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Hver morgen klokken syv gik Birthe i havet.
Every morning at seven o'clock, Birthe went into the sea.
Hun havde gjort det siden hun var fyrre.
She had been doing it since she was forty.
Om vinteren skulle hun først hakke hul i isen.
In the winter, she first had to chop a hole in the ice.
Naboerne syntes det var fuldstændig vanvittigt.
The neighbors thought it was completely crazy.
En dag fulgte en nabo med for at se på.
One day, a neighbor came along to watch.
Han endte selv i vandet efter fem minutter.
He ended up in the water himself after five minutes.
Året efter var de tolv mennesker på stranden.
The following year, they were twelve people on the beach.
Nu møder der halvtreds op hver søndag.
Now fifty people show up every Sunday.