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Scene 1 · Intermediate
Босая девочка в снегу
A barefoot girl in the snow
Russian
В последний вечер уходящего года было ужасно холодно. Уже почти стемнело, и густо шёл снег. По тёмным улицам бродила бедная маленькая девочка — без шапки и босиком. Когда она выходила из дома, на ней были тапочки, но от них оказалось мало пользы: они были слишком велики, ведь раньше их носила её мать.
English translation
On the last evening of the year, it was terribly cold. It was almost dark, and snow was falling thickly. A poor little girl wandered through the dark streets, bareheaded and barefoot. She had been wearing slippers when she left home, but they had been of little use: they were much too big, for her mother had worn them before her.
Russian
Девочка потеряла оба тапочка, когда перебегала улицу, спасаясь от двух карет, которые мчались на огромной скорости. Один тапочек она так и не нашла, а второй схватил какой-то мальчишка и убежал. Он сказал, что, когда у него появятся собственные дети, этот тапочек послужит им колыбелью.
English translation
The girl had lost both slippers as she ran across the street to escape two carriages racing along at tremendous speed. She never found one slipper, and some boy grabbed the other and ran away. He said that when he had children of his own, the slipper would serve them as a cradle.
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