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Den onda styvmodern
The wicked stepmother
Swedish
Långt borta, i landet dit svalorna flyger om vintern, bodde en kung med elva söner och en dotter som hette Elisa. Prinsarna gick till skolan med en stjärna på bröstet och ett svärd vid sidan. De läste sina läxor utan besvär och skrev med diamantstift på tavlor av guld.
English translation
Far away, in the land where the swallows fly in winter, there lived a king with eleven sons and a daughter named Elisa. The princes went to school, each with a star on his chest and a sword at his side. They studied their lessons with ease and wrote with diamond styluses on golden tablets.
Swedish
Elisa satt på en pall av spegelglas och bläddrade i en bilderbok som hade kostat ett halvt kungarike.
English translation
Elisa sat on a stool made of mirror glass and leafed through a picture book that had cost half a kingdom.
Swedish
Barnen var lyckliga tills deras far gifte sig igen. Den nya drottningen tyckte illa om sina styvbarn, och det märkte de redan dagen efter bröllopet. Medan festen pågick på slottet lekte de att de tog emot gäster.
English translation
The children were happy until their father married again. The new queen disliked her stepchildren, and they noticed it the day after the wedding. While the festivities were going on at the palace, they pretended to receive guests.
Swedish
De brukade få kakor och äpplen som blivit över, men drottningen räckte dem en tekopp med sand och bad dem låtsas att det var kaka.
English translation
They usually got leftover cakes and apples, but the queen handed them a teacup full of sand and told them to pretend it was cake.
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