Slovenčina / A2
Baba a čert
Stará žena šila pri okne. Prišiel k nej čert a navrhol súťaž: kto skôr ušije košeľu?
— Ak vyhrám ja, vezmem si tvoju dušu. Ak vyhráš ty, dostaneš sto zlatých mincí.
Žena súhlasila a dala mu látku, ihlu a niť. Čert si vybral veľmi dlhú niť. Pri každom pohybe ihly musel vyskočiť oknom a bežať s niťou okolo stodoly.
Žena používala krátke nite a rýchlo šila. Čoskoro mala hotovú celú košeľu. Čert nemal ani polovicu.
Dal žene sto mincí. Potom sa od hanby a hnevu zmenil na mastnú tekutinu, ktorou sa natierajú kolesá vozov.
English summary · includes the ending
An old woman is sewing beside a window when a devil arrives and proposes a contest. They will each make a shirt. If he finishes first, he will take her soul; if she wins, he will pay her a hundred gold coins. She agrees and gives him cloth, thread and a needle.
The devil sits at another open window and uses an extremely long thread. For every stitch, he must jump outside, wind it around the barn, unwind it and return to the room. He keeps running between the table and the barn.
The woman ignores his activity and works quickly with short threads. When she shows him her finished shirt, he has not completed even half of his own.
Recognising that she has won, the devil pours a hundred coins onto the table. In shame and anger, he then dissolves into the greasy substance used on cart wheels.
Adapted for Lejrbål from the credited source.
Read the source