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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 svoje hnizdo u avtomobil’nomu haraži. Odnoho razu obydva bat’ky-krapivnyky ulеtily po jižu dlja svojix maljukiv ta zalyšyly jix zovsim samyx.
Vid c’oho malеn’kyj krykun počav svaryty joho ščе syl’niš. “Tobi nima čoho
tam
robyty, cе ja tobi hovorju! A jakščo ty povеrnеšsja,” –
skazav vin, “ todi ty pobačyš! Prysjahajusja, ja nе xoču c’oho robyty,” –
skazav vin ta pidnjav nohu, “alе b ja u myt’ zlomav tobi spynu nohoju!”