Polish · Intermediate
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 · Intermediate
Dawno temu żyła mała dziewczynka o imieniu Karen. Była śliczna i delikatna, ale tak biedna, że latem chodziła boso. Zimą nosiła wielkie drewniaki, które obcierały jej drobne stopy, aż ich podbicia robiły się czerwone.
Once upon a time, there lived a little girl named Karen. She was lovely and delicate, but so poor that she went barefoot in summer. In winter, she wore large wooden clogs that rubbed her little feet until their insteps turned red.
W środku wsi mieszkała stara żona szewca. Zebrała kawałki czerwonego sukna i uszyła z nich dla Karen małe trzewiczki. Starała się, jak umiała, choć buciki wyszły niezgrabne. Chciała jednak sprawić dziewczynce coś dobrego.
An old shoemaker’s wife lived in the middle of the village. She gathered scraps of red cloth and sewed them into little shoes for Karen. She did the best she could, though the shoes turned out clumsy. Still, she wanted to do something kind for the girl.
Karen po raz pierwszy włożyła ten podarunek w dniu pogrzebu matki. Czerwone trzewiczki nie pasowały do żałoby, lecz nie miała innych butów. Wsunęła w nie bose stopy i poszła za skromną trumną.
Karen wore this gift for the first time on the day of her mother’s funeral. The red shoes were not suitable for mourning, but she had no other shoes. She slipped her bare feet into them and followed the plain coffin.
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