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What’s with this “Wren” thing?
The oldest extant version of the fable we are presenting here appeared in 1913 in the first volume of a two-volume anthology of Low Saxon folktales (Plattdeutsche Volksmärchen “Low German Folktales”) collected by Wilhelm Wisser (1843–1935). Read more ...

Basa Bali

Balinese

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Translation: Putu Henny Desak

Location: Bali, Indonesia

Facilitation: Frank Lutz, Frankfurt am Main, Germany; Kenneth Rohde Christiansen

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[Tulisan Bali Script] [Colonial Spelling] [Carakan Script]

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I Kedis Gelatik

Adé toetoeran satoea kedis gelatik adjaké njama njamané ané ngelah seboen di garasi. Dina anoe, memé bapé i kedis gelatik makeber ngalain seboenné ngalih amahan bangé ken panak panak né, djèk kakaina panak panakné ènto pedidian.

Boeïn kedjepné Bapa Gelatik mebalik keseboenne.

“Adé apé né?” petakon Bapa Gelatik, “njèn ané njakitin tjai tjening? adi masemoe takoet keto!”

“Imi, Bapa,” panakné masaöet, “ada raksasa gedé toer djelé mara teka ngenahné galak moeah aëng, jé ningalin seboenné ené nganggon matané ané gede. Tiang takoet gati!”

“Sadjan?” Bapa Gelatik metakon boeïn, “Kidja lakoena magedi jé?”

“Anoe ... kemoe djé asané pa!” panak-pamak gelatik mesaöet.

“Nah antosan dini!” pitoedoeh Bapa Gelatik, “lakar oebèr bapé je, dé getap nah tjening, lakar tjak tjak bapé jé.”

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Soeöed ento Bapa Gelatik mekebèr ngoebèr raksasa né ento.

Disoebané nekèd di pengkolan ané katoedjoe, soedjatiné ditoe adé singa ané sedèk madjalan.

Sakewala i Bapa Gelatik sing takoet. Ijé mekebèr toer entjèg di toendoen né i singa lantas madjeritan. “Anak ngoedjang tjai maré teka ké seboen tjangé,” petakon i Bapa Gelatik, “Ngoedjan tjai ngaroe ngaroein panak-panak tjangé?” I singa sing ngeroengoeang lantas boeïn madjalan.

Ento makada i Bapa Gelatik boeïn gedèg toer ngerasang madjeritan. “Anak tjai sing ada oeroesan ditoe nawang! Jen boeïn tawang tjang tji kemoe,” betne, “nah tingalin dogèn njanan boeïn jang nak soedjatiné sing bekité ngetoang,” jé boeïn mamoenji toer menekang batisné abesik, “jang lakar ngeloengan toendoen tjainé adji batis jangé.”

Soeöed ento i Bapa Gelatik boeïn mewali ké seboenne.

“Nah soebé peragat tjening,” boeïn jé mamoenji, “Bapa soebé njak tjak raksasané ento. Sing bani apa jé boeïn mai.”