Norwegian · Intermediate
Adapted from The Nightingale
An emperor discovers the song of a living nightingale, then learns its value after replacing it with a machine.
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Scene 1 · Intermediate
For mange år siden hendte det noe underlig ved keiserens hoff i Kina. Det er en historie det er verdt å fortelle før den går i glemmeboken.
Many years ago, something strange happened at the emperor’s court in China. It’s a story worth telling before it’s forgotten.
Keiseren bodde i verdens vakreste slott. Det var bygd helt av kostbart porselen og var så skjørt at man måtte være forsiktig når man rørte ved det. I hagen vokste det blomster med små sølvbjeller festet til seg. Det klirret i bjellene når noen gikk forbi, så ingen kunne unngå å legge merke til blomstene.
The emperor lived in the most beautiful palace in the world. It was built entirely of costly porcelain and was so fragile that you had to be careful when you touched it. In the garden grew flowers with little silver bells attached to them. The bells jingled whenever anyone walked by, so no one could help noticing the flowers.
Hagen strakte seg så langt at selv gartneren ikke visste hvor den sluttet.
The garden stretched so far that even the gardener didn’t know where it ended.
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