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Norwegian · Absolute Beginner

Løven og musen

Adapted from The Lion and the Mouse

By Aesop

A lion spares a mouse, who later frees him from a hunter’s net.

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Illustration for the scene “The lion catches the mouse”

Scene 1 · Absolute Beginner

Løven fanger musen

The lion catches the mouse

Norwegian

En løve sover.

English translation

A lion is sleeping.

Norwegian

En liten mus løper på løven.

English translation

A little mouse runs across the lion.

Norwegian

Løven våkner og holder musen fast med labben.

English translation

The lion wakes up and pins the mouse down with his paw.

Norwegian

Han åpner munnen.

English translation

He opens his mouth.

Norwegian

Han vil spise musen.

English translation

He wants to eat the mouse.

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