Historien om de tre bjørne

The Story of the Three Bears

Der var engang tre bjørne, som boede sammen i deres eget hus ude i en skov.

Once upon a time there were three bears who lived together in their own house out in a forest.

Den ene af dem var en lille bitte bjørn; den anden var en mellemstor bjørn, og den tredje var en stor, kæmpestor bjørn.

One of them was a wee little bear; another was a middle-sized bear, and the third was a great, huge bear.

De havde hver en skål til deres grød, en lille skål til den lille bitte bjørn; en mellemstor skål til den mellemstore bjørn og en stor skål til den store, kæmpestore bjørn.

They each had a bowl for their porridge, a little bowl for the wee little bear; a middle-sized bowl for the middle-sized bear, and a great bowl for the great, huge bear.

Og de havde hver en stol at sidde i; en lille stol til den lille bitte bjørn; en mellemstor stol til den mellemstore bjørn og en stor stol til den store, kæmpestore bjørn.

And they each had a chair to sit in; a little chair for the wee little bear; a middle-sized chair for the middle-sized bear, and a great chair for the great, huge bear.

Og de havde hver en seng at sove i; en lille seng til den lille bitte bjørn; en mellemstor seng til den mellemstore bjørn og en stor seng til den store, kæmpestore bjørn.

And they each had a bed to sleep in; a little bed for the wee little bear; a middle-sized bed for the middle-sized bear, and a great bed for the great, huge bear.

En dag, da de havde lavet grøden til deres morgenmad og hældt den i deres grødskåle, gik de en tur ud i skoven, mens grøden kølede af, så de ikke brændte deres munde ved at begynde at spise den for tidligt.

One day, after they had made the porridge for their breakfast and poured it into their porridge bowls, they walked out into the forest while the porridge was cooling, so that they would not burn their mouths by beginning to eat it too soon.

Og mens de gik tur, kom en lille gammel kone til huset.

And while they were walking, a little old woman came to the house.

Hun kan ikke have været en god, ærlig gammel kone; for først kiggede hun ind ad vinduet, og derefter kiggede hun ind ad nøglehullet; og da hun ikke så nogen i huset, løftede hun klinken.

She could not have been a good, honest old woman; for first she looked in at the window, and then she peeped through the keyhole; and when she saw nobody in the house, she lifted the latch.

Døren var ikke låst, fordi bjørnene var gode bjørne, som ikke gjorde nogen noget ondt og aldrig mistænkte, at nogen ville gøre dem noget ondt.

The door was not locked, because the bears were good bears, who did nobody any harm and never suspected that anyone would do them any harm.

Så den lille gamle kone åbnede døren og gik ind; og hun blev meget glad, da hun så grøden på bordet.

So the little old woman opened the door and walked in; and she was very glad when she saw the porridge on the table.

Hvis hun havde været en god lille gammel kone, ville hun have ventet, til bjørnene kom hjem, og så ville de måske have budt hende på morgenmad; for de var gode bjørne--en smule rå eller lignende, som bjørnes vis er, men trods alt meget godmodige og gæstfrie.

If she had been a good little old woman, she would have waited till the bears came home, and then perhaps they would have offered her breakfast; for they were good bears--a little bit rough or so, as the way of bears is, but after all very good-natured and hospitable.

Men hun var en fræk, ond gammel kone og gik straks i gang med at forsyne sig.

But she was an impudent, wicked old woman, and set about helping herself at once.

Så først smagte hun på den store, kæmpestore bjørns grød, og den var for varm for hende; og det sagde hun et stgt ord om.

So first she tasted the porridge of the great, huge bear, and that was too hot for her; and she said a bad word about that.

Og derefter smagte hun på den mellemstore bjørns grød, og den var for kold for hende; og det sagde hun også et stgt ord om.

And then she tasted the porridge of the middle-sized bear, and that was too cold for her; and she said a bad word about that too.

Og så gik hun hen til den lille bitte bjørns grød og smagte på den; og den var hverken for varm eller for kold, men lige tilpas; og hun kunne så godt lide den, at hun spiste det hele op: men den uvorne gamle kone sagde et stgt ord om den lille grødskål, fordi den ikke rummede nok til hende.

And then she went to the porridge of the wee little bear, and tasted that; and that was neither too hot nor too cold, but just right; and she liked it so well that she ate it all up: but the naughty old woman said a bad word about the little porridge bowl, because it did not hold enough for her.

