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ÓÅÒÄÉÔÁÑ ÂÁÒÙÎÑ |
THE BAD-NATURED LAND BARON'S WIFE |
| × õóáäøâå öéìá âáòùîñ - é äï ôïçï
óåòäéôáñ, îéëïíõ öéôøñ îå âùìï! Óôáòïóôá ðòéäåô
óðòïóéôø þôï - ïîá åçï îå ïôðõóôéô, ðïëá îå
ïôèìåýåô. Á íõöéëáí-ôï öéôøñ îå âùìï îéëáëïçï:
äòáìá, ëáë óïâáë. |
Once there was a land baron's wife. She lived on an estate and she was so
crotchety and bad-natured that she bullied everyone around. Every time the head peasant
came to her for orders the baron's wife would not dismiss him until she had given him a
hand whipping. Her male peasants suffered the most - she beat them like dogs. |
| ×ïô òáú ðòéèïäéô óïìäáô îá
ðïâù÷ëõ äïíïê. Òáóóëáúáìé åíõ ðòï âáòùîà, á ïî é
çï÷ïòéô: "Ñ åå ðòïõþõ". |
One day a soldier came home on furlough and the country folks told him
about the baroness, and he said, 'I'll teach her a lesson.' |
| Îáóôáìá îïþø, âáòùîñ õóîõìá.
×åìåì óïìäáô ìïûáäåê úáðòñþø. Ðïäßåèáì ë õóáäøâå,
ôéèïîøëï ÷ùîåó âáòùîà é ïô÷åú ÷ éúâõ ë óáðïöîéëõ.
Á óáðïöîéëï÷õ öåîõ ïô÷åú ÷ õóáäøâõ. |
Night fell and the baroness went to sleep. The soldier ordered that his
horses be harnessed and he rode to the estate. Carefully, he carried the sleeping baroness
out of the mansion and brought her to a shoemaker's house and then switched her with the
shoemaker's wife who he then carried to the estate. |
| Ðòïâõäéìáóø îá úáòå öåîá
óáðïöîéëá, ÷éäéô - äïí ðòåïôìéþîùê. Ôïôþáó
óìõöáîëé ë îåê ðïäâåöáìé, ðïäáàô õíù÷áôøóñ.
Ðïíùìáóø - ðïäáìé ðïìïôåîãå, ÷ùôåòìáóø. Ðïäáàô
óáíï÷áò. |
At daybreak, the shoemaker's wife woke up and was amazed to find herself
in a splendid house. Immediately, maidservants came running to her with some bath
water; she then washed and her servants, at once, gave her towels with which to dry; she
patted herself dry while a samovar was brought to her. |
Óåìá ïîá þáê ðéôø. Óôáòïóôá
ðòéèïäéô ë îåê îá ãùðïþëáè. Ïîá ÷úçìñîõìá îá îåçï:
þôï úá íõöéë?
- Ôåâå, - çï÷ïòéô, - þôï îáäï? |
She sat at the table to have tea, when the head peasant,
on tiptoes, humbly came up to her. She looked at him not knowing who or what he was.
'What do you want?' she asked. |
- Ñ, âáòùîñ, ðòéûåì óðòïóéôø,
ëáëïê îáòñä îá óåçïäîñ äáäéôå. Á ïîá äïçáäáìáóø,
ëáë ïô÷åôéôø.
- Îåûôï ÷ù îå úîáåôå? Þôï ÷þåòá äåìáìé, ôï
é óåçïäîñ äåìáêôå! |
'I am here, mistress, to receive your work order for today', said the head
peasant. The shoemaker's wife, using her wits, knew what to say in reply, 'Don't you know
yourself? Do the same job today that you did yesterday.' |
Óôáòïóôá ÷ùûåì îá ëõèîà
é çï÷ïòéô:
- Óåçïäîñ âáòùîñ äïâòáñ, ðòïóôï ïôòïäõ
ôáëáñ îå âù÷áìá! |
The headman left her and said to the servants in the kitchen, 'Never in my
life have I seen our mistress so kind as she is today!' |
Öé÷åô óáðïöîéëï÷á öåîá ÷
õóáäøâå íåóñã é äòõçïê, é ôáë åå òáóè÷áìéìé
ëòåóôøñîå - ðï ÷óåê ïëòõçå îåô ìõþûå âáòùîé! Á
âáòùîñ ðòïâõäéìáóø õôòïí õ óáðïöîéëá é ëòéþéô:
- Óìõçé! |
The shoemaker's wife remained on the estate for one month and again
another. The peasants, pleased with their "new" baroness, told everyone around
that there was no mistress better than she in the countryside. Also that morning, the
baron's wife woke up. She found herself in the shoemaker's house and called for her
servants. |
Óáðïöîéë óéäéô é ûøåô:
- Ðïäùíáêóñ, âáâá, ðïòá ðåþø ôïðéôø!
