Italian · Beginner
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 · Beginner
C'era una volta una bambina povera che si chiamava Karen. D'estate camminava senza scarpe. D'inverno portava pesanti scarpe di legno, che le facevano diventare rossi i piedi.
Once upon a time there was a poor girl named Karen. In summer she walked barefoot. In winter she wore heavy wooden shoes, which made her feet red.
Nel villaggio viveva l'anziana moglie di un calzolaio, un uomo che faceva scarpe. La donna ha cucito per Karen un paio di scarpette con della vecchia stoffa rossa. Non erano molto belle, ma la donna voleva aiutarla.
The elderly wife of a shoemaker—a man who made shoes—lived in the village. The woman sewed Karen a pair of little shoes from some old red cloth. They weren’t very pretty, but the woman wanted to help her.
Karen ha messo le scarpette per la prima volta al funerale di sua madre. Il rosso non era adatto a un funerale, ma lei non aveva altre scarpe. Così ha camminato dietro alla bara di sua madre con le scarpette rosse ai piedi.
Karen wore the little shoes for the first time at her mother’s funeral. Red wasn’t suitable for a funeral, but she had no other shoes. So she walked behind her mother’s coffin with the red shoes on her feet.
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