Fluent Fiction - Norwegian: Stranger's Kindness: A Winter's Tale
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Story Transcript:

Nb: Det var en vinterdag i Oslo og snøen lå tungt på bakken.
En: It was a winter's day in Oslo and the snow lay heavily on the ground.

Nb: Lars, en pizza-leverandør, syklet i stor fart nedover veien.
En: Lars, a pizza delivery man, was riding his bike at great speed down the road.

Nb: Han var på vei til å levere en pizza til en kunde.
En: He was on his way to deliver a pizza to a customer.

Nb: Veien var glatt og det var vanskelig å holde balansen.
En: The road was slippery and it was difficult to keep my balance.

Nb: Plutselig, mens han kom ned en bratt bakke, mistet han fotfestet og begynte å skli på en stor isflekk.
En: Suddenly, while descending a steep hill, he lost his footing and began to slip on a large patch of ice.

Nb: Pizzaen fløy ut av hendene hans og landet uheldigvis i en snøfonn ved siden av veien.
En: The pizza flew out of his hands and landed unluckily in a snowdrift on the side of the road.

Nb: Lars selv sklei videre og endte med å falle på bakken med et brak.
En: Lars himself slipped further and ended up falling to the ground with a crash.

Nb: Han fikk vondt i armen sin og kunne nesten ikke bevege den.
En: His arm hurt and he could hardly move it.

Nb: Mens Lars lå der på bakken, så han en hund som kom løpende mot ham.
En: While Lars was lying there on the ground, he saw a dog coming running towards him.

Nb: Det var en stor, hvit hund, som bjeffet høylytt og satte tennene i hans ene arm.
En: It was a large, white dog, which barked loudly and sank its teeth into one of his arms.

Nb: Lars skrek av smerte og redsel.
En: Lars screamed in pain and terror.

Nb: Han prøvde å trekke armen sin ut av hundens munn, men det var umulig.
En: He tried to pull his arm out of the dog's mouth, but it was impossible.

Nb: Plutselig hørte han en stemme.
En: Suddenly he heard a voice.

Nb: "Felix, slipp taket nå!"
En: "Felix, let go now!"

Nb: ropte noen.
En: someone shouted.

Nb: Hunden ga endelig slipp på armen hans og Lars kunne puste lettet ut.
En: The dog finally let go of his arm and Lars could breathe a sigh of relief.

Nb: Mannen som eide hunden, kom bort til Lars og spurte om han var ok.
En: The man who owned the dog approached Lars and asked if he was OK.

Nb: Han hjalp Lars opp og spurte om han kunne hjelpe ham med noe.
En: He helped Lars up and asked if he could help him with anything.

Nb: Lars forklarte at han hadde mistet pizzaen og at han ikke kunne bruke venstrearmen på grunn av smerten.
En: Lars explained that he had lost the pizza and that he could not use his left arm because of the pain.

Nb: Mannen tilbød seg å hjelpe ham med å finne pizzaen og levere den til kunden for ham.
En: The man offered to help him find the pizza and deliver it to the customer for him.

Nb: Lars takket ham og sammen gikk de videre for å lete etter pizzaen.
En: Lars thanked him and together they went on to look for the pizza.

Nb: Til slutt fant de den under en stor snøfonn.
En: Finally, they found it under a large drift of snow.

Nb: De tørket av snøen fra esken og mannen leverte pizzaen til kunden mens Lars satt ved hans side, takknemlig for hans hjelp.
En: They wiped the snow off the box and the man delivered the pizza to the customer while Lars sat by his side, grateful for his help.

Nb: Da de var ferdige, takket Lars ham igjen og syklet raskt tilbake til pizzeriaen for å rapportere om det som hadde skjedd.
En: When they were done, Lars thanked him again and quickly rode back to the pizzeria to report what had happened.

Nb: Til tross for skademarerittet han hadde nettopp opplevd, følte Lars seg fortsatt glad fordi han hadde fått hjelp fra en snill og hjelpsom fremmed.
En: Despite the injury nightmare he had just experienced, Lars still felt happy because he had received help from a kind and helpful stranger.


Vocabulary Words:

• winter: vinter
• Oslo: Oslo
• snow: snø
• ground: bakken
• pizza: pizza
• delivery man: leverandør
• bike: sykkel
• road: vei
• slippery: glatt
• balance: balanse
• footing: fotfeste
• ice patch: isflekk
• snowdrift: snøfonn
• fall: falle
• arm: arm
• dog: hund
• white: hvit
• bark: bjeffe
• teeth: tenner
• pain: smerte
• terror: redsel
• voice: stemme
• let go: slippe taket
• owner: eier
• help: hjelpe
• find: finne
• deliver: levere
• thank: takk
• stranger: fremmed.