Hrvatski / A2
Lisica prevarila muža
Lisica je htjela proći kroz ogradu. Ali otvor je bio preuzak. Zapela je. Nije mogla ni naprijed ni natrag.
Počela je plakati i vikati. Bojala se da će je netko naći i ubiti.
Tada je vidjela čovjeka na putu. Zamolila ga je da joj pomogne.
„Oslobodi me i dat ću ti novčić za tvoj rad“, rekla je. Bojala se da će doći netko pametniji i uhvatiti je.
Čovjek joj je pomogao. Izvukao ju je iz ograde i pustio.
„Gdje je moj novčić?“ pitao je.
„Imao si ga u rukama“, odgovorila je lisica. „Mogao si prodati moju kožu za novčić. Zašto me nisi zadržao?“
I ja sam bio ondje i pomogao sam mu osloboditi lisicu, kaže pripovjedač. Ni ja nisam dobio ništa.
English summary · includes the ending
A fox tries to pass through a fence, but the opening is too narrow. She becomes stuck and cannot move forwards or backwards. Frightened that someone will find and kill her, she begins to cry.
Then she notices a man approaching along the same path. She asks him to free her and promises him a coin for his work. She is afraid that a cleverer person might come along and catch her instead.
The man accepts her promise, frees her and lets her go. Only then does he ask where his coin is. The fox tells him that he has already had it in his hands. He could have sold her skin for that amount, but he has let her escape.
The promised reward turns out to mean the value of the fox herself. The narrator ends with another joke: he claims that he also helped to free her, yet received nothing either.
Adapted for Lejrbål from the credited source.
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