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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 ...
“Oh, ama,” cuanda, “walay baleg ya dambuhala
natan labat! Makapataktakot so nengneng to. Ya masubesubeg. Tinakeling to yay
obong tayo.”
“Ah, ontan!” cuanen ama pipit, “iner so nila
to ey?”
“Inmarad ditan ed satan ya dalan.”
“Alagar kayo!” cuanen ama pipit, “Ta tomboken ko. Ag kayo mapaga anako. Ta usilan
ko.” Insan tinmekyak.
Nen onsaliwerwer walay lion ya manaakar. Si
pipit ag antakot. Dinmado ed beneg nen lion insan to nantameian, “Antoy
makasengey ya onlad abong mii ya tinaktakot mo ray anako?”
Agto inemano nen lion basta
manaakar.
Lalon sinmeyodot si masange. “Angapoy makasingag
no akin et linma cad man. Ibagad ed sika, no ompawil cad man” talagan nanengneng mo, mabalekne so beneg mo na sakey ya salek “Insan tinmekyab, amawel lad obong.”
“Anako, binangatan ko na lekyon. Ag lad dia
ompawel.”
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