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Scene 1 · Beginner
Un plan de a părăsi copiii
A plan to leave the children
Romanian
Lângă o pădure mare trăia un om sărac care tăia lemne. Locuia cu soția lui și cu cei doi copii ai săi, Hansel și Gretel. Soția era mama lor vitregă. Familia avea puțină mâncare, iar când în toată țara a început să lipsească hrana, nu le-a mai rămas nici pâine.
English translation
Beside a large forest lived a poor man who cut wood. He lived with his wife and his two children, Hansel and Gretel. His wife was their stepmother. The family had little food, and when food began to run short throughout the country, they were left with no bread at all.
Romanian
Într-o noapte, tatăl nu putea să doarmă de griji. A întrebat-o pe soția lui cum aveau să-i hrănească pe copii. Femeia avea un plan. Voia să-i ducă a doua zi în pădure, să le aprindă un foc și să le dea puțină pâine. Apoi părinții urmau să plece și să-i lase acolo.
English translation
One night, the father couldn’t sleep because he was worried. He asked his wife how they would feed the children. The woman had a plan. She wanted to take them into the forest the next day, light a fire for them, and give them a little bread. Then the parents would leave and abandon them there.
Romanian
Copiii nu aveau să mai găsească drumul spre casă.
English translation
The children would never find their way home again.
Romanian
— Nu pot să-mi las copiii singuri în pădure! a spus tatăl. Animalele sălbatice ar putea să-i omoare.
English translation
“I can’t leave my children alone in the forest!” said the father. “Wild animals might kill them.”
Romanian
Dar femeia i-a spus că altfel vor muri toți patru de foame. L-a certat și a insistat până când el a acceptat. Tatălui îi era însă foarte milă de copii.
English translation
But the woman told him that otherwise all four of them would starve to death. She scolded him and insisted until he agreed. But the father felt very sorry for the children.
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