Greek · Intermediate
Adapted from The Red Shoes
A girl’s beautiful red shoes lead her into a troubling chain of events.
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Scene 1 · Intermediate
Μια φορά κι έναν καιρό ζούσε ένα όμορφο, λεπτοκαμωμένο κοριτσάκι που το έλεγαν Κάρεν. Ήταν τόσο φτωχό, που το καλοκαίρι περπατούσε ξυπόλυτο. Τον χειμώνα φορούσε μεγάλα ξύλινα παπούτσια, που της έτριβαν τα πόδια και τα έκαναν να κοκκινίζουν.
Once upon a time, there was a beautiful, slender little girl named Karen. She was so poor that she walked barefoot in summer. In winter she wore large wooden shoes that rubbed her feet and made them turn red.
Στο κέντρο του χωριού ζούσε η ηλικιωμένη γυναίκα ενός τσαγκάρη. Από παλιά κομμάτια κόκκινου υφάσματος έραψε ένα ζευγάρι παπουτσάκια για την Κάρεν. Δεν ήταν ιδιαίτερα όμορφα, όμως τα είχε φτιάξει με καλή πρόθεση, όσο καλύτερα μπορούσε.
In the center of the village lived a shoemaker's elderly wife. She sewed a pair of little shoes for Karen from old pieces of red cloth. They were not particularly beautiful, but she had made them with good intentions, as well as she could.
Η Κάρεν τα φόρεσε για πρώτη φορά στην κηδεία της μητέρας της. Τα κόκκινα παπούτσια δεν ταίριαζαν στο πένθος, αλλά δεν είχε άλλα. Έτσι, περπάτησε μ' αυτά πίσω από το απλό φέρετρο.
Karen wore them for the first time at her mother's funeral. The red shoes were not suitable for mourning, but she had no others. So she walked behind the simple coffin in them.
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