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Scene 1 · Intermediate
Η κακιά μητριά
The wicked stepmother
Greek
Μακριά, στη χώρα όπου πηγαίνουν τα χελιδόνια τον χειμώνα, ζούσε ένας βασιλιάς με έντεκα γιους και μία κόρη, την Ελίζα. Οι γιοι του πήγαιναν στο σχολείο με ένα αστέρι στο στήθος και ένα σπαθί στο πλευρό. Έγραφαν με διαμαντένια μολύβια σε χρυσές πλάκες και μάθαιναν τόσο εύκολα, που όλοι καταλάβαιναν πως ήταν πρίγκιπες.
English translation
Far away, in the land where the swallows go in winter, there lived a king with eleven sons and one daughter, Elisa. Each of his sons went to school with a star on his chest and a sword at his side. They wrote with diamond pencils on golden tablets and learned so easily that everyone could tell they were princes.
Greek
Η Ελίζα καθόταν σε ένα κρυστάλλινο σκαμνάκι και ξεφύλλιζε ένα βιβλίο με εικόνες, που είχε κοστίσει όσο μισό βασίλειο.
English translation
Elisa sat on a crystal stool and leafed through a picture book that had cost as much as half a kingdom.
Greek
Τα παιδιά ήταν ευτυχισμένα, αλλά η ζωή τους άλλαξε όταν ο πατέρας τους παντρεύτηκε μια κακιά βασίλισσα. Η νέα τους μητριά δεν τα αγαπούσε καθόλου, και τους το έδειξε από την πρώτη μέρα. Στις γιορτές του γάμου, τα παιδιά έπαιζαν πως υποδέχονταν επισκέπτες. Συνήθως τους έδιναν τα γλυκά και τα μήλα που περίσσευαν.
English translation
The children were happy, but their lives changed when their father married a wicked queen. Their new stepmother did not love them at all, and she made that clear from the very first day. During the wedding celebrations, the children pretended they were welcoming guests. They usually got the leftover sweets and apples.
Greek
Αυτή τη φορά όμως η βασίλισσα τους πρόσφερε ένα φλιτζάνι γεμάτο άμμο και τους είπε να φανταστούν πως ήταν γλυκό.
English translation
This time, however, the queen offered them a cup full of sand and told them to imagine the sand was candy.
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