folk tales

A certain man had a donkey, which had carried the corn sacks to the mill loyally for many a long year; but his strength was going, and he was growing more and more unfit for work. His master began to wonder if it was worth his while by keeping this old donkey much longer. The donkey, seeing that no good wind was blowing, ran away and set out on the road to Bremen. “There,” he thought, “I can surely be a town musician.” When he had walked some distance, he found a dog lying on the road, gasping like one who had run until he was tired.

Este cuento se llama Rapunzel, escrito por los Hermanos Grimm y narrado por Lorena Romero. Esta es una grabación de LibraryCall. Érase una vez un hombre y una mujer que desde hace mucho tiempo deseaban tener un hijo, pero en vano. En la parte trasera de su casa, había una ventanita que daba a un jardín bello, lleno de las mejores verduras y flores; pero estaba rodeado de un muro alto, y nadie osaba entrar en él, ya que le pertenecía a una bruja muy poderosa y temida por todo el mundo.

There once lived a woman who had one great desire. She longed to have a daughter—but alas! she was childless. She could never feel happy, because of this unfulfilled wish. Even in the midst of a feast the thought would be in her mind—"Ah! if only I had a daughter to share this with me!" One day she was gathering yams in the field, and it chanced that she pulled out one which was very straight and well shaped.