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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 ...
U
krapivnyka bulo svoye hnizdo u avtomobilynomu harazhi. Odnoho razu obydva batyky-krapivnyky
ulеtily po yizhu dlya svoyikh malyukiv ta zalyshyly yikh zovsim samykh.
Vid tsyoho malеnykyykrykun
pochav svaryty yoho shchе sylynish. “Tobi nima choho tam robyty, tsе ya
tobi hovoryu! A yakshcho ty povеrnеshsya,” – skazav vin, “todi ty pobachysh! Prysyahayusya, ya nе khochu tsyoho robyty,” – skazav vin ta pidnyav nohu, “alе b ya u myty zlomav tobi spynu nohoyu!”