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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 ...

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Translation: Reinhard F. Hahn (License)

Location: Seattle, USA

Transliteration: Reinhard F. Hahn

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Ziu¹ zi¹ wo¹ zang¹ jyu¹ ce¹ fu³ noi⁶. Jat¹ daan³ hung⁴ ci¹ soeng¹ ziu¹ fei¹ ceot¹ cam⁴ sik⁶ wai⁶ zi⁶ kei⁴ nou⁴, lok⁶ co⁴ lau⁴ jyu¹ wo¹.

Ceoi⁴ hau⁶ de¹ faan² wo¹ jyut⁶: “Ji⁵ ceot¹ ho⁴ si⁶? Suk⁶ hoi⁶ ngai⁴ neoi⁵? Ji⁵ gaai¹ ho⁴ dang² zip³!”

Zi² jyut⁶: “Hei¹! Fu² lai⁴ geoi⁶ mo¹. Maau⁶ zat⁶ zaang¹! Daai⁶ hon⁶ zuk¹ jap⁶ wo¹. Jyu¹ si⁶ ng⁴ tai⁴ sam¹ diu³ daam² jo¹!”

Fu² jyut⁶: “O⁴! Ji¹ hoeng³ ho⁴ cyu³ wong⁵?”

Zi² jyut⁶: “Hoeng³ zi¹ fong¹ hang⁴.”

Fu² jyut⁶: “Ng⁴ zoeng¹ zeoi¹ zi¹. Jin⁴ zak¹, mat⁶ faan⁶ sau⁴, hoi⁶! Ng⁴ bit¹ gon² zi¹.”

Hung⁴ ziu¹ naai⁵ zeoi¹ mo¹.

Fei¹ jyu⁴ naai⁵ gin³ si¹ lou⁶ soeng⁵ geoi².

Koek³ hung⁴ziu¹ bat¹ paa³. Lok⁶ jyu¹ si¹ zi¹ bui³ soeng⁵ ci² zaak³ maa⁶, jyut⁶: “Jyu⁵ hot³ dou³ ng⁴ gaa¹ lai⁴ zip³ ng⁴ siu² zi²?”

Si¹ bat¹ lei⁵ zi¹ ji⁴ gai³ lung⁴.

Siu³ jung⁵ si⁶ jan¹ ci² gang³ hung¹ maa⁶, jyut⁶: “Jyu⁵ ting¹ ng⁴ gong²! Jyu⁵ mou⁴ kyun⁴ dou³ ng⁴ gaa¹ lai⁴. Bing³ zoi³ lai⁴ ... ng⁴ ... Ng⁴ seoi¹ bat¹ cing⁴ jyun⁶ ji⁵ zok³ ...” Ji⁴ hiu¹ jat¹ teoi², jyut⁶: “koek³ hang² wui⁶ jat¹ teoi² daap⁶ po³ jyu⁵ bui³!”

Jin⁴ hau⁶ hung⁴ ziu¹ fei¹ faan² wo¹.

Jyut⁶: “Ngai⁴ neoi⁵, ng⁴ ji⁵ kap¹ zi¹ jat¹ gaau¹ fan³. Ji¹ bat¹ wui⁶ zoi³ lai⁴!”