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Learn Finnish by reading along: The Lantern and the Little Fox by Bibooks.org, a free bilingual audiobook in Finnish and English with synchronized text. Level A2.
A long time ago, in a village at the edge of a forest, there lived a girl named Mira.
Kauan sitten, metsän reunalla sijaitsevassa kylässä, asui tyttö nimeltä Mira.
Mira was not tall and she was not strong, but she was very kind.
Mira ei ollut pitkä eikä vahva, mutta hyvin ystävällinen.
Every evening, her grandmother gave her a small lantern.
Joka ilta isoäiti antoi hänelle pienen lyhdyn.
The lantern had a warm yellow light.
Lyhtyssä oli lämmin keltainen valo.
Mira carried it to the edge of the village and hung it on an old wooden post.
Mira kantoi sen kylän reunalle ja ripusti vanhaan puupylvääseen.
Why do we do this every night?
Miksi teemme tätä joka ilta?
Mira asked.
Mira kysyi.
Her grandmother smiled.
Isoäiti hymyili.