The Lantern and the Little Fox

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Learn Swedish by reading along: The Lantern and the Little Fox by Bibooks.org, a free bilingual audiobook in Swedish and English with synchronized text. Level A2.

Bilingual excerpt

A long time ago, in a village at the edge of a forest, there lived a girl named Mira.

För länge sedan, i en by vid skogsbrynet, bodde en flicka vid namn Mira.

Mira was not tall and she was not strong, but she was very kind.

Mira var inte lång och inte stark, men hon var mycket snäll.

Every evening, her grandmother gave her a small lantern.

Varje kväll gav hennes mormor henne en liten lykta.

The lantern had a warm yellow light.

Lyktan hade ett varmt gult sken.

Mira carried it to the edge of the village and hung it on an old wooden post.

Mira bar den till byns utkant och hängde den på en gammal trästolpe.

Why do we do this every night?

Varför gör vi så här varje natt?

Mira asked.

frågade Mira.

Her grandmother smiled.

Hennes mormor log.

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