Romanian · Beginner
A mysterious little man helps a miller’s daughter spin straw into gold, then demands a costly promise.
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Scene 1 · Beginner
Un morar sărac avea o fată frumoasă. Într-o zi, a mers să vorbească cu regele. Voia să pară un om important, așa că i-a spus: — Fata mea poate să toarcă paiele și să le transforme în aur.
A poor miller had a beautiful daughter. One day, he went to speak to the king. He wanted to seem like an important man, so he told him: “My daughter can spin straw into gold.”
Regele a vrut să vadă dacă era adevărat.
The king wanted to see whether it was true.
— Adu-o mâine la palat, i-a spus morarului. Vreau să văd cât de pricepută este.
“Bring her to the palace tomorrow,” he told the miller. “I want to see how skilled she is.”
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