Norwegian · Beginner
Adapted from The Red Shoes
A girl’s beautiful red shoes lead her into a troubling chain of events.
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Scene 1 · Beginner
Karen var en liten jente som bodde i en landsby. Hun var fattig. Om sommeren gikk hun uten sko, og om vinteren gikk hun med store tresko som gjorde føttene røde.
Karen was a little girl who lived in a village. She was poor. In summer she went barefoot, and in winter she wore large wooden clogs that made her feet red.
En gammel kone som kunne lage sko, sydde et par til Karen av gammelt rødt stoff. Skoene ble ikke så fine, men kona ville hjelpe henne.
An old woman who knew how to make shoes sewed Karen a pair out of some old red fabric. The shoes didn’t turn out very pretty, but the woman wanted to help her.
Karen gikk med dem for første gang da moren ble begravet. Røde sko passet ikke i en begravelse, men Karen hadde ingen andre. Hun tok dem på og gikk bak kisten.
Karen wore them for the first time when her mother was buried. Red shoes weren’t appropriate for a funeral, but Karen had no others. She put them on and walked behind the coffin.
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