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Norwegian · Beginner

Frosken og oksen

Adapted from The Frog and the Ox

By Aesop

A frog tries to swell herself to the size of an ox.

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Illustration for the scene “Little Frog describes a huge animal”

Scene 1 · Beginner

Den lille frosken beskriver et kjempestort dyr

Little Frog describes a huge animal

Norwegian

Froskefaren satt ved kanten av en dam da den lille frosken fortalte hva den hadde sett.

English translation

The father frog was sitting at the edge of a pond when the little frog told him what it had seen.

Norwegian

«Far, jeg har sett et skummelt monster! Det var like stort som et fjell. Det hadde horn på hodet og en lang hale.»

English translation

“Father, I saw a scary monster! It was as big as a mountain. It had horns on its head and a long tail.”

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