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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 ...

tlhIngan Hol

Klingon

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Translation: Hiroyuki Yokoyama ( 横山裕之 )

Location: Sapporo (Satporo kotan), Hokkaidō (Mosir), Japan

Facilitation: Kazunari Hirano (), Ichinoseki, Iwate, Japan

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puvbogh Ha‘DIbaH ren‘e‘

ben law‘ juH ghajbogh ren‘e‘ tu‘lu‘. naDev yIn ghaH je qorDu‘Daj. wa‘ jaj Soj lunejmeH puv qochpu‘chaj‘e‘. mob puqpu‘Daj.

ghIq juH chegh vavDaj.

“nuq qaS?” tlhob. “bIplvHa‘law‘.”

“toH, vav!” jatlh. “Ha‘DIbaH moH veqlargh Dabogh vay‘ vItu‘pu‘. mughIjpu. juHmaj bej. mughIjpu‘qu‘.”

“jIyaj.” jatlh. “nuqDaq jaH?”

“pa‘ jaH.”

“naDev peloS!”, jatlh. “ghaHvaD Doch lIjQo‘bogh vIghojmoHqu‘. peghIjQo‘! vIjonqang.” ghIq Ha’DIbaH moH tlha’.

He choHDaq puv. ghIq pa‘ yItlI‘.

Ha‘DIbaH layon ‘e‘legh. DubDajDaq Saq ‘ej jach, “qatlh juHwI‘ DaghoSpu‘ ‘ej puqpu‘wI‘ DaghIjpu‘?” ren ‘Ijbe‘ layon.

yIttaH neH.

‘oHmo‘ QeHchoH ren. ‘ej jachqu‘, “juHmaj DaghoSmeH DIb Daghajbe‘, qaja‘qu‘.” “bIcheghchugh vaj Dapaychu‘taH! mIw ral vIlo‘ vIneHbe‘qu‘.” jatlh ‘ej ‘uSDaj pep. “‘ach tugh DublI‘ vIghorqu‘.” jatlh.

ghIq juHDaj chegh.

“vIta‘pu‘, puqpu‘,” jatlh, “vIghIjmoH cheghchu‘be‘qu‘.”