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Learn English by reading along: The Man Who Painted Boats by Bibooks.org, a free bilingual audiobook in English and Danish with synchronized text. Level A2.
I den lille havn boede en maler ved navn Erik.
In the small harbor lived a painter named Erik.
Han malede navne på fiskerbådene i hånden.
He painted the names of the fishing boats by hand.
Hver bogstav tog ham lang tid at få rigtig.
Each letter took him a long time to get right.
Fiskerne ventede gerne i flere uger på hans arbejde.
The fishermen were happy to wait for weeks for his work.
En ung mand ville have et navn malet på sin nye båd.
A young man wanted a name painted on his new boat.
Erik spurgte hvem båden var opkaldt efter.
Erik asked who the boat was named after.
Den unge mand fortalte om sin bedstemor.
The young man told me about his grandmother.
Erik malede navnet med guld i stedet for hvid maling.
Erik painted the name with gold instead of white paint.