Bike Mix-up: The Hilarious Tale of Tired Mistakes

Fluent Fiction - Danish: Bike Mix-up: The Hilarious Tale of Tired Mistakes Find the full episode transcript, vocabulary words, and more:fluentfiction.org/bike-mix-up-the-hilarious-tale-of-tired-mistakes Story Transcript:Da: Det var manglende søvns skyld.En: It was due to lack of sleep.Da: For ingen anden grund kunne Lars finde til at tage en andens cykel.En: Lars couldn't find any other reason for taking someone else's bike.Da: Han havde fået en hund tidligere, da han blev taget for at spise en andens mad i skolen.En: He had gotten a warning before when he was caught eating someone else's food at school.Da: Han vidste bedre.En: He knew better.Da: Men her var han på Nørreport station i København, træt, efter en lang aftenvagt.En: But here he was at Nørreport station in Copenhagen, tired after a long evening shift.Da: Alle cyklerne var næsten ens.En: All the bikes looked almost the same.Da: Hurtigt sprang han op på den cykel, der lå tættest på ham, og trampede afsted.En: Quickly, he hopped on the bike closest to him and pedaled away.Da: Sofie havde brugt sin hele formiddag på at finde sin cykel.En: Sofie had spent her entire morning trying to find her bike.Da: Hun måtte gå hele vejen fra Nørreport til kontoret på Vesterbro.En: She had to walk all the way from Nørreport to the office in Vesterbro.Da: Men det, der virkelig gjorde hende vred, var ikke at miste sin cykel, men at nogen havde ladet en helt anden cykel stå på hendes plads.En: But what really made her angry was not losing her bike, but someone leaving a completely different bike in its place.Da: Hvem ville gøre det?En: Who would do that?Da: Maja havde set det hele.En: Maja had seen it all.Da: Hun havde ventet på 5A-bussen til Amager, da hun så Lars hoppe på Sofies cykel og køre væk.En: She had been waiting for the 5A bus to Amager when she saw Lars jump on Sofie's bike and ride away.Da: Hun var ikke sikker på, at det var Lars, men der var noget ved ham, der gjorde hende næsten sikker.En: She wasn't entirely sure it was Lars, but there was something about him that made her almost certain.Da: Hun havde også set Sofies ansigt, da hun opdagede, at hendes cykel manglede.En: She had also seen Sofie's face when she realized her bike was missing.Da: Maja greb sin telefon og skrev en besked til Lars.En: Maja grabbed her phone and sent a message to Lars.Da: "Har du byttet din cykel med en anden?En: "Did you swap your bike with another one?"Da: "Lars svarede straks.En: Lars replied immediately.Da: "Nej, hvorfor spørger du?En: "No, why do you ask?"Da: "Maja tog et dybt åndedrag.En: Maja took a deep breath.Da: "Fordi du måske har taget Sofies.En: "Because you might have taken Sofie's."Da: "København er en by fyldt med cykler, så man skulle tro, det var svært at finde én bestemt cykel.En: Copenhagen is a city filled with bikes, so one would think it was difficult to find a specific bike.Da: Men der var en særlig ting ved Sofies cykel, som Lars nu huskede.En: But there was something special about Sofie's bike that Lars now remembered.Da: Hendes sadel var fyldt med farverige klistermærker.En: Her saddle was covered in colorful stickers.Da: Og han sad nu på dem.En: And he was now sitting on them.Da: Med et chok tog han telefonen op og ringede til Sofie.En: With a shock, he took out his phone and called Sofie.Da: "Jeg tror, jeg har taget din...