Understand spoken Dutch

"duck" Practice Dutch lesson

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And immediately an old duck flew to the poor beast and bit it in the neck,
but she had poor eyesight, and therefore she thought, that this duckling must be a fat duck, who had got lost,
In the middle of this there was a duck in her nest, who had to hatch her young; but it almost bored her, it took so long, before the ducklings hatched.,
It doesn’t matter to be hatched by a duck, as long as you came out of a swan’s egg!,
Keep your decency and bow to the old duck you see there: that is the most important of all; she is of Spanish descent, which is why she is so fat.,
the duck,
The duck looked at it.,
“I will still sit on it for a bit longer,” answered the duck; “I’ve sat on it for so long already, so I can sit on it for a few more days!”,
“It is taking a long time with that egg,” said the duck, who was sitting on it again.,
“It might be true, but it is too big and it looks to strange,“ said the other duck, “that is why it has to have a bite.“,
“Let me see the egg that won't open!” said the old duck.,
“No, it’s not a turkey,” thought the old duck; “Look how strong he hits his legs and how straight he knows how to keep himself!”,
“The other ducklings look very sweet,“ said the old duck; “make yourself at home, and if you find an eel head, you can bring it to me.“,
“They are lovely children the mother has,” said the old duck with the rag around her leg.,
“Well there, how are you?” an old duck asked, who came to visit her.,
“You have to decide that for yourself,” continued the old duck and left.
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