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 # Kukotlu shi Gălina

Shi eara ună mai ku un pap, avea un kukot ku nā gâlină. Imnă, imnă mai ku paplu sHi kukotlu s alnă sti alunŭ. Kukotlu kānta shi gālina shdea m pade shi l' tsia, “ Kukoate, kukoate arukă. n' nā alunā. ” Shi arkă nă alună shi skoase okl'u a gălinil'ei. Metagri gălina, “ Kukoate, kukoate arukă ninkā ună.” L' arkă ninkă ună shi l' skoase sh aland okl'u. “ Kukoate, kukoate arukă ninkă ună." Āl' skoase un tshor ; metagri gălina pali, " Kukoate, kukoate arukă ninkă ună." Shi arkă ninkă ună shi l' skoase aland tshoru. Plamplum gâlina la katilu. Gălina ku maia ăl' dzăsiră a katilui, " Afendi m, alendi ni, brea n' okl'l'i, brea n' tshoarle, tsi n' adăru. kukotlu ǃ" Katilu kl'imă kukotlu, “Atsets kukotlu aoa !” Adusiră kukotlu aklotse ; “Tsi ai di gălina ? "	“ N' arupse smeana alunlu.” Katilu aduse alunlu, “Tsi aveai di smeana a kukotlui?” “Tsi mânkă frāndzile kapra ?" dzase alunlu. " Altsets kapra aoatse,” dzāse napoi katilu. “ Tsi nu m pâshtia gine pikorarlu ? " Pikurarlu ăl' dzăse, “Tsi nu n' didea pāne doamna mea ? ” Doamna dzāse, “ Tsi mānkă poarka alotlu ? ” “ Atsets poarka aoa ! ” Poarka nu gri tsiva ; " N' eara foame," dzāse, shi skāpā. Amintshu (Metsovo)

And there was an old woman with an old man, she had a cock with a hen. The old woman with the old man walked and walked, and the cock climbed on a nut tree. The cock was crowing and the hen was sitting down, and was saying to him, “ Cock, cock throw me a nut." And he threw a nut and knocked out the hen’s eye. The hen called again, " Cock, cock throw one more.” He threw1 her one more and knocked out her other eye too. “ Cock, cock throw one more.” He knocked off her leg ; the hen called again, " Cock, cock throw one more.” And he threw one more and knocked off her other leg. Plam plum the hen is off to the judge. The hen with the old woman said to the judge, “Master, master, look at my eyes, look at my legs, see what the cock did to me ! " The judge called the cock, *' Bring the cock here.” They brought the cock tlicrc ; " What have you with the hen ? ’’	" The nut tree tore my drawers.” The judge brought the nut tree, '' What had you with the cock’s drawers ? ” “ Why did the goat eat my leaves?” said the nut tree. "Bring the goat here," said the judge again. “ Why did not the shepherd feed me well ? ” The shepherd said, 11 Why did not my mistress give me bread?” The mistress said, “ Why did the sow cat the yeast ? " ” Bring the sow here ! ” The sow did not call out at all; “I was hungry,” she said, and that’s all.
 * 1) The Cock and the Hen