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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 TangZiu1liu4ge3 caau4 bat1 niu4 dou1 hai6 hai2 geoi1fong4 jap6min6. Jau5 jat1 jat6, ziu1liu4 baa1baa1 tung4 ziu1liu4 maa1maa1 dou1 fei1 ceot1 heoi3 wan2 je5 sik6 bei2 keoi5dei6ge3 zai2neoi5 sik6, coeng1 zai2neoi5 keoi5dei6 lau4 hai2 go3 caau4 go2 dok6.

Gwo1zo3 jat1 zan6 zi1 hau6, baa1baa1 faan2lei4 laa1.

Keoi5 gong2: “Nei5dei6 zou6me1 aa1? Aa3zai2-aa3neoi5, bin1go3 zing2can1 nei5dei6 aa1? Nei5dei6 zou6me6aak1 seng4 gam3joeng6ge3!”

Di1 zai2neoi5 zau6 gong2: “Aai1 aa1, baa1baa1! Ngaam1-ngaam1 lei4zo3 zek3 daai6 gwaai3sau3. Go3 joeng6 jau6 ok3 jau6 dak1 jan4 ging1! Keoi5 jung6 jat1deoi3 hou2 daai6ge3 ngaan5cing4 zyu6 ngo5dei6go3 caau4, haak1 sei2 ngo5dei6 laa1!”

Baa1baa1 zau6 waa6: “O1! Gam2 keoi5 heoi3zo3 bin1 aa1?”

Di1 zai2neoi5 zau6 waa6: “Aa1, keoi5 hoeng3 ni1go3 fong1hoeng3 zau2zo3.”

Baa1baa1 zau6 gong2: “Haa5! Ngo5 jiu4 heoi3 zeoi1 keoi5. Hou2laa1, m4 hou2 daam1 sam1 laa1, aa3zai2-an3eoi5! Ngo5 jat1ding6 kui2 zuk3dou3 keoi5.”

Jyu1 si6 ziu1liu4 baa1baa1 zau6 heoi3 zeoi1 ni1 zek3 ‘daai6 gwaai3sau3’.

Keoi5 fei1zo3 jat1 zan6 zi1 hau6, keoi5 gin3dou3 jat1zek3 si1zi2 hai2 lou6 soeng5min6 hang4 gan2.

Daan6hai6 ziu1liu4 m4 ging1. Keoi5 lok6 hai2 si1zi2ge3 bui3zik3 soeng5min6 hoi1ci2 naau6. Keoi5 gong2: “Nei5 dim2 gaai2 lei4 ngo5 uk1kei5 haak1 can1 ngo5di1 zai2neoi5 aa1?”

Si1zi2 m4lei5 keoi5 gai3zuk6 zau2.

Ling6 gong2 je5 daai6 sing1 ge3 keoi5 gang3gaa1 ok3gam2 naau6, keoi5 waa6: “Ngo5 waa6 bei2 nei5 ting1 aa1 ... Nei5 mou5 kyun4 lei4 ngo5 uk1kei5. Tung4 maai4, nei5 jyu4gwo2 zoi3 lei4 ... M4 ... Seoi1jin4 ngo5 bat1 soeng2 gam2 zou6 ...” Keoi5 geoi5ei2 jat1zek3 goek3 gong2: “Ngo5 kui2 jat1 goek3 caai2tyun5 nei5ge3 bui3zik3!”

Jin4hau6 ziu1liu4 baa1baa1 zau6 fei1faan1 caau4 go2 syu3.

Keoi5 waa6: “Aa3zai2-aa3neoi5, ngo5 ji5ging1 bei2zo3 ni1go3 je5 jat1go3 gaau3fan3. Keoi5 bat1 kui2 zoi3 lei4 gaa3 laa1!”


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