ce miroir, les bonnes et belles choses semblaient petites et sans valeur. Les choses laides, elles, paraissaient dix fois plus mauvaises. Même les visages devenaient impossibles à reconnaître. Une bonne pensée faisait apparaître une ride. Le magicien en riait.

Let’s listen to this story. A wicked magician had made a strange mirror. In this mirror, good and beautiful things looked small and worthless. Ugly things, on the other hand, seemed ten times worse. Even faces became impossible to recognize. A good thought brought out a wrinkle. The magician laughed at this.

Les élèves de son école disaient que le miroir montrait le monde tel qu’il était vraiment. Mais ils se trompaient.

The students at his school said the mirror showed the world as it really was. But they were wrong.

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