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Original and translation from two different websites
Hvorfor bjørnen er stubbrumpet
Bjørnen møtte en gang reven, som kom luskende med et knippe fisk han hadde stjålet.
«Hvor har du fått det fra?» spurte bjørnen.
«Jeg har vært ute og fisket, herr bjørn!» svarte reven.
Så fikk bjørnen også lyst til å lære å fiske, og ba reven si hvordan han skulle bære seg at.
«Det er en simpel kunst for deg,» sa reven, «og den er snart lært. Du skal bare gå ut på isen, hugge deg et hull og stikke rumpa nedi; og så må du holde den der bra lenge. Du må ikke bry deg om at det svir litt i den; det er når fisken biter; dess lenger du kan holde den der, dess mer fisk får du. Og rett som det er, skal du tverrykke opp!»
Ja, bjørnen gjorde som reven hadde sagt, og holdt rumpa lenge, lenge nedi hullet, til den var frosset vel fast; så tverrykket han den – tvert av, og nå går han der stubbrumpet den dag i dag
Bjørnen og reven | Norske Folkeeventyr
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One winter day, the Bear met the Fox, who was slinking along with a string of fish he had stolen.
“Hi, stop a minute, Mr. Fox!
Where did you get those fish?” demanded the Bear.
Now the Fox, as you know, is a sly one indeed. He didn’t want the Bear to know that he had stolen the fish. So he said,
“Oh, my Lord Bruin, I’ve been out fishing and caught them.”
Well, the Bear was hungry and thought he would enjoy some fish. So he asked the Fox to tell him how to go about catching fish.
“Oh, it is quite easy,” answered the fox, “and soon learned.
You have only to go down to the river and cut a hole in the ice.
Then you put your tail in the hole and keep it there as long as you can.
Don’t mind if it hurts a little. That will be the fish biting.
The longer you keep your tail in the hole, the more fish you will catch.
Then, all at once, pull out your tail. But be sure to give a good hard pull.”
Well, the Bear did as the Fox said. Before long, he was very cold and his tail really hurt. But he kept his tail in the hole until he was sure that he must have caught a great many fish.
Then, remembering what the Fox had said, he gave a really hard pull. But what he didn’t know was that his tail was frozen in the ice.
So, when he pulled, his tail snapped off short. And that is why, to this day, the Bear has a stumpy tail.
http://www.ency123.com/2014/01/why-bear-has-stumpy-tail-norwegian-folk.html
Hvorfor bjørnen er stubbrumpet
Bjørnen møtte en gang reven, som kom luskende med et knippe fisk han hadde stjålet.
«Hvor har du fått det fra?» spurte bjørnen.
«Jeg har vært ute og fisket, herr bjørn!» svarte reven.
Så fikk bjørnen også lyst til å lære å fiske, og ba reven si hvordan han skulle bære seg at.
«Det er en simpel kunst for deg,» sa reven, «og den er snart lært. Du skal bare gå ut på isen, hugge deg et hull og stikke rumpa nedi; og så må du holde den der bra lenge. Du må ikke bry deg om at det svir litt i den; det er når fisken biter; dess lenger du kan holde den der, dess mer fisk får du. Og rett som det er, skal du tverrykke opp!»
Ja, bjørnen gjorde som reven hadde sagt, og holdt rumpa lenge, lenge nedi hullet, til den var frosset vel fast; så tverrykket han den – tvert av, og nå går han der stubbrumpet den dag i dag
Bjørnen og reven | Norske Folkeeventyr
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One winter day, the Bear met the Fox, who was slinking along with a string of fish he had stolen.
“Hi, stop a minute, Mr. Fox!
Where did you get those fish?” demanded the Bear.
Now the Fox, as you know, is a sly one indeed. He didn’t want the Bear to know that he had stolen the fish. So he said,
“Oh, my Lord Bruin, I’ve been out fishing and caught them.”
Well, the Bear was hungry and thought he would enjoy some fish. So he asked the Fox to tell him how to go about catching fish.
“Oh, it is quite easy,” answered the fox, “and soon learned.
You have only to go down to the river and cut a hole in the ice.
Then you put your tail in the hole and keep it there as long as you can.
Don’t mind if it hurts a little. That will be the fish biting.
