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Scene 1 · Intermediate
Рождение Белоснежки
Snow-white is born
Russian
Стояла середина зимы. За окном медленно падали снежинки, похожие на белые перья. Королева сидела у окна с рамой из чёрного эбенового дерева и шила. Засмотревшись на снег, она уколола палец иглой. Три капли крови упали на снег, и красный цвет показался ей особенно красивым на белом фоне.
English translation
It was the middle of winter. Outside the window, snowflakes like white feathers were falling slowly. The queen sat sewing by a window with a frame of black ebony. As she gazed at the snow, she pricked her finger with her needle. Three drops of blood fell onto the snow, and the red looked especially beautiful to her against the white.
Russian
«Вот бы у меня родился ребёнок с кожей белой, как снег, со щеками красными, как кровь, и с волосами чёрными, как эта рама», — подумала она.
English translation
“If only I had a child with skin as white as snow, cheeks as red as blood, and hair as black as this frame,” she thought.
Russian
Вскоре у королевы родилась дочь. Кожа у неё была белая, как снег, щёки — красные, как кровь, а волосы — чёрные, как эбеновое дерево. Поэтому девочку назвали Белоснежкой. Но после её рождения королева умерла.
English translation
Soon the queen had a daughter. Her skin was as white as snow, her cheeks as red as blood, and her hair as black as ebony. So the girl was named Snow White. But after she was born, the queen died.
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