Italian · Intermediate
Adapted from Rapunzel
A girl with extraordinarily long hair is kept in a tower until a prince discovers her.
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Scene 1 · Intermediate
C'erano una volta un uomo e una donna che desideravano da molto tempo un figlio, senza riuscire ad averne uno. Finalmente la donna ha cominciato a sperare che Dio stesse per esaudire il suo desiderio.
Once upon a time, there lived a man and a woman who had long wanted a child but had been unable to have one. At last, the woman began to hope that God was about to grant her wish.
Sul retro della loro casa c'era una finestrella affacciata su uno splendido giardino, pieno di fiori e di erbe. Un alto muro lo circondava e nessuno osava entrarci: apparteneva infatti a una maga molto potente, che tutti temevano.
At the back of their house was a little window looking out onto a beautiful garden, full of flowers and herbs. A high wall surrounded it, and no one dared to go in: it belonged to a very powerful witch whom everyone feared.
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