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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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Old (High) German

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Translation and Narration: Reinhard F. Hahn

Location: Seattle, USA

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N.B.: This pronunciation is hypothetical.

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