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Scene 1 · Intermediate
Den onde stemoren
The wicked stepmother
Norwegian
Langt borte, i landet svalene flyr til om vinteren, bodde en konge med elleve sønner og en datter som het Elisa. Prinsene gikk på skolen med stjerner på brystet og sverd ved siden. De skrev med diamantgrifler på gulltavler og lærte leksene sine på et øyeblikk.
English translation
Far away, in the land the swallows fly to for the winter, lived a king with eleven sons and a daughter named Elisa. The princes went to school with stars on their chests and swords at their sides. They wrote with diamond styluses on gold tablets and learned their lessons in an instant.
Norwegian
Elisa satt på en krakk av speilglass og så i en bildebok som hadde kostet et halvt kongerike.
English translation
Elisa sat on a stool made of mirrored glass and looked through a picture book that had cost half a kingdom.
Norwegian
Barna var lykkelige helt til faren giftet seg på nytt. Den nye dronningen likte dem slett ikke, og det fikk de merke allerede dagen etter bryllupet. Mens festen på slottet ennå pågikk, lekte de at de tok imot gjester. Vanligvis fikk de kakene og eplene som var til overs.
English translation
The children were happy until their father remarried. The new queen did not like them at all, and they found that out the very day after the wedding. While the festivities at the castle were still going on, they played at receiving guests. They usually got the leftover cakes and apples.
Norwegian
Nå rakte stemoren dem en tekopp med litt sand og ba dem late som det var kake.
English translation
This time their stepmother handed them a teacup with a little sand in it and told them to pretend it was cake.
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