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Swedish · Beginner

Grodan och oxen

Adapted from The Frog and the Ox

By Aesop

A frog tries to swell herself to the size of an ox.

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Illustration for the scene “Little Frog describes a huge animal”

Scene 1 · Beginner

Den lilla grodan beskriver ett jättelikt djur

Little Frog describes a huge animal

Swedish

Grodpappan satt vid kanten av en damm. Där berättade den lilla grodan vad den hade sett.

English translation

The father frog sat at the edge of a pond. There, the little frog told him what it had seen.

Swedish

”Pappa, jag har sett ett hemskt monster! Det var stort som ett berg. Det hade horn på huvudet och en lång svans.”

English translation

“Dad, I saw a terrible monster! It was as big as a mountain. It had horns on its head and a long tail.”

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