Folk Tale
The Cock and Hen
Translated From
Hanen og høna
Author | Asbjørnsen & Moe |
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Language | Norwegian |
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Text title | Language | Author | Publication Date |
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Der Hahn und die Henne | German | _ | _ |
Title | The Cock and Hen |
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Original Title | Hanen og høna |
Original Author | Asbjørnsen & Moe |
Original ID | trans-3157.xml |
Book Author | George Dasent |
Chapter Nr. | 15 |
Language code | eng |
Hen—"You promise me shoes year after year, year after year, and yet I get no shoes!"
Cock—"You shall have them, never fear! Henny penny!"
Hen—"I lay egg after egg, egg after egg, and yet I go about barefoot!"
Cock—Well, take your eggs, and be off to the tryst, and buy yourself shoes, and don’t go any longer barefoot!"
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