Grimm's Household Tales
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Stories About
Snakes
Story 1.
There was once a little child whose mother gave her every afternoon
a small bowl of milk and bread, and the child seated herself in
the yard with it. But when she began to eat, a paddock came creeping
out of a crevice in the wall, dipped its little head in the dish,
and ate with her. The child took pleasure in this, and when she
was sitting there with her little dish and the paddock did not come
at once, she cried,
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Märchen
von der Unke
1.Es war einmal ein kleines Kind, dem gab seine Mutter jeden Nachmittag
ein Schüsselchen mit Milch und Weckbrocken, und das Kind setzte
sich damit hinaus in den Hof. Wenn es aber anfing zu essen, so kam
die Hausunke aus einer Mauerritze hervorgekrochen, senkte ihr Köpfchen
in die Milch und aß mit. Das Kind hatte seine Freude daran,
und wenn es mit seinem Schüsselchen dasaß und die Unke
kam nicht gleich herbei, so rief es ihr zu
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paddock,
paddock, come swiftly,
hither come, thou tiny thing,
thou shalt have thy crumbs of bread,
thou shalt refresh thyself with milk.
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'Unke,
Unke, komm geschwind, komm herbei, du kleines Ding, sollst dein Bröckchen
haben, an der Milch dich laben.'
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Then the paddock
came in haste, and enjoyed its food. It even showed gratitude, for
it brought the child all kinds of pretty things from its hidden
treasures, bright stones, pearls, and golden playthings. The paddock,
however, drank only the milk, and left the bread-crumbs alone. Then
one day the child took its little spoon and struck the paddock gently
on its head, and said, eat the bread-crumbs as well, little thing.
The mother, who was standing in the kitchen, heard the child talking
to someone, and when she saw that she was striking a paddock with
her spoon, ran out with a log of wood, and killed the good little
creature. From that time forth, a change came over the child. As
long as the paddock had eaten with her, she had grown tall and strong,
but now she lost her pretty rosy cheeks and wasted away. It was
not long before the funeral bird began to cry in the night, and
the redbreast to collect little branches and leaves for a funeral
wreath and soon afterwards the child lay on her bier.
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Da
kam die Unke gelaufen und ließ es sich gut schmecken. Sie zeigte
sich auch dankbar, denn sie brachte dem Kind aus ihrem heimlichen
Schatz allerlei schöne Dinge, glänzende Steine, Perlen und
goldene Spielsachen. Die Unke trank aber nur Milch und ließ
die Brocken liegen. Da nahm das Kind einmal sein Löffelchen,
schlug ihr damit sanft auf den Kopf und sagte 'Ding, iß auch
Brocken.' Die Mutter, die in der Küche stand, hörte, daß
das Kind mit jemand sprach, und als sie sah, daß es mit seinem
Löffelchen nach einer Unke schlug, so lief sie mit einem Scheit
Holz heraus und tötete das gute Tier.Von der Zeit an ging eine
Veränderung mit dem Kinde vor. Es war, solange die Unke mit ihm
gegessen hatte, groß und stark geworden, jetzt aber verlor es
seine schönen roten Backen und magerte ab. Nicht lange, so fing
in der Nacht der Totenvogel an zu schreien, und das Rotkehlchen sammelte
Zweiglein und Blätter zu einem Totenkranz, und bald hernach lag
das Kind auf der Bahre.
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Story 2.
An orphan child was sitting by the town walls spinning, when she
saw a paddock coming out of a hole low down in the wall. Swiftly
she spread out beside it one of the blue silk handkerchiefs for
which paddocks have such a strong liking, and which are the only
things they will creep on. As soon as the paddock saw it, it went
back, then returned, bringing with it a small golden crown, laid
it on the handkerchief, and then went away again. The girl took
up the crown, which glittered and was of delicate golden filigree
work. It was not long before the paddock came back for the second
time, but when it did not see the crown any more, it crept up to
the wall, and in its grief smote its little head against it as long
as it had strength to do so, until at last it lay there dead. If
the girl had but left the crown where it was, the paddock would
certainly have brought still more of its treasures out of the hole.
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2.Ein Waisenkind saß an der Stadtmauer und spann, da sah es
eine Unke aus der Öffnung unten an der Mauer hervorkommen. Geschwind
breitete es sein blauseidenes Halstuch neben sich aus, das die Unken
gewaltig lieben und auf das sie allein gehen. Alsobald die Unke das
erblickte, kehrte sie um, kam wieder und brachte ein kleines goldenes
Krönchen getragen, legte es darauf und ging dann wieder fort.
Das Mädchen nahm die Krone auf, sie glitzerte und war von zartem
Goldgespinst. Nicht lange, so kam die Unke zum zweitenmal wieder:
wie sie aber die Krone nicht mehr sah, kroch sie an die Wand und schlug
vor Leid ihr Köpfchen so lange dawider, als sie nur noch Kräfte
hatte, bis sie endlich tot dalag. Hätte das Mädchen die
Krone liegen lassen, die Unke hätte wohl noch mehr von ihren
Schätzen aus der Höhle herbeigetragen.
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Story 3.
The paddock cries, huhu, huhu. The child says, come out. The paddock
comes out, whereupon the child inquires about her little sister,
have you not seen little red-stockings. The paddock says, no, I
have not. Have you. Huhu, huhu, huhu.
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3.Unke ruft 'huhu, huhu,' Kind spricht 'komm herut.' Die Unke kommt
hervor, da fragt das Kind nach seinem Schwesterchen 'hast du Rotstrümpfchen
nicht gesehen?' Unke sagt 'ne, ik og nit: wie du denn? huhu, huhu,
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