Advent 2019 Day 13: Nicholas the Sweep

Like all great stories this one starts at the beginning.

– Come on you maggots. Move it. Come on, move along. There’s chimneys to sweep. I do not pay you to have fun.

-Christmas turkey, all the trimmings and exotic delicacies from far, far away. Step right up.

– Fruit.

– Thank you, Mrs. Sainsbury. Come on.

– Gotcha. Ho, ho, ho. Nicholas, the Sweep, eh?

– I got my first thief. I caught him orange-handed.

– It wasn’t me.

– What should we do with him?

– Chuck him in the dungeon.

– Burn the witch.

– Give him a fair trial.

– Sorry, uh, uh, I mean…

– Banish him forever. Banish him.

– I didn’t do it. It wasn’t me.

– Oh, that is disappointing. Some people are just rotten to the core.

– Rotten to the core. Ho, ho, ho!

– Thief, thief, thief, thief!

– It wasn’t me.

– Sssh, I know, I know. Let’s get you somewhere safe.

– These are for you.

– But…miss… I can’t pay for these.

– Well, if you can’t do something special for someone at Christmas, when can you?

– Miss. There’s something I need to do.

– What’s this? Who’s done this?

– What? What’s this? Get back to work.

And that is a totally true story. Merry Christmas!

Can you find the English equivalent of these Hungarian phrases in the script?

1. Valamit meg kell tennem.

2. Nem azért fizetlek benneteket, hogy szórakozzatok.

3. Mit csináljunk vele?

4. Nem én voltam.

5. Ki tette ezt?

Key

1. There’s something I need to do.

2. I do not pay you to have fun.

3. What should we do with him?

4. It wasn’t me.

5. Who’s done this?