Marionette Magic: Siblings Bring Joy to Prague's Charles Bridge

Fluent Fiction - Czech: Marionette Magic: Siblings Bring Joy to Prague's Charles Bridge Find the full episode transcript, vocabulary words, and more:fluentfiction.org/marionette-magic-siblings-bring-joy-to-pragues-charles-bridge Story Transcript:Cs: Na Karlově mostě v Praze, mezi stromy, se ozýval smích a hlasité rozhovory.En: On Charles Bridge in Prague, among the trees, laughter and loud conversations could be heard.Cs: Slunce svítilo a voda pod mostem klidně tekla.En: The sun was shining and the water under the bridge flowed calmly.Cs: Jiří a Tereza tam prodávali tradiční české marionety turistům.En: Jiří and Tereza were selling traditional Czech marionettes to tourists there.Cs: Jiří a Tereza byli sourozenci.En: Jiří and Tereza were siblings.Cs: Měli stánek plný krásných marionet.En: They had a stand full of beautiful marionettes.Cs: Byly tam loutky králů, princezen a klaunů.En: There were puppets of kings, princesses, and clowns.Cs: Každá marioneta měla své osobité kouzlo.En: Each marionette had its unique charm.Cs: Jiří zbožňoval vyrábět nové marionety.En: Jiří loved creating new marionettes.Cs: "Podívej, Terezo!"En: "Look, Tereza!"Cs: volal, když dokončil novou loutku.En: he would call when he finished a new puppet.Cs: Tereza ráda mluvila s turisty.En: Tereza enjoyed talking to tourists.Cs: "Pojďte se podívat!En: "Come and take a look!Cs: Tradiční české marionety!"En: Traditional Czech marionettes!"Cs: zvala každého, kdo prošel kolem.En: she invited everyone passing by.Cs: Jedno odpoledne přišla na Karlův most velká skupina turistů.En: One afternoon, a large group of tourists arrived on Charles Bridge.Cs: Byli z Japonska a obdivovali marionety.En: They were from Japan and admired the marionettes.Cs: Tereza se na ně usmála a začala vysvětlovat: "Toto je král.En: Tereza smiled at them and began explaining, "This is the king.Cs: Může tančit.En: He can dance.Cs: Podívejte!"En: Look!"Cs: Vzala marionetu do ruky a ukázala, jak se pohybuje.En: She took the marionette in her hand and showed how it moved.Cs: Turisté byli nadšení.En: The tourists were delighted.Cs: Začali kupovat marionety jeden po druhém.En: They started buying the marionettes one by one.Cs: Jiří byl pyšný a šťastný.En: Jiří was proud and happy.Cs: "Terezo, máme hodně peněz.En: "Tereza, we have a lot of money.Cs: Dneska se nám daří!"En: We're doing great today!"Cs: řekl radostně.En: he said joyfully.Cs: Najednou vítr zesílil a jedna marioneta spadla.En: Suddenly, the wind picked up, and one marionette fell.Cs: Jiří a Tereza se na sebe podívali.En: Jiří and Tereza looked at each other.Cs: Podívali se na marionetu, která spadla, a zjistili, že je poškozená.En: They looked at the fallen marionette and found it was damaged.Cs: Jiří byl smutný.En: Jiří was sad.Cs: "To je moje oblíbená marioneta," řekl sklesle.En: "That's my favorite marionette," he said dejectedly.Cs: Tereza ho utěšovala: "Neboj se, Jiří.En: Tereza comforted him: "Don't worry, Jiří.Cs: Můžeme ji opravit.En: We can fix it.Cs: A prodáme ještě více marionet."En: And we'll sell even more marionettes."Cs: Jiří se na ni podíval s nadějí.En: Jiří looked at her with hope.Cs: Začali společně...

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