Hungarian · 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
Volt egyszer egy szép, kecses kislány, akit Karennek hívtak. Olyan szegény volt, hogy nyáron mezítláb járt, télen pedig nagy facipőt viselt. A kemény cipőktől egészen kipirosodott a kis lábfeje.
Once there was a beautiful, graceful little girl named Karen. She was so poor that she went barefoot in summer and wore large wooden clogs in winter. The hard shoes made her little feet quite red.
A falu közepén lakott egy öreg cipész és a felesége. Az asszony régi, piros posztóból, egy vastag szövetből varrt Karennek egy pár cipőt. Nem sikerültek valami csinosra, de szeretettel készítette őket.
In the middle of the village lived an old shoemaker and his wife. The woman made Karen a pair of shoes from old red cloth, a thick fabric. They didn’t turn out very pretty, but she made them with love.
Karen az édesanyja temetésén húzta fel először az új cipőt. A piros szín nem illett a gyászhoz, de más cipője nem volt. Így meztelen lábára húzta a piros cipőket, és azokban lépdelt a szerény koporsó mögött.
Karen first wore her new shoes at her mother’s funeral. Red wasn’t appropriate for mourning, but she had no other shoes. So she slipped the red shoes onto her bare feet and walked behind the modest coffin in them.
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