German · Beginner
Adapted from The Fox and the Crow
A fox flatters a crow into dropping the food she is holding.
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Scene 1 · Beginner
Ein Fuchs sieht eine Krähe mit einem Stück Käse im Schnabel. Sie fliegt auf einen Baum und setzt sich auf einen Ast. Der Fuchs will den Käse haben und geht zum Baum.
A fox sees a crow with a piece of cheese in her beak. The crow flies up into a tree and settles on a branch. The fox wants the cheese and goes to the tree.
„Guten Tag, Frau Krähe“, ruft er. „Wie schön Sie heute aussehen!“ Er lobt ihre glänzenden Federn und ihre Augen. Dann sagt er: „Sie sehen schöner aus als alle anderen Vögel. Sicher können Sie auch besser singen. Singen Sie doch ein Lied für mich! Dann kann ich Sie die Königin der Vögel nennen.“
“Good day, Mrs. Crow,” he calls. “How beautiful you look today!” He praises her shiny feathers and her eyes. Then he says, “You look more beautiful than all the other birds. Surely you can sing better, too. Please sing a song for me! Then I can call you the queen of the birds.”
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