Hrvatski / B2
Lav i krmača
U velikoj šumi, među raznim životinjama, našla se i jedna divlja svinja. Svuda je gurala nos, kopala po zemlji, njuškala i tražila. Pritom je glasno negodovala i psovala. Oko nje se kretalo desetak praščića, koji su roktali i kopali zajedno sa svojom majkom.
Tako su stigli do lava. Kralj životinja spavao je na suncu pred svojom špiljom, a pokraj njega igrao se njegov sin. Mali je lav spretno skakao za tankom granom. Bio je lijep i snažan, okretan, živahan i vedar.
Ipak, svinja je tražila razlog za svađu. Prišla je lavu i drsko mu se obratila:
– Gospodine, zar vam nije žao što morate čuvati samo tog jednog sina? Jedna poštena životinja poput mene ima ih deset!
Lav se trgnuo iz sna i začuđeno podigao glavu. Zatim je skočio na noge i uspravio se. Kad je progovorio, njegov je glas odjeknuo šumom:
– Gubite se odavde! Niste vrijedni ni lavljeg pogleda. Odgajate čitave skupine svinja i što ih imate više, to ih ponosnije brojite. Ja odgajam samo jednoga sina. Ponosan sam na njega jer je, premda jedini, ipak 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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