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About the story
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 and Narration: Kevin Tang (Dahng Cheuk Yìhn )

Location: Burford, Oxfordshire (England), Hong Kong (China)

Transliteration: Reinhard F. Hahn

Facilitation: Roland Sookias, Charlbury, Oxfordshire (England)

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Ziu1liu4

Portrait of Kevin TangZhiu1liu4ge3 chāu4 bat1 niu4 dou1 hai6 hai2 göü1fong4 yap6min6. Yau5 yat1 yat6, zhiu1liu4 ba1ba1 tung4 zhiu1liu4 ma1ma1 dou1 fei1 chöt1 höü3 wan2 ye5 sik6 bei2 köü5dei6ge3 zhai2nöü5 sik6, chöng1 zhai2nöü5 köü5dei6 lau4 hai2 go3 chāu4 go2 dok6.

Gwo1zho3 yat1 zhan6 zhi1 hau6, ba1ba1 fān2lei4 la1.

Köü5 gong2: “Nei5dei6 zhou6me1 a1? A3zhai2-a3nöü5, bin1go3 zhing2chan1 nei5dei6 a1? Nei5dei6 zhou6me6āk1 seng4 gam3yöng6ge3!”

Di1 zhai2nöü5 zhau6 gong2: “Āi1 a1, ba1ba1! Ngām1-ngām1 lei4zho3 zhek3 dāi6 gwāi3sau3. Go3 yöng6 yau6 ok3 yau6 dak1 yan4 ging1! Köü5 yung6 yat1döü3 hou2 dāi6ge3 ngān5ching4 zhü6 ngo5dei6go3 chāu4, hāk1 sei2 ngo5dei6 la1!”

Ba1ba1 zhau6 wa6: “O1! Gam2 köü5 höü3zho3 bin1 a1?”

Di1 zhai2nöü5 zhau6 wa6: “A1, köü5 höng3 ni1go3 fong1höng3 zhau2zho3.”

Ba1ba1 zhau6 gong2: “Ha5! Ngo5 yiu4 höü3 zhöü1 köü5. Hou2la1, m4 hou2 dām1 sam1 la1, a3zhai2-an3öü5! Ngo5 yat1ding6 kui2 zhuk3dou3 köü5.”

1 si6 zhiu1liu4 ba1ba1 zhau6 höü3 zhöü1 ni1 zhek3 ‘dāi6 gwāi3sau3’.

Köü5 fei1zho3 yat1 zhan6 zhi1 hau6, köü5 gin3dou3 yat1zhek3 si1zhi2 hai2 lou6 söng5min6 hang4 gan2.

Dān6hai6 zhiu1liu4 m4 ging1. Köü5 lok6 hai2 si1zhi2ge3 bui3zhik3 söng5min6 hoi1chi2 nāu6. Köü5 gong2: “Nei5 dim2 gāi2 lei4 ngo5 uk1kei5 hāk1 chan1 ngo5di1 zhai2nöü5 a1?”

Si1zhi2 m4lei5 köü5 gai3zhuk6 zhau2.

Ling6 gong2 ye5 dāi6 sing1 ge3 köü5 gang3ga1 ok3gam2 nāu6, köü5 wa6: “Ngo5 wa6 bei2 nei5 ting1 a1 ... Nei5 mou5 kün4 lei4 ngo5 uk1kei5. Tung4 māi4, nei54gwo2 zhoi3 lei4 ... M4 ... Söü1yin4 ngo5 bat1 söng2 gam2 zhou6 ...” Köü5 göü5ei2 yat1zhek3 gök3 gong2: “Ngo5 kui2 yat1 gök3 chāi2tün5 nei5ge3 bui3zhik3!”

Yin4hau6 zhiu1liu4 ba1ba1 zhau6 fei1fān1 chāu4 go23.

Köü5 wa6: “A3zhai2-a3nöü5, ngo5 yi5ging1 bei2zho3 ni1go3 ye5 yat1go3 gāu3fan3. Köü5 bat1 kui2 zhoi3 lei4 ga3 la1!”ui2 zhoi3 lei4 ga3 la1!”


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