Fluent Fiction - Danish: Laughter in the Leaves: Lars Learns to Let Go Find the full episode transcript, vocabulary words, and more:fluentfiction.org/laughter-in-the-leaves-lars-learns-to-let-go Story Transcript:Da: I det lille boligkvarter, hvor de røde og gule blade flød ned fra de mange ahorntræer, boede Lars.En: In the small neighborhood where the red and yellow leaves drifted down from the many maple trees, lived Lars.Da: Lars var stolt af sin have.En: Lars was proud of his garden.Da: Den var altid den fineste i nabolaget.En: It was always the finest in the neighborhood.Da: Men dybt inde ønskede Lars at kunne slappe lidt mere af.En: But deep down, Lars wished he could relax a bit more.Da: Hans hemmelighed var kun kendt af ham.En: His secret was known only to him.Da: Det var efterår.En: It was autumn.Da: Bladene lå tykt på jorden som et farverigt tæppe.En: The leaves lay thick on the ground like a colorful carpet.Da: En dag bestemte Lars sig for at rive bladene sammen i pæne bunker.En: One day, Lars decided to rake the leaves into neat piles.Da: Han ville gerne, at alt så perfekt ud, før hans nabo Mette kom ud.En: He wanted everything to look perfect before his neighbor Mette came out.Da: Lars greb sin rive og begyndte sit arbejde.En: Lars grabbed his rake and began his work.Da: Øjeblikket var fredfyldt.En: The moment was peaceful.Da: Man kunne næsten kun høre bladene rasle let under riven.En: You could almost only hear the gentle rustling of the leaves under the rake.Da: Men lige da Lars var ved at være færdig, skete det utænkelige.En: But just as Lars was about to finish, the unthinkable happened.Da: En kraftig vind blæste gennem træerne.En: A strong wind blew through the trees.Da: Bladene fløj op i luften overalt.En: The leaves flew up into the air everywhere.Da: Lars så forfærdet på kaosset.En: Lars looked at the chaos in dismay.Da: "Åh nej," udbrød han.En: “Oh no,” he exclaimed.Da: Han var fast besluttet på at samle bladene igen, selvom vinden ikke stoppede.En: He was determined to gather the leaves again, even though the wind didn't stop.Da: Han vidste, Mette ville snart komme ud og se rodet.En: He knew Mette would soon come out and see the mess.Da: Lars gik tilbage til arbejdet.En: Lars went back to work.Da: Vinden ville ikke give sig.En: The wind wouldn't relent.Da: Bladene faldt aldrig ned, men fløj blot omkring ham.En: The leaves never settled, but only flew around him.Da: Frustrationen steg i Lars.En: Frustration rose in Lars.Da: Han svingede riven mod vinden som en sværdkæmper, håbende på at fange nogle af bladene i kampens hede.En: He swung the rake at the wind like a swordsman, hoping to catch some of the leaves in the heat of battle.Da: Da hørte han en latterlyd.En: Then he heard a sound of laughter.Da: Det var Mette.En: It was Mette.Da: Hun stod på sin terrasse og grinede af optrinnet.En: She stood on her terrace and laughed at the scene.Da: Lars så på hende, først irriteret, men så smittede hendes latter.En: Lars looked at her, first irritated, but then her laughter was contagious.Da: Han begyndte også at le.En: He began to laugh too.Da: Det hele så så fjollet ud - han der fægter mod løse blade.En: It all looked so silly—him fencing with loose leaves.Da: Øjeblikket var befriende.En: The moment was liberating.Da: Lars slap sin stivhed om den perfekte have og forstod, at ikke alt behøvede at være i orden.En: Lars let go of his rigidity about the perfect garden and understood that not everything needed to be in order.Da: Fra den dag af bekymrede Lars sig mindre om bladene.En: From that day on, Lars worried less about the leaves.Da: Han lærte at nyde det uberegnelige ved livet, og i stedet for et perfekt ryddet have, havde han nu et større smil på læben.En: He learned to enjoy the unpredictability of life, and instead of a perfectly cleared garden, he now had a bigger smile on his face.Da: Mette og han blev efterfølgende gode venner, ofte delte de en kop varm kakao og snakkede om både små og store ting fra deres hverdag.En: Mette and he became good friends, often sharing a cup of hot cocoa and talking about both small and big things from their everyday lives.Da: Bladene?En: The leaves?Da: De blev en del af havens charme, en påmindelse om en dag, hvor vinden bragte latter og lethed.En: They became part of the garden's charm, a reminder of a day when the wind brought laughter and lightness. Vocabulary Words:neighborhood: boligkvartermaple: ahorntræerproud: stoltrelax: slappe afautumn: efterårrake: rivepiles: bunkerneat: pænepeaceful: fredfyldtrustling: rasleunthinkable: utænkeligedismay: forfærdetdetermined: fast besluttetrelent: give sigfrustration: frustrationenswordsman: sværdkæmperirritated: irriteretcontagious: smittedeliberating: befrienderigidity: stivhedunpredictability: uberegneligecharm: charmelightness: letheddrifted: flødsecret: hemmelighedchaos: kaossetmess: rodetsilliness: fjolletscene: optrinnetfencing: ...
