Russian · Intermediate
Adapted from Rapunzel
A girl with extraordinarily long hair is kept in a tower until a prince discovers her.
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Scene 1 · Intermediate
Жили когда-то муж и жена, которые давно мечтали о ребёнке, но их желание всё не исполнялось. Наконец у женщины появилась надежда, что Бог скоро подарит им ребёнка.
Once upon a time, there lived a husband and wife who had long dreamed of having a child, but their wish had never come true. At last, the woman began to hope that God would soon give them a child.
В задней стене их дома было маленькое окно. Из него открывался вид на чудесный сад, полный цветов и трав. Сад окружала высокая стена, и никто не осмеливался заходить туда: он принадлежал могущественной колдунье, которой все боялись.
There was a small window in the back wall of their house. It looked out onto a wonderful garden full of flowers and herbs. The garden was surrounded by a high wall, and no one dared enter it: it belonged to a powerful sorceress whom everyone feared.
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