Ups and Downs, Belgium
(fairy tale)/ Σκαμπανεβάσματα,Βέλγιο
(παραμύθι)
The summer had
been very hot. Not a drop of rain had fallen for many weeks, and there was
drought in the valley where the animals lived. The streams had dried up and the
springs had ceased to flow. The fox took up his pipe and went out to take a
walk under the lime-trees to think things over. There he met the she-goat.
“Good morning,”
he said.
She answered:
“Alas! I don’t know what we are to do to get water. We have finished all the
water we had in the barrel, and unless we can find some more very quickly I and
my children will die of thirst.”
The fox said:
“And I am so dry that my tongue is sticking to the roof of my mouth. I cannot
even smoke my pipe with pleasure. What do you say to searching for water
together? Four eyes are better than two, any day in the week.”
“Agreed,” said
the goat, and away they started together. For a long time they looked
everywhere, but not a trace of water could they find. Then all of a sudden the
goat gave a cry of joy. Running up to her, the fox saw that she had found a
well and was standing on the brink of it, gazing at the cool water far below.
“Hurrah!” cried
the fox.
The goat
answered: “The water is far down. How are we to get at it!”
“Leave that to
me,” said the fox. “I know a thing about wells. What you have to do is to get
into the bucket which is hanging by the rope and glide down as smoothly and as
safely as you please. I’ll go first, just to show you the way.”
So the fox got
into the bucket, and the weight of him made it go downward while the empty
bucket at the other end of the rope rose to the top of the well. A minute
afterwards he was at the bottom, leaning over the side of the pail and greedily
lapping up the water. Nothing had ever tasted so delicious. He drank and drank
until he could hold no more.
“Is it good?”
cried the goat from above, dancing with impatience.
“It is like the
purest nectar!” answered the fox. “Get into the bucket quickly and come down
and join me.”
So the goat
stepped into the bucket, which at once began to go downward with her weight,
while at the same time the bucket with the fox in it began to rise to the
surface. The two met half-way.
“How is this?”
asked the she-goat in surprise. “I thought you were going to wait for me!”
“Ah,” answered
the fox with a grin, “what do I care! Some go up and some go down. I hope you
will enjoy your drink, Good-bye!”
And as soon as he
got to the top he jumped out of the bucket and ran off.
The poor she-goat
had to stay there at the bottom of the well until the farmer came and found
her, half dead with cold. And when at last she was rescued she found that the
farmer put her into the fold with his own sheep and goats. She was not free to
go home to her kids.
https://Kinimatografosteatro.blogspot.com/
- Επιτρέπεται η αναδημοσίευση του
περιεχομένου της ιστοσελίδας εφόσον αναφέρεται ευκρινώς η πηγή του και υπάρχει
ενεργός σύνδεσμος(link ). Νόμος 2121/1993 και κανόνες Διεθνούς Δικαίου που
ισχύουν στην Ελλάδα.
ΕΠΙΣΗΜΑΝΣΗ
Ορισμένα αναρτώμενα από το διαδίκτυο κείμενα ή
εικόνες (με σχετική σημείωση της πηγής), θεωρούμε ότι είναι δημόσια. Αν
υπάρχουν δικαιώματα συγγραφέων, παρακαλούμε ενημερώστε μας για να τα
αφαιρέσουμε. Επίσης σημειώνεται ότι οι απόψεις του ιστολόγιου μπορεί να μην
συμπίπτουν με τα περιεχόμενα του άρθρου. Για τα άρθρα που δημοσιεύονται εδώ,
ουδεμία ευθύνη εκ του νόμου φέρουμε καθώς απηχούν αποκλειστικά τις απόψεις των
συντακτών τους και δεν δεσμεύουν καθ’ οιονδήποτε τρόπο το ιστολόγιο.
Δεν υπάρχουν σχόλια:
Δημοσίευση σχολίου