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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 chaau4 bat1 niu4 do1 hai6 hai2 gui1fong4 yap6min6. Yau5 yat1 yat6, jiu1liu4 ba1ba1 tung4 jiu1liu4 ma1ma1 do1 fei1 chut1 hui3 wan2 ye5 sik6 bei2 kui5dei6ge3 jai2nui5 sik6, cheung1 jai2nui5 kui5dei6 lau4 hai2 goh3 chaau4 goh2 dok6.

Gwoh1joh3 yat1 jan6 ji1 hau6, ba1ba1 faan2lei4 la1.

Kui5 gong2: “Nei5dei6 jo6me1 a1? A3jai2-a3nui5, bin1goh3 jing2chan1 nei5dei6 a1? Nei5dei6 jo6me6aak1 seng4 gam3yeung6ge3!”

Di1 jai2nui5 jau6 gong2: “Aai1 a1, ba1ba1! Ngaam1-ngaam1 lei4joh3 jek3 daai6 gwaai3sau3. Goh3 yeung6 yau6 ok3 yau6 dak1 yan4 ging1! Kui5 yung6 yat1dui3 ho2 daai6ge3 ngaan5ching4 jue6 ngoh5dei6goh3 chaau4, haak1 sei2 ngoh5dei6 la1!”

Ba1ba1 jau6 wa6: “Oh1! Gam2 kui5 hui3joh3 bin1 a1?”

Di1 jai2nui5 jau6 wa6: “A1, kui5 heung3 ni1goh3 fong1heung3 jau2joh3.”

Ba1ba1 jau6 gong2: “Ha5! Ngoh5 yiu4 hui3 jui1 kui5. Ho2la1, m4 ho2 daam1 sam1 la1, a3jai2-a3nui5! Ngoh5 yat1ding6 kooi2 juk3do3 kui5.”

Yue1 si6 jiu1liu4 ba1ba1 jau6 hui3 jui1 ni1 jek3 ‘daai6 gwaai3sau3’.

Kui5 fei1joh3 yat1 jan6 ji1 hau6, kui5 gin3do3 yat1jek3 si1ji2 hai2 lo6 seung5min6 hang4 gan2.

Daan6hai6 jiu1liu4 m4 ging1. Kui5 lok6 hai2 si1ji2ge3 booi3jik3 seung5min6 hoi1chi2 naau6. Kui5 gong2: “Nei5 dim2 gaai2 lei4 ngoh5 uk1kei5 haak1 chan1 ngoh5di1 jai2nui5 a1?”

Si1ji2 m4lei5 kui5 gai3juk6 jau2.

Ling6 gong2 ye5 daai6 sing1 ge3 kui5 gang3ga1 ok3gam2 naau6, kui5 wa6: “Ngoh5 wa6 bei2 nei5 ting1 a1 ... Nei5 mo5 kuen4 lei4 ngoh5 uk1kei5. Tung4 maai4, nei5 yue4gwoh2 joi3 lei4 ... M4 ... Sui1yin4 ngoh5 bat1 seung2 gam2 jo6 ...” Kui5 gui5ei2 yat1jek3 geuk3 gong2: “Ngoh5 kooi2 yat1 geuk3 chaai2tuen5 nei5ge3 booi3jik3!”

Yin4hau6 jiu1liu4 ba1ba1 jau6 fei1faan1 chaau4 goh2 sue3.

Kui5 wa6: “A3jai2-a3nui5, ngoh5 yi5ging1 bei2joh3 ni1goh3 ye5 yat1goh3 gaau3fan3. Kui5 bat1 kooi2 joi3 lei4 ga3 la1!


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