Romanian · Intermediate
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 · Intermediate
Era ultima seară a anului. Se lăsa întunericul, ningea din plin, iar frigul era cumplit. O fetiță săracă rătăcea pe străzi, cu capul descoperit și cu picioarele goale.
It was the last evening of the year. Darkness was falling, snow was coming down heavily, and the cold was bitter. A poor little girl wandered through the streets, bareheaded and barefoot.
Când plecase de acasă, avusese o pereche de papuci, însă erau atât de mari, încât abia îi putea purta. Fuseseră ai mamei ei. Îi pierduse în timp ce traversa strada în fugă, încercând să se ferească de două trăsuri care treceau cu mare viteză. Unul dintre papuci nu mai fusese de găsit.
When she left home, she had a pair of slippers, but they were so large that she could barely keep them on. They had belonged to her mother. She lost them while running across the street, trying to get out of the way of two carriages speeding by. One of the slippers was never found.
Pe celălalt îl înșfăcase un băiat și fugise cu el, spunând că, atunci când va avea copii, l-ar putea folosi drept leagăn.
A boy snatched up the other one and ran off with it, saying that when he had children, he could use it as a cradle.
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