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Hungarian · Intermediate

Jancsi és Juliska

Adapted from Hansel and Gretel

By The Brothers Grimm

Two children are lost in the forest and must outwit a witch who lives in a house made of sweets.

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Illustration for the scene “A plan to leave the children”

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Terv a gyerekek elhagyására

A plan to leave the children

Hungarian

Egy nagy erdő közelében élt egy szegény favágó a feleségével és két gyerekével. A fiút Jancsinak, a lányt Juliskának hívták; az asszony a mostohaanyjuk volt. A családnak alig jutott ennivaló. Amikor az országban súlyos élelmiszerhiány kezdődött, az apa már a napi kenyeret sem tudta megszerezni.

English translation

A poor woodcutter lived near a great forest with his wife and two children. The boy was called Hansel and the girl Gretel; the woman was their stepmother. The family had barely enough to eat. When a severe food shortage began in the country, the father could no longer even get their daily bread.

Hungarian

Egy éjjel aggodalmasan forgolódott az ágyában, majd felsóhajtott: – Mi lesz velünk? Hogyan etessük a gyerekeket, amikor már magunknak sincs mit ennünk?

English translation

One night, he tossed and turned anxiously in bed, then sighed: “What will become of us? How can we feed the children when we don’t even have anything to eat ourselves?”

Hungarian

– Tudod mit, férjem? – felelte az asszony. – Holnap kora reggel elvisszük őket az erdő legsűrűbb részébe. Tüzet rakunk, adunk nekik egy-egy darab kenyeret, aztán elmegyünk dolgozni, és ott hagyjuk őket. Nem fogják megtalálni a hazavezető utat, mi pedig megszabadulunk tőlük.

English translation

“You know what, husband?” the woman replied. “Tomorrow, early in the morning, we’ll take them to the thickest part of the forest. We’ll light a fire, give each of them a piece of bread, then go off to work and leave them there. They won’t find their way home, and we’ll be rid of them.”

Hungarian

– Nem, ezt nem teszem meg – tiltakozott az apa. – Hogyan hagyhatnám magukra a gyermekeimet? A vadállatok hamarosan rájuk találnának, és széttépnék őket.

English translation

“No, I won’t do that,” the father protested. “How could I leave my children all alone? The wild animals would soon find them and tear them apart.”

Hungarian

– Te bolond! Akkor mind a négyen éhen halunk! Már készítheted is a deszkákat a koporsóinkhoz!

English translation

“You fool! Then all four of us will starve to death! You might as well start making the planks for our coffins!”

Hungarian

Az asszony addig nem hagyta békén a férjét, amíg az végül beleegyezett.

English translation

The woman wouldn’t leave her husband alone until he finally agreed.

Hungarian

– De nagyon sajnálom szegény gyerekeket – mondta az apa.

English translation

“But I feel so sorry for the poor children,” the father said.

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