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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 ...

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Translation: Reinhard F. Hahn (License)

Location: Seattle, USA

Transliteration: Reinhard F. Hahn

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Jìu jì wò jàng yù chè fu noih. Yāt daan hùhng chì sèung jìu fèi chēut chàhm sihk waih jih kèih nòuh, lohk chòh làuh yù wò.

Chèuih hauh dè fáan wò yuht: “Yíh chēut hòh sih? Suhk hoih ngàih néuih? Yíh gàai hòh dáng yip!”

Jí yuht: “Hèi! Fú làih geuih mò. Maauh yaht jàng! Daaih hohn yūk yahp wò. Yù sih ng`h tàih sàm diu dáam jò!”

Fú yuht: “Òh! Yì heung hòh chyu wóhng?”

Jí yuht: “Heung yì fòng hàhng.”

Fú yuht: “Ng`h jèung jèui yì. Yìhn jāk, maht faahn sàuh, hoih! Ng` bīt gón yì.”

Hùhng jìu náaih jèui mò.

Fèi jyùh náaih gin sì louh séuhng géui.

Keuk hùhng jìu bāt pa. Lohk yù sì jì bui séuhng chí jaak maah, yuht: “Yúh hot dou ng`h gà làih jip ng`h siú jí?”

Sì bāt léih jì jìh gai lùhng.

Síu yúhng sih yàn chí gang hùng maah, yuht: “Yúh tìng ng`h góng! Yúh mòuh kyùhn dou ng`h gà làih. Bìng joi làih ... ng`h ... ng`h sèui bāt chìhng yuhn yíh jok ...” Yìh hìu yāt téui, yuht: “Keuk háng wuih yāt téui daahp po jyúh bui!”

Yìhn hauh hùhng jìu fèi fáan wò.

Yuht: “Ngàih néuih, ng`h yíh kāp jì yāt gàau fan. Yì bāt wuih joi làaih!”