The longer you keep your tail in the hole, the more fish you will catch.
Then, all at once, pull out your tail. But be sure to give a good hard pull.”
Well, the Bear did as the Fox said. Before long, he was very cold and his tail really hurt. But he kept his tail in the hole until he was sure that he must have caught a great many fish.
Then, remembering what the Fox had said, he gave a really hard pull. But what he didn’t know was that his tail was frozen in the ice.
So, when he pulled, his tail snapped off short. And that is why, to this day, the Bear has a stumpy tail.
http://www.ency123.com/2014/01/why-bear-has-stumpy-tail-norwegian-folk.html
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The reason why I started this thread is a conversation in a thread on here between two CC members, where different countries were mentioned. And, of course, the fact, that I live in Norway
Unfortunately I cant claim any Norwegian heritage.
And in Norwegian:
Grunnen til at jeg startet med denne tråden var en samtale mellom to cc medlemmer, hvor de snakket om ulike land. Og, selvsagt, det faktum at jeg bor i Norge. Dessverre kan jeg ikke påberope meg noen norsk (arv?)...what is the correct word, Astrid? lol
Unfortunately I cant claim any Norwegian heritage.And in Norwegian:
Grunnen til at jeg startet med denne tråden var en samtale mellom to cc medlemmer, hvor de snakket om ulike land. Og, selvsagt, det faktum at jeg bor i Norge. Dessverre kan jeg ikke påberope meg noen norsk (arv?)...what is the correct word, Astrid? lol
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There was a "game" the older boys played. (My greandfather, cousins and father) All quite familiar with ski jumping. Having a large slope of land near home with the perfect lift at the bottom, they took to it often. The only issue, was the fence, a good distance from the base of the lift. My Grand father had a go of it, and did not get up enough speed or lift. If you didn't get enough speed and lift in your run, you landed on the wrong side of the barbed wire fence. There was no way into town... My Great Grandmother sewed his mostly severed ear back on herself. It left a bit of a scar. A surgeon here in the states later complementing her percise work. I'm told they still kept jumping the fence through that winter and the three following, before comming over on the ship to America.
This thread now has me wondering if I may be part Norwegian...
I may wind up taking one of those ancestry.com tests yet.
And, I'd start a "Let Talk About Seoul" (as in the place, NOT me) and, it would be pronounced SEE-OOOHHHLLL, just for Lynx and several others I've heard pronounce it that way over the years , but, I'm thinking it would be shot down in a heartbeat.
I may wind up taking one of those ancestry.com tests yet.
And, I'd start a "Let Talk About Seoul" (as in the place, NOT me) and, it would be pronounced SEE-OOOHHHLLL, just for Lynx
and several others I've heard pronounce it that way over the years , but, I'm thinking it would be shot down in a heartbeat.
Ack, and here I forgot to post something that's actually related to Norway... My apologies to the OP.
This song has been mentioned a few times in our beloved Singles' Forum...
When I was 9 years old, I wanted to marry the lead singer (to this day, he's still a looker.) And, if I remember correctly, the band is from Norway:
[video=youtube;djV11Xbc914]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=djV11Xbc914[/video]
I'd read once that one of the challenges the band had was that American reporters who interviewed the band members had trouble understanding their Norwegian accents. In one of their songs, the lyrics speak about wanting to approach an attractive woman, but the lead singer ponders, "Will she laugh at my accent... and make fun of me?"
Sweetie, I would have tried to learn Norwegian in order to talk to you!
What more could you ask for! Norway... AND 80's nostalgia all in one place!
This song has been mentioned a few times in our beloved Singles' Forum...
When I was 9 years old, I wanted to marry the lead singer (to this day, he's still a looker.) And, if I remember correctly, the band is from Norway:
[video=youtube;djV11Xbc914]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=djV11Xbc914[/video]
I'd read once that one of the challenges the band had was that American reporters who interviewed the band members had trouble understanding their Norwegian accents. In one of their songs, the lyrics speak about wanting to approach an attractive woman, but the lead singer ponders, "Will she laugh at my accent... and make fun of me?"
Sweetie, I would have tried to learn Norwegian in order to talk to you!
What more could you ask for! Norway... AND 80's nostalgia all in one place!
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