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Scene 1 · Intermediate
En and venter i reiret sitt
A duck waiting on her nest
Norwegian
Det var en vakker sommerdag på landet. Kornet var gyllent, havren var grønn, og ute på engene sto høyet i store stabler. En stork gikk omkring på de lange, røde beina sine og klapret på egyptisk, slik moren hans hadde lært ham. Rundt åkrene og engene lå store skoger med dype tjern mellom trærne.
English translation
It was a beautiful summer day in the countryside. The grain was golden, the oats were green, and out in the meadows the hay was piled in large stacks. A stork walked about on his long red legs, clattering away in Egyptian, just as his mother had taught him. Around the fields and meadows lay vast forests with deep ponds among the trees.
Norwegian
Like ved en dyp elv lå et gammelt gårdshus i solen. Fra huset og helt ned til vannkanten vokste det borreplanter med så store blader at et lite barn kunne stå oppreist under dem. Der inne, hvor det var like tett som i skogen, lå en and på reiret sitt.
English translation
An old farmhouse stood in the sun beside a deep river. From the house all the way down to the water’s edge grew burdock plants with leaves so big that a small child could stand upright beneath them. In there, where the growth was as thick as in the forest, a duck sat on her nest.
Norwegian
Hun hadde ventet lenge på at eggene skulle klekkes, og nå begynte hun å bli lei. De andre endene foretrakk å svømme i elven framfor å klatre opp den glatte bredden for å slå av en prat med henne.
English translation
She had been waiting a long time for the eggs to hatch, and now she was starting to get bored. The other ducks preferred swimming in the river to climbing up the slippery bank to have a chat with her.
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