Norwegian · Beginner

Nattergalen

Name: Nattergalen
Author: Hans Christian Andersen

Adapted from The Nightingale

By Hans Christian Andersen

An emperor discovers the song of a living nightingale, then learns its value after replacing it with a machine.

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Porselensslottet

The porcelain palace

For lenge siden bodde det en keiser i Kina. Han hadde et vakkert slott bygd av porselen. Slottet kostet mye. Porselen går lett i stykker, så alle måtte være forsiktige. Ute i hagen hang det små sølvbjeller på blomstene. Når folk gikk forbi, ringte bjellene, og da la alle merke til blomstene.

Long ago, an emperor lived in China. He had a beautiful palace made of porcelain. The palace cost a great deal. Porcelain breaks easily, so everyone had to be careful. Out in the garden, little silver bells hung from the flowers. Whenever people walked by, the bells rang and everyone noticed the flowers.

Hagen var så stor at selv gartneren ikke visste hvor den sluttet.

The garden was so big that even the gardener didn’t know where it ended.

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