Derefter satte den lille gamle kone sig i den store, kæmpestore bjørns stol, og den var for hård for hende.

Then the little old woman sat down in the chair of the great, huge bear, and that was too hard for her.

Og så satte hun sig i den mellemstore bjørns stol, og den var for blød for hende.

And then she sat down in the chair of the middle-sized bear, and that was too soft for her.

Og så satte hun sig i den lille bitte bjørns stol, og den var hverken for hård eller for blød, men lige tilpas.

And then she sat down in the chair of the wee little bear, and that was neither too hard nor too soft, but just right.

Så hun satte sig godt til rette i den, og der sad hun, indtil bunden faldt ud af stolen, og hun dumpede lige ned på gulvet.

So she settled herself comfortably in it, and there she sat till the bottom of the chair came out, and down she came right onto the floor.

Og den uvorne gamle kone sagde også et slemt ord om det.

And the naughty old woman said a bad word about that too.

Derefter gik den lille gamle kone ovenpå til soveværelset, hvor de tre bjørne sov.

Then the little old woman went upstairs into the bedchamber where the three bears slept.

Og først lagde hun sig i den store, kæmpestore bjørns seng; men den var for høj ved hovedgærdet for hende.

And first she lay down in the bed of the great, huge bear; but that was too high at the head for her.

Og derefter lagde hun sig i den mellemstore bjørns seng; og den var for høj ved fodgærdet for hende.

And then she lay down in the bed of the middle-sized bear; and that was too high at the foot for her.

Og så lagde hun sig i den lille bitte bjørns seng; og den var hverken for høj ved hovedgærdet eller ved fodgærdet, men lige tilpas.

And then she lay down in the bed of the wee little bear; and that was neither too high at the head nor at the foot, but just right.

Så hun bredte dynen godt over sig og lå der, indtil hun faldt i en dyb søvn.

So she pulled the coverlet well over her, and lay there till she fell fast asleep.

Bortimod dette tidspunkt mente de tre bjørne, at deres grød ville være kold nok; så de kom hjem for at spise morgenmad.

By this time the three bears thought their porridge would be cool enough; so they came home to breakfast.

Nu havde den lille gamle kone ladet den store, kæmpestore bjørns ske stå i hans grød.

Now the little old woman had left the spoon of the great, huge bear standing in his porridge.

"Der er nogen, der har spist af min grød!"

"SOMEBODY HAS BEEN AT MY PORRIDGE!"

sagde den store, kæmpestore bjørn med sin store, rå, dybe stemme.

said the great, huge bear, in his great, rough, gruff voice.

Og da den mellemstore bjørn kiggede på sin, så han, at skeen også stod i den.

And when the middle-sized bear looked at his, he saw that the spoon was standing in it too.

Det var træskeer; hvis det havde været sølvskeer, ville den uvorne gamle kone have puttet dem i lommen.

They were wooden spoons; if they had been silver spoons, the naughty old woman would have put them in her pocket.

"Der er nogen, der har spist af min grød!"

"SOMEBODY HAS BEEN AT MY PORRIDGE!"

sagde den mellemstore bjørn med sin mellemstore stemme.

said the middle-sized bear, in his middle-sized voice.

Da kiggede den lille bitte bjørn på sin, og der stod skeen i grødskålen, men grøden var helt væk.

Then the wee little bear looked at his, and there was the spoon in the porridge bowl, but the porridge was all gone.

"Der er nogen, der har spist af min grød og spist det hele op!"

"Somebody has been at my porridge, and has eaten it all up!"

sagde den lille bitte bjørn med sin lille bitte stemme.

said the wee little bear, in his wee little voice.

Da de tre bjørne så, at nogen var gået ind i deres hus og havde spist den lille bitte bjørns morgenmad, begyndte de at se sig omkring.

Then the three bears, seeing that someone had entered their house and eaten up the wee little bear's breakfast, began to look about them.

Nu havde den lille gamle kone ikke lagt den hårde pude ordentligt på plads, da hun rejste sig fra den store, kæmpestore bjørns stol.

Now the little old woman had not put the hard cushion straight when she rose from the chair of the great, huge bear.

"Der er nogen, der har siddet i min stol!"

"SOMEBODY HAS BEEN SITTING IN MY CHAIR!"

sagde den store, kæmpestore bjørn med sin store, rå, dybe stemme.

said the great, huge bear, in his great, rough, gruff voice.

Og den lille gamle kone havde sat den mellemstore bjørns bløde pude helt ud af facon.

