Russian · Beginner
Adapted from The Red Shoes
A girl’s beautiful red shoes lead her into a troubling chain of events.
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Scene 1 · Beginner
В одной деревне жила маленькая девочка по имени Карен. Она была хорошенькой, но очень бедной. Летом она ходила босиком, а зимой носила большие деревянные башмаки. От них её маленькие ноги краснели.
In a village lived a little girl named Karen. She was pretty, but very poor. In summer she went barefoot, and in winter she wore large wooden clogs. They made her little feet turn red.
В деревне жила старая жена башмачника. Она хотела помочь Карен и сшила для неё башмачки из кусочков старой красной ткани. Башмачки получились не очень красивыми, но женщина старалась как могла.
The shoemaker's elderly wife lived in the village. She wanted to help Karen and sewed her a pair of shoes from scraps of old red cloth. The shoes did not turn out very pretty, but the woman did the best she could.
В первый раз Карен надела красные башмачки в день похорон матери. Для такого дня красная обувь не подходила, но другой у неё не было. Карен надела башмачки на босые ноги и пошла за гробом матери.
Karen wore the red shoes for the first time on the day of her mother's funeral. Red shoes were not suitable for such a day, but she had no others. Karen put the shoes on her bare feet and walked behind her mother's coffin.
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