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Polish · Absolute Beginner

Lis i bocianica

Adapted from The Fox and the Stork

By Aesop

A fox serves food in a way the stork cannot eat, and the stork later returns the trick.

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Illustration for the scene “The fox's shallow dish”

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Płytki talerz lisa

The fox's shallow dish

Polish

Lis i Bocianica odwiedzają się.

English translation

The Fox and the Stork visit each other.

Polish

Wyglądają na dobrych przyjaciół.

English translation

They seem like good friends.

Polish

Lis zaprasza Bocianicę na obiad.

English translation

The Fox invites the Stork to dinner.

Polish

Chce zrobić żart.

English translation

He wants to play a joke.

Polish

Podaje tylko zupę na bardzo płytkim talerzu.

English translation

He serves only soup on a very shallow plate.

Polish

Lis je zupę bez problemu.

English translation

The Fox eats the soup without any trouble.

Polish

Bocianica ma długi dziób.

English translation

The Stork has a long beak.

Polish

Tylko koniec dzioba dotyka zupy.

English translation

Only the tip of her beak touches the soup.

Polish

Bocianica nie może zjeść zupy.

English translation

The Stork can’t eat the soup.

Polish

Nadal jest głodna.

English translation

She is still hungry.

Polish

– Przykro mi, że zupa ci nie smakuje – mówi Lis.

English translation

“I’m sorry you don’t like the soup,” says the Fox.

Polish

Bocianica zaprasza Lisa do siebie na obiad.

English translation

The Stork invites the Fox to her home for dinner.

Polish

Wybierają dzień.

English translation

They choose a day.

Polish

Bocianica odchodzi głodna.

English translation

The Stork leaves hungry.

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