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Scene 1 · Intermediate
En barføtt jente i snøen
A barefoot girl in the snow
Norwegian
Det snødde tett, og på årets siste kveld var det allerede nesten mørkt. En fattig liten jente vandret gjennom gatene i den bitende kulden, med bare føtter og ingenting på hodet. Da hun dro hjemmefra, hadde hun riktignok hatt på seg tøfler, men de var altfor store. De hadde tilhørt moren hennes.
English translation
Snow was falling thickly, and on the last evening of the year it was already almost dark. A poor little girl wandered through the streets in the biting cold, barefoot and with nothing on her head. She had been wearing slippers when she left home, but they were much too big. They had belonged to her mother.
Norwegian
To vogner hadde kommet i full fart, og da jenta løp over gaten for å komme unna dem, mistet hun begge tøflene. Den ene fant hun aldri igjen. Den andre snappet en gutt til seg. Han løp av gårde med den og sa at han kunne bruke den som vugge når han selv fikk barn.
English translation
Two carriages had come along at full speed, and when the girl ran across the street to get out of their way, she lost both slippers. One slipper she never found again. A boy snatched up the other. He ran off with it and said he could use it as a cradle when he had children of his own.
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