Doctor Goldsmith
Swedish Short Story
Story
| There was once a kind man whose name was Oliver Goldsmith. | Det var en gång en snäll man som hette Oliver Goldsmith. |
| He wrote many delightful books, and had a gentle heart. He was always ready to help others and to share with them anything that he had. | Han skrev många underbara böcker och hade ett milt hjärta. Han var alltid redo att hjälpa andra och dela med sig av allt han hade. |
| He gave away so much to the poor that he was always poor himself. | Han gav bort så mycket till de fattiga att han själv alltid var fattig. |
| He was sometimes called Doctor Goldsmith, as he had studied to be a physician. | Ibland kallades han doktor Goldsmith, eftersom han hade utbildat sig till läkare. |
| One day, a poor woman asked Doctor Goldsmith to go and see her husband, who was sick and could not eat. | En dag bad en fattig kvinna doktor Goldsmith att komma och titta till hennes man, som var sjuk och inte kunde äta. |
| Goldsmith did so, and found that the family was in great need. | Goldsmith gjorde det och upptäckte att familjen var i stor nöd. |
| The man had not had work for a long time. He was not sick, but in distress; and, as for eating, there was no food in the house. | Mannen hade inte haft arbete på länge. Han var inte sjuk, utan förtvivlad, och när det gällde mat fanns det ingenting att äta i huset. |
| "Call at my room this evening," said Goldsmith to the woman, "and I will give you some medicine for your husband." | "Kom förbi mitt rum i kväll", sa Goldsmith till kvinnan, "så ger jag dig lite medicin till din man". |
| In the evening the woman called. Goldsmith gave her a little paper box that was very heavy. | På kvällen kom kvinnan. Goldsmith gav henne en liten pappask som var mycket tung. |
| "Here is the medicine," he said. | "Här är medicinen", sa han. |
| "Use it faithfully, and I think it will do your husband a great deal of good. But don't open the box until you reach home." | "Använd den troget, så tror jag att den kommer att göra din man mycket gott. Men öppna inte asken förrän du kommer hem". |
| "What are the directions for taking it?" asked the woman. | "Hur ska den tas?" frågade kvinnan. |
| "You will find them inside of the box," he answered. | "Du hittar anvisningarna i asken", svarade han. |
| When the woman reached her home, she sat down by her husband's side, and they opened the box. | När kvinnan kom hem satte hon sig bredvid sin man, och de öppnade asken. |
| It was full of money, and on the top were the directions: "To be taken as often as necessity requires." | Den var full av pengar, och överst låg anvisningarna: "Tas så ofta som nöden kräver". |
| Goldsmith had given them all the money that he had. | Goldsmith hade gett dem alla pengar han hade. |
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This is an original story written by James Baldwin, adapted for language-learners like you.
