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Hungarian · Beginner

A vadhattyúk

Adapted from The Wild Swans

By Hans Christian Andersen

A princess works in silence to free her brothers from an enchantment that turns them into swans.

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Illustration for the scene “The wicked stepmother”

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A gonosz mostoha

The wicked stepmother

Hungarian

Egy távoli országban élt egy király. Tizenegy fia volt és egy lánya, Eliza. A fiúk együtt jártak iskolába. Csillagot viseltek a mellükön, és kardot az oldalukon. Aranytáblára írtak, gyorsan tanultak és jól olvastak. Eliza közben egy nagyon drága képeskönyvet nézegetett. A testvérek boldogan éltek együtt.

English translation

In a faraway country there lived a king. He had eleven sons and a daughter, Eliza. The boys went to school together. They wore stars on their chests and swords at their sides. They wrote on golden tablets, learned quickly, and read well. Eliza, meanwhile, looked at a very expensive picture book. The siblings lived happily together.

Hungarian

Egy napon az apjuk újra megnősült. Az új királyné gonosz volt, és nem szerette a gyerekeket. Ezt már az esküvő utáni napon megmutatta. A palotában nagy ünnepség volt, és a gyerekek azt játszották, hogy vendégeket fogadnak. Máskor ilyenkor megkapták a maradék süteményt és almát. A királyné azonban most csak egy csésze homokot adott nekik. Azt mondta, képzeljék azt, hogy sütemény.

English translation

One day, their father married again. The new queen was wicked and did not love the children. She showed this the day after the wedding. There was a great celebration at the palace, and the children played at welcoming guests. At times like this, they usually got the leftover cakes and apples. But this time the queen gave them only a cup of sand. She told them to imagine that it was cake.

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