- Á ôù ëôï ôáëïê! Ðïäá÷áê õíù÷áôøóñ! |
Sitting and working with his sewing awl, the shoemaker
didn't pay any attention to her; he only said, 'Hey, woman, get up! It's time to light the
stove!'
'Who on earth are you? Bring me my bath water, man' |
| - Áè ôù, âáòùîñ! Óáíá ðïäé ðï ÷ïäõ:
óïìîùûëï äá÷îï ÷óôáìï. - ×óëïþéì óï óôõìá, óäåòîõì
òåíåîø é äá÷áê åå èìåóôáôø. - Ôù îåûôï îå úîáåûø
ó÷ïåê äïìöîïóôé? Ôù äïìöîá ÷óôá÷áôø é ðåþø
úáôïðìñôø! |
'Oh, you lazy thing, you! Go to the well and fetch your own water - it's
already late in the morning.' He jumped up from his chair, whipped his belt off his pants
and began to beat the baron's wife, saying, 'Don't you know your duties? You must get up
and light the fire when the cock crows!' |
| É äï ôïçï èìåóôáì åå, ðïëá îå
õóôáì. Âáòùîñ ÷úíïìéìáóø. Ðïâòåìá ðï ÷ïäõ, ðïôïí
úá äòï÷áíé, úáôïðéìá ðåþø, ëïå-þåçï ó÷áòéìá. |
He continued strapping her until he became exhausted. The baroness begged
for mercy and pleaded with him to stop the beating. She shuffled off to the well, fetched
some wood, lit the fire in the stove and cooked something to eat |
| É ôáë öéìá ïîá íåóñãá ä÷á. Úá þôï
îé ÷ïúøíåôóñ, îéþåçï õ îåå îå ÷ùèïäéô, ÷óå éú òõë
÷áìéôóñ: ôï ýé îåäï÷áòéô, ôï ÷ïäõ òáúïìøåô.
Óáðïöîéë åå îå òáú ëïìïôéì. É óäåìáìáóø âáòùîñ
äïâòáñ, òáâïôñýáñ. |
She existed like this for two months or so. When she tried anything, she
was all thumbs... either she undercooked her cabbage soup or she spilled water onto the
floor. The shoemaker beat the baroness more than once until she finally became kind and
hard-working. |
| Ëáë õóìùèáì ïâ üôïí óïìäáô,
ðåòåíåîéì îïþøà âáòùîà é óáðïöîéëï÷õ öåîõ. |
When the soldier learned about this, he again, one night, switched the
women back . |
Õôòïí ÷óôáåô âáòùîñ
ôéèïîøëï, ÷ùèïäéô éú ó÷ïåê ëïíîáôù:"Þôï üôï, ñ ÷
óôáòïí äïíå? Ïôëõäá ñ ÷úñìáóø?"
Óðòïóéìá óìõöáîïë: - Óìõöáîëé! Ëáë öå ñ
óàäá ðïðáìá? |
The following morning the baroness got up and quietly
walked out of her bedroom and said to herself, 'Am I in my own house again? How did I get
back?'
'Maids, how did I get here?' she asked. |
- Ôù, âáòùîñ, îéçäå é îå âù÷áìá! É
ó ôåè ðïò âáòùîñ íñçëáñ-íñçëáñ óäåìáìáóø. Á
óáðïöîéëï÷á öåîá óôáìá öéôø ðï-óôáòïíõ. |
'You've been here all the time, mistress', came their answer. Thereafter,
the land baron's wife became kindness itself. And the shoemaker's wife again lived her
usual life in her own house. |
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Ðï úáðéóé Â.é
À.Óïëïìï÷ùè. Òéóõîëé Å. Ëïòïôëï÷ïê. Áîçìéêóëéê
ðåòå÷ïä Ýåòâáëï÷á À.Î.
Òåäáëôïòù Rex Rickard é Steve Stringfellow. |
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