Norwegian · Intermediate
Adapted from Snow White
A young princess finds refuge with seven dwarfs while a jealous queen seeks to harm her.
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Scene 1 · Intermediate
Midt på vinteren, mens snøfnuggene dalte som fjær fra himmelen, satt en dronning og sydde ved et vindu med karm av svart ibenholt. Hun så ut på snøen og stakk seg i fingeren med nålen. Tre dråper blod falt på snøen.
In the middle of winter, while snowflakes drifted down from the sky like feathers, a queen sat sewing by a window with a black ebony frame. She looked out at the snow and pricked her finger with the needle. Three drops of blood fell onto the snow.
Det røde lyste så vakkert mot det hvite at dronningen tenkte: «Om jeg bare kunne få et barn med hud så hvit som snø, kinn så røde som blod og hår så svart som treet i vinduskarmen.»
The red stood out so beautifully against the white that the queen thought, “If only I could have a child with skin as white as snow, cheeks as red as blood, and hair as black as the wood of the window frame.”
Kort tid etter fikk hun en datter med snøhvit hud, blodrøde kinn og hår så svart som ibenholt. Derfor kalte de henne lille Snøhvit. Dronningen døde da barnet var født.
Not long afterward, she had a daughter with skin as white as snow, cheeks as red as blood, and hair as black as ebony. That was why they called her little Snow White. The queen died when the child was born.
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