Fluent Fiction - Norwegian: Oslo's Vanishing Monolith: A Tale of Friendship and Mystery
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Story Transcript:

Nb: En tidlig morgen våknet Oslo til en mystisk nyhet.
En: Early one morning, Oslo woke up to a mysterious piece of news.

Nb: I Vigelandsparken, midt i hjerte av byen, var noe veldig, veldig galt.
En: In Vigeland Park, right in the heart of the city, something was very, very wrong.

Nb: Den berømte Monolitten, en søyle fullt av utskårne mennesker, var borte.
En: The famous Monolith, a column fully carved with human figures, was gone.

Nb: Bare en tom sokkel sto igjen.
En: Only an empty pedestal remained.

Nb: Astrid, Lars, og Sindre var tre venner.
En: Astrid, Lars, and Sindre were three friends.

Nb: De likte å gå tur i parken hver lørdag.
En: They enjoyed taking walks in the park every Saturday.

Nb: Denne lørdagen skulle bli annerledes.
En: This Saturday was going to be different.

Nb: Først merket de det ikke.
En: At first, they didn't notice it.

Nb: De snakket og lo, som vanlig.
En: They talked and laughed, as usual.

Nb: Men da de kom til Monolittens plass, stanset de.
En: But when they came to the Monolith's spot, they stopped.

Nb: De så på hverandre i sjokk.
En: They looked at each other in shock.

Nb: "Hvor er den?"
En: "Where is it?"

Nb: spurte Astrid.
En: asked Astrid.

Nb: "Ingen vet," svarte en mann ved siden av sokkelen.
En: "No one knows," replied a man standing next to the pedestal.

Nb: "Den forsvant i natt.
En: "It disappeared overnight.

Nb: Det er bare denne lappen igjen."
En: This note is all that's left."

Nb: Han holdt opp en liten, hvit papirlapp.
En: He held up a small, white piece of paper.

Nb: Lars tok lappen og leste høyt.
En: Lars took the note and read aloud.

Nb: "Kun den kloke vil finne veien til lyset," sto det.
En: "Only the wise will find the way to the light," it said.

Nb: "Det gir ikke mening," mumlet Sindre.
En: "That doesn't make sense," mumbled Sindre.

Nb: "Hva skal vi gjøre nå?"
En: "What should we do now?"

Nb: Astrid tenkte et øyeblikk.
En: Astrid thought for a moment.

Nb: "Kanskje vi kan finne ut av det.
En: "Maybe we can figure it out.

Nb: La oss se rundt i parken."
En: Let's look around the park."

Nb: Vennene begynte å lete.
En: The friends began searching.

Nb: De gikk gjennom skulpturene og trærne, lette etter spor.
En: They walked through the sculptures and trees, looking for clues.

Nb: De husket alle detaljer om parken: fontener, broer, og stier.
En: They remembered all the details of the park: fountains, bridges, and paths.

Nb: Ingenting virket unormalt.
En: Nothing seemed out of the ordinary.

Nb: Så, ved fontenen, så de noe.
En: Then, by the fountain, they saw something.

Nb: En liten glødende stein lå på bakken.
En: A small glowing stone lay on the ground.

Nb: Astrid løftet den forsiktig.
En: Astrid picked it up carefully.

Nb: "Se her," sa hun.
En: "Look here," she said.

Nb: "Den er varm."
En: "It's warm."

Nb: Sindre la merke til noe merkelig ved sokkelen i nærheten.
En: Sindre noticed something strange near a pedestal nearby.

Nb: "Det er noe her," sa han.
En: "There's something here," he said.

Nb: Han pekte på en liten sprekk.
En: He pointed to a small crack.

Nb: Lars stakk hånden inn.
En: Lars reached in.

Nb: Han trakk ut en nøkkel.
En: He pulled out a key.

Nb: "Kanskje denne fører oss til Monolitten," sa Lars.
En: "Maybe this will lead us to the Monolith," Lars said.

Nb: De fulgte nøkkelen til en gammel port nær parkens utgang.
En: They followed the key to an old gate near the park's exit.

Nb: Porten knirket da de åpnet den.
En: The gate creaked as they opened it.

Nb: Inne var en mørk tunnel.
En: Inside was a dark tunnel.

Nb: De gikk forsiktig inn.
En: They walked in cautiously.

Nb: Til slutten av tunnelen lyste det svakt.
En: At the end of the tunnel, it glowed faintly.

Nb: Der, i et hemmelig rom, sto Monolitten, stor og majestetisk som alltid.
En: There, in a hidden room, stood the Monolith, large and majestic as ever.

Nb: Ved sin base var en ny lapp.
En: At its base was a new note.

Nb: "Takk for at dere fant meg," sto det.
En: "Thank you for finding me," it read.

Nb: "Kun sanne venner kan oppdage skjulte skatter."
En: "Only true friends can discover hidden treasures."

Nb: Astrid, Lars, og Sindre smilte.
En: Astrid, Lars, and Sindre smiled.

Nb: De hadde løst mysteriet sammen.
En: They had solved the mystery together.

Nb: Monolitten var hjemme igjen, og de følte seg som helter.
En: The Monolith was home again, and they felt like heroes.

Nb: De vendte tilbake til parken med en følelse av ro.
En: They returned to the park with a sense of peace.

Nb: Monolitten ble reist opp på sokkelen igjen.
En: The Monolith was once again erected on its pedestal.

Nb: Denne lørdagsmorgenen i Vigelandsparken skulle aldri bli glemt.
En: This Saturday morning in Vigeland Park would never be forgotten.


Vocabulary Words:

• mysterious: mystisk
• heart: hjerte
• column: søyle
• carved: utskårne
• pedestal: sokkel
• remained: sto igjen
• disappeared: forsvant
• ordinary: unormalt
• glowing: glødende
• carefully: forsiktig
• crack: sprekk
• key: nøkkel
• creaked: knirket
• opened: åpnet
• cautiously: forsiktig
• faintly: svakt
• majestic: majestetisk
• note: lapp
• discover: oppdage
• hidden: skjulte
• treasures: skatter
• solved: løst
• sense: følelse
• erected: reist
• remembered: husket
• wrong: galt
• figures: mennesker
• laughed: lo
• shocked: sjokk
• man: mann