Norwegian · Beginner

De ville svanene

Name: De ville svanene
Author: Hans Christian Andersen

Adapted from The Wild Swans

By Hans Christian Andersen

A princess works in silence to free her brothers from an enchantment that turns them into swans.

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Langt borte bodde en konge med elleve sønner og en datter som het Elisa. Prinsene var flinke på skolen, og Elisa hadde en dyr bok full av bilder. Barna var lykkelige helt til faren giftet seg igjen. Den nye dronningen likte ikke barna.

Far away lived a king with eleven sons and a daughter named Elisa. The princes did well at school, and Elisa had an expensive book full of pictures. The children were happy until their father married again. The new queen did not like the children.

Allerede dagen etter bryllupet ga hun dem en kopp med sand og sa at de skulle late som om det var kake.

The very day after the wedding, she gave them a cup of sand and told them to pretend it was cake.

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