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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 ...

Cree
Southern Inland East Cree (Iyiniw-Ayamiwin)

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Translator: Kevin Brousseau, Cree Language Coordinator, Aanischaaukamikw Cultural Institute

Location: Oujé-Bougoumou (Canada), originally from Waswanipi, Quebec (Canada)

Facilitator: Mike Szelog

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[Southern Inland East Cree (Roman)] [Southern Inland East Cree (Syllabary)]
[Southern Atikamekw Cree]

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Piyešîš

Anite otâpânikamikohc cî owacištoniw piyešîš. Peyakwâw, cî wayawîhyâwac onîcihikomâwac – cî wî nôcimîcimewac ce cî ašamâtwâw otawâšišîmiwâwa. Cî nakatâkaniwac payacânišišac.

Nâcešîš, cî peci-cîwehyâw ohtâwîmâw.

“Tân kâ ispayic?” Cî itwew. “Awen kâ âhkohikoyekw? Mwehc e koštâciyekw cit išinâkosinâwâw”

“Nôhtâwînân!” cî itwew, “Awesîs kâ mista-koštâšinâkosit cî takošinw. Nâšc cî peci-mâmahkacâpiw e peci-kanawâpahtahk ciwacištoninâhc. Nâštâpwe nicî koštâcihikonân!”

“Mâ!” itwew ohtâwîmâw, “Tânite kâ itohtet?”

“nete cî itohtew!” itewac

“ekâ pitamâ!” itwew ohtâwîmâw, “nika nânatawâpamâw. Ekâwîy âyimeyihtamikw, nitawâšišîmitikw! Nika atimahwâw,” ekw cehcihyât.

Iskotak siyâcewehyât, wâpamew kâ pimohteyic aniyiwa mišâpišiwa.

Namawîy mâk koštâciw piyešîš. Twehototamwâw kaye anite ospiskoniyîhc aniyiwa mišâpišiwa. Ekw eti-cihtahamawât. “Cekwân wehcî-takošiniyan nîcinânihc? itwew, “e koštâcihatwâw kaye nitawâšišîmac?”

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Mikw mâk namawîy piskâtikow aniyiwa mišâpišiwa.

Kâ cišwewet mâk âhcikoc cî cihtahamawew ohci. “Namawîy iteyihtâkon ce cî ihtâyan ûta! Mîn mâk takošiniyane,” itwew, “cika wâpahten! Namawîy tâpwe ci wî ihtûtâtin,” itwew e ohpikâtepayihot, “mikw mâk cika nâtwâyâwikaneškâtin!”

Ekw kâwehyât anite owacištonihc.

“Ekote nitawâšišîmitikw,” itwew, “nicî ciscinohamawâw ekâ mîn ce ohci takošihk.”