Romanian · Beginner
Adapted from The Little Match Girl
On a cold New Year’s Eve, a poor girl lights her matches and sees visions in their flames.
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Scene 1 · Beginner
Era ultima seară a anului. Ningea mult, era foarte frig și aproape se întunecase. O fetiță mergea pe străzi cu capul descoperit și cu picioarele goale.
It was the last evening of the year. It was snowing heavily, it was very cold, and it was almost dark. A little girl was walking through the streets bareheaded and barefoot.
Când a plecat de acasă, purta papucii mamei ei, dar îi erau mult prea mari. I-a pierdut când a fugit să treacă strada, ca să nu o lovească două trăsuri care veneau foarte repede. Un papuc nu l-a mai găsit. Pe celălalt l-a luat un băiat și a fugit cu el.
When she left home, she was wearing her mother’s slippers, but they were much too big for her. She lost them when she ran across the street to avoid being hit by two carriages coming very fast. She never found one of the slippers again. A boy took the other one and ran off with it.
Băiatul a spus că va putea folosi papucul ca leagăn, un pat mic pentru un copil, când va avea și el copii.
The boy said he would be able to use the slipper as a cradle, a small bed for a child, when he had children of his own.
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