Category: Mythology, Legends & Folklore

Rumanian Bird and Beast Stories Rendered into English

Gaster, Moses, 1856-1939 [Translator]· 3 chapters· 80,072 words

He was now working away at moulding the wolf from clay. He worked so hard that the perspiration ran down his face. Scratching his head, he pulled out three hairs, but would not throw anything away--they were much too precious--so he stuck them in the head of the wolf between t...

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2. did. But no sooner had he loosened it a little when the animals, which

were all squeezed by God into the sack, pressed forward, and, before the man could count two, out they were running, each one wherever his eyes would lead him and his legs would...

3. did. The girl, seeing that they talked in a foreign tongue, understood

that they were talking about her, and determined to watch and see. No sooner had she gone to bed than she began to snore, as if she had fallen fast asleep, but she did not sleep...

1. did. Then he made a house, but put no light into it, so God had to

He was now working away at moulding the wolf from clay. He worked so hard that the perspiration ran down his face. Scratching his head, he pulled out three hairs, but would not...