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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 ...
Dina hiji mangsa, aya manuk Galatik sakulawarga anu ngapimilik hiji tempat.
Dina hiji poe, kadua indung bapa Galatik ngapung kaluhur neangan parab jang
anak-anakna bari ninggalkeun maranehannana.
Heunteu
sabaraha lila, bapana galatik balik ka sayangna.
“Aya kajadian naon ieu didieu?” ceuk bapa Galatik, “Saha anu geus ngaganggu
maraneh? Maneh sarerea kataringalina siga anu kasarieunan!”
“Aduh, pa.” ceuk anakna, “Aya mahluk goreng patut jeung gede, katingalina
galak pisan sareng pikasieuneun, panon manehna anu gede mencrong wae ka
sayang urang,
jadi urang sadayana kasieunan.”
“Oh ya?” bapa Galatik nyarios, “kamana manehna
inditna?”.
“Hmm, manehna indit ka belah ditu,” ceuk anak-anakna.
Anggeus kitu, bapak Galatik ngapung arek ngudag mangkelukna. Waktu nepi
ka tikungan kasampak aya singa keur leumpang didinya.
Tapi manuk Galatik heunteu ngarasa sieun, manehna eunteup dina tonggong
singa jeung mimiti ngagorowok ka manehna. “Aya urusan naon maneh datang ka
imah kuring?”
si singa heunteu paduli manehna terus wae leumpang.
Malahan ieu ngajadikeun si cerewet leutik nyentak leuwih galak deui,
“Maneh heunteu aya urusan aya diditu, nyaho!” jeung lamun maneh nepi ka wani
balik
deui, cenah, “yah, tingalikeun we engke kuring bener bener heunteu hayang
ngalakonan,” ceuk bapa galatik bari ngangkat sabeulah sukuna, “tapi kuring
bakal motongkeun
tonggong maneh make suku saharita oge!”
Anggeus kitu, manehna ngapung deui
balik sayangna.
“Enggeus beres, barudak,” cenah, “bapa geus mere pelajaran ka si jahat
eta, manehna can tangtu wani balik deui.”
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