Russian
Послушайте: наша история начинается! Когда она закончится, мы, наверное, будем знать больше, чем сейчас.
English translation
Listen: our story is beginning! When it ends, we will probably know more than we do now.
Russian · Intermediate
Снежная королева
Adapted from The Snow Queen
Gerda journeys through a series of strange lands to find Kay after he is taken by the Snow Queen.
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Scene 1 · Intermediate
Зеркало злого волшебника
The wicked magician's mirror
Russian
Однажды жил очень злой волшебник. Ему удалось сделать удивительное зеркало, и он был в восторге от своей выдумки. Всё доброе и прекрасное в этом зеркале уменьшалось почти до полного исчезновения, а всё безобразное и бесполезное становилось огромным и казалось в десять раз хуже.
English translation
Once there was a very wicked magician. He managed to make an extraordinary mirror and was delighted with his invention. Everything good and beautiful became so small in the mirror that it almost vanished, while everything ugly and useless grew enormous and looked ten times worse.
Russian
Чудесные пейзажи выглядели в нём как варёный шпинат. Лица самых красивых людей так искажались, что даже друзья не смогли бы их узнать. Казалось, будто некоторые стоят вверх ногами. Обычная веснушка расплывалась на весь нос и рот, а добрая мысль отражалась в зеркале морщиной.
English translation
Lovely landscapes looked like boiled spinach in it. The faces of the most beautiful people were so distorted that even their friends could not have recognized them. Some seemed to be standing upside down. An ordinary freckle spread across a person's whole nose and mouth, and a kind thought was reflected in the mirror as a wrinkle.
Russian
Волшебник хихикал, любуясь своим творением. Он преподавал в школе волшебства, и его ученики всюду рассказывали о зеркале. Они уверяли, что теперь наконец можно увидеть мир и людей такими, какие они есть на самом деле.
English translation
The magician giggled as he admired his creation. He taught at a school of magic, and his pupils told everyone about the mirror. They claimed that at last it was possible to see the world and its people as they really were.
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