And the little old woman had squashed the soft cushion of the middle-sized bear flat.

"Der er nogen, der har siddet i min stol!"

"SOMEBODY HAS BEEN SITTING IN MY CHAIR!"

sagde den mellemstore bjørn med sin mellemstore stemme.

said the middle-sized bear, in his middle-sized voice.

Og I ved, hvad den lille gamle kone havde gjort ved den tredje stol.

And you know what the little old woman had done to the third chair.

"Der er nogen, der har siddet i min stol og har trådt bunden ud af den!"

"Somebody has been sitting in my chair, and has sat the bottom out of it!"

sagde den lille bitte bjørn med sin lille bitte stemme.

said the wee little bear, in his wee little voice.

Så mente de tre bjørne, at det var nødvendigt at lede videre; så de gik ovenpå til deres soveværelse.

Then the three bears thought it was necessary to search further; so they went upstairs into their bedchamber.

Nu havde den lille gamle kone trukket den store, kæmpestore bjørns hovedpude ud af sin plads.

Now the little old woman had pulled the bolster of the great, huge bear out of its place.

"Der er nogen, der har ligget i min seng!"

"SOMEBODY HAS BEEN LYING IN MY BED!"

sagde den store, kæmpestore bjørn med sin store, rå, dybe stemme.

said the great, huge bear, in his great, rough, gruff voice.

Og den lille gamle kone havde trukket den mellemstore bjørns pølse ud af sin plads.

And the little old woman had pulled the bolster of the middle-sized bear out of its place.

"Der er nogen, der har ligget i min seng!"

"SOMEBODY HAS BEEN LYING IN MY BED!"

sagde den mellemstore bjørn med sin mellemstore stemme.

said the middle-sized bear, in his middle-sized voice.

Og da den lille bitte bjørn kom for at kigge på sin seng, lå pølsen på sin plads; og hovedpuden på sin plads oven på pølsen; og oven på hovedpuden lå den lille gamle kones grimme, beskidte hoved,--som ikke var på sin plads, for hun havde ikke noget at gøre der.

And when the wee little bear came to look at his bed, the bolster was in its place, and the pillow in its place upon the bolster; and upon the pillow was the little old woman's ugly, dirty head,--which was not in its place, for she had no business there.

"Der er nogen, der har ligget i min seng,--og her er hun!"

"Somebody has been lying in my bed,--and here she is!"

sagde den lille bitte bjørn med sin lille bitte stemme.

said the wee little bear, in his wee little voice.

Den lille gamle kone havde i søvne hørt den store, kæmpestore bjørns store, rå, dybe stemme; men hun sov så tungt, at det for hende ikke var andet end vindens brusen eller tordenens rullen.

The little old woman had heard in her sleep the great, rough, gruff voice of the great, huge bear; but she was so fast asleep that it was no more to her than the roaring of wind or the rumbling of thunder.

Og hun havde hørt den mellemstore bjørns mellemstore stemme, men det var kun, som om hun havde hørt nogen tale i en drøm.

And she had heard the middle-sized voice of the middle-sized bear, but it was only as if she had heard someone speaking in a dream.

Men da hun hørte den lille bitte bjørns lille bitte stemme, var den så skarp og så skærende, at den vækkede hende med det samme.

But when she heard the wee little voice of the wee little bear, it was so sharp, and so shrill, that it awakened her at once.

Op fór hun; og da hun så de tre bjørne på den ene side af sengen, tumlede hun ud på den anden side og løb hen til vinduet.

Up she started; and when she saw the three bears on one side of the bed, she tumbled out at the other, and ran to the window.

Nu stod vinduet åbent, fordi bjørnene, som de gode, ordentlige bjørne de var, altid åbnede deres soveværelsesvindue, når de stod op om morgenen.

Now the window was open, because the bears, like good, tidy bears as they were, always opened their bedchamber window when they got up in the morning.

Ud hoppede den lille gamle kone; og om hun brækkede halsen i faldet; eller løb ind i skoven og foer vild der; eller fandt vej ud af skoven og blev anholdt af betjenten og sendt i forbedringshus som den vagabond, hun var, kan jeg ikke sige.

Out the little old woman jumped; and whether she broke her neck in the fall; or ran into the forest and got lost there; or found her way out of the forest and was arrested by the constable and sent to the house of correction as a vagrant, I cannot tell.

Men de tre bjørne så aldrig mere noget til hende.

But the three bears never saw anything more of her.