Day 95: Pancakes for Maslenitsa
During Maslenitsa week in Suzdal, a father and his twelve-year-old son are making bliny for the family.
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Dialogue
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A
Вечером гости, надо испечь двадцать блинов.
We have guests tonight, we need to make twenty bliny.
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B
Пап, мой первый блин какой-то некрасивый.
Dad, my first one looks kind of ugly.
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A
Это нормально, первый блин всегда комом.
That's normal: the first pancake is always a flop.
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B
А что с ним теперь делать?
So what do we do with it now?
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A
Ешь, первый всегда для повара.
Eat it, the first one always goes to the cook.
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