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Scene 1 · Intermediate
En anka väntar i sitt bo
A duck waiting on her nest
Swedish
Det var en strålande sommar på landet. Säden lyste gyllene, havren stod grön och på ängarna låg höet i stackar. Storken gick omkring på sina långa, röda ben och klapprade på egyptiska, ett språk som han hade lärt sig av sin mor. Runt fälten låg stora skogar med djupa vattensamlingar.
English translation
It was a glorious summer in the countryside. The grain shone golden, the oats stood green, and hay lay in stacks in the meadows. The stork walked around on his long red legs, clattering away in Egyptian, a language he had learned from his mother. Around the fields were great forests with deep pools of water.
Swedish
En gammal bondgård låg i solen intill en djup å. Mellan huset och vattnet växte kardborrar med så stora blad att ett litet barn kunde stå upprätt under dem. Där nere bland bladen var det lika vilt som mitt inne i skogen.
English translation
An old farmhouse stood in the sun beside a deep river. Between the house and the water grew burdocks with leaves so large that a small child could stand upright beneath them. Down among the leaves it was as wild as the middle of a forest.
Swedish
I skydd av bladen satt en anka på sitt bo. Hon började tröttna på att ruva, för ungarna tog god tid på sig att kläckas och hon fick sällan besök. De andra ankorna simmade hellre i ån än klättrade uppför den hala stranden för att småprata under ett blad.
English translation
Sheltered by the leaves, a duck sat on her nest. She was beginning to tire of sitting on her eggs, for her little ones were taking their time hatching, and she rarely had visitors. The other ducks preferred swimming in the river to climbing up the slippery bank to chat beneath a leaf.
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