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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 ...

中文 • 漢語 • 華語 • 
Zhōngwén • Hànyǔ • Huáyǔ
現代漢語 • Xiàndài Hànyǔ

Modern Standard Chinese


Listen to this translation narrated in native Mandarin Chinese:

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Translation and Narration: Jiāng Zhànméi ()

Location: Seattle, USA; formerly Tianjin, China

Transliteration: Reinhard F. Hahn

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Chiao1 liao2

Chiao1 liao2 i4 chih2 pa3 tzu4 chi3 te0 ch’ao2 chien4 tsai4 ch’e1 p’eng2 li3. I2 tan4 ch’eng2 nien2 chiao1 liao2 ch’üan2 tou1 fei1 ch’u1 chia1 ch’ü4. T’a1 men0 ch’u1 men0 ch’ü4 wei2 hsiao3 hai2 tzu0 men0 mi4 shih2. Che4 yang4 hsiao3 chiao1 liao2 chiu4 pei4 tan1 tu2 liu2 tsai4 chia1 chung1.

Kuo4 i2 chen4 hou4, chiao1 liao2 fu4 ch’in1 fan3 hui2 tao4 chia1 chung1.

“Fa1 sheng1 shen2 mo0 shih4 ch’ing2 le0?” Fu4 ch’in1 wen4, “Shei2 ch’i1 wu3 ni3 men0 le0. Hai2 tzu0 men0, ni3 men0 tou1 pei4 hsia4 huai4 le0.”

“Ou1, pa4 pa0,” t’a1 men0 shuo1, “yu3 i2 ke0 ta4 shih1 tzu0 kang1 ts’ai2 lai2 le0. T’a1 k’an4 shang4 ch’ü4 hsiung1 ts’an2 k’e3 p’a4. T’a1 i4 chih2 teng4 che0 wo3 men0 te0 chia1. Na4 shuang1 ta4 yen3 ching1 pa3 wo3 men0 hsia4 huai4 le0.”

“Wo3 ming2 pai2 le0,” fu4 ch’in1 shuo1, “Ne4 mo0 t’a1 hsien4 tsai4 ch’ü4 na4 li3 le0?”

“Ai1,” t’a1 men0 shuo1, “t’a1 hsiang4 na4 t’iao2 lu4 tsou3 ch’ü4 le0.”

“Ni3 men0 teng3 che0 wo3,” fu4 ch’in1 shuo1. “Wo3 chiu4 ch’ü4 chui1 t’a1. Pieh2 tan1 hsin1 le0, hai2 tzu0 men0. Wo3 hui4 chiao1 hsün4 t’a1 te0.” Jan2 hou4 t’a1 hsiang4 shih1 tzu0 fang1 hsiang4 fei1 ch’ü4.

Tang1 t’a1 kuai3 kuo4 wan1, chiu4 k’an4 chien4 na4 chih1 shih1 tzu0 cheng4 tsai4 na4 li3 i1 ke0 jen2 san4 pu4.

Tan4 shih4 chiao1 liao2 fu4 ch’in1 ping4 pu2 hai4 p’a4. T’a1 fei1 hsia4 ch’ü4, lo4 tsai4 shih1 tzu0 te0 hou4 pei4 shang4. K’ai1 shih3 ch’ih4 tse2 t’a1: “Ni3 tao4 wo3 chia1 li3 kan4 shen2 mo0 ch’ü4 le0?” T’a1 shuo1: “Kan4 ma0 hsia4 hu3 wo3 te0 hai2 tzu0 men0?”

Shih1 tzu0 hao2 pu2 tsai4 i4, i1 chiu4 san4 che0 pu4.

Che4 ke0 pu2 i3 wei2 jan2 te0 t’ai4 tu4 jang4 chiao1 liao2 fu4 ch’in1 keng4 chia1 yen2 li4 te0 k’ai1 shih3 ch’ih4 tse2 t’a1: “Ni3 pu2 ying1 kai1 tao4 wo3 chia1 na4 li3 ch’ü4. Wo3 kao4 su4 ni3, ju2 kuo3 ni3 tsai4 lai2,” t’a1 shuo1, “Ni3 k’an4 hao3! Wo3 ch’i2 shih2 pu2 hsiang3 che4 yang4 tso4,” t’a1 shuo1 che0, tsui4 hou4 t’ai2 ch’i3 i4 t’iao2 t’ui3, “tan4 shih4, hsia4 tz’u4 wo3 chiu4 hui4 yung4 t’ui3 t’i1 lan4 ni3 te0 hou4 pei4.”

Jan2 hou4, t’a1 fei1 hui2 tzu4 chi3 te0 ch’ao2.

“Mei2 shih4 le0, hai2 tzu0 men0 .” t’a1 shuo1, “Wo3 i3 ching1 chiao1 hsün4 le0 t’a1 i1 t’ung1. T’a1 pu2 hui4 tsai4 lai2 le0.”


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