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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 ...
Nte
otapewokamikocik ki ici ocitakopan pirecic ke otcictonitc. Nikotin ki matcewirewakopan
aniki pirecic onikihikonak e nanto mitcimictowatcik onitcaniciwawa kitci acamatcik.
Ki tca nakatawakaniwakopan wiranicikewaw aniki tca pirecicak.
Nanake wiskata, aci pe kiwerew pirecic ka otawitc.
« Tan ka ki isparik? Awin ka ki akohitakw? Ki micta sekisinakosinawaw » itakaniwiwok aniki pirecicak.
« Nia, notawinan! Awesis e micta koctakonakositc ki pe takocin. E micta
matcitawikositc e tca pe micta makitcapitc e pe kanawapitak notcictonariw.
Ni ki micta koctatcihikonan! »
« Ka! » aci ni nisitoten. « Tante tca ka icatc? »
« nte! ki ici matcaw. » itewok meka.
« eka pitama! » Itew anaha otawinan pirecic. « ni ka nantowapamaw, akawir
arimeritamokw ninitcanicak! ni ka nantonawaw ni! » ekoni ka ici opohotc e nantonawatc.
Nirctam e iti sakiweretc, wapamew micapiciwa e pimoteritci. Kek iti atiminehwew.
Tekaci nama koctatciw pirecic. Ospiskonirik micapiciwa ici ponirew anahwe pirecic.
Kitotew micapiciwa e itatc « kekwan wetci ki pe icaiin nimikiwamik. Ki micta
koctatcihawawok ninitcanicak? »
Tekaci nama pamitako aniheriw micapiciwa ekoni kotc e ici matcaritci.
Atcikotc kirawe kiciwekatawew e kitotatc e itatc « kecpin minawatc pe
takocinine ki ka wapaten ke totatan! Nama ni sakitan nihe e totam. » Itew meka.
E tca ocpikateparihotc. « Aric, ma ki ka natwawakaneckatin. »
Ekotca minawatc e ici kiweretc otcicton ka ici acterik.
« Aci ninitcanicak! » itew meka. « Ni ki micta wicihaw nama minawatc kata
pe takonin! »
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