Russian · Beginner
Adapted from The Fox and the Stork
A fox serves food in a way the stork cannot eat, and the stork later returns the trick.
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Scene 1 · Beginner
Лис и аистиха ходили друг к другу в гости. Казалось, они были хорошими друзьями. Однажды лис пригласил аистиху на обед. Он решил пошутить и подал ей только суп в очень мелкой тарелке.
The fox and the stork visited each other. They seemed to be good friends. One day, the fox invited the stork to lunch. He decided to play a joke on her and served her only soup in a very shallow dish.
Лис легко лакал суп из тарелки. Аистиха же могла опустить в суп только кончик своего длинного клюва. Поэтому она так и осталась голодной.
The fox easily lapped up the soup from the dish. The stork, however, could dip only the tip of her long beak into the soup. So she remained hungry.
— Мне жаль, что тебе не нравится суп, — сказал лис.
“I’m sorry you don’t like the soup,” said the fox.
Аистиха попросила его не извиняться и пригласила к себе на обед. Они выбрали день, когда лис придёт к ней в гости.
The stork asked him not to apologize and invited him to lunch at her home. They chose a day for the fox to visit her.
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