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Η κακιά μητριά
The wicked stepmother
Greek
Σε μια μακρινή χώρα ζούσε ένας βασιλιάς με έντεκα γιους και μία κόρη, την Ελίζα. Οι πρίγκιπες μάθαιναν γρήγορα τα μαθήματά τους. Έγραφαν με διαμαντένια μολύβια σε χρυσές πλάκες. Η μικρή Ελίζα είχε ένα υπέροχο βιβλίο με εικόνες. Τα παιδιά ζούσαν ευτυχισμένα μαζί.
English translation
In a faraway country, a king lived with his eleven sons and one daughter, Eliza. The princes learned their lessons quickly. They wrote with diamond pencils on golden tablets. Little Eliza had a wonderful picture book. The children lived happily together.
Greek
Όμως ο πατέρας τους παντρεύτηκε μια κακιά βασίλισσα. Η καινούργια τους μητριά δεν τα αγαπούσε. Την πρώτη μέρα μετά τον γάμο, τα παιδιά έπαιζαν πως είχαν επισκέπτες. Αντί για γλυκά και μήλα, η βασίλισσα τους έδωσε ένα φλιτζάνι με άμμο. Τους είπε να κάνουν πως ήταν γλυκό.
English translation
But their father married an evil queen. Their new stepmother did not love them. On the first day after the wedding, the children were pretending they had visitors. Instead of sweets and apples, the queen gave them a cup of sand. She told them to pretend the sand was candy.
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