Dutch short stories – Learning Dutch through English short stories
Aesop’s Fables – De muis en de wezel
FULL AUDIO STORY
LEARN DUTCH THROUGH AUDIO STORY – Aesop’s Fables – De muis en de wezel
Once upon a time, there lived a greedy little mouse. The greedy little mouse loved to eat. He wanted to eat and eat until he was so full.
One day the mouse found a basket of corn. The strips that made the basket were very tight. The corn smelled so tasty that he wanted to eat it. He squeezed himself into the basket carefully. He managed to enter the basket.
TranslateEr was eens een hebzuchtige kleine muis. De hebzuchtige kleine muis hield van eten. Hij wilde eten en eten tot hij zo vol was.
Op een dag vond de muis een mand met maïs. De strips die de mand maakten waren erg strak. De maïs rook zo lekker dat hij het wilde eten. Hij wurmde zich voorzichtig in de mand. Hij slaagde erin om de mand binnen te gaan.
Now what did the greedy little mouse do? The mouse ate. The mouse ate and ate and ate and ate. He ate until he was three times fatter. His stomach was about to burst. He burped loudly.
BUUUUUUURP!
He thought, “Ok. I must now leave the basket.”
TranslateWat deed de hebzuchtige kleine muis nu? De muis at. De muis at en at en at en at. Hij at tot hij drie keer dikker was. Zijn maag stond op barsten. Hij boerde luid.
BUUUUUUURP!
Hij dacht: “Ok. Ik moet nu de mand verlaten.”
He tried to squeeze himself outside the basket. But Mr. Mouse had eaten a lot. He was very fat and he could not leave the basket. He could only get his head out.
He was groaning when a weasel came by. The weasel realized what the mouse had done and laughed.
TranslateHij probeerde zich uit de mand te wringen. Maar meneer Muis had veel gegeten. Hij was erg dik en kon de mand niet uit. Hij kon alleen zijn hoofd eruit steken.
Hij kreunde toen er een wezel langskwam. De wezel besefte wat de muis had gedaan en lachte.
The Weasel said, “Serves you right! You are a greedy little mouse. You could have eaten only a little and you could have escaped easily. Now you are fat and cannot escape. Stay stuck in the basket until you are thin enough to get out. Good bye.”
The greedy little mouse had learned a lesson.
TranslateDe Wezel zei: ‘Dat is je verdiende loon! Je bent een hebzuchtige kleine muis. Je had maar een klein beetje kunnen eten en je had gemakkelijk kunnen ontsnappen. Nu ben je dik en kun je niet ontsnappen. Blijf vastzitten in de mand totdat je dun genoeg bent om eruit te komen. Tot ziens.”
De hebzuchtige kleine muis had een lesje geleerd.
Moral: “Greediness leads to misfortune.”
TranslateMoraal: “Hebzucht leidt tot ongeluk.”
Hope you had fun learning Dutch through famous English short stories 🙂 If so leave a comment!!!
For more languages:
Learn German through Short stories: https://childhood-stories.com/German
Learn Spanish through Short stories: https://childhood-stories.com/Spanish
Learn Italian through Short stories: https://childhood-stories.com/Italian
Learn Dutch through Short stories: https://childhood-stories.com/Dutch
Learn French through Short stories: https://childhood-stories.com/French
Learn Portuguese through Short stories: https://childhood-stories.com/Portuguese
Learn Portuguese through Short stories: https://childhood-stories.com/English
About: Studying through Dual Language immersion is among the best techniques for learning a new language. The objective of this website is to teach yourself how to read and speak Dutch confidently using English as a base 🙂 These Dutch short stories are super cool to read for beginners and also for entertaining children. Akbar and Birbal Fables are among the best stories that can be studied on a daily basis.
