Hungarian · Intermediate
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 · Intermediate
Szilveszter este volt, az év utolsó estéje. Rettenetesen hideg volt, sűrűn hullott a hó, és már majdnem besötétedett. Egy szegény kislány fedetlen fejjel, mezítláb járta az utcákat a hidegben és a sötétben.
It was New Year’s Eve, the last evening of the year. It was terribly cold, snow was falling heavily, and it was almost dark. A poor little girl, bareheaded and barefoot, walked the streets in the cold and dark.
Amikor elindult otthonról, még volt rajta papucs, de az alig segített rajta. A papucsok az anyjáéi voltak, ezért túl nagynak bizonyultak a lábára. Amikor két gyorsan közeledő kocsi elől átszaladt az úton, mindkettőt elveszítette. Az egyiket hiába kereste, a másikat pedig felkapta egy fiú, és elszaladt vele. Azt mondta, jó lesz majd bölcsőnek, ha egyszer saját gyerekei lesznek.
When she had left home, she was still wearing slippers, but they hardly helped her. They belonged to her mother, so they were much too big for her feet. As she ran across the road to get away from two carriages approaching quickly, she lost them both. She looked for one in vain, while a boy picked up the other and ran off with it. He said it would make a good cradle when he had children of his own someday.
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