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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 TangJiu1liu43 cao4 bed1 niu4 dou1 hei6 hei2 gêu1fong4 yeb6min6. Yeo5 yed1 yed6, jiu1liu4 ba1ba1 tung4 jiu1liu4 ma1ma1 dou1 féi1 cêd1 hêu3 wen25 xig6 béi2 kêu5déi63 zei2nêu5 xig6, cêng1 zei2nêu5 kêu5déi6 leo4 hei2 go3 cao4 go2 dog6.

Guo1zo3 yed1 zen6 ji1 heo6, ba1ba1 fan2léi4 la1.

Kêu5 gong2: “Néi5déi6 zou61 a1? A3zei2-a3nêu5, bin1go3 jing2cen1 néi5déi6 a1? Néi5déi6 zou66ag1 séng4 gem3yêng63!”

Di1 zei2nêu5 zeo6 gong2: “Ai1 a1, ba1ba1! Ngam1-ngam1 léi4zo3 zég3 dai6 guai3seo3. Go3 yêng6 yeo6 og3 yeo6 deg1 yen4 ging1! Kêu5 yung6 yed1dêu3 hou2 dai63 ngan5qing4 ju6 ngo5déi6go3 cao4, hag1 séi2 ngo5déi6 la1!”

Ba1ba1 zeo6 wa6: “O1! Gem2 kêu5 hêu3zo3 bin1 a1?”

Di1 zei2nêu5 zeo6 wa6: “A1, kêu5 hêng3 ni1go3 fong1hêng3 zeo2zo3.”

Ba1ba1 zeo6 gong2: “Ha5! Ngo5 yiu4 hêu3 zêu1 kêu5. Hou2la1, m4 hou2 dam1 sem1 la1, a3zei2-en3êu5! Ngo5 yed1ding6 kui2 zug3dou3 kêu5.”

Yu1 xi6 jiu1liu4 ba1ba1 zeo6 hêu3 zêu1 ni1 zég3 ‘dai6 guai3seo3’.

Kêu5 féi1zo3 yed1 zen6 ji1 heo6, kêu5 gin3dou3 yed1zég3 xi1ji2 hei2 lou6 sêng5min6 heng4 gen2.

Dan6hei6 jiu1liu4 m4 ging1. Kêu5 log6 hei2 xi1ji23 bui3jig3 sêng5min6 hoi1qi2 nao6. Kêu5 gong2: “Néi5 dim2 gai2 léi4 ngo5 ug1kéi5 hag1 cen1 ngo5di1 zei2nêu5 a1?”

Xi1ji2 m4léi5 kêu5 gei3zug6 zeo2.

Ling6 gong25 dai6 xing13 kêu5 geng3ga1 og3gem2 nao6, kêu5 wa6: “Ngo5 wa6 béi2 néi5 ting1 a1 ... Néi5 mou5 kün4 léi4 ngo5 ug1kéi5. Tung4 mai4, néi5 yu4guo2 zoi3 léi4 ... M4 ... Sêu1yin4 ngo5 bed1 sêng2 gem2 zou6 ...” Kêu5 gêu5éi2 yed1zég3 gêg3 gong2: “Ngo5 kui2 yed1 gêg3 cai2tün5 néi53 bui3jig3!”

Yin4heo6 jiu1liu4 ba1ba1 zeo6 féi1fan1 cao4 go2 xu3.

Kêu5 wa6: “A3zei2-a3nêu5, ngo5 yi5ging1 béi2zo3 ni1go35 yed1go3 gao3fen3. Kêu5 bed1 kui2 zoi3 léi4 ga3 la1!”


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