German · Beginner
Adapted from The Little Match Girl
On a cold New Year’s Eve, a poor girl lights her matches and sees visions in their flames.
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Scene 1 · Beginner
Es ist der letzte Abend des Jahres. Es schneit stark, und draußen ist es sehr kalt und fast dunkel. Ein armes kleines Mädchen geht durch die Straßen. Es trägt keine Mütze und hat keine Schuhe an.
It is the last evening of the year. It is snowing hard, and outside it is very cold and almost dark. A poor little girl is walking through the streets. She wears no hat and has no shoes on.
Als es von zu Hause losging, trug es noch die Pantoffeln seiner Mutter. Aber sie waren viel zu groß. Auf der Straße musste das Mädchen vor zwei schnellen Kutschen weglaufen. Dabei verlor es beide Pantoffeln. Einen fand es nicht wieder. Den anderen nahm ein Junge und lief damit davon.
When she left home, she was still wearing her mother's slippers. But they were much too big. On the street, the girl had to run away from two fast-moving carriages. She lost both slippers in the process. She never found one of them. A boy took the other and ran off with it.
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