Hrvatski / B1
Lav i krmača
U jednoj velikoj šumi kretala se divlja svinja. Gurala je nos u zemlju, nešto tražila i pritom se ljutila i glasno žalila. Za njom je išlo desetak njezinih mladih. Roktali su i kopali po zemlji zajedno s majkom.
Tako su stigli do lava. Spavao je na suncu ispred svoje špilje. Pokraj njega njegov se jedini sin igrao tankom granom. Mali je lav spretno skakao za njom. Bio je lijep, snažan, brz i veseo.
No svinja je baš željela izazvati svađu. Prišla je lavu i drsko upitala:
– Gospodine, zar vam nije žao što imate samo jednog sina, a ja ih imam deset?
Lav se začuđen probudio i podigao glavu. Zatim je skočio na noge. Njegov snažan glas čuo se šumom:
– Odlazite! Stalno brojite svoje sinove. Što ih imate više, to ste ponosniji. Ja imam jednoga i ponosan sam na njega. Samo je jedan, ali je lav!
English summary · includes the ending
A wild sow moves through a forest with about ten piglets. She digs in the ground, sniffs around and complains loudly. Her young follow beside her, making noises and digging too. Eventually, the family reaches a lion who is sleeping in the sun outside his cave.
The lion has one young son. The cub is playing with a thin branch beside his father. He is handsome, strong, lively and cheerful. However, the sow wants an argument. She rudely asks the lion whether he is unhappy to have only one son, when she has ten young of her own.
The lion wakes in surprise, stands up and answers in a powerful voice. He tells the sow to go away. He says that she grows prouder as the number of her young increases. He raises just one son, but he is proud because that one son is a lion.
Adapted for Lejrbål from the credited source.
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